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Service is the Thing

T HE managing director of a company running a nationwide C-licensed transport service who, as reported recently, said he wished...

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Men Who Make Transport

Frede] Fiam Davies I T is usually with a sense of gloomy foreboding this writer anticipates an interview with a business...

It's a Long, Long Way . .

T HE best laid schemes o' mice and men. . . . The motor industry is as liable to things "ganging aft a-gley " as anyone—if not...

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Bus Workers in Pay Queue

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT P RACTICALLY all Britain's bus workers—some 216,000 men and women in all—have now joined the...

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Britain is World's Biggest commercial Vehicle Exporter

• £94 153 420 Earned in Nine Months the eve of the Scottish Show, the represent, an export performance that is ociety of Motor...

;iding Politicians and Planners

LlTICIANS who posed as experts in ransport, and planners who devised nes which did not give priority to c convenience Were...

Pipelines in Profusion ?

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TH E Minister of Powers Trunk Pipelines Bill is now expected at the end of this year, or...

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Men in the News

Mr. A. E. Maiden has been appointed chief engineer of Laystall Cromard, Ltd., in succession to the late Mr. S. Hedgecock. Mr....

ORDERS and DELIVERIES

GUY ORDER A.E.C.: Guy Motors (Europe), Ltd., the newly formed company which has taken over the business previously carried on...

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oad Service Licence Amendments

slOR amendments to procedure in arying road service licences were this week by The Public Service les (Licences and...

London Dock Chief Calls for Co-ordination

A CALL for more discussion and co-ordination between everyone using this country's docks was made in London on Monday by...

The Mystery Hirer

rA A CHORLEY (Lanes) company lost their claim for £178 18s. 9d, for the hire of a lorry at Charley County Court last week. Mr....

KINGSWAY UNDERPASS SOON

O Tuesday the London County ‘—. 1 Council approved the proposal of its Roads Committee that work on a Strand underpass should...

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Five Vehicles Granted

R EPRESENTATIVES of several nationally known companies gave evidence in support of an application before the Western Licensing...

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Haulage Pay Confusion

t Our Industrial Correspondent BLINGS of trouble to come in road-haulage industry. But no !ruptions. was the confused picture...

Exports Hit New Peak

output of commercial vehicles ring August was considerably 3 by the holiday period in the with a fall to 21,430 units from...

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Pipes Not "Products"

F INES totalling £25, with £9 2s. 9d. costs, were imposed on Baker's Transport, Ltd, of New Road, Southampton, when they...

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Swedish Lorry Crane Marketed Here

ONSTRATIONS were given in ndori recently of the Foco lically operated, vehicle-mounted tow marketed in the U.K. by TeleLtd.,...

£500 Fines to Stand

appeal by Harold Jefferies, of ishey Ground, Minster Lovell, 'shire, against his conviction and :e by Cirencester magistrates...

London Traffic Changes

Better Western Approaches THIS week marks a big improvement in travel for traffic entering and leaving London on the west....

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Whisky Behind Bars !

JOHN RUSSELL (GRANGEMOUTH), J LTD., were successful in an application for an A licence for two articulated units of 8 tons and...

22 Objectors to Tip Bid

A SHORTAGE of tippers to w I -1 . the new M6 motorway in the West existed, it was stated at Bla last week, when an application...

Building Booming

DOOMING business in the building LP industry was referred to at Bristol last week when the Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W....

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'utlin s Camp Service Review

EAR ago the North Western Road ir Co., Ltd. were granted permis) operate express carriage services fl Manchester and...

FOR DOMESTIC OIL experimental vehicle has been veloped by BP

to serve domestic ners with small bulk deliveries of ainly for use in flued space heaters. :lick was operated successfully on...

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Three at Once

Factory Equipment ; Engineering Mate and Design; and Maintenance Feat] at London Exhibitions This Week 'TN this past week...

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What does the R.H.A.

want with a licensing inquiry? By W. HIGHAM REID ; November 3 issue The Commercial Motor reported endid, outspoken attack...

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Bodywork at the Scottish Show

PROMISING VARIETY By P. A. C. Brockington, More Scope for P.S.V. Bodybuil Detailed Improvements in Goods Bc L ISTING the...

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BIG BILL

IE surprising thing about the new Transport Bill is S size. With 91 clauses and 11 schedules, it is already ot far short of the...

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Glasgow Reveals British Superiority

FORTY-THIRD SCOTTISH EXHIBITION SHOWS BRITAIN TO BE LEADING THE CONTINENT IN CHASSIS DESIGN H AVING visited four Continental...

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?nsing Casebook by Norman H. Titsley

hould Armoured Vans be Exempted? --a Narrow Attitude EADERS of the technical press and subscribers to "Applications and...

All or Nothing

CEVERAL, weeks ago in our regular 1.-) weekly feature "Expansion Treads in Haulage" I mentioned that in future the Northern...

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A Case of bad equate Briefing

'', OAD-RAIL Negotiating CommitteeS fulfil a very useful function in our haulage licensing set-up, and they are in operation in...

Hardy Annuals

S EVERAL coach operators from the. Blackburn area applied recently to the North Western. Traffic Commissioners for permission...

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Ice Warning

CTRONIC equipment to warn the driver of a vehicle of ke possibility of ice on the road has been developed by ty Irvine, Ltd.,...

king Lights FLASHING direction indicator amp, called the Signicator, is

now iced by Wipac Group Sales, Ltd., ngham. It is suitable for front, )1 . side mounting on the vehicle. Signicator has a...

zh Floors

TER a limited release to the trade le surface coatings division of Burt, on and Haywood, Ltd., Belvedere, are now marketing...

Windows for 36 - footers A NEW extra-wide sliding window, the "Panther," is

now made by Rawlings Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 106108 Bedford Hill, Balham, London. S.W.12. This is designed for 36-ft. long...

Plastics Details

INDUSTRIAL uses of polyester/glass as I a material of construction are illustrated in a new 24-page booklet entitled "The...

Drum Storage A NEW version of the " Stak-a-Drum " Drum

Storage Unit is now available from Powell and Co., -Burry Port, Carrnarthenshire. This enables standard 40/50-gallon drums to...

More Prices Reduced DRICE reductions have been made to

the range of Fablonite decorativelaminate sheet made by Fablon, Ltd., Berkeley Square, London, W.I. The standard range has been...

Jerrican Details L EAFLETS recently published by 1 -4 Recontainers, Ltd., Green Lane, Hounslow,Middx, give details of their range of reconditioned jerricans.

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Expansion Trends in Haulage

Large S.E. Tipper Request B y far the largest application appears in the South Eastern issue of "As and Ds." A Chatham firm,...

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AXLE WEIGHT CALCULATION

Standardized Methods *reed accurate assessment of laden Axle Lights for passenger vehicles is of :anee . in deciding tyre...

Second Tiorgthard Move

F OLLOWING the recent announcement that Bussing Automobilwerke AG, the Brunswick (West Germany) commercial vehicle producer, is...

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Planning for Profit

Costing Small Buses The Initial Outlay and Subsequent Expenditure Incurred When Operating a 14-seater 600 Miles a Week are...

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In the Commons Last Week

Widely Varying Topics of Transport Interest FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT SECURITY OF VEHICLES THE great risks which...

Trailer Suspension Systems

P OINTS which have arisen since its original preparation in December. 1959, were included in the paper" Unusual Types of...