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29th June 1956
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The Biter Bit H AULIERS who, in objecting to applications for

A licences, seek to restrict the normal user of their competitors, should consider carefully the possible repercussions of...

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Tighter Hand on Smoke

N (3 reasonable operator can object to the proposals of the Minister of Transport to strengthen the hand of the police in...

Passing Comments

New or Reconditioned Engines? W OULD the more widespread application of automatic plant so reduce the cost of an engine that...

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Automatic Drive in 20-30-cwt. Vans ?

A LTHOUGH automatic transmission systems are not expected to be seen in large lorries at the Commercial Motor Show in...

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Disposal Board to be Wound Up in the Autumn

IT is likely that the Road Haulage Disposal Board will be wound up I in the autumn. The Board's sixth half-yearly report,...

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Men in the News

MR. J. R. HUDSON has been appointed joint managing director of the Moss Gear Co., Ltd. MR. A. W. MACFERSON, who was for many...

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Liverpool to Run One-man Buses

T IVERPOOL'S one-man buses, fore" shadowed in The Commercial Motor last week, will begin operation on July 9. Two Leyland Royal...

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Municipal 0 • • pportunthes

Wortley Rural District Council are to obtain a refuse collector and a 2-tonner. Rowley Regis Town Councit are recommended to...

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Traffic Courts "Like Auctions

"THIS is becoming more and more like an auction, observed I Mr. S.W. Nelson. chairman of the Western Licensing Authority, last...

300,000 Miles Without Overhaul O FFICIALS of Leyland Motors, Ltd., recently

observed the dismantlin g of a Leyland 0 / 600 125 b.h.p. oil en g ine after it had been removed from a double-deck bus which...

Television Not as Harmful as Cars THE effect of television

on London I passenger traffic has not been as bad as was at one time feared, says Mr. J. D. C. Churchill, assistant secretary....

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COMPLD ROBLEM of ar xpanding Company

C ONSTANTLY supplied by road with components from many sub-contractors, and producing machines for delivery in small numbers to...

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Micrograms. . .

New Astky Branch : Astley Industrial Trust, Ltd., have opened a new branch at 59 Preston New Road, Blackburn. Close Season: No...

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HIGH AIMS

N MAINTENANCE PAY Says P. A. C. . m. B L LOC ech kllgt0a, .i E Brooks (Mistley), Ltd., Employ Advanced Methods of Operation...

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Dual-purpose Trailer Coupling

A DUAL-PURPOSE coupling and drawbar is a feature of rt a new Taskers 3-ton farm trailer. It enables the trailer to be used with...

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Threedepot Fleet for Livestock Work

By a Special Correspondent W HEN Mr. E. W. Watts, of E. W. Watts (Haulage), Ltd., Bassetts Pole Garage, Sutton Goldfield,...

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20,587 New Vehicles Registered

D URING April, registrations of new vehicles, excluding cars and motorcycles, totalled 20,587. With the exception of "Exempt...

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24-hour Transport for Farmers

A FARMER S' organization which started in a modest way at Whitehaven 45 years ago has become the largest trading concern of its...

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Keen Rivalr or Bristol's Meat

By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher M EAT haulage in Bristol is, according to a man of wide experience of the trade, more highly...

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Bulk Transport Cuts

Feeding-stuff Costs By Using a Special Tanker, an East Anglian Operator is Able to Reduce his Charges by El a Ton Compared...

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This Little Pig Went to Market Modern Style

A N articulated vehicle containing in the body a small oil engine and condensing unit for refrigeration purposes has been...

New Bearing for Steering Columns

A NEW type of bearing for steering columns, to overcome the inherent disadvantages of felt, has been produced by Howard...

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Latest Vehicles for the Agricultural Operator

Expanding Application of Hydraulic. Power in Trailers, • and in Tractor-operated Auxiliary Equipment F IVE years ago the...

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Wages Anomalies

L AST week I suggested that the history of the wages procedure in the road haulage industry had produced a number of anomalies....

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Legal Risk in Carrying Livestock

NAAY 1 bring to your notice the unfortunate and I" distressing experience with which one of my company's drivers was faced...

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Tiptree Depot Buyers Assign 27 Vehicles

T WENTY-SEVEN vehicles have been assigned to 13 operators by Kilby and Davison, Ltd., Bedford. They tendered successfully in...

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Farm Hauliers Must be

SPEEDY EXPERTS A N operator engaged upon agricultural haulage must know almost as much as a farmer about certain aspects of...

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30-ft. Worries

DUS manufacturers are reported to regard the 30-ft. double1J decker as a mixed blessing. Turning circles are causing them to...

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Shaking Mechanism for a Tipping Body

TIPPING bodies used for carrying 1 sticky material, such as clay, often fait to discharge their load completely, even when...