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2nd September 1966
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Job for Mr. Jones

W ITH the climate of opinion hard against rates increases for road hauliers, last week's announcement by the Prices and Incomes...

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NGLO-FRENCH RHA wants better facilities DHUNNEI: TALKS for Continental traffic

4RS. BARBARA CASTLE, Minister of Transport, meets M. Pisani, the French Mister for Equipment, in London on Septemr 9 to discuss...

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Dundee as container Motormen fight 'freeze' port?

rr HE Dundee Harbour Trust is investigat ing the scope for a fast sea service to Scandinavia involving a container terminal,...

New act will improve road lighting

IMPROVEMENTS in the level of street lighting are foreshadowed when the Local Government Bill becomes law, probably some time...

Ministry Grant for Lancs By-pass

GRANTS totalling £2,086,311 have been made by the Minister of Transport to Lancashire County Council and Bolton County Borough...

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ipecial Magirus-Deutz for Comet chassis JK at Commercial Show for tippers at

15 tons gross ) NE of the chassis that will be seen on the Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz stand will a model specifically designed...

;till More Freightliners

wo Lancashire/Glasgow links starting IN Monday next British Railways will start a new Freightliner service linking lasgow...

TRTA wins concession

'BLANKET' LISTS WILL SUFFICE I T wilt not be necessary for operators of big fleets of food delivery vehicles to register each...

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Cummi ▪ ns to take over Krupp engi ▪ ne research T HE vehicle-engine research and development

department of Fried Krupp, Essen, West Germany is to be taken over by Cummins Engine Co. from January 1, 1967, as the initial...

ENV Willesden works 'uneconomic'

THE decision by the board of ENV Engineering Co. Ltd. to run down and finally to close their Willesden factory was brought...

Veteran fire engines on show

VETERAN fire engines, some over 50 years old, can be seen in Battersea Park, London, on Sunday, September 4, from 2.30 p.m....

People

The Minister of Transport, Mrs. Barbara Castle, is to present an International Road Federation award to the United States...

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Nelsh haulier idds seven

k SOUTH WALES firm of hauliers were 1 on Wednesday granted permission operate seven additional vehicles, increasg their fleet...

Eatonways proposals not sound, say Commissioners

Luxury commuter services into Birmingham refused 'T a written decision, the West Midland raffic Commissioners have refused...

'Local authorities can assist ommissioners'

THE Minister of Transport, after considering an appeal by the Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. against the Eastern Traffic...

Withdrawn

A l application by J. H. Birtwistle and Co. (Manufacturers) Ltd., cotton spinners and manufacturers of Haslingden, Lancs., was...

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'Sensible' application granted

Commissioners criticize timewasting objections by railways A FTER a railway representative was asked at Liverpool by Mr. C. R....

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ROYALIST REVIVED

by Derek Moses UOLLOWING closely on the news that a leading bus builder is to have a real crack at the luxury coach market...

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°using shortage means river shortage

)15T of 22 applications to fill jobs as bus drivers for Chiltern Queens Ltd., 21 of applicants stated that it would be neces:y...

No thaw in municipal pay freeze

A T a special meeting in London on Wednesday union officials speaking for busmen employed by municipal undertakings asked the...

Busmen and that 9s. 3d.

'ELEVEN northern local authorities operating transport services unanimously decided on Tuesday, August 23 to recommend their...

No support for Glasgow busmen

GLASGOW CORPORATION has decided that it cannot support the TGWU's attempt to secure immediate payment of the 9s. 3d. a week...

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Hull Ignores Barbara

D ESPITE the request from Mrs. Barbara Castle, Minister of Transport, that bus undertakings should not apply for fare increases...

West Riding frequencies cut

P RACTICALLY all routes operated in the Wakefield area by the West Riding Automobile Co. Ltd. are now affected by frequency...

BUSES-ONLY IN CAMBRIDGE?

S PECIAL provision of routes across the centre of Cambridge reserved only for buses to achieve maximum accessibility to the...

Recruitment easier for Thames Valley

THE uphill fight which the Thames Valley Traction Co. Ltd. has been waging to recruit and maintain staff to provide...

LONDON BUSES TO VISIT FRANCE AND USA

44 BUY BRITISH!" is the message which two London Transport Routemasters are taking to Paris and across the Atlantic to New...

Overcoming luggage difficulties

OFFICIALS of the Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. are considering fitting convertible scats to buses operated by the company in...

Busmen's cricket final at Birmingham

THE final of the National Public Servic4 Vehicle Undertakings' cricket competition fo: the Castro! Shield will be played on...

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Opening of Severn Bridge

COMPLETED nearly five months ahead of schedule, the £8m. Severn Bridge will he opened by the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of...

'roduction boost or Bedford

EDFORD truck manufacturing capacity is to be increased by about 30 per cent to 85,500 tits a year by the end of 1967....

k Best-selling Ford

rHE Transit is um Britain's best-selling medium van, claims Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 'he company says its July sales figures show...

A Pax 22 from Dennis

NEW MODELS FOR THE SHOW THIS YEAR T WO new models will, be exhibited by Dennis Bros. Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show. These...

BSM at the Show

A LEYLAND Ergomatic cab equipped with the BSM reaction-test unit is to be a special feature of the BSM stand at Earls Court....

York's new company

A NEW company called York Truck Equipment Ltd. was launched on September 1. Reflected in its formation is the continued...

Special attachments for mechanical handling

A NEW division—special attachments— has been set up by L. Lipton Ltd., of Wooburn Green, Bucks., a company prominent in the...

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Fiat is sending seven vehicles to Earls Court

A announced in COMMERCIAL MOTOR of July 22, Fiat of Italy is to exhibit heavy commercial vehicles for the first time at the...

Fork Truck Driver of the Year

E NTRIES are invited for this year's national competition to be held at RAF Sports Arena, Stanmore Park, Middlesex, during...

New Weston tipping gears

T WO new twin-ram underbody tippin gear units, to complement the existin 4S gear, have been developed by Westo Works...

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'ransport Courses

LT the request of the National Federation of Builders' and Plumbers' Merchants, Transrt Consultants are running a two-day...

old decision on aining needed

e setting up of an Industrial ;VI7il the Board for Road Transport 11 in the pipeline, the following comments e pertinent...

ne more training levy

HE Minister of Labour, Mr. Ray Gunter, has approved proposals submitted by the Water ipply Industry Training Board for a levy...

. . and yet another The Minister of Labour has

also approved oposals submitted by the Construction Industry - aiming Board for a levy of 1 per cent of the tal emoluments of...

URTHER EXTENSION OF M5 ROUTE for a further 2+ miles

of the M5 Motorway from East Brent to Edithmead, Somerset, has been published as a draft :heme. The route now proposed follows...

Your Air Brakes

Part 24—Three-line Braking: The Auxiliary System A S the main air reservoir reaches a pressure of 70 p.s.i., the governor...

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Safe space heating

A NEW range of Khamsin direct-fired space heaters has been announced by Park Engineering (Paddock Wood) Ltd. which has been...

Aluminium cleanser

T HE Cee-Bee Chemical Co. Ltd. recently introduced six types of Transbrite compound for treating aluminium surfaces exposed to...

p RODUCED from high-impact polystyrene in grey, blue or green, the

Kabi combination box system caters for the easy interchange of a variety of trays of differing sizes. Further sections can...

Blind assembly nuts

D ESIGNED to fit into a square hole and secured by rotating through 45 0 with an applicator, blind assembly nuts are being...

Quick service

T HE smaller user of clips, fastenings an assembled components should, in parti cular, benefit from the availability of a part:...

New lamps by Lucas

B ACK-FIXING versions of the Pathfi ndei fog lamp and Projector long-range lamp have been announced by Joseph Lucas Ltd., the...

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CONCORDE

F the future operations involving the Concorde are as efficient as was this land/sea operation then the two constructing...

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Bird's Eye

View BY THE HAWK Export Extraordinary . T HEAR that Leyland Motors even exported their open day this I year. It celebrated...

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Three for the scrub of two

By R. D. Cater, AMInstBE M Y comments on the lack of manoeuvrability of long semitrailers have got me into quite a number of...

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What Yorkshire does today. . ?

BY R. D. CATER, AM I nst B E - fipp 'ICHARD PETTY, Yorkshire haulier-extraordinary, is a man Pb. who, when he thinks something...

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ring brakes all ERF ow models

AFEATURE of all the vehicles to be shown by ERF Ltd. at the M.Commercial Motor Show will be the use of spring-brake :hambers at...

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ligher speed, more power,

lower fuel consumption By P. A. C. Brockington, A PA I Mech E &PART from certain details of construction, there can be no...

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:oden to ;how new Jump truck Ind semi-auto chassis

LLTHOUGH none of the models to be %. exhibited at the Commercial Motor Low by Fodens Ltd. will be absolutely and new, there...

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F HERE is a set of problems common to almost every

bus operator in the country, particularly in urban areas. Firstly, )assenger traffic is progressively falling and with it the...

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In Your Opinion

' Scrap the Wages Order' THE APPARENT differences of opinion between W. A. G. Sayers and lorry driver L. Phipps given space in...

Frank G. Gates higher profits

WHEN reporting on the 1964/5 results the chairman of FRANK G. GATES took a wisely cautious view of the prospects for the year...

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:TOTE the name Vernon Lawrence, OBE, because this man Ni

was the moving spirit behind the construction of the Severn idge which will be opened by HM The Queen on September 8. le bridge...

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SPIRAL IN REVERSE

NTIMELY from the point of view of most hauliers is the reminder in the latest report of the Prices and Incomes Board that...

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THE ULTIMATE YARDSTICK

Fr HE need for adequate costing of commercial vehicle operation was stressed in this series a fortnight ago. Where an operator...

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The Common

R By George Wilmot oom Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London THE VALUE OF DISCUSSION IN CLASS studying for the...