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16th October 1959
16th October 1959
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Hat Trick

F OR the third successive time in eight years the British public have rejected the Socialists ' destructive policy. At the...

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Men Who Make Transport-3

Stanley Bond S OMETHING seems to happen to the British when they spend a long time in South America. I have seen them,...

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Double-deck Roller-floor Vans Solve Food Problem?

FROM OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE LIVERPOOL, Monday. IMPORTANT economies are expected to result from the use in the I distribution...

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"Difficult Traffic Act Case," Says

Lord Parker : Tourists' Right " Y ET another of these very difficult questions, which arise under the Road Traffic Act, as to...

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Men in the News

MR. H. REEVES HALL has been appointed Midlands manager of the Mercantile Credit Co., Ltd. MR. VERB DE MEL, chairman of the...

Mr. Watkinson Boosts His Vote

A S a fitting tribute to his work as Minister of Transport, Mr. Harold Watkinson held his seat at Woking in the General...

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Teed Must Be Proved for Transfer of Special-type Semi-trailer

FROM OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE STOCKTON-ON-TEES, Tuesday 7 the purchaser of a special-A licensed articulated outfit has two...

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Ribble Seek Links With Scout

DROPOSALS by the North Western Traffic Commissioners to add conditions which would ban the linking of catchment areas and...

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Micrograms • • •

I.P.C. Meeting: The autumn meeting of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be held at Birmingham from November 12 - 13....

Confusion in Court Through Interruption

IN a statement to The Commercial I Motor on Tuesday, Mr. J. L. R. Croft who appeared for McPhecs (Newcastle), Ltd., at a public...

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Railways Press for Revocation : Normal-user Switch Challenged

A SUBMISSION by British Railways that the A licences of Richmond Road Garage, Ltd., Sheffield, should be revoked or suspended...

Express-carriage Charge Dismissed

T "question of whether a public service vehicle had been used illegally was at issue before magistrates at Kingsbridge, South...

New Inquiry into B.L.T. Transfer

T HE North Western Licensing Authority is to hold a further public inquiry concerning an application by Bulk Liquid Transport,...

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Ribble to Try Ban on Smoking

N experimental ban on smoking on lower decks will be put into ration by Ribble Motor Services, This was the outcome, at Black1...

No Tipper Shortage: Grant Refused

R EFUSING an application for the 1 N.. addition to a vehicle of 3.1 tons to a B licence, Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing...

Tribunal's Direction Quoted

EN a predominantly A-licensed perator experienced difficulty over aangeability with B-1 icen se d es, the Transport Tribunal...

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Once In a Red Moon

First Non-stop Coach Run Between London ,and Moscow Reduces Journey Time to Below 45 Hours : High Standard of Comfort Given by...

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SIBERIA — HERE WE COME!

'['HE trip to Russia had its lighter I. moments and in view of the badinage that took place it is perhaps surprising that all...

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omy in Rural Operatic

By Tom Walkerley T HE fertile fields of Lincolnshire, undulating gently between the Humber and the Wash, have a remote and...

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he Commission are Wasting the Taxpayers' Money

Says Rapier the taxpayer getting value for the £421m. which British ailways have spent out of the £1,500m. authorized for e...

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Does Your Flee

Its Way? T HE chief object of keeping cost records is to be able to check that one's business is being conducted efficiently....

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Important Rulings

Expected A MONO the appeals heard by the Transport Tribunal in London last week were two upon the outcome of which, as Sir ir...

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Daydreams

By JANUS rHAT made the National Union of Railwaymen publish their plan for transport just before the General Election may...

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" WE'Ll THE

By G. Duncan Jewell O NE of the major transport links between the North Wales counties of Flint, Denbigh, Caernarvon and...

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Biscuit Makers Want Bulk Vehicles T HE change-over to the carriage

of flour in bulk instead of in bags had been of tremendous value to biscuit manufacturers and was expanding. Mr. C. R. Hodgson,...

MORE BUSES DESPITE OPPOSITION

UNSUCCESSFUL attempts were made at meetings of two local authorities in East Anglia, last week, to discourage the purchase of...

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Inflating Tubeless Tyres

■ IG a machine produced by the Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., Redditch, 'ores, it is claimed that an unskilled operator can...

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A Load Off the Right Foot

B RAKES on British commercial chassis of under 1 ton carrying capacity are adequate for normal operation in this country. Some...

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Men Matter More Than Technology

TERYDAY experience in his own phere had shown that there were ndeed very few persons who had ed a real aptitude for under1g...

New Transport Companies

Bendekart, Ltd. Cap. £100. Subs.: Jean Herbert and T. A. Herbert. 156 Strand, London, W.C.2. Sec.: T. A. He:hem McIntosh and...