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Page 59
Bulk Haulage has Great Auraetions but Requires Careful Study Before being Adopted A LTHOUGH liquids have been carried in bulk...
Page 60
I N a hard-hitting paper on industrial relations, Mr. D. M. Sinclair, general manager of the Birmingham and Midland Motor...
Perkins on the M.LR.A. Track T " great value of the Motor Industry Research Association test track at Lindley to motor...
Page 61
That the bulk transport of beer and wine is going one better than carrying it by the tun. • That Thermoid are extending...
Page 62
DECAUSE "the appellant company deliberately over a period of two years abandoned any attempt to observe .the declaration on the...
A TANKER company, with vehicles licensed in the Metropolitan Area, had used them in and around Manchester, Mr. J. R. C....
Page 63
BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A FTER an eight-hour meeting, the Road Haulage. Wages Council last week adjourned until April 9...
A SURVEY into the use being made of commercial vehicles in this country is to be undertaken by the MiniStry of Transport from...
T HE carriage of back-loads of general goods amounting to 15 per cent. of total traffic need not be shown on normal user, the...
A NY haulier seeking collection and delivery vehicles has to answer four questions in his evidence, according to the Transport...
Page 64
MR. PETER HOWDLE, publicity manager of Guy Motors, Ltd., has resigned. He is succeeded by MR. R. J. R1DGF,, who has held the...
Page 65
C HARGED with four offences in connection with the operation of a lorry on haulage work, a man stated at Kirkby Stephen,...
A N application by Mr. J. Taylor, Whitehaven, for renewal of his A licence was refused at Carlisle last week. Mr. J. A. T....
A FTER learning that a haulage business owned by a woman in her seventies had a cash turnover of about £10,000 a year, Mr. J....
Page 66
A LTHOUGH they realized that carry ATh cattle from north-east Scotland to Glasgow would be a losing proposition, John C. Harper...
D EASONS were given by Mr. Justice Vaisey. in the Chancery Division last week, for holding that a payment by the Austin Motor...
•connect Matlock, • B.akewell, Buxton and Knutsford with the North Wales coast. the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., were said...
Page 71
who allowed one of his r - Itirivers to work for 28+ hours without rest was fined a total of £52 at Selby, Yorks, on Monday. He...
from TV . Reading should start at a central picking-up point in th e -town, Reading Corporation .claimed. last week. They told...
WHEN the Opposition demanded. vy the House of Commons on Tuesday that the British Motor Trade Association's distribution scheme...
Page 72
LTEAVY vehicles following one I another along roads outside towns should be spaced at 50-yd. intervals. This is one of anumber...
C OMPULSORY testing of goods . vehicles not over 30 cwt. unladen . and 10 or more years old is expected to begin next autumn....
A LTHOUGH Margate . Corporation 1--1 intend to'. extend noLtwaiting bans, the Traders' Road Transport Association have been...
Page 75
parties told the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, on Tuesday, that when they engaged •Sansom Bros. (Sheffield), Ltd., they did•...
A REDUCTION in prohibitions of ri vehicles from the roads because of. mechanical•defects could be attributed to the .West...
A CONSIGNMENT of six-cylindered oil engines is being shipped to Canada by Leyland Motors, Ltd., for use as power units in the...
Page 76
taken into the Crewe area by A. Pearson (Transport), Ltd., Nantwich, from Chester, Liverpool and Stoke, had abstracted traffic...
A N application by The Creams (Lancashire), Ltd., for permission to link excursions starting from Todmorden and Hebden Bridge...
A LTHOUGH British Road Services had sought traffic from Calder Vale Glassworks, it was obvious they could not supply vehicles...
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F IGURES of £2,000 and £2,500 as two years' . earnings for two A-licence vehicles were far below their potential earning...
New B.R.S. Depot: British Road Services have plans for a depot at Sping Road, Oriel'. Tay Census: Aberdeen-Edinburgh traffic...
T HE Minister of Transport was urged in the House of Commons last week to bring buses registered as private cars to carry...
Page 78
A WELL-KNOWN manufacturer who uses a wide variety of granulated materials and powders has postponed the introduction of bulk...
Page 83
Good Relations Between Employers and Employees Being Strained, says Mr. D. M. Sinclair E cordial atmosphere which has been...
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OR EVERY LIQUIE OAD By John S. Thorn, F.R.S.A., A.I.R.T.E. OST manufacturers of tanks for road vehicles are like tailors In...
Page 96
Design Points to Watch By a Special Correspondent Modest Future for Polyester-Glass Fibre, But Greater Possibilities Offered...
Page 99
'IN order to counter the advertising I campaign of the British Transport Commission and to meet the threat of...
Page 100
• By Man Smith, F.R.S.A. Ai. FLEET of road tank wagons capable of carrying practically every type of bulk liquid and certain...
Page 102
A N unusual method of transporting liquids in bulk over territory unsuitable for the operation of normal vehicles has been...
Page 107
Low Standard of Headlamp Aiming : Large Variations in Efficiency of Braking : Testing Vindicated A SURVEY, made in 1952 by the...
Page 108
How Bristol Sugar Refiners Provide Bulk-liquid Services to Brewers Throughout England and Wales : Careful Selection of Tanker...
Page 110
MAJOR advantages to be n r i derived from the use of aluminium and wood as constructional materials for containers to transport...
Page 113
Advances in Welding and the Possibilities of Other Techniques Brighten the Future for the Use of Aluminium for Bulk Vehicles...
Page 117
Cheap Travel Plan IN an effort to reduce the £600,000 I annual loss on unremunerative services, the Birmingham and Midland...
A PLEA that licensed Continental tour operators were facing increased competition over which they had no control from sources...
Page 118
T HE first application of air suspension and disc brakes to a goods vehicle in this country has been made by the Dunlop Rubber...
R EASONS for their decision on an, appeal by Mr. C. P. Warner. of Bury St. Edmunds (The Commercial Motor, February 7), were...
Page 119
W HEN designing a van for mass production a problem arises that, with present methods, is virtually insoluble because of the...
Page 120
JUST as Mr. F. Eastwood, of the Transport and General Workers' Union, was tellin g the Road Haula g e Wages Council, last week,...
J OINT services operated by Nottingham Corporation and West Brid g ford Urban District Council have been runnin g for seven...
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p ERHAPS, after all, it is not clever tactics for hauliers to maintain, as some of them are now doing, that all they want is to...
Page 124
Potential Economies of Delivery in Bulk May be Limited to the Customer Increased Operating Costs Can be Reduced by Dualpurpose...
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A CONTROL system for hydraulically assisted steering is disclosed in patent No. 789,863. Virtues claimed for the scheme are...