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6th November 1964
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Why not a Carrot?

A S an ideal, the plan put forward -by the Road Haulage Association's national chairman Mr. A. R. Butt for recommending...

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Long—life Leyland

A NEW version of the 6.5-litre 0,400 1 - "L Power-Plus engine designed to give longer life has been announced by Leyland Motors...

More Profitable Victory

THE Southampton haulage and storage concern, Victory Transport Ltd., made a gross profit before tax of £50,293 in the year...

PLATING ROUSES RATES PLEA

BY S. BUCKLEY R ATE adjustments to compensate for the consequences of vehicle plating are being suggested by some operators,...

' The B's Have No Real Defence Against the Mirtes' I

RRESPECTIVE of the outcome of the efforts towards achieving a Royal Charter, the institute of Road Transport Engineers is...

&RS. SALUTE THEIR FORMER CHAIRMAN

ir - ILD friendships were renewed and memories revived at a gathering last 'i' week of 100 British Road Services officers Who...

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Shorter Hours for Continental Drivers P

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A REDUCTION in maximum hours for drivers employed in international haulage seems likely in the...

B.R.S. Stoke Branch

A NEW branch of B.R.S. Parcels Ltd. as been opened at Smithpool Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, replacing the out-of-date...

CARR1MORE MULTI-PURPOSE TRANSPORTER

A NEW multi-purpose transporter to carry up to three. cars has been developed by Carrirnore Six-Wheelers Ltd., and the first...

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TRANSPORT PROBLEMS OF A GAS BOARD

Maintenance: Petrol or Diesel: Changing Load Patterns: Vehicle Design A FORECAST of future trends in the transport service...

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New R.H.A. Group

THE first meeting of the newly formed car transporter group ok the Road Haulage Association tobk place yesterday (Thursday)....

Pickfords Acquire Gruff Fender T HE entire share capital of Grill

Fender (Swansea) Ltd. has been purchased by Pickfords Ltd. Mr. G. J. Skelton and Mr. C. P. Gormley have been appointed to the...

Minister's Policy on Rail Closures

IN the Commons on Wednesday, Mr. Tom Fraser, the Transport Minister, told M.P.s that while regional transport plans were being...

Concessionary Fares Bill First Reading

TRANSPORT legislation appears to have been given a back seat among the priorities in the Labour Party's first programme for 13...

M.H.A.T. and T.T.C. merger?

1VIEETINGS were held in London on IVI Wednesday to discuss the necessary special resolutions in connection with the proposed...

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London Busmen Fight Week-end Cuts

From our Industrial Correspondent LONDO LONDON TRANSPORT is runnin g new trouble with its busmen over the winter timetables,...

Buses Against the Flow in London

1 - 1 A SPECIAL lane for buses, running a g ainst the flow of traffic, is planned as part of a revised one-way traffic scheme...

Transport in Yorkshire Travel Association

r I NE of the first acts of the newly formed Yorkshire Travel Association, at its inau g ural meeting at York Guildhall on...

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Congestion Destroys Advantage of L.T.B.'s First Regular MI Service

TRAFFIC congestion in Finchley Road and central London largely nullified the advantage gained by motorway running on London...

Arlington Motor's Display of Coaches

A SECOND chance to look at some of the Commercial Motor Show exhibits and, more to the point, an opportunity to take them on to...

COPENHAGEN LEYLANDS

THE first 40 of 300 91-paSsenger single ' deckers for Copenhagen Tramways entered service on November 1. They have been built...

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Part-success in Appeal

A STAFFORDSHIRE haulage firm was given permission to keep in use its most modern vehicles when it appealed, to the Transport...

'We Mean Business,' says Mr. Hanlon on Suspending Defective Vehicles

ri ERE were four evils common among some hauliers—,bad maintenance, overloading, the working of excessive hours and excessive...

Four out of Six Granted to Siddie Cook

A N application by Siddle C. Cook Ltd., of Consett, Co. Durham, for six artics to be added to the company's A licence was...

Plant-hire Company Gets 12 on B Licence

N application by the Wessex Construction and Plant Hire Co. Ltd., Havant, for 12 vehicles on B licence was granted by the South...

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Part Grant in Western Tours Bid

NAEMBERS of the public appeared as 11 ' 1 witnesses to support applications for extended tours, made at a hearing in, Bristol...

Revocation Decision Reserved

A SIDCUP, Kent, haulier holding a B licence confining the operations of two vehicles to a radius of 11 miles admitted to the...

WARNING ON TOURS O PERATORS of express services. excursions and tours

in the North West were warned by Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, at the start...

SCOTTISH CONVE RSION SUCCEEDS

IN Glasgow last week Thomas McGawn, I of Ayr, was successful in an application for conversion of 13 vehicles from Contract A to...

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Hatter Bros. Hit

Back and pose some questions for Geddes H ATTER BROS., of West Thurrock—the tanker operators who, through their local Member...

Indulgence of Western Welsh

T ERE is nothing to prevent the holder of a road service licence from handing in his licence, or abandoning it, as it is...

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After a public sitting earlier this year the South Wales

Commissioners refused applications by Daniel Jones for licences allowing them to operate the services to Pendine, and one of...

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Too Many Scientists; Too Few Engineers

pRi RITAIN is producing twice as many LP scientists as engineers, whereas the direct opposite is needed. So declared...

Now Eaton Three-speed Axles

B ASED on its well-established_ twospeed axles, Eaton Axles Ltd. has now introduced a three-speed, two-axle bogie. The three...

WORKS TRUCKS A SLIGHT extension of the definition of a

"works trailer" and "works truck" is contained in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations...

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

Overheating Through Poorly Matched Tyres F IRE is known as a good servant but a bad master and the same can be said about its...

Prize for a Cheshire Reader

T HE winner of our prize this week is Mr. P. Sykes, of Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire. His idea is designed to assist any...

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Car Engine for Heavy Commercials ?

Rolls-Royce would develop all-aluminium V8 petrol engine for lorries and buses if demand were sufficient H AS the high-speed,...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Engine Analysing Range N ow being manufactured in Britain by the Blackhawk Division of Applied Power...

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The Time is Ripe for Crev 'raining

BY R. D. CATER nVER the past few months there has been a lot of talk about the need to improve the braking characteristics of...

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. part of a national plan to rationalize rates'

I T may seem surprising that only now have hauliers as a body decided to tackle the subject of demurrage. Waiting time has...

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Bristol's Lead the Company Bus Field

S OME 37 years ago (May 24, 1927) The Commercial Motor published the first of its well-known municipal bus fleet analyses, now...

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NEW MODELS AT TUN DESPITE RECESSION

By A. J. P. WILDING A.M.I.Mech.E. I N direct contrast with the current optimism and activity in the British commercial...

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HOME from IONIE

D ESIGNW1SE. to use an Americanism, public service vehicles, and especially luxury express service vehicles, have undergone a...

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Corner Turned

THERE is a growing belief that the pessimistic view, in some 1 quarters about the future of the road passenger transport...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW By The Hawk

Reminiscences The biggest gaffe and the biggest "cheek" in his life were among the reminiscences poured out by John Spencer...

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Coaching Trends and Costs

I N 1953 there were 81,407 public service vehicles in this country. By last year the number was reduced to 77,592. Concurrently...

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MONEY MATTERS

Well Done Dunlop! U NFAILINGLY the results of DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY are eagerly awaited not only by the motor cornponent...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Safer Adios,. Please MR. HOPE, who wrote a letter on articulation and "1 brakin g , is an operator to be admired for his...