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15th January 1965
15th January 1965
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Restrictive Practice

VALUE is a simple word. Housewives know its meaning when V shrewdly, if intuitively, buying the goods and services which keep...

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Gods Transport

WAGES MEETING THE Road Haulage Wages Council will I meet on January 29 to consider the claim for a substantial pay increase...

L.A.'s Support Sought by T.R.T.A. in Maintenance Plans

rLOSER liaison between goods vehicle operators and regional Licensing Authorities could play an important part in improving...

Goods Awaiting Loading Were In Transit' Rules Appeal Court

A N award of £222 damages was made by the Court of Appeal on Monday to Crows Transport Ltd., of Newcastle, for breach of...

R.H.A. TIPTON OFFICE OPENED O PERATIVE since November 1 last year,

the new freehold premises of the Road Haulage Association West Midland area, Roadway House, 50 Sedgley Road West, Tipton,...

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OPERATORS PROTEST AT SEVERN TOLLS BILL

THREE important omissions from the I Severn Bridge Tolls Bill (which will give the power to charge differential tolls on...

CZECHOSLOVAKIA LIFTS

VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS T HE Automoklub of Prague has announced that, as a result of its representations to the Czechoslovakian...

Beeching's Final Bid on Liners?

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT nR. BEECHING is ready to make new concessions to the National Union of Railwaymen in a...

ALFRED BELL TAKE -OVER CONFIRMED

WESTERN MOTOR HOLDINGS VY LTD. announces that its subsidiary, Drake Carriers Ltd. (in which the John Brown Group has a 49 per...

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Hopper Pressure Tankers from Crane Fruehauf

C APAMIES up to 1,500 cu. ft. and lengths up to 33 ft. 6 in. are offered in a range of fast-discharge hopper pressure tankers...

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EDMONTON ROADL1NERS

A N order for 25 Daimler Roadliner rear-engine, single-deck buses has been placed with Transport Vehicles (Daimler) Ltd. by the...

More One-man Buses in London

L ONDON TRANSPORT has 1--1 announced that two further suburban single-deck bus routes in the Central (red) bus area will be...

People and Cities—Too Many Surveys

" WHEN I consider the traffic situation VI' as it is today, with delays and frustrations occurring with predictable regularity,...

Summer Schedules Must Be Cut

From Our Industrial Correspondent TN the controversy over cuts in I schedules, which nearly led to another ban on overtime by...

WALTERS: WEBSTER'S COACHES WE have been asked by Mr. vv

Webster, proprietor of Webster's Coaches of Patishall, Towcester, Northants, to make it clear that he purchased the coach...

South Wales Bus Service Withdrawn: Because of hooliganism, the withdrawal

of the late night bus service between Pontypridd and Beddau, Glamorgan, was approved by the South Wales Traffic Commissioners...

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Mr. T. W. H. Galley has been appointed chairman of

the Tilling Association Ltd. to replace Mr. M. A. Holmes, who, as already announced, is to become chairman of London Transport....

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STANDERWICK AND SCOUT GRANTS THE North-Western Traffic Com

missioners have granted, with some limitation on the monthly allowance of vehicle journeys requested, the application made by...

Allegations Against Bakers Withdrawn at Tribunal

A LLEGATIONS that Bakers Transport (Southampton) Ltd. had at no time carried special-type traffic legally—made by counsel for...

Granary Haulage Asked to Explain

A FTER the West Midland Licensing Authority Mr. J. Else had ordered Granary Haulage Ltd., of Burton upon Trent, to produce...

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A NOTHER chapter in the opening up of the north west

by the motorways, first started by express carriage operators, was begun on Thursday of last week, when 52 applications by 22...

D URING the hearing of an application for an extra vehicle

by Mr. S. W. G. Ostle, of Kirkby Stephen, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the Northern Licensing Authority, gave a warning about...

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Technical and Industrial MANAGEMENT and TRANSPORT

P EOPLE were the most valuable asset in any business and the technique of getting them to want to make their maximum...

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TYRE LOADINGS TO BE UPRATED

COLLOWING a decision by the I Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd. to rate 10.00-20 "X" tyres at 60 cwt. when used as singles, it is reported...

Changing Trends in U.K. Commercials

Q N Wednesday, Mr. G. A. Kozloff, director of engineering at the Kew factory of Chrysler Motors Ltd. and Dodge Bros. (Britain)...

Oil Changes, All-steel Differentials

A PART from some oil-seal failure calling for additional topping-up amounts, the oil in a vast number of goods vehicle diffs...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Hand-operated Vehicle Crane A MANUALLY operated, two-speed hydraulic crane designed for use on vehicles is...

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BIRD'S EYE

By The Hawk VIEW It was 10.25 on a bitter evening in January, 1963, and the operation of offloading a tanker lying almost...

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RECOVERY IS A JOB FOE

'IPECIALISTS. but T HE motor trade is a permanent target for criticism from motoring correspondents, and vehicle recovery...

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GUIDE TO

A . T the request of many readers The Commercial Motor . . has compiled, from information supplied by manufacturers. the list...

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24-hour and emergency service

franchise 'for certain makes of vehicle or trailer and feel obliged to provide some emergency arrangement. For these, a night...

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DARTFORD TUNNEL FACILITIES

T HE Road Haulage Association has asked the Dartford Tunnel' authorities to amend their regulations to cover the transit of the...

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striking while the news is hot'

S CARCELY a more opportune moment than the present could be chosen by road operators to put forward a national scheme for...

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Means To An End

HE necessity of keeping a balance between the standard of service provided and its actual cost was discussed in this series...

MONEY MATTERS

Avon Rubber Compar )ks Abroad A T the moment about one fifth of output is exported by the AVON RUBBER CO. LTD., and this does...

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FROM THE POSTBAG

A reader is under the impression that there has been a change in the regulations prescribing the permitted overhang for public...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Another Red Herring? I NATURALLY appreciated the recent article under the above heading, and must congratulate Mr. Tilsley on...