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Page 59
H .AULIERS, at least, are not in the mood to accord a welcome to plating regulations, under which the maximum gross laden...
Page 60
M Y forecast is that by the time these words appear, Mr. J. B, Mitchell will be m his second day as national chairman of the...
Stanle, Ernest Clark, O.B.E. T O people on the outside looking in, the chief executive of so powerful a society as that of...
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purchased on the River Lea, within nine miles of the main Finchley factory. It occupies five acres, and Simms will be moving in...
Page 62
FROM G. DUNCAN JEWELL -D OES the carriage of stolen goods in a C-licensed vehicle constitute carriage for hire or reward and...
T HE Jack Committee's report on rural bus services would be presented shortly, Mr. Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport,...
Page 63
T HE manager and two drivers employed by Norman . Green (Fenton), Ltd., trading as Dilhorne Coal Co., Atlas Street, Fenton,...
F OUR short-term vehicles of Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., for use on Continental bulk liquid traffic, were placed on full...
A WARWICKSHIRE haulier, who was alleged to have made false incometax returns, with the result that some of his employees had...
Page 64
MR. WALTER FICK1N, Sheffield district commercial officer of British Road Services, has retired. MR. P. GARNETT KEELER has been...
FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THERE have been complaints in past I years—not always justified complaints —of lack of meat in the...
BB RITAIN'S roads continue to be the most crowded in the world. The most recent count showed 30.9 vehicles per mile of road-3.3...
Page 65
M ANY hauliers did not appreciate the risk they ran in using vehicles in breach of their licences and it was difficult to...
A SHORT-TERM application, heard at an inquiry specially held at Berwickupon-Tweed last week to enable local evidence to be...
nECAUSE they were unable to hire sufficient box vans to cope with the seasonal demand from September to Christmas, Cadbury...
Page 67
T HEquestion of rates featured prominently in the resumed hearing at Leeds last week before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority,...
A COMBINATION of unusual circumstances at a Bristol inquiry before the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, last week...
T HE acceleration of movement of materials is the theme of numerous displays at the Factory Equipment Exhibition, which has...
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last year was almost double the estimated yearly increase of 7 per cent. It rose by 12 per cent. and, if this trend continues,...
D ECISIONS on four p.s.v. appeals were g iven this week by the Minister of Transport. In every case, he has turned down the...
\WITH 23 resolutions on transport VI' tabled for its annual conference, to be held in Scarborou g h from October 11-15, the...
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R oughly one-seventh of Ireland is bogland. Black barren wastes, 90% water, that would drown the man who walked on them. For...
Page 77
COMMENTING in Leeds last week on • -■ the objection of Bradford Corpora-. lion to a proposed special works service to...
John Pearce, were jailed at Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions last week for stealing five tons of zinc worth £435. May , was...
Page 78
THREE applications were put before the North Western Traffic A Commissioners last week for permission to operate express...
TENDERS have been invited by Man" chester Transport Committee for the .building of a new five-storey headquarters beside the...
Page 81
T HE possibility, discussed recently amongst certain Members of Parliament, of levying a ton-mile tax on C-licence vehicles was...
THERE was a shortage of hauliers who 1 were willing to take loads to remote areas of Scotland, Mr. J. Booth told the North...
I NCREASES of -34. in most West Hartlepool Transport Department single fares were approved last week by the Northern Traffic...
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New Perkins Direct-injection Oil Engine is Tested in 7-ton Chassis : Ample Power and Good Economy By John F. Moon,...
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Forms of Construction and Types of Material Show Progress in Detail Design. Fresh Systems for Bulk Discharge By P. A. C....
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By Anthony Ellis F ROM exhibits at this year's Commercial Motor Show, it appears that British trailer manufacturers are...
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Workshop, Cleaning and Testing Appliances All Show That Makers Are Keeping up with Demand A PPL1ANCES for vehicle cleaning and...
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ROADRAI LE R The Roadrailer, jointly developed by Pressed Steel Company and British Transport Commission, and made by the...
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I NNOVATIONS and improvements in accessories at Earls Court reveal that . manufacturers arc keeping pace with the Modern...
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[flu - eased Luxury I:THOUGH there may, perhaps, be one or two trifling dissimilarities between an exhibition of commercial...
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H OME demand for ambulances has settled into a fairly steady pattern, the chief requirement being to satisfy the needs of the...
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if HE new edition of ' The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs,' shows the depreciation cost per mile for the 7-ton...
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S ELDOM do the resolutions on' the agenda for the annual conference of the Road Haulage Association tell us much about the...