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22nd July 1960
22nd July 1960
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Boom in Haulage

E VEN the most determined opposition of the British Transport Commission cannot prevent hauliers from satisfying the...

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Andre\ )onald Wenze

A QUIET American came from India to Britain by way of the British Empire, arriving at the imposing Firestone factory At the...

At the Palace

UTR. F. J. SPEIGHT, director and general manager of Geo. Ewer and Co., Ltd., achieved a new highlight in a colourful career...

Life-savers

A COACH passenger and a lorry driver probably owe their lives to the presence of mind of R.A.C. patrols. In the first case, the...

Bilingual Interlude

AANCHESTER seems far away, and London still farther, LIU when a traffic court witness hesitantly says: "It is so difficult to...

Staying Power

THERE must be something about Nottingham Transport I Department that encourages a lifetime's loyalty. Mr. H. G. Morley. who has...

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Big Game

)IR. A. D. WENZEL may have been taken aback, like many VI another newcomer from overseas, by the English summer, nit another...

Vagon Train

aiR. T. F. RICE, director of East Anglian Carriers, Ltd., VI tells me that one of his vehicles recently pulled up outside...

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Mr. Marples Will Stay As Minister of Transport

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT I T is expected that Mr. Ernest Marples will remain at the Ministry of Transport and not be...

New A Licence Suspended Until 1961

A S a result of foolishness and bad advice, Messrs. McWilliam and Pine, West Hall Cotta g e, Kernnay, Aberdeenshire, committed...

R. H. A. Discuss Illegal Haulage Activities

ILLEGAL activities by hauliers were dis cussed at len g th on Wednesday by the licensin g committee of the Road Haula g e...

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Keen Opposition to 17-Vehic1e Big Foden Tanker

Application by Alexander's FROM G. DUNCAN JEWELL ABERDEEN, Tuesday A BID by Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport), Ltd.,...

for Earls Court

A 4,200-GAL, eight-wheeled tanker will be one of six Foden vehicles to he exhibited at the Commercial Motor Show, which opens...

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Men in the News

MR. B. G. 'ft RNER has retired as general manager and director of Thomas Allen, Ltd. He will be succeeded by MR. P. H. R....

Disputed Vehicle Struck Off THE grant which he had made

in June 1. (The Commercial Motor, June 24) to Edwards Transport (Home), Ltd., was reduced on Monday by Mr. S. W. Nelson,...

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E.C.E. Party Talk on Exhausts

HE emission of harmful exhaust gases I has been discussed in Geneva by a working party on the construction of vehicles, a...

A LTHOUGH a double stamp of the foot on the floor

of the upper deck was recognized by bus crews as a starting • signal, it was strictly forbidden by regulations. Walsall...

C RITICISMS were showered on the South - Wales Transport Co., Ltd., at

a conference 'of • South Wales local authorities, at Cardiff, last week. Cllr. Harold Thomas, of Llanelly Borough Councij,...

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AT NEWPORT CENTRAL administration of the New

port (Mon.) Transnort Department from the Corporation Road _Depot has • been -agreed to by the town council. The transport...

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Alt-day Bans : Home Secretary Promises to Safeguard Operators

n RGANIZATIONS representing corn rnercial-vehicle operators are immediately to be consulted by Mr. R. A. Butler, Home...

Voluntary Tests for Old Vehicles

ir ROM September 12, any owner of a vehicle more than 10 years old may voluntarily arrange with any of 12,000 authorized...

Maintain Vehicles in Slack Periods

TSUALLY there were sufficient slack . 1 N- 1 periods during fleet operation for adequate maintenance to be performed, said Mr....

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Two A-licensed " Artics " Granted in Place of Contract-A Vehicles

TWO additional articulated units on A licence, in substitution for two on contract-A licence, were granted to Jos. Walsh...

One-armed Driver-Operator Appeals

A T an inquiry held at Bristol last week, Mr. J. M. Glen, a Ministry of Transport Inspector, heard an appeal by Mr. Leslie C....

No Loading Bans in City Yet

DANS on loading and unloading during peak hours in the city centre are the only section of Nottingham's " rainbow " parking...

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Capstaff Gain Short-term Grant for Four Additional Vehicles

A N application for a licence for short-term operation, by J. W. Capstaff, . Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, who sought to vary...

Owner-drivers Under Criti c ism nWNER-DRIVERS of heavy vehicles la/ have come

in for some harsh criticism from Mr. Thomas Moore, Chief Constable of Nottingham. Operators of big fleets, on the other hand;...

Fines Not the. End of' the Matter

A- FTER he was told that Messrs. P. N. rl Massey and L. Bonfield, Stoke St. Michael, Somerset, had been fined a total of 53...

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Haulage Rates for Eggs Depressed B ECAUSE haulage rates for eggs

were 1-) generally "cut to the bone," the Egg Marketing Board often had difficulty in obtaining operators who were willing to...

Happy to Leave Case to Mr. Nelson

A LTHOUGH British Railways formally objected to an application to vary an A licence by the addition of one vehicle of 5 tons...

One-third Increase in A-licence Fleet

A ONE-THIRD increase to an A(Th. licensed fleet was granted by Mr. J. H. E. Randolph ; Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, at...

Authority's Reb uke to Operator

A HOLYHEAD haulier received a stern 1-1 . warning from Mr. F. Williamson, North Western Licensing Authority, at Caernarvon,...

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MUST AWARDS WAIT FOR APPEA1 )ECISION ?

South Wales Commissioners Asked to Defer Ruling on Multiple Fares Applications B ECAUSE the Minister of Trankport had not...

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• B.M.M.0. Refused a Separate • Scale for Country Bus Services

IN the face of a possible solution of the problem of rural bus operation being found by the Jack Committee, the separate fares...

Fine Weather Had Twofold Effect

LTHOUGH the result of last year's f – k working was not unsatisfactory, the excellent summer of 1959 had had a twofold effect...

Jack _Committee's Report Shortly

T HE report of the Jack Committee into rural bus transport problems is expected to be in the hands of Mr. Ernest Marples,...

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Tanker Driver Win's Oxford Contest

D RIVING an A.E.C. eight-wheeled tanker in the Mobilgas colours for . H.C.P.P., Ltd., Oxford, F. Farmer was declared the...

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Stoke Winner Drops 19 Points

O NLY 19 points were lost by R. McBean Elliot, of Jas. Stone and Son, Ltd., who drove a Morris n Class A in the Stoke-on-Trent...

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Cider Distributio )emands Flexibility

Bulniers' Clonmel Fleet, Planned to Meet Heavy Seasonal Fluctuations, has Little Light Running By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E....

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Tell Us the Truth

yOUR issue of July 1 reports a decision by South Shields Transport Committee to replace trolleybuses on the Rid g eway-Lawe...

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Five Men Committed for Trial for Alleged Theft Conspiracy

7IVE men alleged to have been con cerned in a conspiracy to steal goods eing transported by B.R.S. (Parcels), .td., were...

Big Profit Increase for United Transport

N increase last year of £197,704 in the profits of the United Transport roup is reported by Mr. John H. Watts, hairman. After...

Return Loads on Contract Vehicle Were Legal

U ESTI ONS concerning the legality of return loads carried by vehicles n contract-A licence, which had been used at two...

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A.E.C.'s BE

HEAVY" YET I MPROVED appearance is a relatively minor advantage of the latest A.E.C. Mammoth' Major eight-wheeled goods...

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Hiring Ban May Create Surplus of Vehicles

I F Licensing Authorities become too ready to accept evidence that customers will not allow sub-contracting as a ground for the...

No Check to Contract Conversions

T HERE seems to be little check to the ever-open back door to additional public-A licences provided by contract vehicles. At...

More Side Entrances Into Haulage

C ONFUSING decisions of the Transport Tribunal have been responsible for the growth of a number of side entrances into haulage....

SMOKE SIGNALS

O NE Scottish haulage concern, Sam Anderson (Newhouse) Ltd., is in the happy position of not having to bother with the problem...

Change of Method to Double Capacity

A N interesting point regarding the use of vehicles was raised by the British Transport Commission when objecting, at...

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Untaxed Vehicles as Evidence

'M ETHODS of objecting used by British Road Services sometimes seem a little peculiar, to say the least of it, and if the boot...

There is Money in Crushed Bones

T HE unopposed grant to Russell of six A-licensed vehicles to carry crushed bone's for British Glues and Chemicals, Ltd.,...

PASSENGER More Time Wanted by Objectors

THE North Western Traffic ComI missioners have received complaints from a number of local authorities that a month or five...

Freedom for Coach-Air Operation

D OAD and rail objections to coach' air operation, as a new form of abstraction, and suggestions that a decision should wait ....

Linking Battle Almost Won

THE determination of Mr. William' son to control excursion !hiking by attaching conditions to all excursion and tour licences,...

Long Establishment No Qualification

D ECAUSE a haulage concern wds oldL- 1 established, it did not necessarily mean that it could expand whenever the owner wished....

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YARDSTICKS?

Political Commentary By JANUS C ONCLUSIONS about road goods transport must always be accepted with caution if they are based...

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Planning for Profit

Small Vehicles Can Cause Big Problems I T is becoming increasingly coenrnon for transport managers of ancillary fleets to be...

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Mobile Vaccination Unit Built in 28 Days

C 0MPLETED within 28 days of the order having been ‘.....-placed, a fully equipped mobile vaccination unit was handed over to...

Heating System Without Separate Fans

A NEW passenger-vehicle body-heating system. dispensing with individual fan units has been developed by Clayton Dewandre Co.,...