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14th February 1964
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THE FINANCES OF THE MOTOR TRADING MARKET

A sound, reliable and friendly financial service is a primary requirement for traders in cars and commercial vehicles. And...

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Ministry Thinking of Goods Meters ?

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HE principle of making goods vehicles pay for time spent on public roads waiting their turn...

French Starters and

Generators for U.K. B RITOVER (CONTINENTAL) LTD., 13 Belsize Lane, London, N.W.3, has become the sole concessionnaire for...

Big Financial Supporl

THE RANK ORGANIZATION is to I be associated with the national organizing committee of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition...

WIDELY DIFFERINI

QUGGESTIONS varying from the virtual abolition of a discretionary licensing system (the Bow Group) to the direction of traffic...

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Dr L.D.O.Y. Contest UNITED TRANSPORT BUYS WYNNS assistance in that

the fee per entry, payable to the national committee, comes down from 6s. 6d. to 55. Also, more dates were announced for...

IEWS FOR GEDDES: TAX. SUPPORTS C-LICENCE FREEDOM

enforced charges which the users thought unreasonable were speedily abandoned under pressure of competition ", it says. The...

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R.H.A. Jibs at 'Inflexible, Underestimated' Tunnel

'['HE Road Haulage Association is idismayed by the decision of the Government on a Channel link. The R.H.A. says it seems to...

NEWS I Pointers to open Ipswich Depot: To meet rapidly-developing

business in the area, an Ipswich depot is being opened by the Pointer Group. It is hoped that temporary premises will be opened...

T.R.T.A. Opposing Traffic Schemes

R EPRESENTATIONS to the Ministry of Transport over principles involved in traffic schemes at Weymouth and Lancaster are being...

ENGINE EXHAUST POWERS RUSSIAN SIDE-TIPPER

E NGINE exhaust gases are used to power a side-tipper described in the January issue of the Russian journal Automobile...

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Govt. Seeks Wider Transport Powers

From our Political Correspondent T HE Government is seeking powers to control the country's transport and other essential...

Bus Luggage

A SKED by Lord Stonhain to ensure that rail-replacement bus services had enough luggage space, Earl Ferrers, for the...

Buses the Mainstay but New Types?

O UR society has become geared to trucks and other commercial vehicles. said Mr. Marples when he opened this week's Commons...

Fast-lane Regulations on the Way?

NfiR. MARPLES is keeping in mind the al possibility of imposing conditions on the use of the fast lane on motorways by slow...

New Roads Planned t o Serve Channel Link

From Our Political Correspondent 1-1 . A FAST, direct transport link between Britain and the continent of Europe by the early...

Page 62

Big Municipal Pay Rise May Mean Higher Fares

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT AORE than 70,000 municipal busmen n'l are to have an unexpectedly large increase in pay as a...

London Introduces 4d. Minimum Fare

A LTHOUGH London Transport Board r3. is awaiting the final report of the 'Committee of Inquiry into pay and conditions before...

PLAXTON COACHES FOR NEW COMPANY A NEWLY formed London company

t— Sapphire Coaches—has taken delivery of seven Plaxton-bodied coaches ranging from 20to 52-seaters, all equipped with...

MoreGovt. Stalling

in Rural Transport Front Our Parliamentary Correspondent M ANY M.P.s hoping for news of Government plans for improving...

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Agent Can't Sign Appeal

IN a written judgment issued on I Wednesday, the Transport Tribunal has stated its decision that an agent who is not also a...

S. WALES TIPPER APPEAL FAILS

THE Transport Tribunal, sitting in London on Tuesday, reiterated its judgment on the Jeory appeal, that established hauliers...

Inter City Bids Fail: Support Lacking

( - I F three applications by Inter-City Transport and Trading Co. Ltd. heard during a two-day sitting at Edinburgh this week,...

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TRIBUNAL TURNS DOWN SOUTHEND HAULIER

T HE Transport Tribunal, sitting in -London last Friday, dismissed an appeal by Tower Transport (Southendon-Sea) Ltd. against a...

Minister Allows Premier Coaches Appeal

THE Minister of Transport has allowed an appeal by Premier Coaches (Watford) Ltd. against the decision of the Metropolitan...

King 'Maintenance' Appeal Succeeds after Compromise

A COMPROMISE was reached by appellants and cross-appellants 'before the Transport Tribunal in London last week, which resulted...

Big A Licence Grant for Evers.

A N application by H. Evers Ltd., of Manchester, for 34 vehicles on A licence to carry road construction plant and materials,...

42 VEHICLES ON A LICENCE, WITH NEW USER T HE Yorkshire

deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. F. Randolph, at Leeds last week granted two applications by J. H. Tomlinson Transport...

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LAMS Report Continuing Low Standards of Maintenance

C ONTINUING low , standards of vehicle maintenance, aggravated in most areas by an inadequacy of examiners and enforcement...

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M en fl i . the News After 14 years as service

manager of Commer Cars Ltd. and Karrier Motors Ltd.. Mr. T. W. Hodgkins has been appointed general service and parts manager of...

Transport Manage N EW officers of the London area Transport Managers'

Club were elected recently (The Commercial Motor, January 31). Other elections have now taken place and the officers are:...

OBITUARY

WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. H. C. Green and Mr. M. T. Massey. Mr. Green, who until his retirement in the autumn of...

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Heavier Bedford, Dodge, Ford B.M:C. Models Forecast

A FORECAST of the way in which sections of the commercial-vehicle industry may develop, and production figures for goods...

Changes to Thames/ R ECENT changes to the specification of the

Thames Trader Tandem 6 x 4 chassis built by All Wheel Drive Ltd., and marketed by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd., includes the fitting...

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by Handyman

Repairing a Worn-out Casing ALTHOUGH THE OPERATOR of a fairly standard fleet is well served for spares these days, and can...

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T he Livers are Coming PROTOTYPE ROAD RA S OME 500 hauliers

and traders were last week invited by British Railways to comment on the de - sign and loadability of prototype road/rail...

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BRITAIN KEEP; RIP ON DUTCH MARKET

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. A LTHOUGH there are only about eight completely new commercial vehicles at the 1964 IR Al....

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NORTH AMERICAN DIARY-2 by ALAN HAVARD

What Future for Turbines? WHEN I ended last week, I was discussing the delicate profitabilAy balance for V , air cargo...

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Front-ol

oody in the Forefront By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I. MECH. E. I DEALLY, the design of a tipping veh!cle should be based on...

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Many Uses for Tipping Semis

T HE name tipper gives the implication to most people of a vehicle which will spend a large part of its working life off the...

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Tipper Rates

in two areas—and finds a surprising contrast IN THE EAST MIDLANDS: , Tipper men are being held to ransom by their customers R...

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IN THE SOUTH: A new group insists on a fair price —and gets it

PURSUING the question of rates further, I visited the South 1 Eastern area. In one particular sector—in and around Portsmouth—I...

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JANUS ‘.. . hauliers must find it WRITES difficult to visualize what

action they ought to take' W HILE pleading for a more precise indication of the Labour Party's plans for road transport,...

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BRITISH TIPPER CHASSIS

T HE survey of tipper chassis which follows makes brief reference to all the models produced by British manufacturers and...

A.F C I td Southall, Middx.

THE A.E.C. tipper-chassis production programme includes normaland forwardcontrol rigids and tractive units, all of which are...

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British Miller .

WHAT I believe to be the first allBritish rotary snowplough is now in. use by at least 20 authorities. This is the Croker...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

By The Hawk A Welcome Gift Travelling conditions in the Sahara must sometimes be extremely arduous. But, no doubt, a recent...

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Where There's Muck

S IMPLE ideas often prove the most lucrative and lasting. Surely, in this category, must come the application of tipping gear...

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MONEY MATTERS

Higher Payment by Lancashire United P WILIEN the board of LANCASHIRE UNITED W TRANSPORT meets on March 20 will it increase the...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Handbrake—a third alternative I FULLY agree with Mr. Walkden's letter regarding the need for power assistance on vehicles of 20...