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21st October 1960
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Sleeping Dogs

F OR years hauliers have been pleading for road transport to be removed from the political arena. This happy state has not been...

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Hamstrung by Diversity

T HE licensing system has its imperfections but it is easier to criticize than to devise improvements that will do justice to...

Men Who Make Transport-56

Hug harles Tett F .4 1/EN the least percipient observers of the modern industrial scene-cannot but be aware of the powerful...

Bird's Eye View

By The Hawk The Jet Age "THIS has truly been named the jet age. I know, because L I went to the Road Haulage Association's...

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Take-overs for Liverpoo aid Bristol Haulage Units

£305,000 PAID FOR LEWIS AND KIRKDALE T WO old-established Liverpool road transport companies have been acquired by Consolidated...

Petrol Injection By Simms

D ETAILS of a petrol injection system which is simple and relatively cheap were announced on Wednesday by Simms Motor Units,...

Ewer's First Contract Tanker Arrives

THE first of five Scammell Routeman .I. eight-wheeled tankers — the first tankers the company has operated—went into service on...

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28-ton Tanker Issue May Be Revived

FROM A SVECIAL CORRESPONDENT • T HE question of 28-ton-gross multi-wheeled tankers, turned down flat by the Minister of...

Blackpool Seek Stage For Excursions

KIEW proposals by Blackpool Corpora tion to run a stage service might easily develop into an • unauthorizell excursion, Mr....

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Men in the News

Ms J. BAXTER has been appointed central area engineer Ribble Motor Services, Ltd. MR. G. B. G. POTTER has retired from the...

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Spurling Application Brings Complaint

A COMPLAINT against the British r -1 Transport . Commission was made by a solicitor, Mr. M. H. Jackson-Lipkin, before Mr. C. J....

Bus Directors See for Themselves

STAYING AT HOME T HE annual prize awarded by the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., to the candidate who, being an employee...

Preferential Mersey Tunnel Tolls

QLOW-MOVING vehicles will be con voyed through the Mersey Tunnel at off-peak periods, mainly during the night, and reduced...

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Bristol Men Sent for Trial on Tyres Conspiracy Charges

riGHT Bristol men, all of them engaged in the motor trade, were committed for trial at the next Assizes, which open at...

After the Salamander, the Stalwart

T HE prototype of a . new military vehicle was demonstrated to Gen. Norstad, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, when he...

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" Newcomers " Get Four New Vehicles

O BJECT1ONS by the British Transport Commission were not pressed when comparative newcomers to the industry, J. Russon, Ltd.,...

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Tribunal Hears Appeals from Scottish Haulage Companies

In Scotland last week, the Transport Tribunal heard a series of appeals. The decisions on these, reported on this page,...

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Changed Distribution Needs Quoted as Evidence for More Vehicles

Theft Prevention By Gearbox Lock A N effective means of locking the gearbox of a commercial vehicle in neutral-as a deterrent...

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Earning £7,000 a Vehicle Another Granted to Stockton Company.

A FIER agreeing to delete the words "London" and " Lancashire " from a proposed normal user, an additional vehicle was added on...

Micrograms . • •

Showrooms Opened: W. Watson and Co. (Liverpool), Ltd., opened new showrooms in Birkenhead last Friday. Transport, Too : A...

• NO OBJECTION TO EIGHT VEHICLE APPLICATIONS

A CARLISLE company, R. Liddle, Ltd., were granted eight additional tippers without objection by the Northern Licensing...

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Linking " Regularizathin " Bid Before Commissioners

A LTHOUGH the linkin g of three of his .t—t North Wales destinations involved deviations from authorized routes, it was...

Ceylon Reshuffle to Avoid "Staleness " A CEYLON Civil Servant, Mr.

D. J. Dayaratyne, has been appointed g eneral mana g er of the ailing Ceylon Transport Board. Fifty-two depot managers and...

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On the Eve of Anoth road Transport Debate . .

HANDS OF1 )UR FLEET T HE giant of the transport world in this country is the C-licensed fleet. Nearly 1,200,000 vehicles...

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Tough Test For Army Drivers

BY TOM WALKERLEY L ATE reports from control centres all over the country would seem to indicate that not all the 181 vehicles...

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Magnetic Drill Stand

r - V A DRILL stand which attaches itself by magnetism . to any ferrous surface being drilled is manufactured by Magco, Ltd.,...

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IT'S A MOVE

A COMPANY a month—or thereabouts—is the 1960 take-over record of Mr. Peter Wise, chairman of the Wise Group of companies. In...

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VANTIEN AMBASSADORS

rrHE . man nn the van is just as important to you as -an arribas Sador Of your btisiness as the • manager, the ' estimator or...

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Traction on Tap

V ARIOUS commercial vehicle applications of the Sprag clutch have been announced by Renold Chains, Ltd., Wythenshawe....

Mobile Showroom for Electrical Goods

CA A MOBILE showroom for displaying electrical equipment has been built by Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd.. North Finchley,...

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Were Fuel Costs Too High?

T HE table of costs on page 390 of your October 7 issue shows the problems of obtaining adequate rates that face transport...

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B.R.S. Seek Eight More: Big Applications Pending

A MONG . this week's controversial licence applications is one by B.R.S., Newport, for eight extra A-licence vehicles to carry...

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De Luxe Street Trader

T O meet the requirements of a local trader, D. H. Morgan (Engineers), Ltd„ Wraeclesham, Farnham, ,Surrey, have developed a...

What To Do With The 'Railways

QPEAK1NG last week at a meeting of Li York sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, Mr. Arthur Good, a chartered civil...

Back Better-roads Case : Mr. Brunner

A CALLfor adequate support for those who press, for road improvements was made in Canada on Tuesday by Mr. C. T, Brunner,...

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Call For Traffic Plans

H OW the increasing use of the motor vehicle could be provided for in the future was the underlying theme of a conference held...

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BLINDED

T HE injunction to blind them with science can hardly ever have been taken more literally than by Mr. K. C. W. Grand, a member...

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Space-saving Container

pATENT No. 840,514 covers a rotary salvage container, for wastepaper and other articles with a resale value, which can be...