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28th November 1958
28th November 1958
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No Flowers by Request

Operators Do Not Regret the Winding-up of the Industrial Dispules Tribunal T HE passing of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal...

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How Not To Make Friends

I N recent weeks, officials of the British Transport Commission, and particularly Sir Brian Robertson, the chairman, have been...

Passing Comments

A Pirate Fleet Renewed I N a letter from Mr. D. E. Middleton, M.I.R.T.E., a director of E,stacion de Servicios Canarios, Sdad....

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One Hears

That the world output of nickel has now overtaken the demand. That greater use of this valuable metal can therefore be...

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Unions Seek B.T.C. Pay Scheme for Bus Clerks

T HE general secretaries of the National , and Local Government Officers' Association, Transport and General Workers' Union and...

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Car Transporter Grants Will be Reviewed : Deliveries Too Slow

LICEN LICENSING grants for car transporters are to be reviewed early next year SING of the unsatisfactory position regarding...

L.T.E. Cuts Mileage to Save am. a Year

IN the second stage of its efforts to cope with a situation in which decreased passenger .demand and increased costs have...

New Code for Driv ers on Motorways

A CODE of conduct for drivers on 1— i motorways, emphasizing the importance of lane discipline, 'is now being distributed free...

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Big Scottish Bus Companies Will Seek Fare Increases Next Month

A BATCH of applications for higher fares will be dealt with by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners at Edinburgh on December 17...

Men in the News

MR. A. Wicot.E.swoRTH, works superintendent with Bradford Corporation Transport Department, has retired after 39 years'...

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Discretionary Inclusive Fares for Tours Upheld

C OACH operators in the north-west who fix their own inclusive charges for named tours last week defeited a move to have the...

"Big Fleets Need a Common User" ' I T is

not desirable for a haulier with a large fleet to have vehicles operating under separate normal users, Mr. Alex Robertson,...

Rootes Truck Sales Up Last Year

D ESPITE difficult conditions, many more commercial vehicles were sold last year by the Rootes Group than in the previous year,...

A-licence Grant to Stand—Tribunal

T HE grant of four A-licence vehicles in place of six on contract-A to Taylors (Contract Hire Service), Ltd.. Glasgow, was...

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Union Will Rule Birmingham Bus Overtime Schedules

ISTS of busmen to work week-end overtime for Birmingham Corporation will be drawn up by representatives of the Transport and...

Furniture Carrier Must Produce Figures

TV a haulier using an A-licence van to carry small items of furniture within a limited radius were allowed to use a B-licence...

Linked Services Can Be Attacked Later

" O PPORTUNITIES exist of attacking a linked service—and, if desired, bringing the issue to appeal—when application is made for...

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Mr. Nelson Criticized by Counsel

A FIERCE argument developed at r - 1 Bristol, on Monday, between Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, and Mr. I. R....

Chancellor Stalls on Chassis Purchase Tax

MHEN the question of purchase tax VI ( on commercial-vehicle chassis was raised in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, the...

Give Traffic to B.R.S., Railways Suggest O BJECTING to a Blackpool

haulier's request for an extra A-licence vehicle last week, British Railways suggested that if his customers could not get...

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Oxford Ring of Roads Planned

W ORK is to start shortly on the Oxford Western By-pass. which should be completed by March, 1961, When the project is...

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C.I.E. Lose £2.26m.: Car Competition Blamed

Pl. A N aggregate loss of £2,26m. was incurred in the year ended March• 31 last by Coras lompair Eireann, Eire's State...

A-licence Tanker Granted, But a "B " Vehicle is Suspended

A SCOTTISH haulier was last week 2 -1 allowed to take a 10.-ton tanker off contract A licence and put it on A licence because...

Lucky to Get Licence—Tribunal

A DUNDEE tipper operator who appealed to the Transport Tribunal against restrictions imposed on a new B licence, was told in...

TANKER-PLATFORM LORRY IIQY slinging a tank underneath the flat platform.

Welfit Oddy, Ltd., Port Talbot, South Africa, have devised a vehicle, which may be either in primemover or trailer form, that...

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Bus Station Upkeep is Too Costly

IN the past 18 months, the West Riding I Automobile Co., Ltd., have paid out £1,084 on repairs to their bus station at...

Bal. "Shield" Haulier in Objection

WHEN British Railways opposed a VV haulier's application for a new Alicence articulated outfit at Lytham St. Annes, last week,...

lif.P.s Attack on Rural Transport Problems

A N aggressive tone was adopted by several M.P.s last week during a short Commons debate on transport in rural areas. Mr....

Reading Fare Increase Granted

F ARES increases designed to yield an extra £63,000 a year were granted to Reading Corporation, last week, by the South...

£420,000 ROAD PLAN TO Al . D SCOTTISH FISH HAULIERS T HE

trunk road between Fort William and Mallaig. Inverness-shire, is now being widened at a cost of £420,000. It is to become a...

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Coach Company Withdraw : "In False, Embarrassing Position"

xi / HEN the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners continued hearing an " application by Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading), Ltd.,...

Hauliers Appeal for Bigger Depot E L EVEN people living near the

premises of Dolton Transport, Ltd., Birmingham Road, Redditch, protested at a Ministry of Housing inquiry, last week, about the...

"RAIL STILL BEST FOR MASS MOVEMENT"

A LTHOUGH new roads would give new opportunities to road transport, said Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport...

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A Good Start for

I New Range New Seddon Eight-wheeler Tested with Gardner 6LX 150 b.h.p. Oil Engine. Reveals Good Overall Economy. Eight-wheel...

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DEALINGS IN LICENCES that abuse the law

By G. Duncan Jewell AT HEN the Transport Act, 1953, was \ drafted, those responsible for authorizing trading in special A...

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Self-damping Ring Spring

B ASICALLY comprising a series of inner and outer sections, the cushioned-impact ring spring being produced by Ring Springs,...

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Dmpetition Creates Traffic

By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher L IVELY competition between coach excursion operators in Torbay is good for everyone. It has helped...

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Miniature Fire-engine for N.S.W.

A NEW 250 g.p.m. tender, on a Commer Superpoise f-ton chassis, has come from the workshop department of the New South Wales...

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Loch-Light comes to Scotland

and Austin horse-power helps to bring it DOWER ENOUGH to keep a town the size of Aberdeen going— IF that will be the daily...

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Six-day Hearing for New Coach Service to Scotland

Western S.M.T. Pick Up Illegally in Baldock for 28 Years : Joint Sitting by Commissioners WITH 88 exiled sons—and daughters—...

B.R.S. Praised, But Objection Fails

A FTER hearing how British Road Serf - I vices were developing their facilities for the carriage of broccoli from Cornwall,...

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That " Nice Work" T OUR article " Nice Work If You

Can Get It!" (November 7) raises a number of interesting points. On behalf of the National Council of Coal Traders, may I make...

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Douglas 4 x 4 Dumper Has Rootes Engine

A N unusual feature of a 4 x 4 dumper chassis introduced by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham, is the use of the Rootes...

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Who Earns What

/X S the rewards for public service are se much smaller than in industry, road rA transport is fortunate in having such an...

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Identity Disc

W HAT is taken for granted is often more surprising than the things that cause arguments. Everybody would claim to know what a...

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Small Vans Can Be

BIG WORRIES M ORE than 500,000 commercial vehicles licensed today have unladen weights under a.ton, Yet only a fraction of...

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UP - TO - DATE COSTING INFORMATION E very operator should have a copy of

the new edition of "'The Commercial Motor' Tables of Operating Costs." Completely revised and based upon prevailing prices,...

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Inquiry Finds Little Risk of Worse Jams at Smithfield

—If Butchers are Allowed to Carry Their Own Meat to Their Vehicles THE risk of congestion would have to be carefully watched...

Council Tendering Again Criticized

T HE trend among education authorities of accepting the lowest tender for the carriage of school meals will eventually lead to...