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The Road Haulage Wages Council recommended a 5 per cent, pay increase after a 6+-hour meeting in London on Wednesday. (P. 5) Britain's entry into the Connnon Market will be discussed at one of the sessions of the R.H.A. annual conference at
Bournemouth on October 17. (p. 5)
Drivers' records concessions, and other provisions of the Road Traffic Act, are not yet in force, warn the T.R.T.A. in a notice to members. (P. 7) A group haulage scheme application by 33 operators and involving 92 vehicles was adjourned at Birmingham on Monday. (p. 27)
A new E.R.F. eight-wheeler with automatic gearbox and air
springs is announced today. (p. 36) Guy's production programme has been completely re-assessed and the rationalization process has resulted in significant price reductions. (p. 42)
Seventeen tons can be carried by a new 24-ton-gross
articulated outfit developed by Foden and Dyson. (p. 47) Employment of a driver for a C-hired vehicle was queried in Gloucester. (P. 7)
New Rolls-Royce opposed-piston engines are now available for experimental application to commercial vehicles.
Milk-float bodywork is now available for B.M.C. 30-cwt.
EG models from R. W. Osborne and Son, Ltd. (P. 33)
A specialist vehicle for bulk cement carrying has been produced by the Ulster Transport engineering works at Belfast, with a Leyland Hippo chassis and an integrally built body. (P. 33) Large-scale expansion, including a new factory in North
East England, is planned by the Perkins group. (p. 32■ Fourteen new refrigerated vehicles have been added to the Birds Eye Foods fleet, and will be run on contract by Scottish and East Anglian haulage concerns. (P. 7) Port working hours at Liverpool have been reduced. (p. 7)
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