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9th November 1962
9th November 1962
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Minister Upholds Freedom

IT is for the consumer to decide how he will send his freight, or what means of travel he will use," was how Mr.,. Ernest...

Roofracks Get High Court Approval

THE fitting of a roofrack to a " minibus " so that it could carry goods did not convert it into a goods vehicle needing a...

B.R.S. Pay Talks Held Up

From Our Industrial Correspondent U NION leaders representing 24,000 men employed by British Road Services met the management...

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GOODS TRANSPORT

Success of Security Measures THERE is now a tendency for thieves I to concentrate on standing vehicles at night, said Mr. J....

Heavy Haulage Needs Fair Deal

W ITH the coming of motorways and other improved communications it was to be hoped that those responsible for large indivisible...

Rubble Not 'Building Material'

D UBBLE from a demolished building, soil and tree roots being carried by lorry from a site to a tip were not " building...

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Weights and Measures Bill

P ROVISIONS governing the carriage by road of coal and other solid fuel, and of sand and ballast, are contained in the...

'Research on Fumes Needed'

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FORE research into the emission of fYI toxic substances by diesel and petrol engines and more...

Eight-vehicle Bid Adjourned

A N application by James Reid, liquidator of the Dalkeith transport business of Richard Ayton Ltd., for eight vehicles on A...

Commons Questions

D URING the three nationwide surveys this summer 83,000 diesel-engined goods vehicles were observed, and 9,800 of them were...

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LICENSING

Transport Tribunal in London A N application made by Davy and Co. (Grange) Ltd., of Milnthorpe, Westmorland, would have...

REHEARING NEEDED

A FTER Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, representing Robinson's Luxury Tours Ltd., of Barrow-in-Furness, had stated that a hearing...

Not Enough Attendants—High Court

B ECAUSE a locomotive drawing two . 1 - 1 trailers loaded with a 72-ton girder and attended by another locomotive had four men...

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Granary Haulage B switch

Case Adjourned B ECAUSE Granary Haulage Ltd., of 1 --) Burton-on-Trent, had not envisaged being asked to carry goods for...

No Continental Tours

THE South Eastern Traffic Commis' sioners at Hastings last week turned down two applications for licences to run coach...

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A Prevalence of B to A Switches

A PPLICATIONS to switch vehicles from B to A licences have recently become more prevalent. Several publications this week...

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Bid For Soccer Excursions

T O meet the needs of the football fans in the Charley area, four local operators applied at Manchester on Monday, to run...

R.A.F. Service For P.M.T.

A N application by Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. for an express licence to run from Newcastle-underLyne to the R.A.F....

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London Talks Disintegrate

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT 1 ONDON TRANSPORT have been La forced to abandon their schemes— for the time being, at any...

Ribble's First 36 footers Delivered

T first vehicles built to the current 1 maximum permissible dimensions to be added to the fleet of Ribble Motor Services Ltd....

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NAR. DUNCAN H. FOULDS is to join IYI the United

Transport .Co. Ltd. as a director of Bulwark United Transport Ltd., and managing director of Bulwark Transport Ltd., John...

Obituary

WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. IN F. Allison, Mr. W. E. O'Shei, Mr. Standerwick, Mr. N. Stott, Mr. J. T. Clegg, Dr. H....

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Call For Smoke Investigation Panel

rrHE time had come for a panel to be set up to investigate the operational and development features of compressionignition...

U.S. Unions Get Air Conditioners

It/TAKERS of truck air conditioners in 1 1 ' 1 Detroit, U.S.A., are expecting a substantial sales increase, thanks to aid from...

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Orders °nil De! iveries

THIRTEEN FOR LYONS: Albion Motors have received an order from J. Lyons and Co. Ltd., for 13 Claymore 4-ton lorries. SIX FOR...

Around the World's Manufacturers

V AN DOORNE'S Automobielfabriek NV, of Eindhoven, Holland, maker of DAF commercial vehicles, announces that 20 per cent of its...

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New Hydraulic Jack A NEW 30 cwt. capacity hydraulic jack has

been added to the Lubrequipment range of equipment made by Castrol Ltd., Castrol House, Marylebone Road, London, N.W.1. It is...

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Daimler Rear-engine Layout

P LACING an engine transversely at the rear has several advantages, but difficulties can arise in locating the propeller shaft...

Goods Handling Scheme

A UNIT for assisting the loading and unloading of a lorry at a dockside or a works dispatch bay is shown in patent No. 895,713....

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Bird's Eye View

WHILE at the Turin Motor Show last week I met Mr. E. F. Gutfreund, who is the export manager of the' Lancia concern, and who...

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Frank Best

O F some members of a rapidly disappearing generationof master mariners it is sometimes said, in a reverential tone: "He served...

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E.E.C. UNDERCURR AT TURIN SHOW

By JOHN F. MOON, A.M.I.R.T.E. A S recorded in last week's issue, the European Common Market and its possible effects on...

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Who Stands to Gain?

N . OT many manufacturers, however much noise they made, would be given as much publicity as Dr. Beeching has received for his...

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Ewing and Keeping Tidy

O N Monday the Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition opens at Olympia. The Exhibition is this year...

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Oops ! A Drop Too Much

THE November 2 issue of The Commercial !dolor is very -I ' interesting, especially the municipal bus analysis. But please let...

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• New to the Job

D ISSATISFACTION with the image of road transport as presented to the public by some sections of the Press has recently been...