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Major Breakthrough

S OMETHING for nothing is a prospect that always appeals— particularly if that something also is a money-saver and offers a...

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T.D.G. Buys Midlands Storage Group

C ONTINUING its purchases of haulage and storage concerns, the Transport Development Group on Monday acquired the issued share...

Spreading Vehicle Security

WIDENING interest in protecting road YY transport against thieves was reported when the vehicles security committee met in...

Nine Elms for New Covent Garden ?

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Covent Garden Market Authority .I. has asked the Minister of Agriculture to agree to the...

New Moves in Five-day-week Markets

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT THERE were two new moves last week 1 in the fight for a five-day week at London's fruit and...

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R.H.A WANTS HIGHER BRAKE STANDARDS

T HE Ro d Haulage Association is to ask thr Ministry of Transport to permit so e existing vehicles to operate at higher ross...

E.E.0 Seeks British Transport Views

A LTHOLJGH this country is not a member of the Common Market, the E.E.C. countries are anxious to hear the British point of...

L.D.O.Y. Awards

A T the national committee meeting of the Lorry. • Driver of the Year competition on Tuesday it was decided that a trophy will...

NEWS IN BRIEF

More T.F.S. Sailings: The Transport Ferry Service has increased the number of sailings each week from six to eight on its...

SMITH'S MOBILE SUPERMARKET

G OLNG into service this week with Newcastle upon Tyne Co-operative Society are the first two Shopmobiles built by Smith's...

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CHANGES TO A.E.C. MARSHAL 6 x 4

FOLLOWING our March 13 announce" ment that a four-spring bogie had been adopted as standard for the A.E.C. Marshal 20-ton-gross...

ROAD HAULAGE SUPPORT WANTED IN CHANNEL PROJECT

Filial! our Political Correspondent DRIVATE interests pressing hard for a stake in the building of the Chunnel have made a hid...

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Clear Policy Wanted

T HE Labour Party does little more than give mostly unpleasant hints about what it would do to road transport if it had the...

M.P. Alleges Haulage 'Cartel' Exists

A DEMAND for an investigation into a " cartel " of seven or eight road transport firms was made in the Commons this week. It...

Call for More Enforcement, Tighter Regulations

S IX faults which caused lorry accidents were listed in the Commons this week —mechanical defects, particularly in the braking...

New. B.R.S. Branch MEXT Monday, April 20, B.R.S. 1 1 (Parcels)

Ltd. is opening a new branch at Greenbrook Road, Lowerhouse, Burnley, Lancs. The traffic shed has nearly 34,000 sq. ft. of...

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By-Passes Not Used Enough

ROME towns which had been by-passed at tremendous public expense were ;till snarled up at rush periods by some forms of through...

Labour Pledge on Travel Concession

• Front our Political Correspondent FREE travel on public service vehicles I for old age pensioners and the blind will be on...

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New E. E.C. Proposals rOMPLETE liberalization of member

States' international coach excursions traffic on January 1, 1968, except where restrictions are necessary to protect regular...

RATE SUBSIDIES FOR TRANSPORT?

F OLLOWING the suggestions in Sunderland and Belfast (The Commercial Motor last week) that public transport should be...

DAMAGES FOR DU A DUNDEE CORPORATION bus 1- 1 driver was

awarded £1,428 damages by Lord Hunter in the court of session last week for injuries suffered in an accident in the...

NEWS IN BRIEF

Liverpool Corporation Bonus Scheme: Liverpool Corporation passenger transport committee has recommended the engagement of...

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Pay Rises Under Long-term Agreement Recommended for London Transport Busmen

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE long-awaited report of the Phelps Brown Committee of Inquiry into the pay and...

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J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon is New Western L.A.

h i m J. R. C. SAMUEL-GIBBON, al M.A., is to be the new Western Licensing Authority and chairman of the Western Traffic...

Change of Base Does Not Warrant Revocation, says Tribunal

T HE Transport Tribunal has now given written reasons for upholding an appeal by Arthur T. Booth (Manchester) Ltd. against the...

NEWS I N BRIEF

Long-length Steel Rearing Today: The Northern LA. ' Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, has agreed to hold a special inquiry today (Friday) to...

Customs Clearance is Not a Process'

cLEARING goods through Customs and carrying out documentation does not amount to the subjection of the goods to a process, the...

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More Scottish Steel Applications Adjourned

T HE series of steel traffic applications supported by Colvilles Ltd. (see The Commercial Motor, last week) was continued at...

West Midland 24-vehicle Switch Sought

A 24-VEHICLE Contract A to A licence transfer application appears in this week's West Midland "A and D". Clanwest Transport...

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Up-rated Chassis for Fire Appliances

ALBION-CARMICHAEL FIRE CHIEF ON SPECIAL CHIEFTAIN R ECENTLY developed in conjunction with Carmichael am! Sons (Worcester)...

Third Automobile Engineering Symposium

THE third symposium in the " Advances Automobile Engineering" series is being held on July 8 and 9 by the Advanced School of...

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DESIGN FOR FORK-LIFT TRACTIVE UNIT

T HREE years after starting work on the project, Mr. C. E. Page, on engineer who has been connected with transport all his...

NEWS IN BRIEF

1.o.T. Luncheon: Prof. C. D. Buchanan. professor of transport, University of London (Imperial College) and president, Town...

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ORDERS AND DELIVERIES

ATLANTEAN REPEAT FOR LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport committee recommends acceptance of the tender from...

ROAD AND WORKSHOP by Handyman

Arc Welding Hints—Cast Iron P ROBABLY the most unwelcome metal the welder is faced with is cast iron. Whether pre-heated or...

This Week's Prize-winner

nUR prize-winner this week is Mr. John Bowker, of Cheadle, Cheshire. His idea concerns vehicles with air brakes; he says that...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications_ Removable Publicity Boards B OARDS for mounting on the top of vans to carry advertising or company names are...

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Those Tipper Rates —Here's The Answer

FIFE GROUP TELLS NORMAN H TILSLEY HOW FAIR RATES AND STABILITY ARE ACHIEVED T ALK about money—how to make it or how not to lose...

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VTIONARY POWER SYSTEM

ROM PERKINS By John F. Moony A.M.I.R.T.E. W HATE VER may be the disadvantages of the steam engine as a means of propulsion,...

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Road Tests Of The DOE System ,

QHORTLY before the paper announcing this Perkins develop ment was read, I tested two vehicles equipped with prototype DDE power...

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Strength in Depth for Operators' Associations

IN my travels I meet quite a few transport people from other countries, and have from time to time been impressed by the wide...

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BIRD' S

EYE VIEW By The Hawk "I've never noticed that pedestrians need much separating from motorists!" • • Buses or Minis The...

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The first step is to revise the strategy to fit the new circumstances'

p RUDENTLY most road operators laid their plans in anticipation of a June election and the possibility of a Labour government....

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Be in the Know Now!

S. BUCKLEY, ASSOC. INST. T. GIVES ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS I N recent years, control of transport has tended to imply more...

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MONEY MATTERS

Dunlop Rubber Prosper THOSE investors who bought DUNLOP RUBBER 1 (Ordinary Stock ahead of the announcement of the results must...