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20th June 1958
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Law of the Jungle

T HE reminder of the bus Arbitration Thrown Over in industry's dependence on its _Favour of Strike Action that workers, given...

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Bias Against Proprietary Units

D RITISH hauliers' participation in direct export by* 1) The Transport Ferry Service has stimulated interest in the types of...

Passing Comments

More Oil From the Wells ? A RECENT evaluation of the " construction " of crude oil is that it is a colloidal solution and...

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One Hears—

That the throwing away of a bookrnatch-cover in New York recently resulted in a fine. That most of our litterbugs appear to...

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67 Objectors to Railway Renewals

QIXTY-SEVEN objections to the cont.-) version, on renewal, of British Railways' free A licences into ordinary A licences have...

B.E.T. and B.T.C. Allied

in Big Publicity Scheme A N example . of co-operation between the State and private enterprise will . shortly be seen by the...

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aoo,000 Polish Order : . Big Indian Contract

IN conjunction with their Danish associ ated company, Dansk Automobil ,13y gg eri, A.S., Leyland Motors, Ltd., have received...

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Men in the News

MR. ROBERT FLEMING has retired after 24 years' service with the British Wagon Co., Ltd. MR. R. I. H. LONGMAN was last week...

Lasting Harm from One-day Strike

A LIGHTNING one-day strike of Belfast Transport Department's platform staff held on Saturday,. November 23, 1957, is still...

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Smithfield Inquiry May Settle "30" Pay Question

T HE appointment of a condmittee Of inquiry into the Smithfield dispute (reported on page 672) may bring to a head the whole...

Subsidy for Rural Services Urged

T HE Conservative Party Transport Committee hope to meet Mr. R. A. Butler, Leader of the House of Commons, to persuade the...

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Ribble

"Stonewalling 9 9 Attacked INQUIRIES would become a mockery I if big operators were allowed to shelter behind the magnitude...

Schedule Unreliable : Licence Lost

IN allowing an appeal by the British I Transport Commission, the Transport Tribunal in London, on Tuesday, criticized as...

Same Tour Passengers for 20 -Years

AN Y people had travelled on coach IVA tours with Florence Motors, Ltd., Oldham, for about 20 years and had exhausted the...

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Hauliers Must Go to Court Again

WHEN a haulage company was YV accused at Newcastle upon Tyne, last, week, of misusing B licences, the defence claimed that the...

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7s. More for Drivers of Works Trucks •

A BOUT 200 internal transport drivers employed by Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd. (Birmingham), have been awarded a pay increase of 75....

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Covent Garden to be Replanned : Relief of Traffic Congestion

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Government propose to combat the traffic problem represented by activities at Covent Garden...

Short Bros. Buy Straddle Carrier

THE British Straddle Carrier Co., Ltd., has been acquired by Short Bros. and Harland, Ltd. B.S.C. was formerly a subsidiary of...

Dispute Over Picking-up Points

T WO Lancashire operators disputed before the North Western Traffic Commissioners, last week, over who should pick up excursion...

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T.R.T.A. Answer to Rail Critics

INCONSISTENCIES in the arguments I advanced by spokesmen for British Railways in their attempts to win more traffic from road...

Micrograms . . .

No Parking: Thomaby Town Council have decided to ban vehicles heavier than 30 cwt. from parking in the streets. U.D.T....

B.R.S. Shift Vehicle : Heavier Model Granted \V

HEN the Exeter branch of B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd., applied to Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority. last week to add a...

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30-ton Amphibious Tractor for Nigeria

THE exploration and oil-drilling activities of the Shell B.P. Petroleum Development Co., of Nigeria, Ltd., have called for...

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By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E.

A Resounding Victory T HREE series of tests were conducted with the Guy Victory Gardner-engined overseas passenger chassis,...

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Plastics Bonded to Wood in Trailer Body

B ASED on a special four-wheeled trailer with Ackerman steering, a mobile display vehicle has been completed by Locomotors,...

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Handling Without Pallets

THREE types of hand truck are now being offered by Conveyancer Fork Trucks, I Ltd., Liverpool Road, Warrington. The Skidtruck...

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PARCELS THICLE OF 1968

W HEN considering the design of a parcel-delivery vehicle it is important to remember that in most cases the driver is working...

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Growing Interest in Dustless Loading

D ELEGATES from local authorities throughout this country and a number of overseas representatives attending the Institute of...

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Tribunal in the Sky.

O NLY a military man would suggest, as did Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission, in his address at...

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PARCELS BY TAXI

W HAT is the law on the carriage of parcels in hackney carriages, and is it legal to carry parcels in a shooting brake...

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Spare Wheel Winch

T HE increasing size of vehicle tyres is approaching the point at which manhandling of the spare wheel is reaching human...