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5th July 1963
5th July 1963
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Enforcement, not Law

DI LACK smoke, overloading, speed. All right, let it be admitted that some commercial vehicles offend legal and social limits...

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Controversial Resolutions Down for Transport Workers' Conference

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRFSPONDENT A CALL for a 10-hour day for all road transport workers is to come before the biennial...

Cranes' Biggest on First Run

A HYDRAULIC-SUSPENSION trailer rt with a maximum capacity in the region of 300 tons has been built by Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.....

Anti-noise Measures

From Our Political Correspondent NAEASURES to complement Mr. M. Ernest Marples' recent new regulations to control vehicle noise...

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Passenger Cover for Commercials A RECENT High Court case was con

cerned with the liability for damages, costs and expenses in respect of death, injury or damage caused by a negligent act of a...

Southampton Wins T.R.T.A. Quiz

HE finals of a road-safety competition organized by the Traders Road Transport Association were held last Saturday, when five...

Display Trailer Weights THE Road Haulage Association has I warned

that the French authorities arc refusing to allow trailers to enter the country unless they carry an indication of their tare...

Amey Share Issue A N issue of 509,995 61 per cent

cumulative preference shares of fl each is being made by The Amey Group Ltd., of Oxford. A spokesman of the Group told The...

New Tipper Group

'TIPPER operators in the Portsmouth I area are being invited to take up shares in the newly-formed Mid-Southern Tipping Group...

Ulster Pay Award

S OME 12,000 road haulage workers in ' Ulster are to receive a wages increase. The Amalgamated Transport and General Workers'...

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Improve Roads to Ports', Says T.R.T.A.

M EETING on Tuesday, the national council of the Traders Road Transport Association was unanimous in the view that access roads...

R.H.A. Discuss Licensing Report A T the Road Haulage Association's executive

committee meeting on Wednesday the report from the licensing study group was discussed. It is understood that the committee's...

Efficient Milk Meter Ready Soon

i‘ T the official inauguration on Monrl day of the first bulk milk-collection scheme of the Milk Marketing Board, West Midland...

Four Men Charged With Licencesfor-Lianwern Conspiracy F OUR Cardiff men. two

of whom were employed by the Ministry of Transport at Cardiff, appeared before Cardiff Magistrates court on Wednesday accused...

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Govt. Backs New Signs INTRODUCING the Worboys Corn' mittee report

on road signs at a Press conference on Wednesday, Mr. Marples made it clearthat he Would like to get its recommendations...

Plating Progress I ORD CHESHAM, Parliamentary 1 —■ Secretary to the

Ministry of Transport, was asked this week for a progress report on the. vehicle plating scheme. He told his questioner, Lord...

Men in the News

Mr. Peter Walker, Conservative M.P. for Worcester, has accepted the presidency of the National Conference of Road Transport...

Scania Engines for Mack VESTERDAY the Swedish Scania1 Vabis company

announced that it had secured a contract to supply diesel engines for the latest forward-control goods vehicles built by Mack...

Obituary W E regret to record the deaths of Mr. E.

Goodwin, Mr. S. Robinson, Mr. Peter' Rochs and Mr. K. H. Widdowson. Mr. Goodwin, principal of E. Goodwin and Son, hauliers, of...

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Short-term Grant for Nil Long-load Work

A FOURTEEN-DAY short-term A ft li cence , pending a decision, was granted by the East Midland deputy Licensing Authority, Mr....

Decision Reserved on Re-weighed Trailer Bid

A DISPUTE over the weight of an articulated low-loader trailer occurred during the resumed hearing of an application by Robert...

ONE GRANT OUT OF 12

THE Eastern Licensing Authority, Mr. 1 W. P. S. Ormond, in a reserved decision made known last Friday, allowed Tower Transport...

APPEAL DISMISSED THE Minister of Transport last week

dismissed an appeal by the Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. against the decision of the Eastern Area Traffic Commissioners to...

WELSH FARES GRANTED

1-1A FTER 39 local authorities had with drawn their objections, the South Wales Traffic Commissioners in Cardiff on Tuesday...

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TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL DECISIONS

'Authority was Fettered' 'THE Transport Tribunal, in London I last week, dismissed an appeal by Ernest Hemmings and Son Ltd.,...

'Blower Vehicle' Appeal Dismissed

B ECAUSE of a lack of evidence as to how much of a proposed increased output would require the use of a dualpurpose vehicle,...

'Hat and Garment' Fails

I N a written judiment last week, the Transport Tribunal dismissed the appeal by Hat and Garment Northern Deliveries against...

Tribunal Rules on Tunnel Tolls

THE recent London - 1 ransport fare increases for its stage carriage services were approved by the Transport Tribunal last...

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Big Electrical and Ice-cream Firms Seek B Licence Facilities

WITHDRAWAL OF TRAFFIC NOT ENVISAGED A NEW 59-vehicle B-licence applicari tion by English Electric Co. Ltd. is notified in this...

NORTHERN

APPLICATIONS (dune 26. 1963) .I. A. Pickthall and Sons, Cleator Moor, A var., add 1 veh. (3t Sc) with container. A. Bell...

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First of Ribble's New Single-deckers

• THE first of a fleet of new single-decker buses built to WET. specification and incorporating a new rear-end design was...

Alexander 36-ft. Leopards for Venture

'THE first 36-ft. vehicles to go into 1 service with Venture Transport Co. (Newcastle) Ltd. are two Leyland Leopards with...

Long-service Pay Claim for L.T.B.?

From our Industrial Correspondent TH London Transport Board, which rIched a pay settlement of 10s a week increase to its...

Bradford Survey Dispute

A DISPUTE with the union represent ing craftsmen has led to a temporary suspension of the work study investigation into...

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M.P.T.A. Conference TW 0 papers will be presented at the annual

conference of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association during the week commencing September 16: Transportation Studies in...

Southdown Profit Falls

MET profit of the Southdown Motor Services Ltd. Iasi year was down by 07,466 compared with the previous year, largely because...

Ribble's 4 per cent Drop

QAYING that the financial results of Ribble Motor Services Ltd. in 1962 were little different from the disappointing record of...

Square Deal' Charter for Used Vehicle Buyers

1 - 1 , A PLAN to ensure not only a reasonable quality in used commercial vehicles, but also (in most instances) to provide the...

Output Down, Exports Up A FALL in production and a small

rise in exports of goods vehicles; this is the trend shown by a comparison of figures for May, 1963, and May, 1962, and also...

Leyland at Yorks Show

CENTREPIECE of a stand shared by Isles Ltd. and Albert Farnel Ltd.. at the Great Yorkshire Show to be held at Harrogate from...

Atkinson Dump Trucks

A RRANGEMENTS are in hand for all dump trucks produced by Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. to be sold exclusively by Peter Hamilton...

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Chrysler to Produce Vehicles in Greece

WORLD-WIDE manufacturing and IT distribution rights for a small utility vehicle called the Farmobil have been acquired by...

ORDERS AND DELIVERIES

PARKINSON BUY DUMP TRUCKS: Seven Aveling-Barford SN 35-ton dump trucks with Torqrnatic transmissions have been bought by Sir...

New City and Guilds Courses

A MONG the new and revised schemes revealed in the details of 1963-64 examination subjects published this week by the City and...

Cummins-Chrysler in U.K.?

A BIG expansion of British production rA of Cummins diesel engines is foreshadowed in negotiations now taking place between the...

More Piston Rings

A N important step in the continued .r 1 expansion. of Hepworth and Grandage Ltd., the well-known manufacturers of components...

Insulated Vehicles Advertisement

WE have been asked to point out that V‘ incorrect text matter was linked to an illustration in an advertisement published on...

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Mobile Vehicle Lift

A MOBILE electrically powered hydraulic vehicle lift has recently been announced. Known as the Mobylift, the device is...

Road Traffic Offences

THE fourth edition of "Road Traffic Offences" has now been published by the Solicitor's Law Stationery Society Ltd., Oyez...

More Marker Lamps

RONT corner and side marker lamps to meet the new regulations which come into force this month have been introduced by Kelvins...

Double the Load

T WO medium-sized cars can be. carried in a four-wheel close-coupled trailer made by Halson Trailers Ltd., Robinson Road,...

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Bird's Eye View

CONNOISSEURS of conferences award a high rating to the annual gathering of the Institute of Public Cleansing, particularly for...

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THERE'S A LOT IN VEHICLE LEASING

Some Current Schemes examined by E. J. MILLEN H OW great an impact will commercial vehicle leasing have on operators in the...

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IN YOUR OPINION

High Yield-point Steels 'THE use of high yield-point steels in stressed deck construction by Scammell Lorries Ltd. (The...

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MORE POWER PE CAB SPACE

O NE of the principal handicaps to driving comfort in any conventional forward-control cab is the intrusion made into the cab...

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NEW CLEARWAY VAN RANGE

A NEW range of vans is announced today by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd. They have been given the name Clearway, and Ford is to...

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"Never glad confident morning again

F ROM the grave comes the final testament of the Ivory Tower in the shape of the fifteenth and last annual report of the...

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The Automatic Choice

By A. A. TOWNSIN, N . 0 operator in Britain has as many vehicles with automatic transmission as London Transport, and there...

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'Sorry' at Southend

THERE must be a jinx on this A Southend lorry-driver contest! Last year the day, though hot, was plagued by delays, resulting...

Wide Range of Penalties at Oxford

H OSPITALITY by the two companies playing host to the Oxford round of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition was well...

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Good Driving at Plymouth

L'ROM every point of view the Devon and Cornwall Lorry Driver eliminating contest site, on the Hoe at Plymouth, is ideal. Large...

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Questions Answered

A N organization in the metal industry states that it is carrying out an appraisal of its transport arrangements and asks for...

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PLANNING

FOR PROFIT Questions Answered It is convenient to deal with them logically as to subject matter rather than the chronological...