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11th April 1958
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Tar. Brush and Canvas A SMEAR attack on the road haulage

industry was delivered in one of the Easter adjournment debates in the House of Commons, = last week. The protagonist was Mr....

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Air, from Tyres to Suspension

T HERE are not wanting road transport operators and engineers who are inclined to believe that the development of air...

Passing Comments

Use The Sun—When You Can K ETTLES and small boilers heated by the rays of the sun, which are captured by reflectors mounted on...

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Quicker Work with Smaller Railway Cartage Fleet

E NORMOUS scope for improvin g railway efficiency is indicated by the introduction of a pilot scheme at the g oods depot in...

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Rail Customers Back Road Haulage : Mr. Lindsay Told of Prosecution

TWENTY-FIVE Fylde market gardeners on Tuesday supported an attempt to provide a daily road service for their produce from...

£108,000 Too Much for Resistance ?

THE Minister of Transport has suggested that the Western Traffic Commissioners should later reconsider an allowance . of...

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Men in the News

CotR. T. HARTIAANN has resigned his directorship of the British Straddle Carrier Co., Ltd. MR, R. L. L. BovEs has been...

Objectors Say User Was Changed

Q BIECTORS claimed that there had been a complete change in the nature of the work done when E. W. Watt (Haulage), Ltd., Sutton...

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Rail Drive to Gain Fruit Traffic: Haulier Complains of Reader Bros.

BRITISH RAILWAYS had last month reduced all their rates for fruit and vegetables carried from Hull, to gain the traffic from...

Good Start for 1958 Exports

n VERSEAS sales of 14,445 commercial vehicles in January represented a flying start for the year as the figure exceeded that...

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" Country Places Face Isolation NA ANY parts of rural En g land

were 1V1 facin g an isolation which they had not previously experienced since the advent of the internal-combustion en g ine....

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More Coach Tours to Eire

AA N application by Reliance Motor Services, Ltd., to run coach tours to Eire from Newbury, Berks, was opposed by Mr. J....

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No Withdrawal Without Explanation

NAR. W. P. JAMES, West Midland Licensing In Authority, last week refused to allow a haulier to withdraw an application for a...

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Denied that B.R.S. Rates Were High

W HEN a representative of British Road Services g ave evidence to the East • Midland Licensin g Authority last week of...

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New York Trailer Low-loader Range

Quadraframe Construction and Removable Running Gear Employed for Medium and Heavy Capacity Trailers THE York Trailer Co.,...

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"Cushioned-action" Abrasives

R UBBERIZED abrasives manufactured by the Crates Manufacturing Co., California, U.S.A., are now available in this country...

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19m. Matches in 830-cu.-ft. Van

A BEDFORD forwardcontrol oil-engined 6-tonner with 830-cu.-ft. body, has been delivered to Bryant and May, Ltd., Fairfield...

Three-way-loading Pantechnicon

A NEW three-way-loading pantech nicon on an Austin 11-ton chassis has been supplied by B. Walker and Son, Ltd., 1 Gammons...

To Carry 2,000 Library Books B ASED on a Bedford 4-ton

forwardcontrol chassis, a mobile library to accommodate 2,000 books is being put into service by Buckinghamshire County...

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"Artics" and I Is Each in Role

TN 1948, Timothy Whites and Taylors, Ltd., put their distribution system under review and decided that a C-licence fleet could...

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Mr. Nugent Denies Widespread Breaches of Drivers' Hours

A WHOLESALE onslaught on hauliers was made in an Easter adjournment debate in the House of Commons by Mr. Ernest Davies (Lab.,...

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Mud and Oxygen Carried in Tankers

I N drilling for oil, fluid or " mud " is pumped down the drill pipe through the bit for cooling purposes; thence it is...

Bodies for Light Thames Range

A NEW range of bodies for the Thames 10-12-cwt. and 15-cwt, chassis has been produced by B. Walker and Son, Ltd., 1 Gammons...

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Supplying 7,000 Small Chemists

Growth of Drug Business Because of Road Transport Development: Daily Deliveries Within 40-mile Radius By C. S. Dunbar,...

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First Parking Meter Order Made

T NB Minister of Transport has made the first Parking IVfeter Order under the Road Traffic Act, 1956. It authorizes Westminster...

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Running-in Problems and Oil Consumption

Research Conducted in America Shows that Oil Consumption is Greatly Affected by-Piston-ring Design By a Special Correspondent...

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Mobile Messroom for Roadmen •

A NEW industrial trailer caravan built by Alperson Products, Ltd., Newmarket, Suffolk, will be used by the roadsection...

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Knightly Conduct

N O excuse is needed for returning to the subject of the Knight appeal. It has caused more perplexity than any other case for a...

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Shall I BUY, HIRE or RENT?

Points to Decide When Considering , Methods of Purchasing Vehicles Under a Deferred-payments Scheme T HE policy of hiring...

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Bird's Eye View

Private •Bar By The Hawk A A LEEDS brewer has op e ned offices at Harrogate, 16 miles away. The two points are linked by an...

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A Combined Disc and Shoe Brake

T ° distribute the braking heat over a larger surface area is the aim of a composite brake shown in patent No. 790,675 which...