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2nd June 1961
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Don't Buy Licences

W HEN, recently, a C-licensee was convicted of using an unlicensed vehicle for hire or reward, it was because he had purchased...

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Men Who Make Transport

Pet uncan Fairlie C ONTRARY to widely held belief, Scotland does not export all her highly qualified scientists, technologists...

Dilemma, Haulier's, One For The Use Of

w E had to make a fight of it, of course, and there is little doubt but that the Licensing Authority is not impressed these...

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Dent's Fined £35 for Operating Unlicensed Vehicle

T HE question of whether or not a vehicle, illegally used, is covered by insurance, was successfully argued by Mr. T. H....

IDEAS SOUGHT FOR IMPROVING LORRY DRIVER TESTS rONCERNED for future

interest in the Lorry Driver of the Year competition, the executive committee is to meet next month to consider new tests for...

Towards the High-speed Diesel?

E.R.F. Build Petrol-engined Eight-wheeler A LTHOUGH a new maximum-capacity eight-wheeled tanker chassis announced earlier this...

Regulation 14 44 Unwieldy" TEM POR ARY substitution facilities I

were described as unwieldy and of no use in an emergency, by Mr. J. Pearson, managing director of Pearson (Hauliers), Ltd., at...

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Work-anywhere Tipper Licence Bid Substantially Succeeds

T HE grant of a B licence to enable a large tipper operator to undertake contracts on any major civil engineering work would...

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Men in the News

Mr. Leonard R. Parker, who joined the fire engineering firm of Merryweather and Sons. Ltd., of Greenwich, in 1925 as an...

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Government's Pipeline Policy Attacked

From Our Industriai Correspondent A N attack on the way the Government propose to handle pipeline transport was made by Mr....

C Hiring to A Switch Appeal

rrHE Transport Tribunal reserved its decision in London on Tuesday on an appeal by Griffiths Contractors, Ltd., of Pond Lane,...

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Rate-cutting Alleged

A SOMERSET haulage contractor was closely questioned about his profit and loss account when he applied to the Licensing...

New Plastics Road Tank A N all-plastics container for the road

transportation of hydrochloric acid or sodium hypochlo rite has been developed by Tough Plastics, Ltd., Weybridge, Surrey; and...

Manchester Branch for Security Express

1– t A NEW branch of Security Express, Ltd., was opened at 314 Deansgate, Manchester, 3, on Wednesday. This is additional to...

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Busmen Press for London Transport Inquiry

ONDON busmen are to continue to 1 -d press for a public inquiry into London Transport services, in spite of the refusal of the...

Orders and Deliveries,,

EAST AFRICAN ORDERS: East African Railways and Harbours Administration have ordered 22 Leyland Beaver trucks and six Scammell...

Nottingham's Transport Boss

A LD. W. G. E. Dyer, leader of the 1-1 Conservative group on Nottingham City Council, has taken over the chairmanship of thi...

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One Tipper Granted

THE appeal by L. Forrester and Sons. of Whixall, near Whitchurch, Shropshire, against the refusal of the West Midland...

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Time Clocks for Leicester Fleet

A N Ibsiock, Leicester, firm has had so much trouble with drivers failing to keep correct records of hours worked that time...

C to B Licence Switch Granted

Mr. A. J. Ball, secretary of the Eiffel Foundry Company and Trumanns, said the vehicles in question would be used to carry...

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New -ton 4 x 4 from 1,120,000 Commercial

Vehicles U.S.A. a Year A RECENT entry into the Hon 4 •x 4 field is the International Harvester 'Co., U.S.A., who are now in...

Earth-movers at Aberdeen

XHIB1TORS of earth-moving equip ment at the Institute of Public Cleansing conference in Aberdeen (fully previewed on pages...

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Hardship Little : Inconvenience Great

Diversified Views on Rural Transport Problems at Institute of Traffic Administration Conference 1- 1 7 HE possibility that...

High-vision Snow Plough

ri A NOVEL design of snow plough, in which the driving cab is located above the plough head and snow is discharged behind the...

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Removing "Down Under"

Vast Distances and Unbalanced Population Concentrations Complicate the Australian Remover's Operation, But Costs Remain...

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Newcomers oi '.Tote at Aberdeen?

Possibility of One or Two Entirely New Vehicles at Next Week's Institute of Public Cleansing Conference in Scotland : Distance...

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The maintenance of Ball and Roller Bearings

NO 1 OF 6 CHECK A FITTED B iNG Time and trouble can often be saved by inspecting a ball or roller bearing before it is removed....

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Four

Horse power at Wood Green Four Horses, Eight Containers, Two Mechanical Horses and Eighteen Men Operate One of the Cheapest...

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Diesels Aid Economy For Short Distances

Rural Operator Finds Oil-engines More Economical When Employed on Short Distance Collections in Hilly Terrain. Fuel-cost Saving...

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Down the Hatch

Fully Mechanized Refuse Collection is the Aim in Multi-storey Flat Systems, But Creates Serio-us Problems in Public Cleansing...

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krs Fro 8.11 A Latest Leyland Octopus Models Availabk performance 200-b.h.p. Diesel Engines Corn, 'ice of "Economy"...

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Preparing Itself For The Worst

by Charles S. Dunbar m.Inst.T. H AVING been brought up on the maxim "Keep the wheels turning," I found myself on strange...

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G.B. New Registrations Exceed 33,000

R EG1STRATIONS of new commercial vehicles in this country topped the 33,000 mark for the second time only in March, and settled...

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The Economics of Municipal Fleet Operation

The Value of Any Saving in Manhours, the Need for the Tools . for . the Job from Spanners to• Vehicles, and the Case for Work...

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SEA CHANGE

by JANUS S O much discussion on transport subjects has been taking place between experts on both sides of the Atlantic during...

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Injector Tester

T HE new hand-operated Hartridgc injector nozzle Testmaster contains all the test facilities necessary to determine the...

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Why not get the best of both worlds with the ROADRAILER?

Now it's an 11-ton lorry, loaded in the usual way and driven by road to the railhead. Only 150 seconds to retract the road...

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Reconciling Outlay With Costs

The Effect of Specification on the 10 Items of Standing and Running Expenses Should be Carefully Examined When Considering the...

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Pressure Control For Injection Pumps •

A Ninjection pump in which the excess-fuel device for starting is controlled by the pressure of the fuel supply is disclosed in...