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Heat Exhaustion

H OT weather, when it occurs, makes news in Britain, but it also carries a warning to conscientious operators to "watch those...

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Kenneti :harles Turner

ir 0 the layman there seems no obvious connection between the Derby Carriage and Wagon Works and General Industrial...

Haulage Interest in the Roadrailer

Bird's Eye View S INCE at was first introduced, the Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., Roadrailer has remained an intriguing idea to...

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By The Hawk

Out of Step O BVIOUSLY, by imputation, Mr. Cottrell is satisfied that he has got to the root of the problem. Rather in the same...

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T.G.W.U. Campaign Against Excessive Hours

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A NEW campaign against road haulage contractors and their drivers who work excessive hours...

Crosville Object to Air Transport Application

TRANSPORT licensing history was I made last week when Crosville Motor Services became the first road operators to appear before...

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High Court Hears Merchandise Appeal

"Tribunal Wrongly Exercised Its Discretion" T HE hearing of the appeal against the Transport Tribunal's decision in the...

Rural Services : Waiting for Jack

From Our Political Correspondent N AMES are being steadily added to Mr. Rupert Speir's Commons motion asking for urgent action...

Don't Scrap Dery Records Yet

ffi will be some time before the need to keep dery records is scrapped. The I Hydrocarbon Oils (Marking of Gas Oil)...

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Men in the News

After 33 years' service with Halifax Passenger Transport Department, Mr. Harold Bell, chief inspector since 1955. is to retire...

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Merchandise Judge Wants to Know About Return Running in Haulage

(Continued from page 789) M R. FAY referred to evidence given before the Licensing .Authority by 27 objectors, and said it...

Applicant's Rates Were Clieaper

O NE vehicle out of a total of three applied for was granted to Edwards Transport (Lydbrook), Ltd., of Lydbrook (Glos), by the...

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Western L.A. Criticized

"Hiring Was Not Phenomenal" A N appeal against a grant by the Western Licensing .Authority of an additional 9-ton artic. to J....

His Intentions Were Quite Clear

A N appeal by the British Transport Commission against the grant of an additional 3+-ton vehicle to B. H. King of Kcmpston....

Mortons of Coventry Appeal Refused

A N appeal by Morton, Transport (Coventry), Ltd., against a decision of the West Midland Licensing Authority who had refused...

Decision Reserved in Lloyd's Appeal rONCLUDING his case for Lloyd's

Transport and Warehousing (Manchester), Ltd., who appealed against a decision of the North Western Licensing Authority,...

Unpainted Routemaster Experiment

U NPA1NTED aluminium-alloy exterior panels are the distinguishing features of RM 664—an L.T.E. Routemaster to be placed in...

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Labour Sidesteps Nationalization

From our Political Correspondent p LAIN, straightforward nationalization of road transport is dropped from the Labour Party's...

Five for Nottingham

F IVE people have been short-listed for the post of deputy general manager. Nottingham transport department, in place of Mr. H....

• Weekly to Poland

B ARTON TRANSPORT, of Chilwell. near Nottingham, were granted a licence to run a weekly express service from Nottingham to...

Cement Tanker Fleet Increased

A N application by Hugh Clelland and Sons, Chryston, to increase their cement tanker fleet by five vehicles was partially...

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Injuries Survey Report

ECOMMENDATIONS for improvements in vehicle design to lessen the risk of injuries or to minimize their severity when road...

Vehicle Exhaust Study

M EMBERS of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers who have been conducting independent investigations into the problem of...

Argentina To Make Perkins Engines

A N agreement has been signed by F. Perkins, Ltd., for Perkins three-, fourand six-cylindered diesel engines to be manufactured...

Out-of-peak-hour Distribution Problems

T HE " social problem" posed if commercial vehicles make collections and deliveries at night is discussed by Mr. H. R....

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No Twopenmes for Bristol

T H E Western Traffic Commissioners / sitting at Bristol last week granted an application for the revision of fares by' the...

Token Resistance to W. National Bid

O NLY token opposition was offered by 14 Devon, Somerset and Dorset local authorities, to an application, heard befOre the...

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London Busmen About Face on Colour Bar Issue

From our Iniustrial Correspondent L ONDON busmen chan g ed their minds .1-4 last week on the q uestion of introducin g a...

Urban Road Planni ng Steering Group

A S already announced, Mr. Colin Buchanan has been appointed to the Ministry of Transport to undertake a study of the....

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Smaller 3uses Are More

- Fconomical -say Birkenhead L ARGE-CAPACITY buses may be the answer to problems in the larger cities where traffic densities...

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Refrigerated Van Trailers Act as Mobile Storage Units

S INCE an article was published in the January 13, 1956, issue of The Comtnercial Motor on the transport operations of...

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Radi(

Control Streamlines Steel Works Tra ffic A RichardThomas and Baldwins Scheme at the Spencer Works at Lianwern. by P. A. C....

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Germany

es Its Tippers lugh A LTHOUGH medium-capacity 4 x 4 chassis are rarely used by the average haulier, in Great Britain, this...

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BREAK THROUGH

E VERY technical or operational improvement made by the railways is paraded •before the public in the Press and elsewhere and...

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Large Block Applications Make Their Appearance

THERE are several large block applications for both A and B licences this week. The largest is one by Flynn Brothers...

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Fifty Years of Costs

The New Edition of" The Commercial Motor" Tables of Operating Costs Makes Allowance for Several Increases in Users'...

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Competitive Spirit Wanted

H ERE in Nigeria. the Big Five, and for that matter the leading Continental vehicle Manufacturers, are each served by one main...

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How to Write Off E112.7m.

A Special Correspondent Looks at the B.T.C. Report and Accounts IN 1960, British Road Services earned £3m. more than in I 1959,...

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Mr Walton buys another van

Tom Walton needed a new van. Needed it here and now. 4 But he couldn't afford here and now to pay the full price. So what was...