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2nd December 1955
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One for All

I N introducing legislation to end the disposal of the assets of British Road Services, the Minister of Transport should use...

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Police State: Stage One

U TNDER a highly dangerous clause which Mr. J. %.--) Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of Transport, has tabled for inclusion in the...

Passing Comments

A M.I.R.A. Occasion pRESIDING at the members' luncheon of the Motor Industry Research Association, on November 23, Mr. W....

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One Hears

That one-man operation of buses in the lesscongested areas will probably increase considerably. Of those who think that...

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New Restrictions on Big Loads : Users to Justify Road

Transport N EW restrictions on the movement of large or heavy loads by road are proposed by the Minister of Transport. It is...

-End of Quarry Lorry Applications ?

"I DO not know of any more applica 1 dons. We sincerely hope we have now reached the end, as there has been a tremendous drain...

Now Southdown in Pay Dispute

A DISPUTE on salaries and condi ti of service for white-collar workers employed by Southdown Motor Services ; Ltd., has been...

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Last-minute Efforts to -Gain Support for Disposal Bill

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT . E FFORTS were being made last night by the Government to avoid ..a display of open hOstility...

New Move to Give Employers a Defence

A N employer shall have a defence in proceedings if he is able to prove that he took all reasonable steps to ensure compliance...

Operator. Must Turn Over New Leaf

"A DMISSIONS DMISSIONS made this morning constitute breaches of the applicant's licences, which, if continued, would justify us...

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Men in the News

SIR HENRY SPURRIER was last week electedyresident of the Motor Industry Research Association. ' Mg... F. E. HUGHES has...

Credulity Stretched to the Limit

O PERATORS who still pleaded they did not know they were running private-party trips illegally were stretching credulity to the...

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Commons Approve Speed-limit Rules

T HE House of Commons last week approved the Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limit) Regulations, 1955. These grant exemption...

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New Committee for Lorry Drivers' Contest to be Formed Soon

O RGANIZATIONS willing to take part in the promotion of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition are to be asked to send their...

Mr. Jordan Fears B.T.C. Monopoly T HE British Transport Commission, controlling

both railway and trunk road services, will be able to gang up and establish, more or less, a monopoly so far as public...

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Higher Fares on Coach Services to London : Councils to Seek More

T HE cost of running express services between the north-east and London had increased by more than £10,000 in a year, Mr. D. F....

Exports S10m. Up on 1954 Figure

T HE number and value of commercial-vehicle exports for the nine months to September this year were 21,500 units and £10m....

Express Service for One Passenger

A N express-service licence authorizr - I ing them to carry one passenger over a six-rnile route in Pembrokeshire has been...

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Increase in C.I.E. "Nuclear Engineering " Road Receipts New British

Journal P ROFITS from the road transport and hotels of Coras lompair Eireann, the Irish Republic's national transport system,...

Was Road Public or Private ?

VUHEN a driver appeared before VT Newport magistrates, last week, on charges arising out of an accident in Granville Road,...

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Country Dwellers Must Use Buses P EOPLE living in rural areas

must patronize their local bus services if they expect them to continue, the chairman of the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr....

Doctors, Engineers Should Combine

THE changing aspect of our roads, 1 where more and more Dieselpowered lorries and buses pour out black clouds of smoke,...

Keen Fight for

Express Services QTRONG objections to an application by Mr. E. G. Hewitt (Premier Omnibus Co.), Watford; for permission to...

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Why No Special A Licences Revoked ?

THE case for revoking special A licences under Section 9(4) -of the Transport Act, 1953, if the vehicles were movedfrom their...

Boom in Fire-engine Business Over

T HE post-war re-equipment demand for fire appliances was almost satisfied. In the home market. more than a gradual return to...

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Railways and B.R.S. Put Negotiation in Danger

Uniting to Oppose Hauliers' Applications for Licences: Serious Menace to Independent Operators : Traders' Freedom Threatened "...

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New Hydraulic Gantry Loader

A LOGICAL development of the /A hydraulic lifting gear used in the Market Loader vehicles designed and built by Market...

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From Shops to Diggers at Smithfield

A MOBILE shop, a four-wheeldrive timber -tractor, a. number, of loaders and diggers, and many types of trailer, will go to form...

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Wasteful Competition Forecast

B.M.M.O. and Crosville Argue that There is Room for Both Road and Rail Services Between E. Midlands and Liverpool A...

Vans as Mobile Warehouses

. L ARGE-CAPAC1TY vans are bein g .1-4 used as mobile warehouses by Solent Furniture Products, Ltd., Portsmouth. The company...

New Clause on Spot Tests

nISCUSS1ON durin g the continued Li proceedin g s on the Road Traffic Bill in the House of Commons, last week, centred on spot...

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46 HAVE invited you to come along in your capacity

/ as transport consultant to assist us in the review of our transport policy and to formulate our plans for the future," the...

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Opinions and Queries

Poor Cock Robin FROM time to time a resolution passed by the British 1 Medical Association, that the attention of transport...

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Political Commentary

Room for Expansion 0 VER a year has passed since the events took place that are numbered and arranged in the latest "Summary...

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More List 13 Purchases in Three Areas

r–F HE names of further hauliers who have successfully tendered for transport units offered in list 13 are reported this week...

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A New 25-ton Mobile Crane

A MOBILE crane capable of lifting 25 tons at 10-ft. radius has been introduced into the Coles range by Steels Engineering...

I.n a Line or Two

C. C. Wakefield and Co. (Ireland), Ltd„ last week opened a new factory at Tot - enure, Dublin. An economic survey of Peru has...

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Assessing A FAIR RATE

T HERE are three main items which must be coniidered when assessing rates and charges: vehicle operating costs, overheads or...

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Oil Cooling for Oil-Engine Pistons

F ROM Leyland Motors, Ltd., Suffolk House, Laurence Pountney Hill, London, E.C.4, comes patent No. 337,714 in which is shown a...