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23rd July 1965
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W HEN Lord Lindgren, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said in the House of Lords recently that the Society...

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 12 Lorry Driver of the Year Competition Final. 345-16 Frankfurt Motor Show. , 20-24 Municipal Passenger Transport...

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BRS PARCELS MOVE N EXT Monday (July 26) BRS Parcels Ltd.

will move their headquarters' office to: Centre Heights, 137 Finchley Road. Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 (Tel.: JUNiper 2211....

New Irish Roll-on T HE new British Railways roll-on/rolloff ferry service

between Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire (Eire) was inaugurated on Monday when the 3,800ton vessel "Holyhead Ferry 1" made her maiden...

Pointer London Office: The Pointer Group of Norwich has opened

a London office for its Continental road services at 19 Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, El (Tel: Bishopsgate 1795/6. Telex:...

Road Haulage—the TUC View

T HE Trades Union Congress has welcomed the acceptance by the National Board for Prices and Incomes of the need to strengthen...

BLOX SERVICES INTRODUCE MERCEDES

D IFFICULTIES which they say have combination gives the vehicle a top road been experienced with British vehicles speed of 45...

Tall Thinking: The long - term plans for development of the Altrincham

town centre provide for an overhead service road to rear entrances of premises. Ferrymasters Expand: International carriers,...

THE RAT

O R THE JOB a closer look, especially at After the rates rumpus, Frank Burravoe takes After the rates rumpus, Frank Burravoe...

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Proper Port Links Are Over Ten Years Away

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MINE out of every 10 tons of British 11 exports and imports arriving at the Port of London come...

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BRADFORD HAULIERS STICK TO 5 PER CENT

A T a special meeting the Bradford and District Road Hauliers Federation have decided to implement in full the 5 per cent rates...

Sir Donald Stokes, managing director and deputy chairman of the

Leyland Motor Corporation, has been seconded to the Ministry of Defence for three months as a special adviser to the Government...

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Greene Light for Liner Trains?

From our Industrial Correspondent QIGNS that the National Union of Rail waymen may be relenting in its opposition to allowing...

New Van Body on Leyland 90 a Royal Lam Show

A LEYLAND 90 with a 585 cu. It - capacity, coachbuilt, light alloy body will be introduced by Gilbraith Commercials Ltd., 1-1...

CHARGES FOR MONT BLANC TUNNEL

A LTHOUGH the new Mont Blanc road tunnel linking France and Italy was opened last week, it will probably be several months...

A VAL FOR CARAVAN TRANSPORT

T HIS. caravan transporter (below) operated by Cheshire Caravan Transport, of Winsford, is built on a Bedford VAL twin-steer...

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RATES—SCOTTISH HAULIERS' RESULTS

A S in England and Wales, so in Scotland, hauliers are pressing for higher rates with varying success; reactions range from...

DISCUSSING GEDDES

T HE licensing committee of the Road Haulage Association met on Wednesday and discussed the Geddes Report. Their views will be...

Tilbury—Gothenburg Ferry

-M have now been informed by the ritish and Northern Shipping Agencies that their Tilbury-Gothenburg lift-on/off service will...

Walker to Build Kangaroos

A SECOND British trailer manufacturer —T. W. Walker Ltd. of Thornabyon-Tees—has signed an agreement with the French...

Socialists Talk Nationalization

QEVEN TEEN resolutions tabled for the • 64th annual conference of the Labour Party at Blackpool next September lay heavy stress...

More Nights at Manchester: Liverpool Interest

MIGHT deliveries to Manchester docks -LI have been stepped up from two to three a week—Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday —after a...

PICKFORDS MANAGEMENT CHANGES

T was announced this week that Mr. G. Maclean, director and general manager of Pickfords Ltd., will retire on December 31 and...

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London Bus Debate

T I-1E deterioration of commuter train and bus services in London was attacked by the Conservative Front Bench in a debate in...

Fixed-penalty Scheme Soon P

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Pi FIXED-PENALTY system for offences involving moving vehicles may well have to be considered...

Restrictions Refused

D EMANDS for the Minister of Transport to restrict the use of minor roads by heavy vehicles were made in the Commons this week....

CombinecrTraffic Squad TEN police forces are to get together

to form a combined traffic squad to police West Country roads for a fivemonth experimental period beginning on August 1.

Concern About Severn Tolls Bill Provisions

rEARS that the Severn Bridge Tolls Bill, as it is now worded, would permit discrimination against a particular vehicle which...

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BID FOR 20 FAILS

O NE of the largest manufacturers of window frames and joinery components, Magnet Joinery of Bingley, supported an A-variation...

Tower Hill's 'Trouble'

A T Liverpool on Tuesday the North LIWestern deputy Licensing Authority made it clear that Tower Hill Transport was, in his...

Warning and Reprimand for Granary Haulage

A LTHOUGH Granary Haulage Ltd. of ri Burton-upon-Trent made a statement of intention in November, 1962, when it took over two...

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Tribunal Reserves Judgment in 'Blood-related' Companies Case

A N attempt by a " blood-related " transport company to obtain a fivevehicle A licence was the subject of an appeal to the...

STILL NO GRANT FOR YORKS OPERATORS

T HE applications of A One Transport (Leeds) Ltd. and CNC Transport Ltd. have again been refused by the Yorkshire deputy...

Borderline Case Remitted to Scottish LA

A T the same hearing, John W. Alexander, of Coatbridge, was the appellant against the refusal of the Scottish LA to add two...

North Western Fares Up

NOTHER 2d, minimum will disappear IA from the fare structure on August 1, when increased charges become effective in respect of...

Associated Motorways Appeal Fails A N appeal by Associated Motorways Ltd.

against the decision, of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners refusing to grant a road service licence for an express...

Higher Midland Fares: Applications for increased fares by the Potteries

Motor Traction Co. Ltd., which operates services in Staffs, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, were granted by the West...

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Requests in Ten Areas

NORTHERN APPLICATIONS (July 14, 1965) Blue Hand Motors, Carlisle, A var., add 1 vch. (3t 18e). Fruit. textiles. .eggs,...

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ONE NATIONAL NEGOTIATING BODY ON BUS PAYP

Front our Industrial Correspondent R EPRESENTAT1VES of Britain's 91 municipal bus undertakings decided in London last week to...

Detachable-top Fleetlines for Bournemouth

THE first examples of a fleet of 10 detachable-top MCW-bodied Daimler 'THE are due to be handed over to the "Mayor of...

STILL NO DECISION ON RURAL TRANSPORT

From our Political Correspondent T HE results of the Governmentsponsored rurak bus service experiments in Lincolnshire,...

Another Rural Route Threatened : Unless the Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Otterburn

bus service receives better support from the travelling public, it will be withdrawn at the end of the summer. This warning has...

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Improved Pacesaver for Bedford YAM Chassis

PA A NEW version of the Pacesaver body has been introduced by Strachans (Coachbuilders) Ltd. for mounting on the Bedford VAM...

Congestion Hits Maidstone Services

E XTREME difficulty was still being - 1 -4 experienced by Maidstone and District Motor Services Ltd. in maintaining their...

Roadliners and Panthers for Sunderland Experiments

' ▪ HREE Daimler Roadliner and three Leyland Panther rear-engined singledecker bus chassis have been ordered by Sunderland...

Television to Check Bus Queues: Leicester City Council is installing

a television closedcircuit system to check bus queues at main stops in the city centre with a view to dealing rapidly with...

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BEDFORD EXPORTS

E XPORT orders recently received by IL, Vauxhall Motors Ltd. include 468 Bedford 7-ton, normal-control, longwheelbase 'chassis...

Red land Go AEC Tilt : The Redland Group of

companies is to standardize on AEC trucks litted with the Ergomatic tilt-cub, and has placed an initial order for 42 units. Of...

ANDREWS EXPANDS ON MERSEYSIDE

T HE spacious, 130,000 sq. ft. factory of Andrews Bros. I Bristol) Ltd., that was opened on Friday by the Shadow Minister of...

Cutting Down the Spray

THE spray generated by many corn mcrcial vehicles can be reduced considerably, NA it hout resorting . to a reduction in speed,...

Eighty' Trailers a Month: Sirachans (Coachbuilders) Lid., Hamble. Hants, are

currently producing semi-trailer hodies for British Railways, at the rate of 80 a month. A total of 416 is heing nroduced. on...

Taking out the Bumps

By R. D. CATER A T a demonstration on the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment test track last week. I...

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

Water in Rear Axles WITH our modern trunk roads and Y , new by-passes it is hardly to be expected that any real depth of flood...

Ipswich Read er Wins Prize

THIS week's prizewinner is Mr. P. H. I Smith, of Kesgrave, nr. Ipswich, Suffolk. His modification is designed to enable the...

—MONEY FOR YOU ?

Have you an idea that is worth passing On to other readers ? It must relate to maintenance practice. If a panel, on which...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Theft-prevention Lock O PERATORS subscribing to the principle " better safe than sorry " will, be interested...

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TIMBER!

Timber handling methods are to be investigated by Moe Timber Research and Development Association, as i , eported earlier this...

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Higher Productiviti NOW

S. BUCKLEY, ASSOC MST T, ANALYSES THE REPORT OF THE PRICES AND INCOMES BOARD AND DESCRIBES A WAGE SYSTEM WHICH MEETS SOME OF...

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• and the way ahead

POSSIBLE LINES OF DEVELOPMENT FOR ROAD TRANSPORT FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TH E publication of the excellently clear...

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N ew For

Passenge 4 -khassis T ODAY (July 23) Ford Motor Co. Ltd, announces a new passenger chassis and a number of changes to the...

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New Bodies for New Chassis

A NEW range of .bodies is being intro duced by Duple Motor Bodies Ltd. for mounting on the Ford R192 and R226 chassis announced...

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BIRD'S EYE

By The Hawk VIEW One of Glasgow Corporation's new rear-engined Leyland Atlanteans in unfamiliar surroundings in Munich. After...

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ECONOMIC NONSENSE

N EVER have there been so many experts probing into this, that and the other aspect of transport. If their number increased...

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MANDATOR 691/760

TRACTOR CHASSIS WITH ERGOMATIC CAB Max. G.T.W. 30 tons (36 tons with heavy duty rear axle). ENGINE A E C type AV691,...

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Wide Range on Basic Chassis is the Japanese Way

I N the first two articles of this series I devoted myself to general impressions of Japan. In this article, and the next, I...

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ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS

Planned Control PROBLEMS THAT FACE A GROWING HAULAGE BUSINESS R ECENT statistics have confirmed that the road transport...

FROM THE POSTBAG

A reader at present in the Far East asks for advice as to organizations concerned with motor engineering to which he could...

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MONEY MATTERS

ERF Expansion policy of the ERF GROUP is one of expansion Ton all sides with a keen eye to a sensible degree of...

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IN YOUR OPINION

The editor is always pleased to receive letters on all aspects of the road transport industry. Contributors must Include their...