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Reduces driver fatigue, lengthens transmission life, gives more freedom to vehicle designers. The Turner Air Shift is...
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The only motor-vehicle of its kind in the world It was built on a new A.E.C. Reliance chassis, which will carry a gross weight...
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I T looks as though the cat is out of the bag. The more we have learned about Mrs. Castle's plans for Conurbation Transport...
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F private enterprise road haulage wants to come to terms with the very tough competition the NFO will offer, then it had better...
MRS. Barbara Castle's blunt statement to the RHA that Freightliners would be owned and operated by the NFO brought an immediate...
E 124-man national council of the RHA met for the last time on Tuesday and was succeeded next day bythe new national executive...
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AMONG arguments advanced against the use of safety belts in heavy goods vehicles have been the possibility of the load coming...
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T HE British Railways Board is looking to the Freightliner business as one way of cutting its persistently vast deficit,...
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A NATIONAL survey of road goods transport begins next month. It will cover 12 separate weeks during 1967-68. The last survey...
VRCIM Seaway Containers Ltd., Greenock, Scotland, comes a new skeletal semi-trailer —the Conway—designed to carry three or...
From a special correspondent A l attempt by Belgium to break the EEC deadlock on transport policy seems to have failed....
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to hauliers than feared By JOHN DARKER the time approaches for the appearance of the White Paper defining the responsibilities...
THE MINISTER of Transport will not direct the nationalized public transport undertakings to provide half - price fares for...
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N ORTHERN Licensing Authority Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon adjourned five Section 178 cases before him on Monday in Carlisle to obtain...
A NORTH Westmorland haulage firm, summoned at Penrith (Cumberland) Maas' Court last week for failing to preserve drivers'...
A LLEGATIONS of forgery, fraud and perjury were made against employees of a West rx country transport firm at Shepton Mallet...
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B REACHES of a declaration of intent which the applicant knew to be binding were strongly criticized by counsel for the...
DROSPECTS of increasing trade between France and Britain were emphasized by I. Mr. Jean Morisot, of the Societe Anonyme de...
FINES totalling £255 and /59 5s. 4d. fees and costs were imposed on Pointon's Fuel and Transport Ltd., of Manchester, at...
"IN this case I am completely satisfied", said Yorkshire LA Mr. H. E. Robson, in Leeds last week when he had granted an...
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BY DEREK MOSES VEARS that some private bus undertakings may be nationalized under Mrs. Barbara Castle's plans for setting up...
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DEFERRING to Sunderland CorIMporation Transport's flat-fare scheme in which his company was participating, Mr. A. F. R....
THE introduction of large-capacity Leyland Atlanteans, Daimler Fleetlines and AEC Renowns on many routes has helped Nottingham...
TENDERS for new buses accepted by Blackpool Corporation transport committee include one for 15 Leyland single-deckers with...
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HCl/C run gives them eight of 18 top awards O NCE again the Banfield family won a "crateful" of cups and trophies at the...
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By PAUL BROCKINGTON T E Stanley Steel Company of i l idelaide, South Australia, wants a UK company to manufacture its...
IMPERIAL METAL INDUSTRIES LTD. is to consolidate its interests in automotive radiators, heat exhangers and related products in...
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T Primrose Third Axle Co. Ltd. is now oting conversions of four-wheeled rigid truck chassis into double-drive six-wheelers....
preparations complete as far as W r possible, the scheme can now go into gear, and at this point it is necessary to let others...
IN AN ATTEMPT to get better trained men into the coachbuilding industry, Walter Alexander and Co. is to open its own training...
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vEYNOTE of an ignition tester announced - 1 -Xby Rupert Ledger and Co. Ltd. is simplicity. Weighing 8+ lb. and batteryoperated,...
TATEST vehicle transporter to be added 1-d to the range of "RM" Trailers Ltd., is model 4P50W, which has a carrying capacity of...
A NEW history of Leyland Motors Ltd., raentitled "Seventy Years of Progress" has been issued by the Headquarters Publicity...
meet the growing demand for a dual purpose tyre, Dunlop has introduced the Super Roadtrack GK82, designed for on/off-the-road...
A SHRINKFILM packaging system for use in all industries has been developed by Modern Industrial Appliances Ltd. It is claimed...
U SUALLY associated with tyre repair and garage equipment, Stenor Ltd. has introduced a range of nine stationary, and six...
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View BY THE HAWK Top Secret Trs all very hush-hush. . . but an attempt was made to destroy 1 nine Bulwark United Transport...
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1111 AF entrant L. C. Shaw was awarded the -EX prize for the best Service entrant by the Birmingham LDOY Committee-after a plea...
D RIVING home from the Liverpool eliminating round of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition last Sunday the team from the...
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Title-holder comes a cropper H EAVY Transport's "saturation" policy of 18 entrants paid off in the LDOY Torquay heat on...
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A S we are members of EFTA it could be assumed that selling British vehicles to our fellow members would he relatively easy....
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ALTHOUGH on the face of it one would ra imagine that British manufacturers would find exporting to Scandinavian countries which...
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ALTHOUGH competition from Scandinavian bodybuilders is nearly as intense as that from manufacturers in the Benelux countries, a...
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F OA/ British trailer makers have penetrated the Scandinavian market. The main sale of Scammell models in this territory is...
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LTIGH quality is demanded by Volvo and Scania-Vabis and this sets a standard that is welcomed by UK component manufacturers who...
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TE the effect of the British motor industry on the Benelux area can be taken as a guide it is not surprising that some members...
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rr'HIS part of Europe has been and still is a very good market for British vehicles. To understand why, it is necessary to...
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T HE Benelux countries are not a very profitable market for British bodybuilders. This is the conclusion reached after an...
A LTHOUGH this part of Europe is a good market for British vehicles, because of an established local trailer industry and...
" r 'SVEN an even chance against West V German competition in the Common Market, we could look forward to a rapid expansion of...
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ri" HIS year Polish Truck and Bus Communication celebrates its 21st birthday. This post-war child of the Eastern European state...
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M OST of the story concerning British vehicle interest in Eastern Europe is from the Leyland Motor Corporation. Although...
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rTHE greatest sphere of activity on the Continent is taking place in Eastern Europe where the demand for both goods and...
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IN Eastern Europe, some British makers have found that with large specialist vehicles (the types for which these countries have...
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N all-important facet of the personality make-up of UK technicians, according to Mr. Paul Burdon (of Automotive Products), is...
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M OST people at some time or another, standing on the platform of a lonely railway station while an express rushes by, have...
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TRANSHIPMENT is as old as transport itself. And the problems it presents have been wrestled with by generations of transport...
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been informed that the makers recommend running on a petrol with an octane rating of at least 94. Is there any objection to...
A The Central Training Council (which has the backing of the Ministry of Labour) enumerates the main tasks required by Section...
A If two drivers are employed at the same time on a vehicle one form can cover the records of both so that there is no need...
tive unit with five semi-trailers what is the correct method of depreciating the trailers and dealing with trailer tyre costs?...
25 miles radius of base, could I carry rubbish from a building site to a private tipping site for the sole purpose of site...
A It will cover the searching for or boring or - getting of petroleum: the distillation, conversion, extraction, refining or...
A Yes, this is possible and in some cases individual decisions will have to be taken for the convenience of all parties to...
lorry fitted with petrol engine and how does this vary according to differing mileages? A As shown in the current edition of...
A This model will comply with the regulations which are 45 per cent service brake efficiency and 20 per cent secondary brakes.
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UOUNDED in 1945, and with a present membership of 3,500, the Institute of Road Transport Engineers is remodelling its future...
BET Omnibus results as expected with profits down pre-tax profits of BET Omnibus Services for the year that terminated on...