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20th March 1959
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• Every Man for Himself A N observation made last Friday

by Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, indicates that, in the Government's view,...

Passing Comments

Smoke Abatement in U.S. Oilers A MERICA is also fighting the difficulty of excessive 1-1 smoke being produced by oil-engined...

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One Hears— Of road users mournfully comparing our travel pace th space travel.

That in the latter case there is, of course, no overtaking d apparently few obstructions. That last year road accidents cost...

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Four P.S.V. Rules Changed

T HE Conditions of Fitness Regulations which came into force last April have been amended in four respects. The changes, which...

TANKER OWNERS ON

Bulk Liquid Transport Accused at Leeds Assizes of Suborning Perjury T HE Yorkshire tanker company, Bulk Liquid Transport,...

Fined £5,120: Has to Sell Bus Business

F INED £5,000 at Alloa,. loot week, for using duty-free oil in his vehicres, Scottish bus operator asked for three months to...

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NSPIRACY CHARGE

:4 1 01. C. Banks Refused to Allow Records to be Taken Away for Inspection—Prosecution strar of Companies, said Bulk Liquid...

Fight for Rural Bus Relief, Urges M.P.

U NLESS there is some relief for rural bus operators in the Budget, country people should form an organization to bring...

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Men in the News MR. C. G. GRE.EN and Ma.

A. H. PLEWS have resigned from the board of G. Beaton and Son, Ltd. MR. H. N. W. D. CARTER, general manager of the Norwich...

"B.T.C. Losses a Menace to C-licensees " T " greatest menace

to the C-licensee's freedom is the financial position or the British Transport Commission. according to Mr. C. E. Jordan,...

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Iwo Appeals Fail : No . Cuts for Crosville

WO appeals, one by Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway, Ltd., and the other by orge Ewer and Co., Ltd., have been...

Hauliers Complain: C-licensee Fined

C OM PLAINTS by Peterborough hauliers resulted in a C-licensee being fined £10 at Whittlescy, Cambs, on Monday, for undertaking...

Coach Company Deny Airport Poaching

A N allegation that the Jersey Motor r - k Transport Co., Ltd., were poaching air passengers from the official coach service at...

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Fourth Adjournment for Figures

THE apathy of hauliers who failed properly to prepare renewal applications for valuable A licences was criticized by the South...

Another Private Bus Concern .Taken Over

A ITER. 12 years' independent opera tion, Hart's Services and Tours, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, will next Sunday become a...

Two Days' Offences Cost £70 Fines

r I FFENCES committed in two days resulted in £70 fines being imposed on a haulier and driver at Staple Hi11, Glos, last week....

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ur Coach Partners Pay Court £89

;CISION was given at Bilston, on Tuesday, in a court case described Ir. W. T. A. Matthews, for the West and Traffic...

User Ignored, But No Revocation Inquiry

A LTHOLTGH the normal user of an ri A licence held by Mr. W. T. Deakin had been almost completely disregarded, the West Midland...

Three Big Operators Lose Appeals A PPEALS by Maidstone and

District r - t Motor Services, Ltd., London Transport and the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd., against decisions of the...

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Bus Inquiry Brings Injunction Threat

A FTER the threat of an application ins for an injunction, Portsmouth City Council decided last week to appoint Harold...

Bus Ticket Lottery Would be Illegal

PA A BUS ticket lottery which gained the approval of Barrow-in-Furness Town Council has now been rejected on legal grounds. Mr....

Nationalizers Should See Psychiatrist

"W HAT sort of a man is it who would want to inflict on the national economy, by creating a State monopoly of road haulage,...

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Libble Seek E175,000 Additional

Levenue : Cannot Serve Capital an attempt to raise £175,000 additional revenu e, Ribble Motor ices, Ltd.. and their associated...

140m. a Year for Road Works

71-1 the frosts of winter almost past, the road-building programme used by the Minister of Transport ared to enter a new phase...

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New Express Servwe Will Help Factory

T HE general manager of a clothing company claimed at Glasgow, last week, that for eight years he had carried on a struggle...

Leigh Lolines Allow Fair Share

"THREE Dennis Loline 72-seaters have been put into service by Leigh Transport Department. and a fourth is to he acquired. The...

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adard H.P. Terms 1r Used Vehicles

IMUM hire-purchase terms for lyin g used commercial vehicles up cwt. capacity have been standardty the members of the Finance...

Coach Company Wanted to Lose 6d. a Mile • A TENDER

of Is. Id. a mile was submitted by Barwell's Coaches (Leicester), Ltd., when the War Office sou g ht transport for employees...

Good Service, But No Extension

D ESPITE tributes by witnesses to his g ood service, Mr. E. R. Chappell, Ruddlan, was unsuccessful at Wrexham, last week, in...

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Age Becomes a Twin-steer

Six-wheeler , provision of a second steering axle a Dodge 3146Y 7-ton chassis the gross weight from 11 tons t. to a legal...

New Light Tractor Conversion

iTANDARD Morris LCFO 2-ton wward-control chassis with 58 oil engine has been converted by rs of Andover (1932), Ltd., to form...

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Licence Irregularities by Scottish Omnibuses

'THE extreme seriousness of licensing irregularities was emphasized by 'THE C. I. Macdonald, Metropolitan Deputy Traffic...

Tough Time for Hauliers—Mr. Nugent

H AULIERS must be prepared for a tough time in competition with the railways, Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, Parliamentary Secretary to...

Preston to Have New Bus Station

I -1 A NEW bus station is to be built at Preston to accommodate corporation and company buses. It will be sited at Tithebarn,...

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mailer Fleets, Fewer Miles, Eigher Costs and Revenue

Passenger Transport Statistics for 1957-8 Show , a Decline in Net Receipts to £12.37m. ESQUIETING to both operators tnd the...

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New European Design Trends: Small Wheels Catching On

Big Future for Steel-cord Tyres : Driving Visibility Much Improved : Airspring Progress Slow G REATLY increased use of...

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ises Above, Coaches Below, New Bournemouth Station

; fall of the land, bounded by r Road, Exeter Lane, Pavilion Road he Central Gardens. called for the ation of some 30,000 cu....

Steel Makers Would Not Give Evidence

T HE attitude of certain large companies, who showed discourtesy to the Licensing Authorities by refusing to send witnesses to...

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Britain Court the Six State

New Models and Many Other Vehic, for Goods and Passenger Transport Ma a Comprehensive Display at Geneva B RITISH makes of...

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Where are the MANAGERS of TOMORROW?

Energetic Action Needed to Show School-leavers that Road Transport Offers an Attractive Career T HE days are long past when...

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Bird's Eye View

Goodbye to All That By The Hawk QIR JOHN ELLIOT'S impending resignation from the I.. ) chairmanship of London Transport,...

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Unofficial Target

. F prestige happened to be an important consideration for the C-licence holder, he would be getting more and more annoyed with...

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THOSE LOG SHEETS

Obligation to Complete Daily Records of Work is Not Invalidated by the Occasional or Secondary Nature of the Journeys L OG...

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Valves Closed by Cams

A LTHOUGH spring-closed valves are C. used almost universally, progressive designers have always had positive twoway .operation...