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15th November 1957
15th November 1957
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Press On Regardless

—1's the Motto of the Authorities in Dealing with s London Traffic Sr O E representing t n r i a z n a s t i p o o n r s t °...

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Change for the Worse

H AULIERS who have changed the nature of their .1 businesses during the currency of their licences should take note of...

Passing Comments

Big Business p ECORD orders for commercial vehicles had been placed before the Scottish Motor Show officially opened last...

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One Hears

That it is usually "a frost" if operators do not employ anti-freeze in time. That in Yorkshire, at any rate; wits that g o...

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Wann Fined £600 on Licensino. Charges

A PERTHSHIRE haulier, John Wann, Main Street, Methven, was fined a total of £600 at Perth Sheriff's Court on Monday, after...

Waiting Bans• May Not

be Needed Mr. A. Samuels BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A S the inquiry into the proposal to ban loading and unloading at 23...

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No Need to Prove Inability to Hire

WHEN applying for additional VV vehicles a haulier did not have to prove that he had been unable to hire, the North Western...

Hauliers Must Split Up Earning Figures

A N application for the transfer of f. eight contract-A vehicles to - -an A licence was withdrawn by W. R. Wilson (Transport),...

Authority Not Told of New Haulage Company

B ECAUSE they had not informed the North Western Licensing Authority that a separate company had been formed to run the haulage...

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Men in the News

MR. D. TURNER has become deputy traffic superintendent of Halifax Transport Department. MR. B. G_ RocrrEs, a director of...

McVeigh Refused New Feeder Service

MINE hauliers a n d British Railways I objected at Bridlington, last week. when McVeigh Transport, Ltd., HulL sorght an...

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Northern Undertakings Abolish Workers' Fares—Under Protest

n ESPITE strong opposition from Stockton's deputy town clerk, Mr. E. Matthews, workers' fares on the municipal undertaking are...

"Transport Can Benefit from Time Study"

W ORK study can be applied as effectively to the problems of transport as to any other section of industry, provided method...

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Farm Worker Admits Illegal Haulage

A FARM worker admitted at Bridlington, last week, that he had carried livestock with a trailer for three years without a...

PROBLEMS OF &HMI

T.R.T.A. Submit 70-page Census Report on Loading and Unloading at 23 Sites S EVERAL problems arising from the proposed ban on...

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IAN UNDERESTIMATED

into force delivery methods would have to be reorganized, which would entail the use of only a small proportion of extra...

280 Miles Too Long for Day Tour

W HEN W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., Falkirk, applied at Edinburgh, last week, for a new one-day coach tour to Fort William from...

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Nestle's Spurn Rail for Road Transport Vacuum Sweeping for

hAILK transport by rail has proved so 1V.I. unsatisfactory that the Nestle Co„ Ltd., have decided to transfer to road tankers....

Taxi Owner Seeks Express Licence

QER VICES from Sheffield to the s.-) Norfolk Broads, operated by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., and British Railways. were...

Roads and Pavements

P RINCIPAL features of a small vacuum-mechanical sweeper known as the Litterlifter are its compactness and manceuvrability....

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182 b.h.p. Engine in New Studebaker Range

N EW four-wheel-drive chassis, more powerful engines, higher gross-weight ratings, automatic gearboxes and power steering are...

Haulage Contract Must be Proved

A COAL merchant, who sought a varia tion in the conditions of his B licence, admitted at Perth, last week, that he bad been...

No Direct Service to Edinburgh Needed

E VIDENCE by council representatives .1—+ from Larkhall, Carluke and Forth failed to convince the Scottish Traffic...

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Rates Control Means Nightmares, Says Mr. Quick Smith

N O one who is familiar with the evils of rate-cutting in Great Britain will lightly dismiss the American system of statutory...

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Three Appeals Dismissed Normal User Changed

THREE appeals were dismissed by the Transport Tribunal in London last week. One case concerned the continuance of a business...

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B F y t J .S ohn S. Thorn , PROGRESS IN ALL

DIRECTIONS Apart from gains in performance, increased power to weight ratios usually bring an improvement in fuel economy...

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Greater Power and Economy by Turbocharging

QTRIK1NG results have been obtained P. , by fitting a Simms-Eberspacher exhaust turbocharger to the 11.3-litre sixcylindercd...

Heavy Machinery Trailer for India

A SPECIAL trailer of 50-ton capacity has been produced by R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., Grafton Street, Liverpool, for the...

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New Machines for Building Work

N EW among the wheeled exhibits at the Building Exhibition, which opened at Olympia. London, on Wednesday for two weeks, are a...

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The First Effects of "30" Limit on Bodywork

Fewer Light-alloy Bodies at Glasgow Show: Plastics Maintain Their Popularity: New Methods of Construction By P. A. C....

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Crocodile Tears

Bird's Eye View N OT all the passages between the police and counsel at the London waiting-ban inquiry have been acrimonious....

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Highland Rates Are a Problem for the Small Hauliers

Little Hope of a Halt in the Steady Fall Caused by Competition from "Foreign" Operators and Low Rail Quotations By G. Duncan...

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Cheap Dampers for Small Oil Engines Needed

QCOPE exists for the development of cheap and effective shock-absorbing dampers to be fitted in conjunction with the mountings...

Special Vans for Long Loads

r 0 special vehicles for the carriage of metal in bar and sheet form, based on Karrier Gamecock 3-4-ton lowloading chassis,...

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How to Win Votes ,

64 I F the Socialists would only listen to me," said Maggie's brother Cromwell, "They would win the next election with no...

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Planning for Profit

"Artics" are Cheaper to Buy and Run Comparative Costs fbr a Popular Articulated Outfit and a Rigid Six-wheeler, Both of 20...

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Atkinson Make a Desert Giant

D ESTINED for work in the oil lands of Saudi Arabia, a new Atkinson 6 x 6 vehicle, the Omega, has just been completed. Although...

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Handling of Containers

A SCHEME in which a load container can be onor off-loaded single handed forms the subject of patent No. 783,130. The scheme...