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9th June 1961
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Page 47

hich Way To Turn?

hat with a 40 m.p.h. speed limit and the proposed increases in future is more promising for public service vehicle operators,...

Page 48

Icy Reception

I N case my readers did not hear, there was an international ski-jumping event held at London's Wembley Stadium last week. In...

Page 50

Big Blitz on Overloading

Starts in Northern Area BY NORMAN H. TILSLEY H AULIERS who operate their vehicles in the Northern traffic area, and...

Stalemate in London One-man Bus Talks

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT ONDON TRANSPORT renewed last 1.-.1 week its attempt to get union agreement to the...

Another Haulage Pay and Hours Claim

From our Industrial Correspondent I - 1 NOTHER haulage wage claim is about to be presented by the unions to the Road Haulage...

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eers Discuss Disqualification

From our Parliamentary Correspondent A N attempt to delete the provision that d ivers should be disqualified automatic lly...

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Road Services (Caledonian) Face Excise-evasion Charges

T HE Dumfries-based haulage company, Road Services (Caledonian), Ltd., faced charges involving a total of 187 alleged offences...

Mr. Williamson Has His Doubts

r' N ECISION was reserved by the Nortl Western Licensing Authority on an application by Bolton Roadways, Ltd., of Bolton, for...

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Tests on U.S. 'Anti-fume Device

C ALIFORNIA'S Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board got down to the serious testing of exhaust fume control devices early last...

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Alfred Bell Get Five Extra A Vehicles

I N a reserved decision, the West Mid lands Licensing Authority, Mr. John Else, last week granted five A-licensed vehicles to...

Orders and Deliveries

A.E.C.s FOR URUGUAY: Horacio Torrendell, S.A., A.E.C. distributors in Uruguay, have ordered four A.E.C. • Mandator, two A.E.C....

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No Need For Pessimism —Mr. Wills

"A LTHOUGH I have thought it necest 3, sary to draw attention to the trials and tribulations of the bus industry, my confidence...

Page 60

They're Taking Our Business, Complain B.R.S.

THE claim that J. and A. Smith of Maddiston, Ltd., Falkirk, were taking business from them, was made by British Road Services...

A.C.V.-Verheul Link

SSOCIATED Commercial Vehicles. Ltd., have acquired a substantial shareholding in N.V. Auto-Industrie Verheul, the distributor...

Cut-the-Cost Talks

From our Parliamentary Correspondent TIA LKS aimed at cutting the road transport costs of exporters of heavy electrical plant...

Page 61

C.I.E. May Soon Pay Its Way

E IRE'S transport undertaking, C.I.E., is getting out of the red and may soon be paying its way without State aid. Dr. C. E....

Page 75

GRAVEN IMAGE

O NE operator talking about another wham he knew well and liked said that in spite of this his friend was not the kind of man...

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Refuse Disposal, Collection and Street Cleansing Get "Work Study" Look

R EFUSE disposal, refuse collection and street cleansing were the three subjects in a symposium of papers, under the broad...

Page 78

E.R.F. Petrol-engined 8-wheeler On Test

TEST results provided by E.R.F., Ltd., Sandbach, relative to their 88.R eight-wheeled maximum-load petrol-engined tanker...

Page 83

New Tractor Shovel

A NEW Matbro, Ltd„ tractor shovel, the Series 11 Mastiff featuring an ingenious system of centre-point steering and numerous...

Page 84

New Portable Tube Bender

4.— X A PORTABLE hydraulic tube bender intended primarily for copper tube has been added to their "Staffa" range by...

Flexible Abrasive Sponge T HE cellular structure of the new Artifex

abrasive sponge marketed by Finishing Aids and Tools, Ltd., Chandos House, Buckingham Gate, London, S.W.!, makes it flexible...

Decorative Finishes A N INTERESTING departure in ri decorative finishes

has been made by Docker Brothers, Ladywood, Birmingham, 16, in the introduction of " Dokacolor." The process consists of two or...

Permanent Tyre Check TYRE pressure gauges which are L intended

to be fitted permanently to each tyre on a vehicle in place of the' valve cap are now distributed in the U.K. by Eric H....

New Number Plates N UMBER plates now made by Plastic Adhesive

Numerals, Goldanger House. Goldanger, Essex. use a new method of construction. Plastic digits are fixed by high frequency...

Storage for Small Parts A N ADDITION to the standard range

of the Raaco industrial cabinets, available from James H. Randall and Son, Ltd., Paddington Green Works, London, W.2, is a...

Exhaust Smokemeter A METER for the measurement of the density of

exhaust smoke is now produced under licence from Robert Bosch, by Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd., Mortimer Street, London, W.I....

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Easy Loading, or Demountable Bodies?

A LTHOUGH the most interesting aspects of the Austin show at Longbridge this week relate to detail bodywork features, there is...

Closed-Circuit Television Used to Control Buses in Leeds

A DEMONSTRATION of the sort of PA pictures the television camera could provide for the bus operator of his main operation...

Page 88

Expansion Trends in Haulage

Contract A Switches to Fore in All Areas C ONTR ACT A switches are again to the fore in all areas, with the occasional trader...

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Kent Smalls Carrier Expands

A NEW 110 ft. x 133 ft. transit shed iThin the modern manner and materials —prefabricated reidorced concrete clad with...

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Planning for Profit

Limiting Responsibility Whilst Ownership Permits Complete Control of Vehicle . Operation, Contract Hire can Offer Greater...

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Are We Slipping In Canada?

I AM a regular reader of The Commercial Motor. How I is it that you haven't had an article about the Midland Red double -...

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Torque Converter

A TORQUE converter, which can be r - k made completely inoperative is the object of an improved design shown in patent No....