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22nd February 1963
22nd February 1963
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' h urr a h!

A LOUD, rousing cheer is hereby accorded to the national chairman of the Road Haulage Association, Mr. D. 0. Good. In his...

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Co-operative Self-help' Policy for R.H.A., B.R.S. and B.R.?

H OPES for a deliberate policy of co-operation between the Road Haulage Association, British Road Serviees and the new British...

Haulage Rates to Rise?

THE way in which increases in haulage rates have in recent years followed pay awards, and the obvious financial toll taken by...

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Livestock Carriage Conditions T HE National Farmers Union is recommending its

members to accept the Conditions of Carriage drawn up by the Livestock Group of the Road Haulage Association. The published...

Haulage Industry Slandered with Statistics

N EVER was an industry so slandered with statistics. If half the allegations made against us were true, most of our drivers...

London Docks Route Criticized

T HE Ministry of Transport's scheme for a lorry route to the London docks and markets has "serious deficiencies from the point...

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Dery Price Up

• I-1 A N increase in the price of its dery of 1:1. per gallon was announced on Wednesday by the Power Petroleum Co. Ltd....

NEWS IN BRIEF T.R.T.A. Meeting: The annual general meeting of

the Potteries Area of the T.R.T.A. will be held at the Grand Hotel. Hanley, on February 25, when Mr. G. Turvey, assistant...

Last-minute Decision to Drop L.D.O.Y. 'Snooker' Test

THE National Organizing Committee 1 of the Lorry Driver of the year Competition, at a meeting held at Coventry on Monday,...

Labour's Transport Plans Vague

From our Political Correspondent W TH Mr. Harold Wilson as its leader, the Labour Party is not likely to go rocketing off on a...

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Cousins in Line for Transport Ministry?

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT S PECULATORS on both sides of the political fence at Westminster have been toying with the idea a...

More Money for Roads, 1963-64

THE Government, it is generally accepted, has agreed to spend its way out of the domestic troubles.at present afflicting...

Two Bulk Vehicles Granted,

T HE advantages of articulated bulk transporters with off-loading mechanism were stressed by several coal • factors and...

Employment Bill Changes? THE Contracts of Employment Bill was given

an unopposed second reading in the Commons last week, though not until M.P.s on both sides of - the House had giveri warnings...

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B Licence More Appropriate—Tribunal

THE Transport Tribunal in London last week dismissed an appeal by B. G. Gale Ltd. against refusal by the Metropolitan Licensing...

Experimental-vehicles Grant Was Wrong

T HE Transport Tribunal, in a written judgment issued last Friday, has allowed an appeal by A. R. Pass and others against a...

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Large Dual-purpose Trailer Bids in S.E.

0 applications by Bakers Trans port (Southampton) Ltd., to add six trailers, which can be operated as semitrailers or drawbar...

Hired Vehicles Left `Security Gap'

LIMED vehicles with no security I 'devices left "a very large gap" in measures against pilfering, said Mr. J. Brown, a director...

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Trailer Battle at Southampton

A PART from the unusual form in which they were published, the applications for additional trailers by Bakers Transport...

Sufficient Low-loaders in Hull?

Ti E moreI attend the Transport Tribunal, the more I find myself drawing a comparison between judgments given by the Tribunal...

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Widespread Securicor Bids

A PPL1CATIONS by Sccuricor branches for hired vehicles on B licence are currently listed in four areas, involving three...

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Mr. D. F. W. Woor has been appointed chief engineer

of Tecalemit (Engineering) Ltd. He had previously been a chief research engineer with the Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co. Ltd....

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S.R.P.T.A. Urges Fuel Tax Cut THE Scottish Road Passenger Trans'

port Association held a press conference in Edinburgh last week to draw attention to the high incidence of taxation on the...

Scottish Companies Rejoin P.T.A.

T HE chairman of the Tilling Group, Mr. Maurice Holmes, and the chairman of the Scottish Omnibuses Group. Mr. James Amos, were...

London Busmen Reject Mr. Cousins' Advice

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT EADERS of London's busmen this week openly rejected the advice of. Mr. Frank Cousins, their...

Uprated Trader County Six-wheelers

A s from March 1 County Commercial Cars 6 by 2 and 6 by 4 models based on the Thames Trader will have grossvehicle-weight...

K.L.G. for Rootes F ROM last Monday only K.L.G. sparking plugs

are being fitted as 'original equipment in all Rootes Group commercial vehicles and cars. Stockists of Rootes parts will...

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Electrically Driven Pump for Tanker Load Discharge

A N electrically driven load-discharge pump is used on a tanker semitrailer recently built for Filtrate Oils Ltd. The tanks and...

Powder Coupling Fan Drive

P ROTOTYPES of a fan coupling have been produced by Powder Couplings Ltd., Airedale Works, Hunslet Road, Leeds, which represent...

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Fuel-injection Pump Practice

THAT the mechanical governor seemed to hold the best compromise between cost, performance and reliability when comparing the...

Ben. A.g.m.

THE annual general meeting of the 1 London centre of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund will be held on February 25 at...

NEWS IN BRIEF

rodens in Liverpool: Situated close to the premises of several major operators, and well placed in relation to docks and main...

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Modular Panel Cases

I -1 A SYSTEM of making packing cases by using standard-sized panels held together by special fasteners is now being marketed...

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Bird's

Eye View A NYONE inclined to shrug off transport pipelines as an exotic subject outside his field might be shaken to learn...

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SLEEK, SAFE

SURE-FOOTED W HEN the dimension limits for British passenger vehicles were increased to 36 ft. by 8 ft. 2-5 in. in 1961,...

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Preparing for the Right

A DRIVER taking his vehicle on to the Continent for the first time will be confronted by many problems, not the least that of...

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LIGHT AND SHADE

behind the Coloured Workers I N Egypt one day about 17 years ago I received a more-in-sorrow-than-inanger lecture from a very...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Nothing But the Best j FOUND the discussion on brakes in your February 8 I issue extremely good reading (perhaps a little hard...

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Hauliers ... should not jump to the conclusion that the Glicence tide has turned '

S CIENCE fiction and other prophetic writings are indifferent guides to the future largely because so many things that happen...

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Transformation

VERY firm ideas are held by Westminster City 'Council's Public Cleansing and Transport Department regarding the vehicles most...

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Beware the Pitfalls in Bonuses

L AST week consideration was given in this series to the introduction of incentive schemes applicable to the operating staff of...