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25th September 1959
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Money for Nothing

sICENTIVE bonus schemes Or bus workers must be pproached with the utmost tion. It is significant that no - ipany is known to be...

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Wake Up at the Back !

R ECENTLY The Commercial Motor was asked by a new vehicle manufacturer to help in completing the details of his design....

Passing Comments

An Architect's Dream A MONG the various schemes for new towns, either put " into practice or in the theoretical stage, that...

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One Hears

That there are no good mudguards for election dirt." That in Britain it is no longer a cinch to use a halfpenny measure an...

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New Four-point Claim for Haulage Workers

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IMPROVEMENTS in working conditions which will have an effect on A wages will be sought by the...

Council Want £175m. a Year for Roads

I N 1958, 1,000m. tons of merchandise were carried in road vehicles. In the same period, claims the Roads Campaign Council,...

R.H.A. to Recommend Higher Rates ?

T HE national executive committee of the Road Haulage Association were asked at their meeting on Wednesday to consider...

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T.C. Contest Applicants' Change from Meat to Steel

J N Tuesday the British Transport Commission contested before Mr. A. IL Jolliffe, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at...

rorld Markets Number Next Week

EXT week The Commercial Motor wilt publish the annual British nrnercial Vehicles for World Markets Tiber. It will contain 80...

Commission Apologize to Hauliers

T HE failure of the British Transport Commission to notify him of the withdrawal of objections to a B-licence variation was...

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Men in the News

MR. HAROLD MACMILLAN is to open the Motor Show at Earls Court on October 21. MR. D. PooLEy has become the southern area...

• More Oil and Less Petrol Used

L'IGURES issued by the Petroleum I Information Bureau for the consumption of petroleum products during the first half of this...

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ollins Seek 16— Granted Two

a written decision, published last ek, the West Midland Licensing ority, Mr. W. P. James, granted ns Express Parcels Service,...

Rise in British Exports to "The Seven"

T1GURES relating to the export of British commercial vehicles to countries which will help to form the proposed European free...

41 Winners of "C.M." Diploma of Merit

F ORTY-ONE entrants in the fi nal of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition at Bramcote last Sunday earned The Commercial...

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Oswald Transport Did Not Wish to Mislead, Mr. James Told

W HEN Oswald Transport, Ltd., were called before Mr. W. P. James, West Midland Licensing Authority, at Hanley last Friday, to...

Perkins Gas Turbines To Be Shown

Tim first public appearances of the 1 British-built Perkins Mars gas turbine will be at the National Boat Show in London in...

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1.T.A. Programme for 1959-60 Session

T HE programme of the next session of the London Division of the Industrial Transport Association includes the following...

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Big

New Dumper has 17.9—litre Turbocharged Engine C LAIMED to be one of the largest mechanically propelled units to be manufactured...

Chevrolet Adopt Better Cab

INDEPENDENT front suspension is a leading feature of the chassis specification of Chevrolet trucks for 1960. It is claimed that...

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Trial Licence for Blackpool Trips

E question how popular Blackpool :liuminations were with the residents inckley, Leics, was argued before ihe Midland Traffic...

Leeds-Bradford Buses to Continue

A DENIAL was issued by Mr. C. T. Humpidge, general manager of Bradford Transport Department, last week after suggestions had...

Long Argument Over Heavy Load

QHEFFIELD magistrates heard a long 0--- ) legal argument last week when Mullan Brothers, Ltd., Thompson Street, Whittington...

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Mr. Nelson Grants More Tippers

S lX vehicles, including two to be acquired, were added to the A licence of Wring's Transport, Ltd.. Bristol, 3, by Mr. S. W....

Seventh Fare Grant in • Eight Years

I T was " grim necessity" which brought him before the Scottish Traffic Commissioners, said the deputy town clerk of Edinburgh,...

Employers Dismissed from Hours Case

F INES totalling £8. with £2 2s. costs were levied on a lorry driver at Beverley Petty Sessions last week, whilst two charges...

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✓ Equipment and Publications

Moulded Fibre Parts ,READY in production with instrument cowlings for the motor industry roduced from moulded fibre. Hawley...

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Consistent Ins Championship

C. DaMes Becomes Lorry Driver of the Year : Pease Transport Man Second.' A. E. Haywood Spoils His Chance O NE of 29 previous...

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Battleship did: Destroyer Performance

Latest Scania-Vabis Heavy-duty Fourwheeler, Has 165 b.h.p. Oil Engine, Giving High Performance and Commendable Fuel Economy By...

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German Veil Under a Thr fakers

y John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. S HORTLY before the opening of the Frankfurt Show last week it was apparent that one of the main ,...

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DI.T.A. Conference, Edinburgh

Municipal Operators • Look to the• Future r NDER the chairmanship of the president. Mr. F. S. Taylor, general manager,...

Doubts on Incentive Bonuses

Labour and Other Troubles Likely to be Caused by Singling Out Bus Crews for Bonuses p RESENTING his paper, "A Review of the...

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Ban Parking in City Centres

Survival of Public Transport Depends on Adaptability and Determination I NTRODUCING his paper on "The Future of Municipal...

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Turbocharging Improves Power Curve

M ODIFYING art oil engine, to provide the output characteristics of a petrol engine around peak revolutions without raising the...

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Political Commentary

Deed Without a Name By JANUS L ESS than a month ago, and not for the first time, , referred to the unvarying skill with which...

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-d's Eye View

Short Memory By The Hawk RITING to The 'Financial Times, Mr. Bernard Braine, the last Tory M.P. for South East Essex, decries...

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IT ALT ARTED WITH MILK

By Richard Dangerfield W HEN the Offley Bros., of Ellesmere Port, purchased a milk lorry in 1921 they could hardly have...

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Making the Most of Credit

There are Various Methods of Raising Loans, and Different Schemes for Financing a Number of Expenses Met by Hauliers L AST...

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Opposed-piston Two-stroke Engine

P ATENT No. 816,325 deals with opposed-piston two-stroke engines in which one piston controls the inlet . ports and the other...