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24th July 1970
24th July 1970
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Geddes at last?

If, as now seems likely, the remnants of carriers' licensing are to be swept away, it will have taken five years—and five...

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THE WEEK

Operators agree: remove carriers' licensing • • Associations representing road transport operators and users have given their...

Leicester profit repeated

• Leicester City Transport this week announced a trading surplus of £145,524 for the year ended March 31. During the past four...

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Dock strike dilemma for hauliers

• As the dock strike approaches its third week, it is clear that many hauliers besides those dealing exclusively in ports...

Wm. Cory's Elm Archbold deal

• Wm Cory and Son Ltd has acquired Archbold Storage Ltd, of Leeds, for around Archbold Storage, a private company, distributes...

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Eight Fodens at Kent Show

• Eight new Fodens were exhibited, along with one old steamer, by Rowlands of Sittingbourne at the Kent Show, held on July 15...

Cardiff hauliers' training scheme

• On Wednesday the inauguration of the Cardiff Road Haulage Group Training Association was officially marked at a ceremony at...

Fewer hijackings

• In the first quarter of 1970 five lorries were hijacked in London as compared with 12 in the correspondng period for 1969,...

Next Sunday for hours concession?

• The relaxation of driving hours rules for those engaged in the carriage of animals (CM last week) is expected to come into...

Rentco Nationwide new trailer rental service

• Rentco Nationwide Ltd, 655 London Road, Isleworth, Middx, has introduced a nationwide semi-trailer rental service. Backed by...

Scotcros 6% up

• The report for the year ended March 31 1970 of the Glasgow-based Scotcros Group, whose subsidiaries include A. C. Penman Ltd,...

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S. Yorks drivers claim £20 basic pay

• A claim for £20 to £22 lOs basic rates of pay from URTU and TGWU for drivers in the Sheffield and South Yorkshire area, if...

New-type level crossings

• Modifications to half-barrier level crossings are now being introduced; they include new road signs and additional warning...

Night park ban

• Mr Michael Hese}tine, MoT Parliamentary Secretary, last week welcomed the experimental scheme the Greater London Council is...

Guild admits assistant TMs

• The National Guild of Transport Managers has announced that it has established the grade of Associate to enable the younger...

Blue Circle Line

• On July 17 at Northfleet, Kent, Sir Henry Johnson, chairman of British Railways, and Sir John Reiss, chairman of The...

Pictures: from top down

Lord Montagu at the wheel of an electric delivery van after it was recently presented to him by the directors of Harrods...

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Lightweight tippers prominent at Peterborough

• Aluminium tipper bodies for the carriage of materials in bulk were featured on many stands at the three-day East of England...

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Amenity group starts work

• The Freight Transport Association's working party, set up earlier this year to consider all aspects of the problems...

Further M6 section opened

• A further two-mile section of the southern extension of M6, between Ray Hall in Staffordshire and Great Barr in Birmingham,...

container

transport by David and freight handling Lowe Unit load techniques • A lengthy and expensive treatise on materials handling,...