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4th September 1964
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What War ?

MO one would suggest for a second that the Labour deputy leader, Mr. George Brown, is other than sincere. However, in view of...

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Better Liner Prospects

From our Industrial Correspondent QIGNS are growing that the National Union of Railwaymen is moving tiowards acceptance of Dr....

New Name 1-1 A NEW name has been registered for

the former Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association—The Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union. The change took effect on July 22.

NEW TRANSPORT WAR ON ROADS

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T "problem of bad goods vehicle maintenance has become a public issue on the eve of the...

Bar the Lunatic Fr Inge, says R.H.A.

" DERHAPS the most urgent task is to ensure that the tiny and highly dangerous lunatic fringe is barred from the roads by more...

ANOTHER LONDO N BLITZ COMING 1-1 . A SECOND series of roadside checks

of commercial vehicles in the London area, under the summer blitz scheme, will be made within the next two or three weeks, the...

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Will Your Vehicles Fit the Tunnel ?

T HE Traders Road Transport Association is to obtain information from its members as to the adequacy of the dimensions (widths...

P - 1 A SPIRITED defence of Britain's

1,300,000 C-licensed vehicles came from the Tory Party this week. Election campaigners throughout the country were invited to...

S UPPORT for its opposition to chargeable parking meters for commercial

vehicles is being sought by the Road Haulage Association, which has already written to a dozen major organizations ranging from...

Jaguar to Build Cummins Vees

TAGUAR CARS LTD. are to J manufacture in this country the Cummins range of VIM and VINE V-6 and V-8 diesel engines. This was...

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Filament-wound Plastics Tank for B.P. at Earls Court

A SPECIALLY designed machine has enabled Gloster Equipment Ltd. to produce a filament wound, reinforced glass-fibre tank which...

Tanker Driver Cleared

rA A TANKER driver has been cleared of a manslaughter charge concerning a four-year-old boy who slipped and fell into 30...

Higher N.A.W.K. Rates T HE executive committee of the National Association

of Warehouse Keepers has recommended to its members that as from October 1 revised rates should come into effect. An increase...

PETROL DISTRIBUTORS WANT 4,000-GAL. LIMIT RAISED

T O take advantage of the higher gross weights now permitted, petroleum distributors are asking the Home Office to increase the...

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DELIVERY SCHEDULE BY COMPUTER FOR £20

T HE cost of producing a detailed delivery schedule, together with a fleet utilization summary, is now only is. per delivery,...

T.R.T.A. Changes Basis of Membership

A MINOR but significant change in the basis of Traders Road Transport Association membership will now allow all goods vehicles...

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NOTTS ATLANTEAN AT THE SHOW

A BODY designed to the requirements of Nottingham City Transport, and mounted on a Leyland Attantean chassis, will be one of...

Forth Road Bridge Brings New Passenger Services

D IRECT bus services from Edinburgh to Dunfermline, and to Kirkcaldy and Leven will be introduced for the first time tomorrow...

P.s.v. Bodybuilder's First Time at Show

XHIBITING for the first time at the Commercial Motor Show. under the name of Pennine Coachcraft Ltd., is the coachbuilding...

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Harrington Exhibits

A S indicated above, a Le g ionnaire Mk. 11 body will be one of the ;how exhibits on the stand of Thos (arrin g ton Ltd.. Hove....

View Travel Association

'ILAIMED to be the first of its kind in the country, a Yorkshire Travel Lssociation is expected to be officially 3rmed in...

Automatic Timekeeping for Sunderland?

T HE Sunderland Corporation transport committee is considerin g a report by its transport manager, Mr. N. Morton, on the...

Mr. H. R. Peters has been appointed joint mana g ing director

of Kerry's (Great Britain) Ltd., with Mr. W. N. Hart, who recently became chairman of the company. Mr. Edgar Buekby has been...

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Beresford's Tours Bid Adjourned

WHEN Mr. J. A. Beresford, a director WW and secretary of Beresford's Motors Ltd., started to give evidence in Birmingham last...

Motor Vehicles Collection —No Action by LA.

MO action is to be taken by the Metro' politan Licensing Authority in respect of the licences of Motor Vehicles Collection...

Jones Appeal Allowed T HE Minister of Transport has allowed an

appeal by Daniel Jones and Sons against the decision of the South Wales Traffic Commissioners refusing to grant road service...

TRIBUNAL DECISIONS 0 3NG-STEEL APPEALS

QUPPORT for Dorman Long's Cleveland steel transport scheme, and for the mixed P.-- 7 carriage of long and short steel rather...

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Two Granted to Rainham Haulage—on Condition A N application by Rainham Haulage Co. of Rainham. Essex, to add two

vehicles to an existing B licence were granted by the Metropolitan deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. C. J. Macdonald, on Tuesday....

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One-day Course in Sheffield

T HE Sheffield section of the Institute of Transport and the Sheffield College of Commerce and Technology have arranged a...

D.N.R.-equipped Dyson Pole Trailer

W ITH an overall length of 40 ft. and a minimum operating length of 25 ft., adjustable in increments of 2 ft. 6 in., the...

NEW SIX-WHEEL DUMPTRUK

DOWERED by the AV690 engine, A delivering 192 b.h.p. and 557 lb. ft. torque, a new Dumptruk six-wheeler is announced by A.E.C....

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by Handyman

Kerbing Tyres OOK at any vehicle employed on regular door-to-door delivery and some sign of kerbing will be noted, this being...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Lamps from Lucas A "wpair of fog and long-range headlamps has been announced by Lucas, The lamps, called the...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

By The Hawk Described as Britain's oldest active oil man, Lewis Wallach (whose death is recorded on page 29) was certainly a...

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New rear-engined passenger chassis from A.E.C.

A NEW range of passenaer chassis with rear-mounted underfloor engines driving forward to the rear axle has been announced this...

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SEDDON 13: FOUR RANGE HA ANY NEW DESIGN FEATURES

A NEW all-steel cab, a specially designed David Brown gearbox and improved designs of suspension and air-pressure braking...

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Oil Delivery Hose Advance

A N advance in the manufacture of material used for the production of reel hoses for the distribution of fuel oils has been...

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LEYLAND'S PANTHER HAS A CUB

O PERATORS who like the rear-engine layout of the Leyland Panther bus and coach chassis will now be able to have it with a...

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Park Royal Body on New Panther Cub

O NE of the new Leyland Panther Cubs for Manchester City Transport will be exhibited on the stand of Park Royal Vehicles Ltd....

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More Powerful Version of Nubian

T O meet the need for an airfield crash and a water foam tender with a capacity and a performance as required on today's larger...

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GUY BIG •J CHASSIS

have vee engines and new cab T HE basic features of existing Warrior and Invincible models are reproduced in a new range of...

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Cummins V6 at Rear on Na laimier Single-decker

SINGLE-DECK passenger chassis employing a . Curtin - tins V6 engine vertically mounted at the extreme rear of the chassis has...

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Show Atkinsons have Cummins and Improved Cab

T HERE will be considerable interest in two newly designed vehicles to be exhibited by Atkinson at the Commercial Motor Show....

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Surprised they did not . .issue him with a 0. V.9.'

M AGGIE laid the evening paper reverently on the table. " You can say whatever you like, but [think . • h suits him," she said....

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The Man at the Wheel

ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS by S. BUCKLEY, ASSOC. INST. T. T RANSPORT is a large consumer of labour and in the road sector a...

F FROM THE POSTBAG

An East Midlands reader asks for information as to the obtaining of a licence to drive a public service vehicle and...

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MONEY MATTERS

Manchester Gan its' Issue IN order to raise approximately £300,000 of additional 1 capital to finance further expansion the...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Vehicle Dimensions and Weights TO avoid misleading your readers, an error should be A pointed out in the captions to the...