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16th November 1956
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Back to Rationing

Co-operation Essential to Ensure Fair Shares of Fuel for All reduction of 10 per cent. in fuel supplies must c be regarded as...

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Money for Jamming

A LTHOUGH both the Minister of Transport and the chairman of the British Transport Commission have been careful to refute any...

Passing Comments

More Kerb Drill Wanted PPARENTLY the training usually given at sckools on the subject of road accidents and their prevention,...

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One Hears

That many workers want a permanent supply of anti-freeze for wage-agreement machinery. Of a member of the industry who claims...

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N.U.R. Honour OneMan Bus Agreements THE executive of the National

Union of Railwaymen last week reaffirmed their intention to honour agreements concerning the operation of one-man buses. The...

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Union to Press for Fuel Rationing?

CEAR of unemployment consequent I on any deterioration in the fuel supply position will almost certainly lead the Transport and...

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Two Hauliers' Licences Suspended

L ICENCE suspension was imposed on two haulage companies by the West Midland Licensing Authority on Tuesday. The Little Haywood...

Starr Grant Cut to ne Low-loader

West Mi dlan d Licensin r/T.thority, in a reserved clecisio announced this week, has granted a A licence to Starr Roadways, Ltd...

Men in the News

MR. B. H. Dutdorry was re-elected chairman of Silentbloc, Ltd., at an extraordinary meeting last week. MR. S. G. GATES,...

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Coach Fares "Ridiculously Low"

F ARES charged by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., on their services from Manchester and Stockport to Scarborough were...

'Open A Licence Wanted for Contract Vehicles

THE Northern Licensing Authority reserved his decision last week when Mr. W. Tyson, Ratten Row, Caldbeck, Cumberland, applied...

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Lightweight 70-seater for Bombay

THE prototype of a new double". decker, with a seating capacity of 70 and a gross laden weight of less than 12 tons, has been...

Extra Vehicle for Atomic Plant

A VEHICLE of 71tons unladen weight has been added to the A licence of A. T. Marriott, Ltd., Sheffield, by the Yorkshire...

Pickfords Switch Vans Without Permission

T HE Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, has added a furniture van to the A licence of Selles (Removals and...

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New South Coast Battle

rOLLOW1NG the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners' decision on the Yorkshire Torquay express service ipplications (see this page),...

Hauliers to Sue the Police

VHEN Wright Bros. (Wolverhampvv ton), Ltd., Crown Street, Waiverampton, were called . before the .lorthern Licensing Authority...

A GROUP of people in the Midlands may object when the

West Midland Traffic Commissioners hear the application of Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., to take over the luxury coach service run...

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Seddon Expect £750,000 Export Orders

KIEGOTIATIONS for the export of 11 vehicles valued at more than £750,000 are pending, announces Mr. R. H. Seddon, chairman of...

Mterograms . . .

Taskers for B.R.S.: British Road Services have ordered 100 8-ton platform trailers from Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd., for...

Applicants Reminded of Offences

• WHEN Road Materials (Middle: brough), Ltd., applied for an licence for four B-licence vehicles z Stockton-on-Tees last week,...

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New Shovel and Dumpers at Olympia

A MONG new models at the Public Works Exhibition, which opened at Olympia, London, on Monday, is a mobile shovel known as the...

Holidayand Sick-pay Improvements

A FTER months of negotiation, improvements in paid holidays and sick-pay for white-collar workers employed by Crosville Motor...

Applicant's Many Objections Rebound

THE number of objections made I recently by an applicant was referreth to by. .Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority,...

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TRANSPORT vers

FIE WEATHER row Bradford, Hull, Liverpool, Leeds, fanchester and Glasgow Organize to 'ombat Snow and Fog and Reduce...

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New Morris Light 2-ton Chassis

I T was announced late last week that an addition had been made to the range of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Birmingham, 8....

Government Subsidizing Unfair Competition

T HE Public Transport Association have charged the Government with subsidizing the railways at the expense of road passenger...

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27-vehicle Bid Refused: Another C-hiring Case

B.T.C. and 28 Hauliers Object to Proposal to Substitute A-licence Work for C-hire k_ STRONGLY opposed application by Mr. Sam...

Roads a Poor Third

H E looked upon the plans for the railways as an historic document; there was advancement in the air and some progress on the...

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The Volvo Give That Little ExtrE

Volvo 14 tongross Chassis Tested in Britain for First Time .• Performance Compares Favourably with that of Equivalent British...

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Goods Transport Essential to Traders

/OU report in your issue of October 19, the belief of L Sir John Elliot, chairman' of the London Transport xecutive, that...

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TRANSPORTIVITY IN Ti EAR

How Reed Transport, Ltd., While Daily .1 a Heavy Volume . of Paper Olitpz Expanding Into a Nation-wide Orgc Alan Smith,...

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Fare Applications to Follow Elm. Pay Rise?

M ANY municipal undertakings may have to raise fares to meet the award by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal of an extra 5s. a...

B.M.M.O. and Lincoln Seek Higher Fares

T HE alternative would be to make substantial cuts in services, particularly in those where heavy losses were being incurred,...

is. 6d. Fare for 250 Miles

1 — NESPITE the increases applied for, LI the applicant's weekly contract fare between Middlewich and Winnington would still be...

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Four Plus Two

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk I N ttie November 2 issue of The Commercial Motor I mentioned a high-speed oil engine that is in...

Trends in Fuel-injection Equipment

DROPH EC I ES were avoided by Mr. J. Skinner, A.M.I.Mech.E., product engineer, Fuel Injection Division, Simms Motor Units,...

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Denationalization in Uhter Impracticable

Government Not Averse to Principle, But Many Practical Difficulties Exist A LTHOUGH the conclusion is not I -1 specifically...

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Swan Song

A CCORDING to the legend, the swan sings only in the hour before its death. The Road Haulage Disposal Board were scarcely as...

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More Control of Transport?

F URTHER URTHER control or transport to direct certain mineral traffic back to the railWays was foreshadowed at the Public...

Healthy Competition, But

THERE should always be room for 1 healthy competition between road and rail, but railway transport, being a public service,...

Rebuilding for Safety

THE overall effect of converting normal crossroad layouts to one of staggered pattern was probably to decrease the accident...

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Triple Gain from Straighter Roads

W ERE the curvature of the roads in rural Britain reduced, there would be a threefold gain: an increase in average speed, a...

Surfaces are Deceptive

WHEN judging the skid-resisting proVV pernes of a road, appearances could often be deceptive. Although it might be well known...

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Night Collections Cheaper

R EFUSE collection at night on a IA piece-work system showed a saving of 51d. per ton in collection costs and 2s. lid, per ton...

Three New David Brown Machines: Overshot Loader

INCLUDED in the exhibits of David Brown Industries, Ltd., Hanworth Park, Feltham, Middx., at the Public. Works Exhibition,...

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Building Up a Rates Schedule

I N my previous article I dealt at length with the case of a haulier with a 3-tonner and a'5-tonner who wanted to know what his...

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New Automatic Chain Adjuster

A N ingenious chain adjuster which provides for the automatic take-up of slack as it develops has been introduced by Renold...

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A Liquid-damped Rubber Spring • A NOVEL resilient member for use in

a suspension system is described in patent No. 756,416 (Societa Applicazioni Gamma Antivibranti S.P.A., 88 Via Ripamonti,...