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A GENERAL ELECTION is now less than seven months away, at the very most. Still Mr. Harold Wilson's Socialist Party has no...
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nETAILS can now be revealed of the plans which the Ministry of Transport and the vehicles committees of the T.R.T.A. and R.H.A....
A S a result of the administrative re organization at present taking place in British Road Services, eight districts of...
From A Special Correspondent T HE news, published last week, that a 4.5-in.-diameter starter is now available from Bosch Ltd....
From our Political Correspondent N 'proposals affecting the size and weight of goods vehicles will, I understand, be coming...
two important Road Haulage Association statements. The rates committee is to meet today (Friday) to consider increases in costs...
E Traders Road Transport Association has appointed Mr. Bob Crew as Press officer. Mr. Crew, who is 25 years old, has been with...
wage rates for British Road Services employees in operating and ancillary grades has been lodged by the transport unions. This...
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present confined to Belfast and Londonderry, are preparing to move into the freight business on a province-wide scale. This...
EGULAR groupage services may soon be, established by Samuel Taylor (Hay's Wharf) Ltd. between London, Milan and Brussels. This...
I ONDON is not after all to lose its Lorry Driver of the Year eliminatin g contest. J•••• 1 At a meetin g or g anized by Mr. A....
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has been developed by Carter Engineering Co. (Tamworth) Ltd. and the first is soon to be put into service by A. and C. McLennan...
THE idea of an observer corps, which had proved so successful in London, was spreading to other cities and towns, said Mr. E....
EINES totalling 1872 were imposed on Watts Bros. (Beverley) Ltd., haulage contractors, and 32 of the company's drivers last...
scheme was launched on Sunday, when more than 3,000 gallons of milk from 32 refrigerated farm tanks were delivered by road...
nESIGNED for the service and repair of vehicles in the field, this 10-cwt.-capacity trailer (left) built by Scottorn Ltd., New...
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A N order for 37 sets of Leyland Panther engine and transmission Units, to be incorporated in 32-seat, 65-standing buses for...
O N Tuesday the Minister of Transport announced his decisions on 23 rail closure proposals in England. Scotland and Wales. He...
. 1-1 A HINT of a 3d. flat fare on Sunderland Corporation buses is given by Mr. Norman Morton, general manager of the...
O RDERS from 13 British bus undertakings for a total of 236 bus chassis, including 122 Leopard single-deckers, have been...
THERE was no objection to duplicate I records as such, explained Mr. Marples when he was asked in the Commons this week to stop...
L ADY GAMMANS (Tory, Hornsey) . 1 -4 asked that heavily-loaded lorries should be prohibited from using steep hills in towns, in...
T "provision of facilities for goods vehicles to wait their turn for loading at wharves in Lower and Upper Thames Streets,...
A GENERAL police check on overall 1 — k journey limes of vehicles subject to vehicle speed limits was turned down as...
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up a special road safety pplice force, and making it an offence to drive after drinking a specified amount of alcohol, failed...
I ORD MORRISON OF LAMBETH La condemned a Government challenge to the Labour Party to state its policy towards road transport at...
FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Socialists have no detailed plan I for transport ready to put into operation, claims the...
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T HE Minister of Transport has set up a new Under Secretary post in the Ministry to co-ordinate further work on the Channel...
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T HE decision on an application by an Aberdeen haulier to transfer 11 vehicles from B to A licence was deferred by the Scottish...
A Napplication by Flynn Bros. (Contractors) Ltd. to vary their B licence by adding a 9-ton pressure tanker was granted by the...
T HE South Wales Licensing Authority, Mr. R. R. Jackson, has refused an application by L. Ryan Holdings Ltd., of Nantgarw...
T HE closure and proposed closure of stations under the Beeching Plan has caused racing pigeon fanciers experimentally to...
Ltd., Northampton, and East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd., to run express services between Northampton and Ramsgate and Nottingham and...
T. Fraser, of Aberdeen, and Mr. W. French of Fraserburgh, decisions on which were reserved (see The Commercial Motor, February...
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A T a two-day joint public sitting of :he East Midland and West Midland Traffic Commissioners at Burton - upon Trent last week,...
.AFTER a total of 2-1 days a public 171 inquiry into an application by Birmingham Co-operative Society Ltd., seeking...
• on Fir Tree Bid. A N application by Fir Tree Coaches Ltd., of Crook, Co. Durham, for an excursions licence, was adjourned...
Edinburgh last week, dismissed an appeal by an Aberdeen haulier, B. M. Morrison, trading as Morrison's Transport. Morrison was...
appeals - in London next week, and - one the following week. ThursdaY, March 121 R. C. E. Hutton Ltd. and three others v....
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FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE last chapter in the present series of bus pay claims virtually came to an end on...
BY 'THE HAWK' S OME strange rumours about Bloomfield's and World Wide Coaches Ltd. have been going round the London coaching...
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THE South Wales Traffic Commis1 sinners have severely criticized the system whereby the Services seek new tenders for contract...
HIGHLAND 'RAIL' ROUTES Pri 0 applications to run bus services between Inverness and Kyle if railway passenger services were...
r'LASGOW CORPORATION may 'Li experiment with one-man-operated single-decker buses, according to a statement by ale Sam Hughes,...
Thousands of Miles Saved: The West Yorkshire • Road Car Co. Ltd. and United Automobile Services Ltd. together saved several...
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r ONSTRUCTED with the needs of the public utility services principally in mind, but equally appropriate for employment by many...
UlEMBERSHIP of the Institute of 1V1 Road Transport Engineers was now 2,588, said Mr. J. A. Fletcher, the institute's new...
A NUMBER of specialized mobile workshops intended for field work" in Turkey have just been completed by Reynolds Boughton...
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E'RICTION welding machines are being made for the first time by a British company. One will be exhibited at the Research,...
production of goods vehicles and r.s.v. in Britain in January, 1964; showed a steep increase; the output of goods vehicles, at...
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Apart from the warming-up period, a vehicle will not smoke if good maintenance is applied realistically, says diesel...
IND WORKSHOP by Handyman Facts on Ail duction, Filtering and Silencing WHEN YOU CONSIDER the vast amount of air required by a...
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A FOUR-CYLINDER 2-164-litre diesel r engine has been developed by the Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, for use in its...
THIS week's prizewinner is Mr. R. 1 Tudor. of Hay Hills, Birmingham. He writes on the subject of changing the stop-lamp switch...
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and Publications Locating Faults 'THE latest Bellbro Stethoscope from BeHanger Bros. L (London) Ltd. has a longer probe and...
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KISMET LTD. Fenlake Works, A LL the Jet steam cleaners manufactured by Kismet are mobile units. There are five models, all...
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BY HANDYMAN I N accepting that arc welding plant is now an indispensable part of vehicle repair, it is also fair comment that...
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/ T was in New York that I met the first of my operators—two presidents of big haulage companies. It would be nice to say that...
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BY A. J. BRISCOE, F.C.C.S., A.M.I.T.A. Many points have to be considered when designing a transport depot. In the case of...
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A RANGE of light semi-trailer vans has been developed by Highland Engineering Ltd., 11 Castle Street, Edinburgh, 2, in...
"A UTOMATIC transmission — the challenge of the heavy vehicle " was the subject . of a paper read by Dr. J. Cl Giles,...
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disadvantages. The welding process is automatic and does not rely on operator experience to produce a perfect build up, costs...
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By The Hawk Prime Minister as Guest 7 If the Socialists get into power at the election, there is more than a chance that the...
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BY HUGH G. JARMAN existing coaches to club cars The Indiana Motor Bus Co. has enjoyed great success in America by converting...
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T HE burning transport question at the moment is whether the Labriur Party still intends to disrupt or even destroy the...
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T HE effect on operating costs of vehicles not being available for service was coiSidered in this series last month. Basically,...
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Tartan Arrow for the Market D EALINGS are expected to begin in the Ordinary shares of 2s. each of TARTAN ARROW on the...
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Repairing a Worn-out Casing VOUR " Road and Workshop" articles are always most I interesting, but the information given and...