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Page 49

A Mistake

T HE problems for road transport operators—attendant upon the ever-increasing competition for road space in our over-burdened...

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Anthony Rea ackay Geddes

T HE managing director of the Dunlop Rubber CO.. Ltd., was born with transport in his blood. Sir Eric was his father, a...

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk

All Right Jack? T RECOMMEND for the attention of the executive committee I of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition the...

Page 52

Brewery Merger : No Immediate Fleet Changes

W HILE completion of the £130 m. merger announced last week between Ind Coope, Tetley Walker and Ansells "will have no...

BRISTOL OMNIBUS DON'T WANT THEIR CREST

T HE crest of the City of Bristol, which is painted on all vehicles owned by Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd., may shortly disappear....

MORE DETAIL NEEDED

W HEN a witness supported an application for additional transport facilities he should be able to give details of specific...

200-ton Trailer Sought 1:1 iddle C. Cook After "Film Show"

A FILM of heavy abnormal load movements was shown to the Northern Licensing Authority, at Stockton-on-Tees last week, when...

Transport's Part in Changing Wales

I N the next 10 years transport would play an important part in improving and refining the organization of Wales, Mr. F. Blaise...

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111.P.s Attack Jack Report

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT E ARLY discussions on the Jack Report -1-:lare likely to take place between the Government...

What is Small B us Speed Limit?

A CASE described as being "of vital interest to all minibus drivers came before the Market Harborough magistrates last week,...

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Men in the News

MR. J. R. BAKER has been appointed district manager. Cardiff, for the India Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. MR. JOIN PATERSON has...

A.E.C. Buses for Iraq

T HE first vehicle of a total consignment of 24 complete single-deck buses being built for Karbala Transport Services, Iraq,...

L-DRIVERS ON 3 WHEELS

U NDER an amendment to the Road Traffic Bill, which comes up for its second reading in the Lords this month, learner-drivers of...

Page 55

Drivers' Hours : M.P.s Protest

From our Parliamentary Correspondent THE increase in the number of prosecutions in cases of lorry drivers working excessive...

"SPEEDING NOT CARELESS DRIVING"

" W E do not admit that if drivers occasionally exceed the speed limit it necessarily means that they are driving carelessly."...

EAST ANGLIAN CARRIERS OPEN NORWICH DEPOT

A NEW depot and warehouse was officially opened in Norwich last week by East Anglian Carriers, Ltd. The opening ceremony was...

Echo of Trafficking in Special A Licences

'THE difficulties of an applicant who had purchased two small vans with a special A licence from a dealer and then sought to...

Switch to A Licence Withdrawn

QTRONG objection from independents and the B.T.C. to an application by R. G. Tait and Sons, Haydon Bridge, to switch nine...

CROSVILLE'S 140,000 BID FOR COLWYN BAY r ROSVILLE MOTOR SERVICES.

LTD., one of the Tilling Group of bus companies, have made a take-over bid for the Llandudno mid Colwyn Bay Electric Railway...

Bus Pay Claims : Latest Moves

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT MEW talks to prevent the threatened strike of 100,000 provincial busmen employed by private...

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More A-Licence Grants in Western Area

MORMAL hiring was indicative of need and hauliers should not be made to impose undue strain on their own vehicles before...

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Wide Load Proposals May Be Modified

From our Parliamentary Correspondent T HE Ministry of Transport are likely to tone down the promised regulations to govern more...

BOLTON GATE EXPAND TO meet increased demand for their products,

Bolton Gate Co., Ltd.. manufacturers of collapsible gates and doors, are converting three former cotton mills adjacent to their...

Strongly Opposed Tipper Bid Granted

A LTHOUGH the case attracted 31 objectors from the surrounding area, Gerrard Transport (Liverpool), Ltd., were successful in...

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C.T.C.C. Kept in Dark on White Paper

THE Central Transport Consultative Committee has not yet been asked by the Government to express its views on the White Paper...

Traffic Probe

B R1TA1N'S city traffic crisis will be probed by experts from six nations at an international symposium called "Urban Survival...

Storm Over Tolls Brewing

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT I F the Government decides to introduce tolls on motorways—and its thoughts will be known...

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Plea for Urban Motorways

A NOTHER plea for urban motorways and improved trunk roads to serve Greater London was made by Mr. H. S. Andrews, county...

New Spanish Goods Vehicle

" PA A LBATROS" is the name of a new goods vehicle produced by the Spanish concern, Motores Sura S.A., of Barcelona, under a...

All By Tankers

T ANKERS deliver all the milk to the new dairy of the Northern Dairies, Ltd., in Hull road, York, which was opened by the Lord...

Bottleneck to Go

-rim Minister of Transport has made I a grant of £154,350 to the London County Council towards the cost, estimated at £205,800,...

Firestone's French Plants

F IRESTONE TYRE AND RUBBER CO.'S two new factories in France will be operating this year. Output from the tyre plant at...

Canada Challenges Imports

DRODUCTION has recently been started by The International Harvester Co. of Canada, Ltd., of two light commercial vehicles to...

R.H.A. Electio ns in the West

N EW officers were elected, as follows, at a meeting of the Western area of the Road Haulage Association:— Area Livestock...

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Trolley Vehicle Regulations

RI EVISED requirements will apply to trolley vehicles submitted to the Ministry of Transport for approval after the issue of a...

£129 Fines for Records Offences

A Bakewell, Derbyshire, Magistrates 1-1 . Court the Millington Haulage Co., Ltd., of Calver, Derbys, were fined a total of £129...

BACK TOGETHER AGAIN

'THE Passenger Vehicle Operators I Association has moved its headquarters to 22 Upper Woburn Place, London, W.C.1 (phone:...

OIL STORAGE PLANT

JET PETROLEUM, LTD., are considering sites on the North-East coast for the construction of an oil storage terminal to cost...

Bottlenecks on Tees-side

In. A REPORT on road and rail traffic bottlenecks in the Tees-side area has been submitted to the Tees-side and South-West...

Asbestos Road Surfaces

S PECIAL test strips embodying a new road-making technique are being tried in the U.S.A. with the object of reducing surface...

GOODYEAR'S MILLIONTH

T HE millionth Scottish-built Goodyear tyre was taken from its mould recently at the Glasgow plant of the company, which...

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Light Fines for "Technical" Offence

T HE London firm of W. and R. Wallace Industries, Ltd., Pentonville Road, Islington. were fined £10 with 20 gns. costs at...

"Additional Units Could Earn £24,000" A N application for additional facilities

which would enable them to earn an estimated £24,000 a year, was made at Manchester by G. Reyner (Transport), Ltd., who asked...

Albion's New Factory Delayed

T "plans by Albion Motors, Ltd., to build a factory in the Vale of Leven are in abeyance because they cannot come to terms With...

Road-improvement Costs Analysis

XPEN DITU RE incurred in road improvements in 1958 averaged £1.11 per sq. ft.: it was £1.68 in urban areas and £0.83 in rural...

Tippers Scarce in Scotland

THERE is still a scarcity of tippers in I Lanarkshire because of the volume of construction work now being done in central...

Nottingham Loading Bans

Start 11 t IOTTINGHAM'S rainbow parking scheme was put into operation on April I. Under the scheme, waiting is banned...

T.R.T.A. Object to Discrimination

virJHAT the T.R.T.A. objects to is VY discrimination against commercial vehicles, said Mr. G. F. Page at the annual meeting of...

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INCENTIV1 SCHEMES: WASTI OF TIME?

by A SPEC", CORRESPONDENT A RE incentive payments a waste of time? It is not a question to which an easy answer can be put....

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THE THREA1 OF THESE URBAN MEARWAYS

An Analysis from the Trader's Point of View of the Effects of the Proposed Peak-hour Clearway in West London, and of Their...

Page 77

KITE

OR OMEN? Unincorporated Transport Associations Could Be Considered a Menace to Aand B-Licensees by G. Duncan Jewell A LL the...

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Modern Methods For Fine Wine Transport

An Up-to-the-minute Warehouse Fully Equipped with the Most Advanced Mechanical Handling Aids, Pius a New Approach to the...

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Compact Lorry Loader

A NEW version of their Lorry Loader crane has recently been introduced )5, R. H. Neal and Co., Ltd., a member if the Steel...

'yre Vulcanizer - 1HEAPER and quicker repairs to tyre'

outer covers is claime,d when using ie Universal vulcanizers now available om Romac Industries, Ltd., The Hyde, endon, N.W.9....

Rust Remover T HE manufacturers of Rust-Anode, C, and P. Development

Co. (London). .Ltd., Wiggie Works, Redhill, Surrey, now produce a pack containing a set of their anti-corrosion products. A tin...

Speed Nut Manual T HE latest edition of the manual of

Spire speed nuts is now available from Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., 7 Cleveland Row, London, S.W.I. All recent additions to...

Touring Atlas NAAPS showing all the motorways and LVI projected

motorways and by-pass roads are a feature of the new Dunlop touring atlas of the British isles, recently published, A complete...

Storage Equipment

THE latest catalogue from Kalai (Elec1 trical and Plastics), Ltd., Granbourne Road, Potters Bar, Middlesex, shows the current...

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"Containerization"

U.K.-U.S.A. Link-up Augurs Increased Use of Containers for British Traffic GGr iONTAINERIZATION " is an American word with, at...

NEW MAINTENANCE BOOKS TWO books published by C. Arthur

I Pearson, Ltd., Tower House, Southampton Street, London, W.C.2, a subsidiary of George Newnes, Ltd., will be of interest to...

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CHAMELEON

Political C0112111elltarY By JANUS L EG1SLATION often presents a harmless appearance at first. The new Road Traffic Bill...

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Licences and the Small Man

M Y lifelong ambition has been to have my own haulage or coach-hiring business. I have no intentions of amassing a fortune from...

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Antics For Medium-size Fleet Efficiency

— is the View of the Manager of the Successful Road Transport Subsidiary of a Deep Sea Fishing Group Operating Out of Hull AR...

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A Good Start in New Registrations

Highest Monthly Total for Nine Months R EGISTRATIONS of new commercial vehicles in January, at 27,184, represented a good...

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The Mysterious Failure of a Towbar

Court Decision Emphasizes Responsibility of Trailer Users By A Legal Correspondent A RECENT decision of the Queen's r -...

Refuse Collectors For Manila and Teheran

rOMPRESSIvIORE %-• refuse collection bodies, based on Thames Trader 55 chassis, are being supplied to the Department of Public...

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COSTLY OMISSIONS

Planning The Desire to Enter the Road Transport Industry Should Not for Profit Be Allowed to Minimize the True Overall Cost of...

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Heavy-duty Air Suspension

IN suspension systems employing air I cushions, it is important that they be relieved of all stresses other than direct...

THE CONTROL OF POWERED STEERING

O NE of the aims of a power-steering control mechanism shown in patent No. 860,427 is to give the driver " feel." Other...

DESMODROMIC VALVE MECHANISM

'THE use of springs for closing valves I has its limits and for high-speed engines, proposals have often been made to open and...

INJECTION PUMP MODIFICATIONS

T HREE patents, numbered 861,753, 861,754 and 861,755, deal with improvements in injection pumps. The chief feature is that the...

AIR AND COIL-SPRING SUSPENSION

A SUSPENSION system disclosed in r - k patent No. 861,127 makes use of coil springs and compressed-air bellows. The aim is to...