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16th September 1966
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Meet GEORGE HAMLET!'

38-year-old George Hamlett is married with two young sons, Graham and Steven, and lives at Masten, near Manchester. On the road...

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am: The Strawberry. In places a sharp, h test for

a heavily laden vehicle. George to get a run at it but there's a low-loader ctly ahead crawling along at about 4 mph. Irge goes...

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Fine stretch of dual carriageway surrounded on all sides by

gently rolling countryside. Extensive road works between Gretna and Kirtlebridge—steering the 38 ft-long Sixteen: Four through...

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Ten Years Too Late

T HE announcement this week by London Transport that a drastic reshaping of the pattern of bus services in London is to take...

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' DG takes over lore hauliers

' RANSPORT Development Group Ltd has acquired the entire issued share capitals of Avid West and Son Ltd. and its associated...

;ermans 'alter' ontainer rules

TOM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ONTAINER traffic going into Germany is now costing more. Until about ur weeks ago, sea containers...

No Digest

B ECAUSE of the printing arrangements involved in producing this greatly enlarged issue of COMMERCIAL MOTOR, the News Digest...

Quick guide to payroll tax for Clicensees

A CHECK-LIST of 11 questions has been devised by the Traders Road Transport Association to enable the "vast majority of...

ASK THESE QUESTIONS. . .

A. Manufacturing establishments 1. Is the establishment (see note 1) engaged wholly or partly in manufacturing, i.e. either:...

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Automatic ERF is Show Surprise

A SURPRISE exhibit by ERF Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show will be a sixwheeler fitted with an Allison fullyautomatic gearbox...

Bonus dispute at delicate stagi

A 30 M.P.H. bonus dispute between the Tra port and General Workers' Union and Ts Vale Transport Ltd. over the payment of a per...

NEXT WEEK: OVER 2LB.OF SHOW REPORT

N EXT Friday's issue of COMMERCIAL Moton will be the biggest number of the year, containing a lavishly illustrated,...

TRTA low-rate insurance offer

-IN a bid to stem ever-increasing transport costs, the TRTA has arranged a specially rated insurance scheme for members, on...

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NO DEGRADATION OR BRIDGING

w Charrold pneumatic-discharge system features a vibrator panel I hopper feed to the rotary seal HARROLD LTD., St. Peter's...

GWU to attack again at Brighton

un our Political Correspondent -1E Transport and General Workers' Union, ed by Mr. Frank Cousins, will press its out opposition...

HIGHWAY STATISTICS

THE 1965 edition of "Highway Statistics" is now available from HM Stationery Office, price 10s. This has become established as...

Computer seminar next month TSE of computers for transport scheduling

and ' 1 ""' planning will be the subject of a two-day seminar at the Savoy Hotel, London, on October 25-26, organized by...

Vehicle scheduling —by computers

66 1 - t UR main opinion of vehicle sched uling by computers is that it is excellent, but that it is a pity to prepare so much...

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TUC ENDORSES CO-ORDINATION PROPOSALS

ITIHE Trade Union Congress last week, 1 at Blackpool, endorsed a resolution welcoming the proposals by the Minister of...

Productivity schemes under the microscope

T WO O out of five major productivity referred to the National Board for Prices and Incomes have substantial implications for...

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Fnigma solved or LA

V EN Robert McLindsay, haulage contractor of Lydiard, Millicent, Wiltshire, peared before the Western Licensing Authority...

arpet application :fused

'HE decision of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority on an application from 0. Wray d Co. Ltd., was made known this week. The...

Holiday express services granted

T HE West Midland Traffic Commissioners have granted one-year licences to Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. and six associated...

Into haulage 'by back door"

WITH a radius of 25 miles and two named " customers "we cannot make a decent living", Mr. L. J. Bradbury of Slough told the...

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'Remarkable job' by rural bus operator

W ITH all objections withdrawn by the date of the hearing. R. and C. Shelton, of Crayke, York, trading as Reliance Motor...

Missing: Four vehicles

A N application for the renewal of seven A licences for the carriage of general goods within 35 miles was heard by Mr. D. I. R....

HULL FARES RISE BID REJECTED

Y ORKSHIRE Traffic Commissioners last week turned down an application for authority to make stiff increases in Hull...

Right to cross examine questioned

T HE right of an objector to cros examine an applicant was raised at ti Metropolitan traffic court last week. L. 1 Ebbs of...

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lissing figures elay pplications

[R. L. A. WELLS, Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, had set aside three days from ;sday for the hearing of five applications...

uspension for buses

, 1 spite of convictions by local magistrates, a firm had not applied for public service licences three buses, said Mr. J. A....

Tipper men to meet quarry managements

A N important meeting between the Mendip Tipper Operators' Committee and quarry managements is to be held at the Red Lion...

Swinards appeals in vain

/THE Minister of Transport has turned down appeals by Swinards of Kent (Travel Service) Ltd. against refusals by the South...

New Mammoth Majors for Biffa

The first of 10 of these new 42 cu. yd. bulk vehicles and six Load Lugger container vehicles have recently gone into service...

M1 appeal fails

THE Minister of Transport has dismissed an appeal by Wainfieet Motor Services Ltd., of Nuneaton, against a decision by the West...

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HAULAGE APPLICATIONS

SCOTLAND (NORTH) APPLICATIONS (September 101966) John Fraser, Dunk , lane. New A lie. 2 veh. 110ftl. Timber for Timbuyers...

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People

R. Williams 38, has been appointed NorthEast area sales manager for Baden Trailers Ltd. A qualified engineer, and a member of...

Safety Officer for Harold Wood and Sons

THE large bulk liquid hauliers of Heckmond' wike, Yorks., Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., have appointed a safety and training...

Memorial service

A MEMORIAL service for H. Norman Letts, legal adviser to the Road Haulage Association for many years, will be held at 12 noon...

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VEN ZEBRAS UN ON KELLY

ip Transport tackle anying! Carrying some 3,000 tons of consignants weekly they handle verything — atomic aterials, Dead Sea...

000,000 ILES ON KELLY

3M Transport Limited vel 5 million miles on Ily tyres every year. The 0 strong commercial et deals mainly with ily...

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WOLVERHAMPTON TRIES FORD R226

A ‘1 experimental vehicle recently placed in service by Wolverhampton Corporation Transport is a Ford R226 frontentrance and...

Brighton switch to one-man double-deckers

F OUR one-man-operated double-decker buses got off the a good start in Brighton this week on what must surely be the first...

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NOW ONE MAN, ONE BUS FOR

LO N DO N 'Salva g e' campaign for Ulsterbus 3tandee and large-capacity single-deckers will replace fouble-deckers under...

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Pay threat to Hull bus pact

From a special correspondent T HE pay freeze may cause trouble in the joint working of certain areas in and around Hull by...

Application for joint bus service

AN application has been submitted to the “. Northern Traffic Commissioners for a joint bus service to be run by Middlesbrough...

'Keep up service standards'

T the MPTA Conference this week delegates on Wednesday discussed Mr Quarmby's paper (see pages 118-9). Mr. L. I-1 Smith,...

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MAXARET

CONTROLLED ARTIC Dunlop demonstrate antiskid system applied to prevent jack-knifing EN a Jaguar car, equipped with a Dunlop...

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Training Board set up this week

O N Monday Mr. Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour, laid before Parliament an Order constituting the Industrial Training Board for...

How to become Editor

One of the most distinguished editors of COMMERCIAL Moron started with the journal as an editorial assistant in the technical...

Mercedes coach at Earls Court

AS forecast in COMMERCIAL MOTOR, January 21 1966, a Mercedes 0.302 coach is to be exhibited at the Commercial Motor Show. The...

Lightweight suspension from York

A NEW design of suspension for semi-trailers ' will be introduced by York Technical Services Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show....

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46 NOW SIX 4ILES LONGER

'HE new six-mile long Darlaston-Shareshill section of the Birmingham Carlisle motorway 16) in Staffordshire was opened to...

Meenis Award for Perkins

)FFICIALLY presenting the emblem of the Queen's Award to Industry to the Perkins igines Group, Lord De Ramsey, Lord eutenant of...

BY HANDYMAN

r 0 complete this series on air brake equipment, it would make sense to iscuss certain of the main stoppages and dimes that can...

£5 breakdown charge

for Severn Bridge o Anergavenny TRANSPORT Minister Mrs. Barbara Castle, Under the new regulations, if a vehicle breaks down...

Know Your Air Brakes

Part 26—Three-line Braking Fault Finding exhaust would confirm two things: an air leak indicating trouble at the relay piston...

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Universal hose clips

MO be marketed by Henri Picard and Frere Ltd., the Swiss Ligarex system of hose binding and jointing features the use of metal...

Plug and cable

NEW 7-pin plug and socket built to conform with SMMT.107 requirements have been introduced by Hella Automobile Equipment Ltd....

Tyre inflator

A PORTABLE tyre inflator has been introduced by Applied Power Industries, Inc. (UK) Ltd. that has a built-in reservoir of...

Maintenance chart

T HE makers of the Handifax porta charting unit, Fonadek Intematio Ltd. claim that the chart solves most of problems of...

Sound meter

p ARTICULARLY suitable for use as portable instrument for checki noise levels by the roadside or in a depot pocket-size...

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;eventy-five for Scania

F HERE are not many companies in the commercial vehicle business that can claim a history going back 75 years. Scaniaabis of...

3 Share in the Company

)UT the big event for Scania-Vabis employees took place between Li the official business and the evening festivities. Every one...

'fishing the Boat Out

WHEN 31-year-old John Cooper, Scottish director of Tartan VI' Arrow, marries Margaret Taylor at a church on the shores )1' Loch...

The Top and Bottom Of It

T RANSPORTWISE the doings of the European Economic Community confuse me. Take, for example, the transport section in its July...

Les Buses for Lebus

TALKING of buses, what do you make of the picture of a 1 lower saloon published here? What takes your fancy: the...

A Real Busman's Holiday

T HE students like the job--and the money; and the company likes the students, and finds their help invaluable. What am I...

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OLD FAMILIAR PHRASES

V ETNAM, the wages freeze and other matters of national and international importance were given so much emphasis in the reports...

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with 50% greater carrying capacity it takes you where others fear to tread.

It's the tough new forward control Land-Rover, in flat bed, fixed side or drop side versions. And it's designed to do jobs...

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Long-range research vital to public Ironsporl

r recent White Paper, "Transport Policy", would have a found effect upon the industry, said Aid. W. Alker, chairman if Bury...

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DETACHABLE FLATS SPEED DELIVERIES

Vew warehouse designed for quick loading A NEW dispatch system using Lancashire rX flats for the fast turn round of delivery...

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MODIFIED LAND-ROVEF LOAD CARRIER

By P. A. C. Brockingta AM !Med Improved stability the main operational feature of the 110 in. whee base model, which...

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That Doe: for us, chum!

A smoky exhaust means a dirty engine, heavy on fuel and maintenance. No Smoking should be every fleet owners aim in his own...

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Rubber suspension for Roadliner is main Daimler interest

T HE amount of interest that there is now in rear-engined passenger vehicles will be well illustrated at the Commercial Motor...

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2 METRE PSV CHASSIS

E VEN though proposed changes to the Construction Use Regulations which will allow single-deck buses and coaches up to 12...

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n Your Opinion

Turbo-charged engines I WAS interested to read the report by Mr. Cater of his testing of the Scania-Vabis articulated tractor...

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Jew Smith's electric o be shown

`IF outstanding battery-electric interest J at Earls Court this year, a new Roundsin 1.5-ton electric truck will be shown by...

TDG's vital Australian step

1 HE agreement concluded between Cargo Distributors (the main subsidiary in Australia of Transport Development Group) and...

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This way to Earls Court

N EXT Friday, September 23 at 12 noon, Mrs. Barbara Castle, Minister of Transport, will open the 1966 Commercial Motor Show at...

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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

rHREE-AXLES, steering bogies, load sensed braking and fabricated 1-beams nil be the main attractions for visitors nerested in...

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NO LET-UP IN DESIGN PROGRESS

T HE number of ISO and freight containers to be displayed at Earls Court is relatively small compared with the number of...

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Emphasis on one-man

single-deckers BY DEREK MOSES V I S ITO RS to the Commercial Motor Show this year looking for radical departures from...

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'ew changes in ambulance design

r HE past two years have been a time of L consolidation for ambulance builders id, unless some enterprising organization wings...

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COMPONENTS AT THE SHOW

TN the article "To Vee or Not To Vee I published in the 1964 Show issue COMMERCIAL MOTOR it was observed the opening paragraph...

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B ASICALLY the function of a commercial vehicle is to convey

goods or passengers as economically as possible at the appropriate level of service required. Unfortunately, right at the...

National Freight Plan

Following on the announcement of the National Freight Plan a reader enquires as to the distinction between the objects of...

CHOOSE TODAY PAY TOMORROW

In other words some deterioration is continuing throughout the vehicle's life even though it is demonstrably roadworthy and...

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REGIONAL STUDIES-THE ISLE OF MAN

"HE Isle of Man, supporting a population of 50,000 over its 227 square miles, is in a peculiarly vulnerable economic Isition....