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27th November 1959
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Sober Judgment

I T was perhaps inevitable that mild public hysteria should have accompanied the openin g of Britain's first real motorway,...

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Sir Patric] iennessy

C ONSUMMATE ability—is it _ a sine qua non of brilliant success in industry? How ruthless do you have to be to become chairman...

Square Deal Turns Full Circle

THIRTY years ago the railways claimed that they were having to meet unfair competition. Wicked hauliers were underpaying their...

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False Entries Inferred : C. Bristow Lose Appeal

1 N revoking licences for vehicles operated by C. Bristow, Ltd., Solebay Street, London, E.3, the Metropolitan Licensing...

Concessions Cause Drafting Problems

P ROBLEMS arising out of two concessions agreed by the Road Haulage Wages Conned (The Commercial Motor, October 9) were...

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"B.R.S. Anticipated Grant: Working Sky-Highway Through

from Bedford Since March" W HEN British Road Services applied to Mr. W. P. S. Ormond, Eastern Licensing Authority, last week,...

Birmingham

T HE Midland motorway, which will link the M1 with the Birmingham. Preston motorway, may go through the centre of Birmingham as...

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Sequel to West Riding Grants

A S a sequel to grants made by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners to operators catering for West Riding holiday traffic to...

Applicant Admits Breaches

A N admission that a substantial amount of work had been carried on for six months outside the radius stated on the applicant's...

"This is Your Life "—Proteus

"/OUR life must be something akin to 1 that of Proteus, the Greek demigod," remarked Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing...

Men in the News

MR. H. MORLEY, general works manager of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., has been appointed a director. MR. L. F. CHAMBERLAIN has...

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Cooled Air Increases Engine Output

B y cooling the intake air of a turbocharged 9f-litre oil engine, its torque output was raised by 23 per cent., and maximum...

Bigger Engine in Atlantean O NE of the Gay Hostess - double-deck

coaches based on Leyland Atlantean chassis operated by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., has been fitted with a Leyland 0.680 engine...

Micrograms. .

B.T.R. Fire: Severe damage was caused by fire on Monday night in four bays at the Burton - on - Trent factory of the British...

Newcomer Wins Grant : Quoted Lower Rate

A NEWCOMER to the haulage business who had gained work by quoting a lower rate than an existing contractor, was granted a B...

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G.P.O. Cannot Find Enough Vehicles

A S a result of trimming rates in the past, the General Post Office in London is this year finding difficulty in finding a...

Printers Consider C Licences

B ECAUSE he was receiving such poor service from hauliers, the managing director of Messrs. Fields, a large printing concern in...

L.U.T. Appeal Is Successful

O N appeal by Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., the Minister of Transport has overthrovvn a decision of the North Western...

Extension Foil ows Admission

A FTER admitting that they had operated beyond the period stipulated on their licence, Pleasureways (1955), Ltd., Oldham, were...

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"Records Kept in Tea-chest"

A TEA-CHEST full of slips of paper 1– t and bank counterfoils was referred to when the difficulties met by accountants trying...

Registrations Back to High Level

R EGISTRATIONS of new commercial vehicles in September climbed back to the high level at which they had been running until...

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"Trailer Weight Need Not Be Stated"

Mr. Campbell Wardlaw Stimulates Lengthy Discussion Before Mr. Hanlon A SUBMISSION by Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for Joseph...

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Weight Discrepancies Puzzle Mr. Hanlon : Decision Later

W AS a vehicle -weighed at a weighbridge in August, 1957, or not? If its chassis• had not been sent out by the manufacturers...

Council Unwilling to Maintain Roads?

A NEW bus service was being opposed by Greenock, Town Council because they were unwilling to maintain the roads it would use....

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Ribble to Run Over Motorway

T HE Northern Traffic Commissioners last week gave permission to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and two associated concerns to...

Lamps Must Work During the Day

IT will be obligatory for lamps and reflectors to be in proper order during the daytime as well as at night. This is the effect...

No Licence to Carry Long Caravans

A N application by K. and G. Hartley rix Caravans, Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, for a B licence for a Vehicle capable of carrying...

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VotorwayShoulders to Support Any Vehicle

7HE hard shoulders of the motorway I should be strengthened to support ty vehicle. This recommendation was ade last week by the...

"Rail Complaints Not Detailed !, A SUBMISSION,that Mr. J. C. Talbot, purchasing

officer and supplies manager, Kayser Bondor, Ltd., could not give particulars of complaints received when goods were sent by...

Timber Vehicl es Withdrawn

THE withdrawal of special vehicles from mid-Wales by R. Wynn and Sons, Ltd., Newport, had left a void in haulage facilities...

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MARKET PLANNING National Problem

"There are many frustrating delays in and around many of our markets causing serious inefficiency of operation which adds to...

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Library-van Design Based on Former Lessons

11/4 NEW mobile library, based on an underfloor-engined Albion Claymore hassis, has been put into operation by )erbyshire...

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DON'T TRY TO PASS TH .M.5 ON THE MP

S UPREMELY safe, quiet and comfortable at speeds in excess of 70 m.p.h., the new B.M.M.O. C.M.5 express coach is probably the...

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L OOKING through the annual reports of the British Transport Commission

over the past few years, one cannot fail to appreciate that the greatest annual profit is always made by the same company; and...

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Record Output of Over 40,000 Achieved

DRODUCT1ON of commercial vehicles in September, amounting to 42,237, was an all-time record. This was partly because September...

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One Vehicle Equals Three and a Mobile Crane

C OLLECTION, sorting and redistribution of metal scrap normally involve repeated handling of the parts at the workshops of the...

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1 Rounds Possible in Drivers' ontest : New Classification

S new centres for the Lorry Driver of the Year. Competition may be inaus rated next • year. They are at Liver ool, Newcastle...

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Aluminium-wound Transformer

A LTHOUGH it has an output of 1-1 175 amp, for continuous operation, the Balarc 175 welding transformer offered by the...

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OAIN 0 WAGONS roll along the summer roads of Britain.

The fun of the fair is on mov Loaded convoys are bringing blar; life t surprised meadows. For a day, two ys, erry-go-rounds and...

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Po tical Commentary

Fare Question HAT is it that occupies space but has no substance; disappears the moment it is provided; has a fixed price but...

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When Is A "Queen Mary" Illegal?

T HE complications which can arise from the use of an ex-R.A.F. "Queen Mary" semi-trailer are exemplified in a query received...

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Actuating Valve Tappets Hydraulically

A HYDRAULIC tappet assembly is r - k described in patent No. 821,755. (Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 88 Regent Street, London, W.I.)...