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16th January 1959
16th January 1959
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One for All

I T is sometimes claimed that progress in goods bodywork has lagged behind chassis development. If this is true, the indictment...

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Tax Cut at No Cost ?

B ECAUSE the National Coal Board find it difficult to compete against fuel oil, and privately admit that they cannot sell coal...

Passing Comments

Something to Gas About L AST month the works of the Zenith Carburetter Co., Ltd., at Honeypot Lane, Startmore, Middx., were...

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This Year's Thefts May Reach Record Total

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I N the next few months it is likely that loads worth tens of thousands of pounds—probably a record...

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Fully Hydraulic Transmission System Forecast

A CHASSIS manufacturer was interested in developing a fully hydraulic A . system of transmission employing an engine governed...

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Men in the News

MR. F. R. SIMMONDS, assistant secretary to the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., since 1954. has retired after 40 years' service. MR. A....

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Haulage Company Executives on £4,443 P.A.Y.E. Fraud Charges

P ETER RHODES, managing director of Oakleys (London and Scottish) Transport, Ltd., was one of four people who appeared at...

Hauliers to Strike Against New Rules?

-t - 1 A STRIKE by Italian hauliers from today was threatened on Tuesday by the Italian Federation of Road Transport Companies....

14 Councils Lose Fares Appeals

T HE Minister of Transport has dismissed appeals by 14 South Wales local authorities against the grant of higher fares on stage...

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Labour's Attitude on Transport Hardening

WORKS BUS SERVICE WAS ILLEGAL: £25 FINE " IN recent months there has been a I strengthening of view [in the Labour Party] in...

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Small Coach Operators Attacked

rONFL1CTING views on the relations between independent coach operators and their employees were heard by members of the...

A New Material for Bodywork on Show

lUIANY uses for a plastics-coated steel al known as Stelvetite and manufactured by John Summers and Sons, Ltd., Shotton,...

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Salford Docks Area to Have Parking Ban

A PARKING ban covering 'a number of streets in Salford's dock area was approved by the city council last week. It will apply to...

B.T.C. Act "Like Naughty Little Boys "

WHEN the British Transport Corn mission objected to a haulier's application at Preston, last week, they were accused of acting...

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Wrong Weight Given in Applicatton

S EVEN livestock hauliers objected at Preston, last week, when Mr. E. Glover, Wigan, asked for a three-tier 61-ton livestock...

Municipal Opportunities

Duritato City Council wish to obtain a refuse collector and a lorry. Osseni Corporation are recmitinended to purchase a...

Extensible X-ray Units . for Coal Board T HE National Coal Board

are to put into service shortly a fleet of nine self-contained mobile radiography units which will visit collieries at regular...

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"I Carry the Traffic, But They Get the Money "—Bus Operator

A PRIVATE bus operator complained tA to the Western Traffic Commissioners, on Monday. that a pool arrangement with the Western...

90-ft. Loads Carried Or Bridge Works

L T GADS claimed to be among the J- 0 longest ever carried in the. United Kingdom are being hauled by Samuel Williams and Sons,...

New Transpo rt Companies

Commercial Vehicle services (Birmingham). Ltd. Cap. OM. Dirs.: Frederick H. Eyre, 13 Copthorna Road, Shirley, Solihull,...

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Bus Service to New Factory Opposed

A PROPOSED bus link between Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, and the new Scottish town of Cumbernauld was submitted , to the Scottish...

Micrograms .

Title Changed: The name of Wingard (M.A.), Ltd., accessory manufacturers, Chichester, has been changed to Wingarcl, Ltd,...

More Coach Tours in Late Season Allowed

LATE season coach tours are becoming LATE popular with old age pensioners, the North Western Traffic Commissioners were told...

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A New Concept ii

'ractor Design M ANY entirely new design features are incorporated in the latest series of road haulage tractor units to be...

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Cement Delivered in Bulk Saves £1 a Ton

By Anthony Ellis S INCE bulk delivery facilities were first offered by cement producers in this country they have been used in...

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Headlamp Dipping by Electronics

A S reported in The Commercial Motor last week, R.C.A. Great Britain, Ltd., Lincoln Way, Windmill Road, Sunburyon-Thames, now...

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TS3 a Natural Multi-fuel Engine

Tests Show Standard Oil Engines with Slight Modifications Will Run also on Petrol and Other Fuels A COMMER TS3 oil engine has...

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WHY NOT 1 STILLAGES AS BODIES?

sks P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. I ,N the January 9 issue of The Commercial Motor I suggested that a standard...

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Unauthorized Tours Advertised, Say Railways

Wallace Arnold Apply for Excursion from Leeds to Ringway Airport to Connect with Air Tours T HE act of Wallace Arnold Tours...

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Versatile Liquid Dispenser

D "'GNED for use in Ceylon for servicing dockyard vehicles and other equipment, a special multi-liquid dispenser has been built...

Extra Capacity for Furniture

THE latest delivery vehicle to be placed in service with Heal and Son, Ltd., Tottenham Court Road, London, W.1, offers some...

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Twelfth Night

A HEARING before the North Western Traffic Commissioners on January 6 was something of a pantomime. There were bursts of...

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Did the R.H.A. Make a Bad Bargain?

Asks Ralph Cropper, M.Sc. (Econ.), B.A., A.M.Inst.T. Agreement with Railways in 1945 on Normal User May Have Gone Too Far and...

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Wheels on One Side Only Might be Braked!

A N anomaly in the Construction and Use Regulations was exposed on Tuesday by Mr. E. Woodbridge, standards and technical...

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Political Commentary By JANUS

Ask Me Another A LTHOUGH transport has always suffered from a surfeit of planners, they have never been so thick on the ground...

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WHERE THE MONEY GOES

T HERE are two main purposes in the publication of The Commercial Motor' Tables of Operating Costs" and this weekly series of...

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For Abnormal Loads or Fast Haulage

THE first job for a new Atkinson eight' wheeler which went into operation with Acton Transport, last week, was the carriage of...

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Big Opportunities for Road Transport Overseas

W E are only at the beginning of the development of road transport in the overseas territories," stated Dr. R. S. Millard, head...

Weaver Decision Attacked Again

NAR. G. W. IRWIN, Eastern Area secretary of the Road Haulage Association, has joined Mr. R. B. Brittain, chairman, the rates...

Bus Nationalization in Ceylon Fails

T AKING stock of the bus position in Ceylon after a year of nationalization, the Ceylon Transport Board's operations manager...