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20th February 1959
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Tyres a Delicate Problem

I NVESTIGATIONS conducted by The Commercial Motor show that vehicle manufacturers and operators agree that tyres are...

Passing Comments

F.B.I. Examines Industrial Trends A FOURTH inquiry into the condition of British trade, " covering four months, is reported by...

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One Hears

That there are almost enough drivers' " log " cases to irt a timberyard. That the condition of flues may be largely...

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Big Changes in Vehicles

Demand Licence Variation BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I ICENSING AUTHORITIES are becoming concerned about the effects 1 - 4 of...

Take-over Refused: Licence Revoked

T HE purchase of an A-licence vehicle by turning the business into a limited company, acquiring the shares and then operating...

Gen. Russell to be Member of 13.T.C.

WHEN Lord Rusholme retires from VV his position of full-time member of the British Transport Commission on September 30. he...

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New Albion Light Six-wheelers

ETING payloads falling between those of the maximum-capacity .wheeler and the 20-ton six-wheeler, 1Ibion Reiver lightweight...

Applicant Warned of Severe Penalty

W HEN Mr. D. MacLennan, Main Street, Aberchirder, applied to Mr. A. Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, at Aberdeen...

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Men in the News

MR. C. BAYLISS has been appointed a director of Ren old Chains, Ltd. MR. K. E. COMPORT, a director and general manager of...

OBITUARY

WE regret to announce the deaths of VV MR. I. L. S. MELVILLE, MONSIEUR JULES PEUGEOT, MR. WILLIAM ARTHUR EWER, MR. JAMES A....

Not Surprising Railways Lost £80m.

B ECAUSE British Railways, when they closed Rossington station, near Doncaster, to passenger traffic, failed to tell the public...

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Round at Stoke : Weymouth Plans

is now confirmed that a round of Lorry Driver of the Year Cornion will be held at Stoke-on-Trent, rably late in July, he...

Cheap Tours for Elderly People Resisted

D ECISION was reserved after the adjourned hearing before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, at Leeds on Tuesday, of an...

Country Bus Garage Design Standardized

THE new bus garage at St. Albans Road, Hatfield, brought into use by London Transport on Wednesday, is the first of a...

High Rail Rate Influences Grant

HAVE to accept the evidence given by Colodense that the railway rate een Bristol and Leeds is nearly Os. higher per ton than...

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"Artics" Unsuitable for Local Smalls Service

A RT1CULATED units were not suitable for the collection and delivery of smalls in congested built-up areas. and Midland Parcels...

51% of Work Can be Normal User

D URING an application, last week, by the Glasgow Hiring Co., Ltd., for the renewal of the A licences for their entire fleet,...

Conductor Used Two Ticket Machines

r - k A BUS conductor employed by the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd.. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Swansea...

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public Should Not Pay 'or Wage Increase"

application to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at Leeds on Monday he Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., to fares by not more...

Hauliers Fined £275 and Drivers £30

CINES totalling £275 were imposed last I week on Leverington Transport, Ltd.. Station Road, Terrington St. Clement. for...

Home Secretary Wants Traffic Wardens

LTHOUGH, as reported in The Commercial Motor last week, the proposed scheme for Nottingham to have a corps of traffic wardens...

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Some Heavies as Good as Best Cars in Braking Performance

qcodE commercial vehicles with a gross laden weight of 20 tons have "-) a braking performance comparable with that of the best...

New Transpo rt Companies

Chesterton Haulage Co., Ltd. Cap. £2,000. Dirs.: Frank Condon, The Coppice, Darlaston. Stoke-onTrent. and Victor Wild, Flat 2,...

Micrograms . . .

Depot for B.R.S.: British Road Services plan shortly to build a depot at Hove. New Bus Station: Colchester Transport...

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" B " Grant Could Set Free " A " Capacity

B Ygranting the B-licence variation sought by the applicant, capacity on his special A-licence vehicles would be set free for...

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Weights Raised in Every Application

IF substantial alterations were made to I unladen weight, thereby increasing carrying capacity, the question must arise as to...

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arted in 1956: Now 17 Vehicles

THREE YEAR OLD haulage company which now has 17 vehicles last week authorized by Mr. S. W. on, Western Licensing Authority, to...

Rubber Suspension Used in Leyland 6 x 2 Tipper Conversions

COUR Leyland Comet 6 x 2 tippers, equipped with Eaton-Hendrickson rubber-suspension bogies, are stated to be returning 14-16...

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Bus Drivers Trained urn Scratch

By Roger Bell Care in the Selection and Training of Staff Improves Accident Statistics : Only 36 Failures Out of 1,614 Pupils...

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A MOTORWAY ONEYMOON but what then ?

Asks P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. " E shall have a honeymoon all right," said the operator, "but how long shall we...

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1958 Exports Earn over £89m.

E XPORTS OF 7,666 commercial vehicles in December brought the total for 1958 to 121,685, valued at £89,656,923. This was a...

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Edge Filters

SIGNED primarily for lubricating and fuel ails, distillates, paints and greases, three filters have been produced by Auto-Klean...

her Loading

improvement has been made by Edbro-B. and E. Tippers, Ltd., bee Street, Bolton, Lanes, to the tail1:1 loader which they...

ritdevel Balancer

STATIC wheel balancer of the type incorporating a circular spirit level .ing marketed by Repco, Ltd., 59 Si cs's Street,...

Clockwork Cutting SS UlTABLE for use with the Sifbronze Demon cutting

blowpipe, the S.1.F. Colibri cutting machine operated by a clockwork motor is being marketed by Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920),...

Master Jig A THREE-DIMENSIONAL master Z -- 1 roof and cab jig

which enable; setting-up to be done by unskilled labour has been invented by Mr_ L. A. Temple, 30 East Churchfield Road,...

Lighter Skid A BARREL skid made of light alloy r - k

and stated to be only half the weight of comparable steel products has been produced by Messrs. Powell and Co., Burry Port,...

Resistant Gaskets rA A GASKET material produced by the Armstrong Cork

Co.. Ltd., Aldwych, London, W.C.2, composed of cork particles enclosed in a special hinder is said to be highly resistant to...

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IP THAT ST

Dodge 7-tonner Put Through Gruelling Three-day Test : Bad Conditions and Overloading have Little Effect Leyland Oil Engine...

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Operated Illegally for Years, Objector Alleges

, applicants had been systematic operating illegally to Margate for years, Mr. H. Baekhouse told the Western Traffic...

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Bird's Eye View

Happy Ships T h e Hawk QOCIALIST M.P.s would probably rather not be told that r.--) the drivers employed by Hart's Transport...

"Serious View" of Charges Taken by Commissioners

A SERIES of summonses against Silver Star Motor Services, Ltd., Porton, near Salisbury, was heard by Salisbury County...

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Traffic Worth 0.6m. a Year

T HE supply of shops is one of the major activities of the road transport industry. A trend in the food trade during the past...

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Why That Stunned Silence ?

R EFERRING to the article headed " Vehicle Stability Essential on Motorways" in your issue dated January 30, your comments in...

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Two Voices

tied Commentary By JANUS EVOLUTION seems to be taken seriously by the regions of British Railways. To judge from recent...

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"Little and Often" Puts Up Costs

L AST, week I discussed some of the factors which affect road transport charges. Basically, these are the 10 items of vehicle...

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Apparatus for Loading Sacks

P ATENT No. 806,328 is concerned with the loading of sacks. It describes apparatus for loading such items by employing movement...