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2nd April 1971
2nd April 1971
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St GEORGE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE OLD DAYS.

"100,000 miles with every new set of Michelins" says Graham Armstrong, General Manager of St. George's Laundry in Worcester,...

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Time for new statesmanship

Speculation about the effects of the Industrial Relations Act on road transport is not made any easier following this week's...

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Budget 'slap in the face' on LPG as vehicle fuel: tax likely this summer

•• In his Budget statement on Tuesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer revealed that powers were being provided for the...

J and H to join Hilton Transport?

• Ralph Hilton Transport of Charlton is to make an offer for the 120-vehicle fleet of its near neighbour J & H Transport Group,...

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Minister agrees: goods drivers' hours need change

• The present situation on goods vehicle drivers' hours rules is unsatisfactory, agrees the Minister for Transport Industries,...

Fares linked to pay?

• The Department - of the Environment is examining the possibility of fares increases being linked more directly to wage rises...

Rate mobile shops, say county authorities

• Plans to charge mobile shops with a levy based on turnover so as to protect ratepaying traders from unfair competition are...

Stirling by-pass opening April 6

• The first stage of the Stirling by-pass section of the Edinburgh-Stirling Motorway (M9) will open to traffic on Tuesday. The...

TDG company closes

• Beck and Pollitzer Road Transport Ltd, of London E14, is to go into voluntary liquidation, it was learnt this week....

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Merri worth TIR trailers for new Eurocross

• A new international haulage company, called Eurocross Ltd, has been set up by a City group with substantial insurance...

BRSL's clean sweep

• The 1971 Lorry Driver of the Year Competition commenced at Weymouth on Saturday with a clean sweep for BRSL. Three entrants...

Damages for blow from wheel

• • A 26-year-old man, injured when a trailer wheel exploded in his face, had not been warned to deflate the tyre before...

Agricultural bulk handling guide

• A fully illustrated and informative booklet on the bulk handling of feeds, seeds and fertilizers has been published by the...

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Transport restrictions can kill cities

• There is a real danger that restrictive traffic legislation would wreck the nation's delivery systems and damage irreparably...

60 special pop trucks

• Sixty Bedford trucks worth £140,000 were delivered to Tizer Ltd in Southampton yesterday in a ceremony marking the largest...

TDG optimism is well-based

• "The outlook for road haulage undertakings is good, particularly for those who provide specialized services, such as tanker...

Thoresen

Normandy link ended • The joint roll-on/roll-off freight service operated on the Southampton to Le Havre route by Thoresen Car...

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The 'wrecker' men go to school

by John Darker • What is believed to be the world's first civilian training course for wrecker operators—vehicle recovery...

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SCMU fears NFC denationalization

• A warning that lucrative sections of the National Freight Corporation, which has assets of £80m, are to be denationalized was...

Tilbury docks appointment scheme

• The vehicle appointment schemes now operating in the Port of London are being further extended with a new scheme introduced...

International Year Book

• German writer Jan Tebbe has collaborated with Norman Douglas to produce Containerisation International Year Book 1971,...

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Future bus policies studied in multi-nation talks

by Ashley Taylor • Possible fresh approaches to public transport were considered at the Newcastle upon Tyne University's...

Fare-free and frequent?

• Concern that London would lose all its buses soon has been expressed in evidence submitted to the public inquiry into the...

Glasgow busmen take second

• Glasgow bus crews, who brought the city's transport services to a halt for one day on March 15, have agreed on an award of up...

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New

double decker in service with SELNEC PTE • The EX1, a prototype double-deck bus designed jointly by the Northern Counties...

Yorkshire JOCs may merge

• It was announced this week that the Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee (part NBC, part Halifax Corporation), the local authority...

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Golden' bus included in Blackpool increases

• Holidaymakers staying at Blackpool this summer will have to pay more for a ride along the resort's famous Golden Mile...

Five authorities object to United

• A public sitting which was adjourned by the Northern Traffic Commissioners in Darlington on January 28 is to be resumed in...

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Shearings acquire

Batty - Holt Tours • Shearings Pleasureways Holidays have acquired the extended tours licences of Batty-Holt Touring Service...

14 services withdrawn by Western SMT

• Local authorities in south-west Scotland will have to find £4m in subsidies to make their rural bus services viable, said Mr...

Flowery ignorance

• Ignorance of the law concerning filling in a log book did not prevent a Norwich florist from being granted an 0 licence by...

People

Sam Morton, 38, who joined Frigoscandia Transport from A. D. Forsey (Transport) Ltd, of Weston-Super-Mare, where he was...

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Redesigned FD6 diesel in Foden dumper

• One of five Foden dump trucks demonstrated at an Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation quarry in Kent on Wednesday, an 8E6/24...

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New Italian and American all-axle skid-control systems

. . from Fiat • Convincing demonstrations of the effectiveness of an anti-wheel locking system developed by Fiat of Italy were...

. .• from Eaton Yale and Towne

• An Eaton anti-skid system applied to all the axles of a five-axle artic equipped with air brakes was demonstrated on film in...

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Dodges to aid quick 747 turnround

• When BOAC's fleet of Boeing 747 Jets enter service this month, special ball-surfaced Ratcliff tail-lifts will be used to...

Altitude engine control from Fiat

• Fiat has developed an electronics control device for diesel engines to take account of operation at high altitudes. When...

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WHAT WILL

THE IXDLTST1U AL RELATIONS ACT DO TO TRANSPORT? LIVELY CONTROVERSY AT CM-SPONSORED CONFERENCE report by John Darker • Among...

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bird's eye view by the Hawk

• Promising start No doubt about it, the CM/P VOA conference last week was a most promising success. It was the first joint...

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COACH OPERATORS LOOK TO THE FUTURE

OPERATORS from many parts of the UK attended the conference "Psv Operation in the Seventies" at the Connaught Rooms, London,...

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meet

John M. Birch • Although John Birch relinquished his appointments as deputy chairman and deputy managing director of Birch...

road and

workshop by Handyman Bench wise; tool tricks (2) broken twist drills MANY JOBS in the vehicle repair shop are, of course,...

Next week: all about MAINTENANCE

Section 64 of the Transport Act 1968 requires the Licensing Authorities to ensure that operators have adequate maintenance...

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letters

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

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MANY NOVELTIES AT TURN COMMERCIAL MOTOR S-OWMANLY FRON/ FIAT

by Tony Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE MOST of the news at the 1971 Turin in the major Italian cities and a similar international...

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4-10W 71

14.89 litre V8. This model is now available in Italy with an OM badge on the front and it appears at the Show as a solo...

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topic The head hunters of Haringey

by janus F ANTASY and fact are not always clearly distinguished even in what seems to be a straightforward news item. We can...

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Q The decimalization of our money

appears to have been accomplished with far less difficulty than was expected on the problems of conversion. When it comes to...

Q Could you tell me where! can obtain detailed information on vehicle lights and reflectors?

A The vehicle lighting regulations them' selves are confusing because they are spread over so many documents going back as far...

Q If a diesel were converted to operate

as a spark-ignition unit could a satisfactory performance be obtained? I am considering the conversion of a small diesel to run...

Q What are the regulations regarding the fitting of triangular rear

reflectors on trailers? Must they be fitted to all trailers and are they as I have been told—necessary on draw-bar trailers...

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management

matters by John Darker, AMBIM Building the Brent Group John Silbermann's business philosophy MR JOHN SILBERMANN is an...

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know the law

by Les Old ridge AIRTE, AMIMI The Abrasive Wheels Regulations 19 70 (1) EVEN the smallest commercial vehicle repair workshop...

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the common room

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studios, University of London. Learning from the Royal Corps of Transport THE...

the costing column

It's traditional • Vehicle loading is probably considered a semi-skilled job by the layman. Those conversant with road...