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Safety in Numbers

O NE of the finest examples of how hauliers can help themselves by co-operation with other hauliers is provided in the...

Another Threat

T HE designating of clearways within urban areas is a comparatively new problem for operators The protest meeting held in...

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Wall

Ebert Heymann T WELVE years ago, Mr. Freddie Jeune, who was an engineer and haulier, entered into partnership with a young man...

Good Morning, Mr. Marples

G OOD morning, Mr. Marples. Have you got any thoughts . on box dimensions for public service vehicles, on simpler records for...

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Twin-drive Trader Six.wheeler

A SIX-WHEELED vehidle, based on L. the •Tharnee: . Trader •7-ton chassis and cab, and having - twin-drive rear axles, is now...

White Paper Talks

FADERS of the T.U.C. and of unions with members in the transport industry are to seek another meeting with Mr. Ernest Marples,...

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New B.M.C. Pick-ups

DICK-UP versions of the Austin I 10-12-cwt. and Morris J.4 vans are announced today by the British Motor Corporation. The new...

The Bus Pay Dispute

From Our Industrial Correspondent T HE Ministry of Labour took a hand last week in the dispute over pay and conditions of...

DIRECTION INDICATOR REGULATIONS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT pro11 ' 1 posals to amend

the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, as they affect direction indicators—made known on February 19, 1958—have...

T.R.T.A. DINNER DATE

T HE fifteenth annual dinner of Traders' Road Transport Association is to be held at Grosvenor House, Park Lane. London. W.1,...

Closing an H.P. Loophole

BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT THE House of Commons has given a First Reading to a Bill to ensure that when a vehicle is...

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Men in the News

MR. L. B. CHAMLL has been promoted from assistant transport manager to transport and purchase casings manager of Blue Peter...

MR. H. C. TREE, joint assistant secretary of the Institute

of Transport, has retired after reaching the age limit. He completed more than 35 years' service with the Institute. MR. JOIIN...

Obituary

W E regret to record the death on February 19 of MR. FREDERICK CHARLES WILLIAMS. He joined Martin Walter, Ltd., Folkestone, in...

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Thorny crofts Leave T.E.T. Board

T HE name Thornycroft has gone from the board of directors of Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd. Associated Commercial...

LONDON BUS STRIKE CALLED OFF AT ELEVENTH HOUR From Our Industrial Correspondent

L ONDON'S bus services were saved at the eleventh hour this week from disruption by an unofficial strike of some busmen. The...

RATES MAY HARDEN

T "possibility that rates increases may affect some traders using long distance haulage services was admitted by Mr. Alexander...

Forthcoming Events

March 5-I4.—Leipzig Spring Fair. March 7.—Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund, Annual General Meeting, Connaught Rooms,...

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The "Military Pickle" on Salisbury Plain

T HE term "military pickle" might well describe a situation which arose on Salisbury Plain when Blue and Ivory Coaches, Ltd.,...

Orders itosel 111eliveries

BARTON RE-EQUIP: Barton Transport, Ltd., Chilwell, Notts, have ordered three MOTO A.E.C. Mercury tractive units to further the...

Time Clocks for a Haulage Concern

1-1 . A LEICESTER haulage concern, A. Fletcher and Co., of lbstock, are to place time clocks in the cabs of their lorries as...

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Bulk Grain Delivery Not Catching on Very Fast

DULK delivery of grain and feeding stuffs is not catching on very quickly in this country. This is the finding of a survey...

Sheffield Bus Garage Opening

IkAR, R. C. MOORE, general manager al of Sheffield transport department. will officially open the new East Bank bus garage,...

Micrograms

Radio-telephone equipment is to be installed by Northampton Highways Dept. in a further six vehicles at a cost of £1,000....

Diesel Fumes : T.R.T.A. Counterblast

A COUNTERBLAST to the adverse PI publicity that is being given to diesel exhaust fumes is planned by Traders' Road Transport...

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Follow Us, Say Tippers Pool

M R. G. C. GOODIER, chairman of North Western Tippers, Ltd., the newly formed pool of tipping vehicle operators belonging to...

Sir Henry Spurrier Denies Foden Take-over Bid

T HE board of Leyland Motors, Ltd., have no ambition to take over Fodens, Ltd. That statement was made by Sir Henry Spurrier...

Absentees Warned by Mr. W. F. Quin

F AILURE of .applicants to appear in support of their claims was criticized strongly by Mr. W. F. Quin,. Scottiih Licensing...

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No Replacement For Maintenance

PPLYING at Liverpool last week for L an articulated vehicle on B licence be used solely for maintenance purses, Johnson, Wild...

Beds for " BEN "

• is announced by The Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund that with the t under Covenant of another £5,000, strol, Ltd., j...

New Transport Companies

arden Brothers (Haulage), Ltd. Cap. £100. Dir.: E. Barden, 112 Chatsworth Road, London, E.5. erkeley Haulage Co. ' Ltd: Cap....

"Retrograde Step" to Scrap Licensing System

A DDRESSING a meetin g of the ri Industrial Transport Association on " Aspeets of Transport Law," Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw...

The David Brown Story

F OLLOWING a spate of sensational I novels set in Midland and Northern industrial towns, it is a welcome relief to read a...

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D ETAILS of the incentive bonus scheme proposed for employees of

Blackpool transport department have been disclosed by the chairman of the transport committee, Aid. E. E. Wynne. The plan is...

THE first mobile ice-cream manufs turing unit to be introduced

Scotland is now at work in the Paisl area. It is operated by G. Porrelli at Co., Underwood Lane, Paisley, wl already operate...

Maintenance Men Get More Pay

O NE of the last agreements to be negotiated by Mr. Fred Eastwood, who retires as chief union spokesman on the road haulage...

Municipal Contracts

Ayr Corporation Works Committee are to consider the purchase of a bulldozer for the Surveyor's Department. Hereford...

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Newcastle Route Change

Granted — Subject to Review 1-1 . At the public inquiry held at Ponteland, it was stated that the Corporation were prepared to...

T.R.T.A. Ar ea Elections

THE following appointments have been made at area meetings of the Traders' Road Transport Association:— Coventry Chairman: Mr....

Glasgow Hope to Show a Profit

A LTHOUGH there has ' been a decrease in the number of passengers carried there are hopes that Glasgow transport department...

Much-travelled

T WO drivers who were said to have driven at least the equivalent of 281 times round the world without being involved in a...

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Mileages U

-Cases Down T HE trend towards increased mileages to carry fewer patients continues as a feature of the operation of the...

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Dry Steel Load Led to Rotm

em clock Work by G. Duncan Jewell "W ORK, work, and yet more work, is the success recipe of the family haulage concern...

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Export Peak Again

A LTHOLiGH the exports of new cornmercial vehicles reached an all-time high level of 14,929 units last November, this figure...

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Commercial Vehicle Fog Lamp

D ECENTLY introduced into the United Kingdom is the Cibit " Oscar" fog lamp, which has been specifically designed for use on...

Cleaning Equipment Brochure A NEW brochure entitled "Mobile Aids for Cleaning"

has been produced by Powell and Co., Burry Port, Carmarthenshi re, South Wales. Included in the brochure are details and...

New 3-cu. - yd. Dumper T HE new Muir-Hill 14B concretecarrying dumper, announced

by E. Boydell and Co., Ltd., of Old Trafford, VIanchester, has a liquid capacity of 3 cu. yd., and is able to deal equally...

Plastics Reflectors C IRCULAR and rectangular reflectors Is- , made entirely

of plastics and intended for use on commercial vehicles are now manufactured by Fairylites, Ltd., Chalex Works, Southwick,...

New Adhesive rt A WIDE range of applications is possible with

Romanite 248, a new adhesive manufactured by the Liverpool Borax Co., Ltd. (Andrew Maxwell Division), Maxwell House, St.&...

Long - distance Warning Light A N addition to the range of selfcontained

portable warning lamps made by Notek, Ltd., Bromley, Kent, is the Model III Flaremaster. Only 12 in. high and 5 in. in...

Testing Equipment Catalogue T HE new catalogue from Crypton Equipment, Ltd.,

Bridgwater, Somerset, gives details of all this company's engine-testing and tune-up equipment.

French Calendar A VAILABLE from the French Government Tourist Office, 66

Haymarket, London, S.W.1, is a 48-page booklet entitled Calendar of Events, France 1961, which should be of interest to...

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LIFT WITH CARE

In Handling of Bulky or Heavy Objects Six Basic Principles Must be Observed T HE human body can be regarded as a hydraulic...

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ISOLATION

I SOLATION from the continent of Europe has its disadvantages, but there are points in its favour as well. The transport...

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ALTER1 ADVAN7

O NE of the hardest worked—and often most sadly neglected—components in a modern commercial vehicle is the battery. This is...

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High-speed Burst Chamber

20,000 R.P.M. POSSIBLE WITH NEW EQUIPMENT A RECENT addition to the engineering ra test facilities of Automotive Products Co.,...

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Ford's olden Year

By Charles M. Heady AL GOLDEN anniversary, celebrating 50 Golden Years ... . That is the proud claim of Ford of ■ agenham in...

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Shackle pins driven to scrap at only 43,000 miles

The operator trusted to regular manual lubrication, but he was robbing his bearing components of -half their useful life....

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Costing Solo and Trailer Working

F LUCTUATION in loadings is always a major problem for transport operators. Except possibly in highly specialized ancillary...

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Car-transporter Improvements

A CAR-TRANSPORTER, which can rt be adapted to carry general goods and so obtain return loads is shown in patent No. 858,834....

ROAD OR RAIL TR4CTOR

A • VEHICLE having two systems of wheels, one for use on the road, the other on railway lines, and intended for use in railway...