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10th October 1958
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After the Ball

N OW that the Commercial Motor Show is over, manufacturers' affairs are returning to normal. Many orders were placed at Earls...

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The Fight is On

L AST Friday's debate on transport at the Labour Party's conference at Scarborough should be sufficient to bring to an end the...

Passing Comments

No Coaching Required L'AMED for over 100 years in connection with high-class coachbuilding, the name Bonallack has in recent...

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One Hears

Of an American tubular tyre of oval cross-section. That the Tower of Babe was nothing to some parts of Earls Court. That...

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Bonuses Cut Bus Cleaning Costs

INCENTIVE bonuses have reduced Edinburgh Transport Department's bus-cleaning costs by £9,372, Mr. W. M. Little, general...

NEW STABILIZER FOR DRAWBAR TRAILERS

A NOVEL type of stabilizer, intended 1- 1 , to counteract the tendency for drawbar trailers to snake or even jack-knife under...

1,600 BEDFORD 4 X 4 ORDERED NOTHER order for 1,600

Bedford Pi 4 x 4 3-tonners has been placed by the Ministry of Supply on behalf of the War Office. The contract will be...

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New B Licence Granted for 37 Vehicles :i Objectors Withdraw

O NE of the _largest .applications ever to be heard in. the North Western Traffic Area—a request for a new B licence, to cover...

Traders Urge. an End to Van Speed Limit

R EMOVAL of the 30 m.p.h. speed limit on vans of up to 1-ion carrying capacity was urged by .Mr. F. Goodehild, West Bridgford...

Read Grant Folio ws Knight Ruling

THREE vehicles and a tank trailer I. were added to the A licence held by G. Read (Transport), Ltd., Mitcheldean, last week,...

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Wasting Court's Time, Maj. Eastwood Warns Commission

QHOULD a company operating a kJ specialized trunk service, whose policy is not normally to sub-contract, be compelled to absorb...

Men in the News

MR, W. T. CHARLES has become wholesale manager of European Cars, Ltd., South Kensington. LORD WILLIAMS has been reappointed a...

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Contravened Licence to Prevent Colliery Closing, Say Hauliers

A FTER being told that a Coventry haulage company had contravened the terms of their coritract-A licence to save a colliery...

Approval in Principle for Excursion Linking

PPLICAT1ONS by Ribble Motor PI Services, Ltd., and W. C. Standerwick, Ltd., to link certain picking-up points on their...

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No Licence for " Outcast " Haulier

PPLYING for a - new B licence at 1 — k Perth, last week, Mr. Morris Young, Hillyland Farm, Perth, told Mr. A. Robertson,...

Mr. Lindsay Warns A-licence Holders

E VERY A-licence holder should make sure that the normal user is an accurate description of the work being done, Mr. J. R....

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National Network for Frozen Food?

W HAT was described as an ambitious plan to extend a small local frozen food Service into a countrywide network was adjourned...

Objectors Complain of Traffic Loss

BETWEEN July, 1956, and June, 1957, 1 -) Clark Dutch, Ltd., Perth, carried 5,000 tons of fertilizer forJos, Gartshore and Sons,...

16-tonners with Air Springs for Reed

D ESIGNED to carry payloads of 16i tons, 18 Eagle semi-trailers with Andre air suspension are to be supplied to Reed Transport,...

PONTYPRIDD BUS REVENUE FALLS BY £2,816

B US revenue for the quarter ended June 30 showed a £2,816 decrease on the corresponding quarter of last year, said Mr. B. W....

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Regulations on Hours "Absolutely Essential"

T HE regulations which ensure that drivers have 10 hours' rest in 24 are "absolutely essential" for safety on the roads,...

PARK FOR 50 COACHES AT MOTOR SHOW

D URING the Motor Show at Earls Court, London, from October 22November 1, there will be parking accommodation for 50-60 coaches...

"Lorries Do Not Cause Congestion

N o evidence has been produced by Nottingham police to show that goods vehicles are responsible for congestion in peak periods....

SIMMS IN INDIA

A N agreement has been concluded between Best and Co., Madras, and Simms Motor Units, Ltd., under which Simms electrical...

Bus Company Awarded. £1, 160 Damages

. D AMAGES of £1,160 were awarded last week to the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., in their action against Greenock Corporation. The...

MORE MEMBERS WANTED FOR NEW ARTCO

A STATEMENT on the liquidation of Associated Road Transport Contractors, Ltd., was issued last week after invited Press...

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" Congestion Hitting U.S. Bus Industry A DDRESSING the Humberside branch

r -1 of the Institute of Transport last week, Mr. J. W. Rolfe, secretary and chief accountant of the Birmingham and Midland...

MINISTER CALLS FOR ROAD COMMITTEES I T was of no

use to build motorways if they began and ended in bottlenecks, and special committees should be set up in large provincial...

RIBBLE ARE GRANTED FOOTBALL SERVICE

D ESPITE objections by W. Robinson and Sons (Great Harwood), Ltd., and Rib blesdale Coachways, Ltd., a licence for football...

Ford Expect Drop in Sales and Earnings

A LTHOUGH sales and earnings for the first half of this year showed a great improvement on figures for 1957, the Ford Motor...

HEAVIER SUBSTITUTE VEHICLE REFUSED

A N application by W. Keith and Sons, Grange-over-Sands, Lanes, to substitute an A-licence 7-tonner for a 5-tonner on special A...

Low-loader Appeal . is Dismissed

A N appeal by the Milford ,Plant Hire in. and Engineering Co,, Ltd., against a decision of the South Wales Licensing Authority...

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Tyne Tunnel Not the Answer—Report

A SURVEY of traffic conditions on Tyneside, carried out by King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, is now being considered by the...

COXON'S LOSE VEHICLE

IN a reserved decision, Mr. J. A. T. I Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, has deleted one vehicle from the A licence held by...

Van's Shape Blamed for Accident

T HE shape of an Austin A40 van was blamed at Reading, on Monday, for an accident involving a cyclist. The van driver, Frank...

Bedford Six-wheeler Introduced

T HE Primrose third-axle conversion produced by T.G.B. Motors, Ltd., Clitheroe, Lanes, has been applied to a Bedford 7 - ton...

Haulier Reassured on Normal User

O CCAS1ONAL journeys up to 10 per cent, outside his normal user would be quite in order, a Welsh haulier was told by the North...

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Hit-or-Miss Methods No Longer Adequate in Transport

" TR AN SPO RT has operated success ' fully on . a wealth of experience, intuition and inspired hunches, but the future ma Y...

"First Case of its Kind" Adjourned

QTATING that it was probably the first )--- 7 case of its kind to be heard in the country, Mr. R. Read, Longhope, Glos, applied...

SAFETY COMPETITION FOR P.O. DRIVERS

A NEW road safety competition for Post Office drivers was announced last week. Drivers of postal and engineering vehicles have...

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ROAD AND SEA FOR EFFICIENT COMBINE WORKING

By G. Duncan Jewell Shipping Company Have Successfully Extended Their Road Transport Interests to Take In Several Specialized...

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When English and Scots Disa gree

By Our Legal Adviser T HERE have recently been two rather disturbing examples of a serious divergence in two separate .corners...

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Multi-wheel to the Fa

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. C ROSS-COUNTRY vehicles provide the greatest interest at this year's Paris Salon de...

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York Produce Third Axle Conversion

H AVING rapidly established themselves as semi-trailer manufacturers in this country, the York Trailer Co., Ltd., St. Marks...

Four-car Transporter on Rigid Chassis

nESIGNED, developed and manufac tured by Rubery Owen and Co., Ltd., Darlaston, Staffs, in collaboration with the Burtonwood...

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Bird's Eye View

Return Visit By The Hawk -Two leaders of the Dutch road haulage industry had a busy I few days in England hit Week. They Were...

Cellular Plastics Panels Cut Weight

F RAMELESS construction of commercial-vehicle bodywork has been brought a step nearer by the plastics development work of...

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100-ton Trailer for Kariba Project

C ONSTRUCTION of the Kariba hydro electric project on the Zambesi River, in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, has...

100-passenger Buses for Ceylon

C1NGLE-DECK buses capable of carry1, 0 1 ing 100 passengers are to be introduced shortly in Ceylon. The oilengined Skoda...

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No Thought for Tomorrow

E XCEPT those on contract work, which promises an assured minimum revenue, most road transport operators live on hope. It seems...

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New Equipment

Large Welded Sheets in Aluminium I T is now possible for the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.. to produce at their works near...

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Light Heavyweights ENTER THE RING

Relative Economy of Latest Type of Goods 'Vehicle Compared with Timehonoured Models O NE of the trends to be discerned at the...

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A Rotary Distributor Injection Pump

A COMPREHENSIVE patent, No. 799,111, deals with an injection pump having one pumping unit and a rotary distributor for...