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19th July 1963
19th July 1963
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Kite-flying Before the Storm

BY S. BUCXLEY THE old argument is once again given an airing that trade and• industry operates fleets of vehicles with little...

What DO They Think About Haulage Re-n?

From our Industrial Correspondent A CCORDING to Labour's argu ment, reducing the number of C-licence vehicles would relieve...

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Employers Face Disqualification

C OMMERCIAL vehicle operators may have their private driving licences taken away as a result of their vehicles infringing...

`C-licence Tax Wo uld Hit the Public'

[ACTING swiftly to reports of the Labour Party's plans to take restrictive action in the C-licence field if returned to power,...

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Insurance Warning

WITH the winding up of the First " General Assurance and Guarantee Co. Ltd. insurance concern, the Order for which took effect...

Wide Terms for Licensing Inquiry

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE official inquiry into the road &III age licensing system, which is -to be undertaken by a...

A REORGAN IZED B.R.S.

A TOP LEVEL reorganization of rA British Road Services was announced this week. A new body, the B.R.S. Federation, has been set...

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New H.Q. for St. Albans Group

THE new h e a d quarters of the St. Albans Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. was officially opened this week at Cheshunt,...

Political and Parliailietltary

Channel Crossing Report In Ministers Hands A DVANCE copies of the long-awaited rt report by British and French officials on the...

Port Plans Must be

Linked to Transport B Y the end of the year the Government will be in a position to interlock the development of the ports,...

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Evan Cook B-licence Application Refused

A N application by Evan Cook Ltd.. London, for a change of the normal user for 25 vehicles on B licenee wai refused last week...

Seamarks Expr ess Services Bid

THERE was strong opposition from seven coach operators and British Railways at Manchester this week to an application by...

Not a Case for Policy Declaration '—Minister

T HE Minister of Transport has dismissed an appeal by the Dumfries County Council against the decision _Of the Scottish Traffic...

B LICENCE CONFUSION

TWO Monmouthshire haulage com. 1 . panic were told on Tuesday of the confusion caused by having so many different conditions on...

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Caravan Low-loader Appeal Succeeds Hardie Appeal Refused

THE Transport Tribunal, siting in London last week, allowed an appeal by a Gloucester caravan transporter company against the...

Jeory 24-Vehicle Grant Quashed by Tribunal THE terms of the 1960 Act made it

clear that Parliament took the view that efficient, reliable and adequate facilities could be provided only by a transport...

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Buses May D aw Luggage Trailers

B US operators in districts wher railway services are withdrawn ar to be allowed to tow luggage trailer behind their vehicles,...

Perthshire Bus Service May be Axed

A BERFELDY MOTOR COACHES rA LTD., which operates bus services between Aberfeldy and Pittochry via Ballinluig, has warned Perth...

Scottish Omnibuses Holding the Baby'?

rLOSURE of uneconomic railway lines in Scotland under the Beeching " axe" would not automatically mean substantially...

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Warning on Productivity by London Busmen

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT . 1-1 A WARNING to London Transport not to bring up again their proposals for higher...

'Fit Buses with Fl ashing Indicators'

E AST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES LTD. is to be informed that all its buses should be fitted with flashing indicators, and that...

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Pitt Introduces Front-loading and Twin-oscillating-axle Semis

TWO new additions have beej made to I the range of semi-trailer manufactured by Charles Pitt (Bartoi Stacey) Ltd. They are the...

GUY VEHICLE L EASING SCHEME

rUY MOTORS (EUROPE) LTD. has ‘6-1 introduced a leasing scheme to enable operators to lease Guy vehicles on the most...

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Production is Booming

MEWS of encouraging increases in demand at home and abroad has been given by three major chassis manufacturers. Albion Motors...

Novel Multi-purpose Tipping Body

A N unusual type of all-light-alloy tipping body has been produced by Bonallack and Sons Ltd., Basildon, Essex, the first...

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I.O.T. Programme

NAEETINGS of the Institute of TransIVI port for the 1963-64 session include the presidential address on October 14, the...

Nearer to IRU Weight and Size Proposals?

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IT looks as though the European 11 Parliament may support the IRU's proposals for a maximum...

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Makes Unit Changing Easier

A N attachment for trolley jacks to allow them to be used for removing and fitting chassis units such as axles and gearboxes...

Engine-driven Version

A VERSION of its portable Model PA, FAP high-pressure greasing unit operated by single-cylinder air-cooled petrol/TVO engine...

Anti-theft Device

A NEW vehicle anti-theft device, called the Auto Lock, which is suitable both for cars and commercial vehicles, has been...

Fastening Technique

A METHOD of fastening which can ri save time and cost has been introduced by the Armstrong Patents Co. Ltd., Eastgate,...

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Bird's Eye View

I HEAR that a haulier in a well-known North Yorkshire training and stabling area has taken over a fleet of railway road...

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HOW TO MAKE COUNTRY BUSES PAY

HE phrase: "if a man fits into a niche, then he's doing what T , he wants to do; he's keen and that suits all of us"...

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CHANGES BRING BENEFITS

A T last year's Commercial Motor Show, the Standard Motor Co. Ltd. introduced its new 15 and 20 vans to replace the Atlas and...

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Bedford Boughton Six-wheeler Conversion

Three Versions Available INDEPENDENT DRIVE to each of the two rear axles is a 1 feature of a Bedford TK with - Reynolds...

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JANUS

WRITES ‘Common Market transport may be very different from what is at present envisaged' A RRANGEMENTS recently concluded for...

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Good Organization, Disappointing Driving at Woolwich

" MINETY-FIVE per cent of these drivers have studied the new Highway Code; the remainder—mostly the older ones—are still...

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Low Entry, High Standard at Stoke

.A REDUCTION of some 30 per cent in I — I the number of entrants in last Sunday's Stoke-on-Trent Lorry Driver of the Year...

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TWO-WAY RADIO SCORES in emergency control

W HEN 103 gas undertak'ngs, large and small, were merged !Filo the North Western Gas Board in 1949 the way was opened for the...

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LANCASHIRE OPERATOR'S SWITCH TO AID MOBILITY

B "AUSE of frustrating delays in loading and unloading at customers' premises and at the docks, Arthur Wood and Co. (Transport)...

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How America Has Tackled Defective Vehicles

F OLLOWING a series of spectacular accidents involving runaway lorries, in which many fatalities resulted, in 1954-55, the...

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The High Cost of Small Services

T HE extent to which transport is a service industry is well exemplified in the operation of small vans. They are employed to...