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12th September 1958
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Blackpool Illuminations

Municipal Operators Champion the Cause of the Workers : End of Private Enterprise Sought T HIS week's conference of the...

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Passing Comments

Reading Vehicle Instruments A N interesting point about cab design has been raised • by Mr. E. N. Corlett, of Birmingham...

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One Hears

That despite the "No dogs allowed " notices, the Thornycroft Mastiff will still appear at Earls Court. That, presumably, it...

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B.R.S. (Parcels) Make Late Change in Normal User

A PPLYING for new A licences to cover vehicles at four Scottish bases, B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd., made a last-minute change in...

Amended Normal User Satisfies B.T.C.

WHEN E. W. Shelton, Ltd., Devonshire YV Street, Keighley, agreed to restrict their normal user, the British Transport...

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Highland Haulage "Do Not Seek Monopoly " A SUGGESTION that Highland

Haulage, Ltd., were trying to establish a haulage monopoly along with British Road Services in the north of Scotland was denied...

A-licence Transfer Case is Relisted

A N application by Mr. IL Parkinson, Blackpool, to take over an A licence held by G. E. Curry, Ltd., was relisted on Tuesday by...

3,220 Vehicles Would Use Tay Bridge Daily

T HE census of potential traffic for a Tay road bridge has shown that 3,220 vehicles would use such a bridge daily. This...

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Stations Do Not End Congestion: Councils Should Share Costs

L 0 authorities authorities frequently say Le there is a need to build a new bus station on the score that it Would remove a...

Men in the News

M. G. W. KELLAND has been appointed public relations officer of the Birfield Group. MR. REG JACKSON-COX, technical liaison...

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Another Air-sprung Guy Model

IN addition to the two air-sprung pas senger vehicles to be exhibited at Earls Court by Guy Motors, Ltd. (announced...

East Kent Extending One-man Operation

W ITH the introduction of winter timetables on Sunday, the Ea.se. Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., will extend the use of one-man buses...

"Shortage of Tippers in Preston Area"

A SHORTAGE of tippers in their area was claimed by J. Ball and Sons, Hesketh Bank (Lanes), when they applied for a 5-ton...

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Pneumatic Discharge for Standard Lorries

E . . VOLVED by F. E. Callow (Engineers), 1 —■ Ltd., Kirkby Industrial Estate, Liverpool, to provide an easy means for...

T.U.C. Backs Plan for Another Take-over

B y an overwhelming majority, the Trades Union Congress last week called for renationalization of road transport as part of the...

Gravel Company Get New B Licence A NEW B licence for

seven vehicles was secured by Farnley Sand and Gravel (Sales), Ltd., Knolford Nook (Yorks). when they appeared before the...

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Highlands Must Keep Bus Services

I T is essential that Highland bus services should be kept running, so the big companies who have the plum services must accept...

Motorway Beginning • to Take Shape

D ESPITE the heavy rainfall this summer, the contractors building Britain's first motorway have been forging ahead with their...

No Grounds for New Excursion Licence

I F excursions to such places as sports grounds were allowed merely because people did not like changing vehicles en route it...

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Four Tests for Lorry Driver Final

n ETA1LS of the four tests to be used in the final of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition at the Civic Aerodrome at...

Speeding Traffic at Road Junctions

1 - 3. A NEW type of traffic-light controller has been developed by the Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 8 Arundel...

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Railways to Offer Tote System for Bulk Traffics

T HE Tote system of bulk material handling is to be offered on a wide scale to customers by British Railways. Pressoturn, Ltd.,...

Corporation Unable to Beat 10s. a Day Bus

T o provide a special bus for the Leeds Kosher school meals service a private operator in the city had quoted 10s. a day, and...

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25-ton Winch on an A.E.C. Matador for Handling Timber

A TYPICAL product of T.T. Boughton and Sons, Ltd., AmerTharn Common, Bucks, a 25-ton timber winch on an A.E.C. Matador...

A"Little Bird" Talked —So Haulier is Fined

i RREGULAR B-licence activities by a Lincoln haulage concern were reported to the East Midlands Licensing Authority "by a...

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Removing Bearings

A -RANGE of bearing wedges has been introduced by the Martindale Electric Co., Ltd., Westmorland Road,. London, N.W.9, to...

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LOW LOADERS Among NeN edfords

Twelve New Normal-control Models : Vehicles have 16-in. Wheels: Range Includes 7-tonners : New Cab Design A RANGE of 12 new...

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70-tonner at £32,000.

rLA1MED to be the largest outfit of its kind in the world, an articulated vehicle for carrying 70 tons of opencast coal has...

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Two New Bi 'hornyerofts

T WO completely new models of Widely differing applications, and ,widespread additions to an existing range, are announced...

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THORNYCR IT AG

F OLLOWING the success of their Trusty eight-wheeler, Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., Basingstoke, . . have now...

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Two New Big Thomycrofts (Continued from page 199)

bumper, and the maximum recommended body length is 24 ft. The laden frame height at the rear bogie is 3 ft, 10 in. The front...

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Selling Time

U NTIL the elevation of the Ivory Tower, it did not occur to road transport operators that there was something peculiarly...

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Bus Employer Backs the Workers

R EADING a paper on "Labour Relations in the Municipal Passenger Transport Industry" at the annual conference of the Municipal...

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Councils to Run All Stage Services ?

M R. MORTON proposed that county councils and some other local authorities should, with the existing bus-operating...

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Air Springs for Twin In-line Axles

THOUGHT to be the first application 1 in this country of air suspension to a semi-trailer bogie employing twin axles in...

Jensen Introduce Tempo Range

r be manufactured in this country by Jensen Motors, Ltd., West Bromwich, Staffs, under licence from the Tempowerk Co., Hamburg,...

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Duramin Go In for Bulk

PECIALISTS in the fabrication of light-alloy bodies and containers for ;early 40 years, the Duramin Engineering - 2o., Ltd.,...

Hydraulic Springing in New Dumper

U SING Hydrair piston-type suspension units, the Le Tourneau-Westinghouse Co.. of America, have produced a 32-ton dump truck...

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New Dumper and Tractor Added to Atkinson Range

More Powerful Engines and Improved Braking Mark Design Trends in Heavy-vehicle Makers' Range: Wider Radiators Enhance...

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Many New Uses for Land-Rover

A N articulated out fi t, a drum-and-cable winch with hydrostatic operation, a hydraulically actuated three-point lifting...

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Cattle Haulage Exacting and Expensive

Comprehensive Rates Schedules Tend to Apply to This Highly Specialized Class of Traffic A GRICULTURAL traffic of all kinds...

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All is N ot Gold

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk A s 1 read the paper by Mr. Norman Morton, general manager ! -- 1 of Sunderland Transport...

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Detail Improvements in Worldmaster Series

nNE of the Leyland exhibits at the Commercial Motor Show will be a Royal Tiger Worldmaster LCRTI.1 lefthand-drive...

Plaxton Consort Restyled

• WITH exterior lines fully in keeping vY with contemporary styling, a new 41-seat luxury coach body by Plaxtons (Scarborough),...