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12th May 1978
12th May 1978
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Cut out the interference!

IRING Road Haulage 'dation chairman Jack ! has slammed Governt interference in road 3ge and "intimidation of ed...

;HA ELECTION LOSE FIGHT?

kD Haulage Association vice-chairman John Silbermann expected to become the RHA's new national chairman this k as CM went to...

lodgers defends BRS

kNSPORT Minister William Rodgers defended the decision of British Road Services to hold its .ual planning conference in Las...

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Hauliers have survived storm

ROAD haulage has weathered the downturn in the economy better than the majority of industries and demand will increase...

Not impressed

HINO lorries are "unimpressive" according to a group of Cheshire hauliers which visited the controversial Dublin plant of J....

Road ta loverpai says B

ROAD users are overpz their share of track costs the tune of £1,795 million 1978/79, says the British ; Federation. Goods...

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heck more IRTIE

NITENANCE standards should be improved and extended, according to the ute of Road Transport Engineers. In its evidence to the...

)st fees crease cut

QTROVERSIAL plans to e heavy goods vehicle ing test fees have been )ped by the Government. - ansport Minister William gers told...

1 RAISE FROM RODGERS AD haulage costs have increased by iut

90 per cent since February 1974 — the figure for increased costs per ne-kilometre is only 15 per cent. I pay tribute to the...

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1AR insurance row

)W broke out at the ih Association of vers' Bristol conference veek when an overseas 3n underwriter chald members to make up...

arry bans: official cash ostimates

ORT-TERM anti-lorry trictions are seldom rthwhile, says a report m the Transport and Road search Laboratory. f plans are well...

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One man business tripped on records

FINES and costs totalling £445 were imposed on Brian Waddington (Continental Transport) Ltd, Holmfirth, and one of its drivers,...

Pay rises 'must slow'

THE ROAD Transport Industry Training Board is under Government pressure to end pay agreements which have increased average...

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Rewards For stolen crane gear

:EWARDS of £1,400 have een offered by Yorkshire, perators for the return of quipment stolen from the rea recently. Hallams...

Chinaf low expansion

CHINAFLOW, National Carriers specialist china and glassware delivery service division has expanded its operations into Northern...

SHORT HAULS

Hazard load labels THE GOVERNMENT hopes to introduce regulations later this year to provide a statutory scheme in place of the...

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Omo fares trial failure

LONDON Transport's major fares and ticketing experiment in the Havering area has not initially been successful in significantly...

Tyneside one-off sale

NATIONAL Bus subsidiary Northern General has offered its unique Tynesider doubledecker for sale. Rebuilt six years ago from a...

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acked

r omen ' s wards E Fife bus conductresses ) were unfairly dismissed e been awarded a total of 7 compensation by an intrial...

Scottish Naas fares challenge

A FIRM policy to erase an estimated Elm deficit suffered annually by Lothian Region's bus service has been urged by the...

Bus-only barrier

AN ELECTRO-mechanical barrier will operate in favour of buses on a Wolverhampton housing estate. The one foot high, six feet...

Selective detective

SWANSEA has introduced a new bus priority system which goes into operation in June 1978. The scheme uses a selective detection...

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AIX PASSENGER

Continue! THE QUESTION of which of two local operators could best provide a market day service for villages to the north of...

N BC welcome inquiry on ram

INVESTIGATIONS are to be carried out by the Commission for Racial Equality into the National Bus Company and its subsidiaries....

Oxford cut n ot °ppm&

CUTS TO City of Oxford's bus services will not be opposed by the Oxfordshire County Council. National Bus, which submitted the...

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RINT VAN STRETCH

,RKE and Sherwell Ltd, gravure printers, has bought an mai 6x2 24-tonner from Grose, the Bedford main dealer for :hampton....

Award for new tipper

E. M. WILCOX Ltd of Peterborough has won a Design Council Award for the outstanding design of its fold-in-side tipper body....

and Rover rival

N Metherwell, a garage owner of St. Dennis, Cornwall, has red into competition with British Leyland by producing the Imaster —...

Glass fibre tank

BP OIL took delivery of a road tanker with a glass fibre body which will be used for the delivery of petrol to garages. The...

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An Analysis of NFC's Annual

Report by a financial correspondent THE ANNUAL Report of the National Freight Corporation was issued last week. It is a...

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larathon makes ight of the miles

MARATHON 2 range ides a 2.97m (9ft 91n) elbase day-cab model either the Leyland T112 ummins 250 engine. A ;-Royce option was...

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DODGE COMMANDO GOEI

The most reliable truck of its type I know' Lionel Tuson, Group Transport Controller of Debenhams Limited, has this to say...

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DOUBLE~DIECKEE

BERLINER Verkehrs Betriebe (BVG) is not unlike a British PTE. It operates 1,619 buses — 1,240 doubledeckers and 379 single-deck...

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Van lion

As the manager responsible for the selection and application of light service vans for our petrol pump maintenance operations,...

ewt

1117130• • • Our sister company in South Africa has largely overcome the problem by making, at considerable expense, a moulded...

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Emproved Ford s more up-market

oel Milner tests Ford's latest R•series coach kNY COACH operators v buy lightweight coaches expect them to do the be job as a...

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ACAS: Industrial relations troubleshooters

the watchword in labour relations atience is

THIN DAYS of the formaof ACAS in September F4 —

its original title was lciliation and Arbitration vice, and the initial word dvisory" was not added a few months — the sere was...

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MAIER WAGONS: KVING THE PUZZLE

'FIC law is always compliI, but often where special or ual vehicles are concerned il puzzle confronts anyone is trying to avoid...

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JOLLY RODGERED

I see Bill Rodgers has been telling the Transport Salaried Staffs Association that there widespread determination that there...

Ermine stole and concrete overcoats

Lord GeorgeBrown had a party — to coin a phrase — at the Tipcon official business lunch recently. His Lordship was never stuck...

Charging the batterie

The broad hint dropped by Sir Dan Pettit last week th would not return for a third term as NFC chairman whe present contract...

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[PEOPLE]

John Tibbett retires Tibbett and Britten chairman John Tibbett is retiring from full-time duties to work on a E new private...