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4th October 1963
4th October 1963
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Self Help

A FREQUENTLY LEVELLED criticism of past Road Haulage Association conferences has concerned the triviality of many of the...

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FREE B.R.S. FROM LICENSING' SAYS LABOUR SPOKESMAN

CLUE to the way in which the Socialists might. if elected, implement r intention to let British Road 'ices expand was given by...

Freight-exchange Network? Commercial Role Suggested for R.H.A

LIVELY debate scents certain to develop at the first working session the Road Haulage Association Connee at Brighton on October...

Study-group Views for Geddes

THE report of the R.H.A, licensing I study group, with its controversial plans for a much-modified system. is to form the basis...

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.K. To Join CANA. Convention

E Government has decided that the Mited Kingdom should accede to the ention on the Contract for the Internal Carriage of Goods...

Cargo Services To End .

RGO services between Londonderry and Liverpool and Heysham are to on October 12, nnouncing this, Coast Lines Ltd. said els...

Lorry Theft Ring—Three Men Accused

THREE men accused at Harlow Court last week of lorry stealing were alleged to be members of a flourishing ring of lorry...

What America Sp ends on Transport

MERICA spent 112,000 m. dollars (£39,300 m.) on transport in 1., reveals the Transportation Associaof America. This huge sum...

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Bradford Hauliers Combine

NEW association—the Bradford and District Hauliers' Federation—has n formed by 21 hauliers with the aim "stabilizing the...

Costlier insurance IGHER premiums for vehicle insurance polices held with

tariff cornies came into effect on Tuesday. The - eases, ranging from 12 to 17 per cent, ■ ly to new policies taken out from...

DIESEL SMOKE WITCH HUNT'

MEITHER the Bosch-Dunedin nor the B.?.-Hartridge smoke meter provides a permanent record of diesel smoke that would be...

Butane Road Tankers for Shell and LP.

A NUMBER of butane road tankers ri for Shell-Mex and B.P. Gases Ltd, has recently been completed at the Greenwich Works of G....

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gger Items at P.L.A. Smalls Depot

response to representations from users, including the Traders Road nsport Association, the Port of idon Authority has increased...

L.D.O.Y. Contest Expanding

HE Lorry Driver of the Year competition continues to grow, the national council was told on Wednesday, and there may be four...

R.H.A. and Smoke

Q1NCE resolutions put forward for cussion at the Clean Air Conference at Scarborough next week include proposals which . would...

Noise Limits Exceeded in Ministry Test

THE. highways and vehicles committee of the Road Haulage Association, and representatives from the Traders Road Transport...

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WALSH TRANSPORT (BOLTON) LTD. •

our issue for September 13, we published a report of a hearing before A. H. foliate, the North Western uty Licensing Authority,...

Railways Appeal Starts

N appeal by British Railways Board against the grant of three vehicles to aster Ferry Transport Ltd.. of Preston, the North...

Tribunal 'Bound to Follow Merchandise'

QUBIVEISSIONS that the North Western iJ deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. folliffe, had granted an A licence Which was...

Yorkshire Contract Switch Succeeds

HE difficulties of a Wibsey (Bradford) haulier with three Contract A ieles working on London trunking for Bradford Dyers...

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Two Large Applications in Yorks Area

)ST substantial application to be notified this week is in the YorkArea "As and Ds" where J. H. linson Transport Ltd., of Leeds...

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Back-loads That Weren't

DACK-LOADS which were really out Ii loads brought a comment from Mr. A. B. Birnie. Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, when...

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)cision Reserved on Door-to-door Bid

dinburgh, last week, the Scottish tfic Commissioners reserved judgm an application by Scottish OmniLtd. to carry passengers on...

renty-vehicle Switch Refused application by Superior Interational Ltd. of Great

Yarmouth to t 20 of the company's vehicles from B licences (The Commercial Motor, - nber 20) has been refused. . W. P. S....

emature ' Application Adjourned

application by Scottish Omnibuses .td. to run bus services across the road bridge was described as "a premature" by Mr. W. F....

ENS INC Partial Grant for Barkers A N application by

Barkers Traffic 1-3 -Services Ltd-, of Alderton, nr. Newark, Notts, for one additional A-licensed vehicle and one additional...

Lancs-London Vehicle Aggregation Agreed

A . DECISION has now been given by I - 1 the North Western Traffic Commissioners on the application, by Scout Motor Services...

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QUICK-CHANGE SEATING

CA A NEW quick-release seat fastening to facilitate rapid changes of seating plan is being offered as an optional extra by...

M.P.T.A. MEMORANDUM

THE Municipal Passenger Transport Association has issued an eight-page memorandum, "The Public Service Vehicle in relation to...

FOUR NEW COACHES IN ENLARGED DUPL M FOR 1963/64

T HE Astrocoach. the Commander, the Marauder and the Dual Purpose: these four new coaches form part of an enlarged range of...

Yeates to St■

ig Coaches THE building and repair of coach I bodies by W. S. Yeates Ltd. of Loughborough is to cease, it was revealed this...

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MISLEADING, MARPLES TELLS LORD STONHAM

C OMPLA1NTS of misleading statements and misquotation, and a flat statement that Government policy on bus replacements for...

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Leeds Station Reopens for Bigger Buses

T HE Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alderman E. J. Loy Wooter, unveiled a commemorative plaque on Monday to mark the reopening of the...

Farewells to James Amos at Linlithgow Opening

- WHEN new premises for Scottish VI' Omnibuses Ltd. were formally opened at Linlithgow, near Edinburgh, last week, the...

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Lancs Against Forward-control Ambulances

LOWING a study of five forwarditrol ambulances taken into use ; 1962, Lanes County health corndecided against this design on...

Production Down Exports Up

PRODUCTION of commercial vehicles 1 in August showed a considerable drop compared with the same month of 1962 but exports of...

WORLD'S BIGGEST TRANSPORT SHOW?

P LANS are going ahead for what promises to be one of the most important exhibitions devoted to all aspects of transport and...

TURIN SHOW PLANS

F INAL figures released by the organizers of the Turin International Motor Show, which will take place between October 30 and...

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Tyre Tests for Heavies

XTENSIONS to Dunlop's proving L. ground at Erdington, Birmingham, announced this week, will enable certain types of tyre...

NEW SOVIET BUSES WITH AIR SUSPENSION

INTER-CITY coaches now going into service in Russia are fitted with air suspension and telescopic dampers in place of steel...

Tyresoles Reorganize T YRESOLES LTD. of Wembley, Middlesex, has reorganized its

tyre services. From Monday, its associate company, Tyre Economy Ltd., assumed responsibility throughout the United Kingdom for...

MULTI-PURPOSE ALLOYBODIED TIPPER D ELIVERED this week to a Hertfordshire operator

by the Hazlemere Motor Co. (Waltham Abbey) Ltd., of Waltham Abbey, Essex, this Pilotbodied Bedford TIC is intended primarily...

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loping ihe plotils 01 trying ilie losses.

Transport operators have to think hard these days. Costing must be keen if profit margins are to be maintained, and a slight...

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Commers to be Built in Spain

IT was announced on Thursday that a I joint manufacturing and marketing agreement had been drawn up between the Rootes Group...

ORDERS AND DELIVERIES

1120,000 DT..1MPTRUCK ORDERS: Of 31 Aveling-Barford SR 11.25-ton dumptrocks, worth more than £120,000, recently ordered, 27 are...

Gearbox damage caused by coasting

WITH THE increase in permitted road speed to 40 m.p.h., certain heavy goods vehicles are suffering premature gearbox damage,...

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item n and Lamp CENTLY introduced by Delite Accessories Ltd.,

are the Compact Lantern No. 1001 and the Car Parking Lamp 508. The lantern has been designed to perform three main lions,...

Seals NEW synthetic-rubber oil seals catalogue has been published by Super Oil Seals and Gaskets Ltd., Birmingham

Dry Centre. King's Norton, Birmingham, 30. It contains of sizes of the comprehensive range of standard oil seals e by the...

ps and Dies [E. latest Home Trade catalogue from The

British Tap and lie Co. Ltd., Montagu Road, London, N.9, contains several features, One is a Stronghold Bolt-die Identification...

Avometer Changed T HE scope of the Avometer Model 12 electrical

test set which is designed specifically for use on vehicle electric systems has been extended by including as standard a 900A...

Mobile Hydraulic Lift PA A NEW electric-powered hydraulic mobile vehicle lift

is to be shown by U.S. Industries Inc, Engineering Ltd. at this year's Motor Show. It can be operated by one man to raise a...

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American Cab on Latest Dodge Normal Control

A N American-style cab is used on a new range of forward-control models to be built by Dodge Brothers (Britain) Ltd. Payload...

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Big Returns from ention to Pumps

By W. C. WILSON M.Inst.T., M.I.R.T.E. T HE first two articles in this series were concerned with the mechanical maintenance...

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Bird's Eye View

I THINK it will be a safe bet to say that, provided they I can get the accommodation, the R.H.A. (West Midland Area) will try...

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SLIGHT INCREASE THIS YEAR

By F. K. Moses increase of 23 buses in municipal service can be recorded Us year, bringing the total to 19,212*. Taking into...

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Britain's Lowest-priced 36-footer Yet

BY JOHN F. MOON, A.M.1.R.T.E. DAY the Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenham, becomes le second British manufacturer of high-production...

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BUYERS' GUIDE TO COACH 1DYWORK

MO fewer than 35 standardized bodies, some of them avail able in several varying forms, are listed in this year's detailed...

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BRITISH PASSENGER CHASSIS

A.E.C. A.E.C. Ltd., Southall. Middlesex. THIS company, for long known as "Builders of London's Buses ", makes a wide variety...

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True Integration

us account of Buxted Chicken Co.'s icillary fleet emphasizes the modern flrtand for 0-licence vehicles provide vital links...

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Vehicle and Traffic Noise

TOWN-PLANNING authorities had J. not thought enough about the problems of traffic noise, said Professor E. J. Richards...

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. . brain-washed by the propaganda fro in the left '

. A LMOST certainly one of the speakers at the Labour Party conference in Scarborough this week will have repeated the...

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The Cost of Running Buses

FIE overall flexibility of road transport is largely dependent dal its freedom from the restrictive influence of a specialized...