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11th October 1957
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Plastics-coated Steel Possibilities

N " processes and materials are often described as revolutionary, but sometimes with no real justification. However, this term...

Passing Comments

Dangers of the Night A CAREFUL, almost analytical, study of night r - Ldriving risks in the U.S.A. is made by Phil Hirsch, a...

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One Hears

That our first motorway might well be called Turpin Ride. That " self-service" seems to be the modern tendency in every...

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£1 5s. Bus Pay Claim to be Considered

CONSIDERATION is to be given by the executive council , of the CON and General Workers' Union to a claim by London bus workers...

Revocation Reduced • to Suspension

O appeal, the Transport Tribunal • -• 1 "last week reduced the revocation of a special A licence by the Northern Licensing...

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May Dead Condition be Revived After Take-over ?

SHOULD the purchaser of a B-licence L•I business be entitled to revive a dead condition to the detriment of competitors, simply...

No B Licence for the " Personal Touch ,' H AULAGE of potatoes

from Goole to Manchester could not be effectively done by British Road Services because their drivers were not sufficiently...

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Men in the News

Mu.-GEN. SR ARTHUR L. WiLuisms has joined the board of the Autolifts and Engineering Co., Ltd. MR. A. S. WILLIAMS has been...

Tao. Many Special Vehicles in Hull

N O more special.yehicles were neededin Hull because there . was not enough work to employ all the vehicles licensed at the...

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"Artie . s" Wanted to Clear Dock Traffic T HE value of

using articulated vehicles to clear dock traffic was mentioned before the Western Licensing Authority last week when Western...

London Bus Routes to be Split

E ACH of 13 major London bus routes 1 —+ is to be halved on October 16, so that fewer buses need cross the congested central...

• Appellant Did Not Appear : Case Fails

A N appeal by Skidmore's Transport, London, N.1, against a refusal of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority to grant five 3-ton...

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"Not the Way to Use Contract-A Licence"

IT was wrong for a haulage company Ito enter into a contract-A agreement iti order to obtain temporary extra tonnage while...

CROSVILLE TO ABOLISE

No Co-operation in Staggering Hours : Big Undertakings Granted Higher Fares HE policy of Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., is...

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Multi-skip Dumper Speeds Up Work

PA A NEW hydraulically controlled dump truck has been introduced by the Thwaites Engineering Co., Ltd., Cubbington, Leamington...

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Press-button Age Forecast for Bus Operators

A 1R.COOLED engines and air t springing were future trends forecast. by .Mr._ Ronald Cox, general manager of Rochdale Transport...

Light-alloy Bodies for Retail Trades

TWO types of aluminium-alloy food' van body to suit the B.M.C. .12 chassis are being built by Commercial • Vehicle Repairs...

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New Call for Better Country Services

1 - 1 A RESOLUTION calling for better rural transport services and more simple licensing for small bus operators was passed at...

RURAL BUSES: SCOTLAND TO PRESS MINISTER

A MEMORANDUM on country bus travel, which is being prepared by the District Councils Association of Scotland, will be presented...

Toe-edge in Tipper Field

DARTIAL success was gained by Cleeve Hill Transport, Ltd., Cheltenham, last week, when they sought to add six vehicles to...

Complete Takeover of Haulage Urged

A SYSTEM of share-buying in the road transport industry, as opposed to direct nationalization, would not satisfy members of the...

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Port Traffic Affected by Haulage Rates

R OAD haulage rates had a marked effect on the amount of traffic passing through a port, Mr. F. D. Arney, general manager of...

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DESERT ;ONG

Great Britain, Czechoslovakia and Austria. The sole British exhibit is a Bedford CA van, although in the Grand Palais among the...

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British Drivers Win Rigid Class at Versailles

C °MEETING against two Dutch champion drivers and a team of five Americans, the four leading English lorry drivers, selected...

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Bulk Milk Collection Worthwhile Gamble

F INAL objective of the Milk Marketing Board's bulk milk scheme in the West Midlands, first announced in The Commercial Motor...

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• O PERATING a strategically planned fleet of more

than 210 vehicles, .Road Services (Forth), Ltd., hold a key position north of the Border. The basic unit was an old-established...

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Co-operation Pays Scottish Hauliers

By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. Services (Forth), Ltd., the Manchester branch operating.from Radcliffe. This is a buy;. depot...

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Experts Disagree on Lubrication

VEEN interest was shown in a variety IS. Of -subjects during' the discussion', last week, of the papers presented at the...

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Warp and Woof

C HARGES for the carriage of goods and passengers have been the subject of many books and of innumerable articles. In respect...

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Unemployment the Price of Higher Wages

Removers Told of Road Transport's Role in Another War : Britain Leads in Ferries if NION leaders can choose between...

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Independent Suspension in New Trojan

M OST noticeable feature of the latest modification to the Trojan • normal-control • 1-ton oil-engined chassis—independent...

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Police Becoming "Smoke" Conscious

IT may be something to do with the recent scare, that I the police have been taking a more than usually active interest in the"...

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Fred Karno's Show

A S usual, this year's Paris Salon was a journalist's nightmare, particularly for those concerned with the commercial-vehicle...

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New Patent Collector for Direct Working

A SPECIAL type of refuse collector which the Dennis and Taskers companies are building to the patent design of Liverpool...

Selling Gas on Wheels

A TRAVELLING showroom with bodywork by Messrs. John Lirnond, of Ayr, on a Commer Avenger chassis has been introduced by the...

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Dual -purpose Plus !

earn a living in transport while operating solely 1 within the confines of a . sparsely .populated area has always presented a...

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A Power-Assisted Steering

A SERVO unit for steering gear I -1 comes in patent No. 781,751 which shows a compact unit comprising wormbox, power piston and...