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26th September 1969
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Forcing the pace

Is the Ministry of Transport intent on squeezing the road goods industry until it squeaks? That is the assumption which could...

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Operators' licensing will get tougher

WORRIES ABOUT WORKMANSHIP OF THE REPAIR TRADE: REPORT OF SOUTH WALES MEETING ON MAINTENANCE by John Dickson-Simpson • In the...

'We're getting out hauliers tell LA

• Many small hauliers have told the North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. Charles Hodgson, that they are giving up their...

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H.g.v. / in the

:habit of' • • , It is the view of counsel that isolated : • driving of heavy goods vehicles during • • the...

Union blackmail threats are groundless

• "Do not allow yourselves to be blackmailed by these or any other threats"—that is the message Mr. Noel Wynn, RHA...

Sampling the '70s

CM TECHNICAL EDITOR DRIVES FORD TURBINE TRUCK ON BRITISH ROADS • First showing of the American Ford gas-turbine truck to...

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NUR presses NCL for closed shop

from a special correspondent • The management of National Carriers Ltd. is wrestling with a knotty problem, I understand. A...

Massive protest on foreign quotas

• The Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association are deeply concerned at the effects of the recently...

UK-Dutch agreement

• An international road haulage agreement between the British and Netherlands Governments was signed at the Foreign and...

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Commons to question 44-ton weight limit

from our political correspondent • Mr. Marsh, Minister of Transport, will be asked to outline the Government's plans for...

Removers want concessions on driving hours

• The National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers has asked the Ministry of Transport to allow removers...

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Scots battle for NCL Top Driver

• A finish almost as close as that between Ryder Cup golf aces Jacklin and Nicklaus was seen in London on Sunday at the final...

LDoY protest procedure revised

• Following the "protest or no protest" dispute after this year's Lorry Driver of the Year Final, the National Executive...

Wage proposals published

The Road Haulage Wages Council on Wednesday published Wages Order RH (89) which contains the proposals for increases in pay,...

Training levy for Distribution Industry

• Most employers within the scope of the Distribution Industry Training Board are to pay a levy equal to 0.5 per cent of...

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Slender chances for NAWDC to object

• At a Press conference last week to mark the first anniversary of the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors, a...

'0' licensing

o Mr. H. R. Featherstone, FTA director. advised the Association's Merseyside and North Wales division in Liverpool on Tuesday...

Inspection service extended

• From today, the Freight Transport Association is extending its maintenance inspection service to cover four new classes....

Mr. Law in another dispute

• Mr Alan Law, Birmingham TGWU trade group secretary, on Monday called action by 40 striking BRS lorry drivers "totally...

London artic ban denied

• Following a Press report last week that police intended to impose a ban on 36ft attics and coaches in London, a spokesman...

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BR's plan for cross channel freight

• At last week's Press conference on board the m.v. Vortigern, British Railways' latest allpurpose passenger, vehicle and...

• Atkeys of Nottingham Ltd., one of the Mann Egerton

Group of Companies, BIVIC truck and van distributor Notts, held its first open-air Commercial Vehicle Show recently at the...

0 An E8,000 mobile training unit will tour Scotland during

the next two weeks to give two-day courses in staff training to road transport company executives and foremen. The courses...

Owen directorship for J. D. McGregor

J. D. McGregor has been appointed a director on a full-time basis of the Owen Organisation Integrated Handling Systems as from...

Forth tolls mean higher charges

• Hauliers using the Forth Road Bridge will have to pass on to trade and industry the cost of increased tolls which will come...

Tanker man's bravery

• Directors of a Scottish road haulage firm and a chemicals company gave a lunch on September 17 to honour a lorry driver who...

Street lights and BST

• The R HA has asked local authorities through the MoT to check that arrangements for switching on street lighting have been...

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New board for Bristol Commercial

A. A. HAMPSON RESIGNS GENERAL MANAGERSHIP • The British Leyland members of the board of directors of the new Leyland...

Sheffield plumps for dearer buses

• Proposals by Sheffield's public transport group to break from the "normal procedure" of accepting the lowest tender for new...

Training school for coach drivers

• George Ewer and Co. Ltd., operator of Grey-Green and Orange Luxury coach services to the South and East coasts, announces a...

Bus ban removed

• Bus crews employed by Newcastle City Transport withdrew, on Tuesday, a threat to ban late evening duties because of...

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SBG buys buses and coaches worth over £2m

SCOTLAND STILL FAITHFUL TO DOUBLE-DECKERS by Derek Moses • Just announced by the Scottish Bus Group—the main p.s.v....

Inverness takes Highland fling at Perth

• The financial committee of Inverness town council decided on Monday to mount a massive protest against a proposal to...

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What do we mean by 'working hard'?

The tipper illustrated above is certainly hard working. Less obvious is that its body of self-hardening aluminium alloy is...

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Ferrymastersi application decided

• An application by Ferrymasters Ltd. for eight artics on a new A licence, based at Preston, has been refused by the North...

Heavy tractive unit refused

• S. and H. McCall Transport (Glasgow) Ltd. failed in an application at Glasgow last week to replace one artic of Sf tons by...

'Attend court', orders LA

• Directors of two firms were strongly criticized last week for failing to attend S.178 public inquiries in Glasgow. Mr. A....

Wallace Arnold — Scots tour bid fails

Short-term express granted • The application by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd., for tours from Edinburgh and Dundee to...

Coach operator's driving ban cut

• A former Harlow coach proprietor, Gerald St. Clair Goodger, ran his business on a shoestring and was now "on the precipice...

'No' to Yorks haulier

• The application by Mr. R. Watson of Selby, to add a 7!_ton artic. to his B licence, was refused in Leeds on Monday. The...

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Overloading convictions quashed: others to follow?

by Colin Ley • Mr. W. C. Williams, of South Elmsall, was successful in his appeal at the West Riding Quarter Sessions last...

Midland Red 'yes', Andy's Coaches 'no'

• The West Midland Traffic Commissioners this week announced the i r decision into the application by Midland Red and Andy's...

Eleven objectors to 'A' variation

• There were 11 objectors to an A variation application by G. Plant (Haulage Contractori Ltd., of Macclesfield, heard in...

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Large orders for container firms

ACT and BonaIlack II Orders placed with two British firms for 150 insulated and 650 general cargo containers, together worth...

New EA models

• Two additional models have extended the EA van range offered by Austin Morris division of British Leyland. The new...

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• Next week: • • • • ▪ a new truck • • • • • One of Britain's biggest manufacturers • • will be...

Waiting for the BoT Leyland record exports

• The Institute of Road Transport Engineers' intended change in title and scope Ito the Institution of Transport Engineers)...

Courses for senior management

• Two senior management courses sponsored by the RHA are shortly commencing and on each there are still a few vacancies. They...

TML seminar

• The Transport Manager's Licence and training in general will be the theme of a seminar to be held at the Charing Cross...

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Road and workshop

by Handyman Loads and forces (19) • Although the regular trunker usually has the load made up with reasonable time to make...

UK sales drive by Dutch tyre maker

• A drive to increase the sales of Vredestein commercial vehicle tyres in the UK is being made by NV...

Public weighbridge at Swaffham

• A new public weighbridge has been opened by R. J. Seaman and Sons, the Norfolkbased agricultural merchants at their...

Air-pressure tipper control

• A new air-pressure operated tipping-gear control is to be featured by Edbro Ltd. at the Scottish Motor Show in November....

Radiator makers associate

• Three of Europe's major radiator menufacturers—Serck of Britain, Behr of Germany and Chausson of France—have joined...

E1m a day on roads

• Investment in highway construction has been boosted to nearly Elm a day, despite the country's economic difficulties,...

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fleet Management Conference 1969

Report by lain Sherriff, John Darker and Ashley Taylor NEARLY 400 delegates attended Commercial Motor's sixth Fleet Management...

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THE CONTAINER AND THE USER

THE TWO-DAY conference held in conjunction with the International Freight Container and Container Handling Exhibition was...

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1.CONTAINERS

by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE All-steel v. the rest WHEN the container has been accepted as a routine mode of transport,...

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3.CONTAINE HANDLING EQUIPMEN

by David Lowe, M I nstTA Emphasis on loading THE advent of containerization was the cue for manufacturers of mechanical...

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Bird's eye view

by the Hawk *Mini attraction Peter Land, managing director of British Express Carriers, was well in evidence at the NCL...

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Coach safety supplementary brakes by law?

FUTURE INTERNATIONAL TRENDS AND POSSIBILITIES REVEALED BY ECE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN INTERVIEWED BY DAVID SPAIN I SUSPECT that the...

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Janus comments

Clearing the decks NOT a single protest was raised against the quite arbitrary decision to give the holders of A and B...

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The implications of the new productivity guidelines

THE Prices and Incomes Board has been doing some serious study about the next phase of incomes policy. The Board itself has...

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Q I know there have been new regulations

brought into force this year about vehicle headlamps and rear lamps. Could you tell me when these regulations apply and also...

Q. A report has appeared in our local paper concerning

a haulage contractor fined for not having the required third-party insurance on his vehicle when infect he had paid his premium...

Q Could you tell me where could obtain advice to give to my drivers on the principles of roping and sheeting?

A Most manufacturers of ropes and sheets for commercial vehicle use will readily give advice and in particular, British Ropes,...

n I have read a number of reports on wage

and productivity negotiations which have referred to the "Birmingham drivers' differential". Could you tell me what this is and...

Q I have seen many chassis with easily

removable bodies used for transporting waste and have been informed that these units are made in different ways, that they are...

Q What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an alkaline battery in place of a lead-acid type?

A An alkaline battery normally has a con siderably longer life than a lead-acid type, notably if the battery is out of use for...

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Full co-operation may not be so far away

I OUTLINED some of the steps last week that can be taken in preparation for higher management posts in road transport through...

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