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25th December 1964
25th December 1964
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Motorway Care

MAKE one motorway. Add a dash of ice (or wet), stir generously 1 with fog. It is infinitely sad to have to reflect that this...

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B.R.S. MEAT MOVE CONFIRMED A s forecast exclusively in "The Commercial

Motor" last week, B.R.S. (Meat Haulage) Ltd. is closing its retail delivery service to butchers' shops from Smithfield Market....

School for Removers

A RESIDENTIAL school for removals 1-1 foremen, with a syllabus which includes the driving and vehicle construction and...

FOUR IMPORTANT SUBJECTS FOR T.R.T.A. CONFERENCE

T HE possibility that the Geddes Committee will have reported, and Government transport intentions clarified, by the time that...

IN BRIEF

Alconbury By-pass Opened : The two-milelong Alconbury by - pass on the Great North Road (Al) in Hunts, built at a cost of...

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Legal Argument on Damages to Haulier

A RE damages awarded to a limited haulage company as the result of an accident to one of their vehicles subject to income tax?...

OVERLENGTH TRANSPORTER CHARGE FAILS

A POLICE prosecution concerning the length of a car transporter—described as the first to be brought in the country under the...

PAY CLAIM SOON?

PA A NEW claim for an increase in haulage employees' pay is almost certain to be lodged very early in the New Year. The...

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WHERE THE HAULAGE FLEETS ARE LOCATED

Extracts from the Ministry of Transport's latest survey WHERE do.. the 46,461 operators of VI' Aand B-licensed vehicles in...

Engineer-Examiner Liaison Plan

THE London and Home Counties 1 division of the Traders Road Transport , Association is inviting members to establish liaison...

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Success of German Hauliers' Co-operative

T HERE are now some 40 service stations operated by the German hauliers' co-operative organization S.V.G....

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In-transit Insurance Appeal Dismissed

T HE Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed with costs an appeal by a Lloyd's underwriter which concerned insurance cover for the...

Northumberland Rural Service Withdrawn

A WARNING of the situation which rA. might arise repeatedly in rural districts if urgent Government action is not taken to...

Smallholder Seeks Four-vehicle B Licence

INCREASES in deliveries of pre-packed 1 goods to supermarkets in the London area was stated to be one of the reasons why an...

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Unwarrantable Slur' says Baker's Advocate

IT/HEN Mr. W. Partington, assistant VV heavy haulage manager of Pickfords Ltd., was shown photographs of two Pickfords low...

Newmarket Firms Win Appeal Against Horsebox Grant

T WO Newmarket firms operating horseboxes appealed successfully to the Transport, Tribunal in London last week against a...

Continental Air Tours Refused

F OUR applications by Air Links Ltd. I to the Air Licensing Transport Board for inclusive tour licences between North East...

CONTRACT SWITCH FOR LONDON HAULIERS A N application by S.S. and

H. Transport Ltd., of Well Hall Road. S.E.9, for an A licence for three vehicles was granted by the Metropolitan Licensing...

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RURAL REVIEW

From a Special Correspondent T HERE is seemingly an increasing tendency to over-simplify the rural transport issue. Blame for...

London Busmen Want Overtime Ban from January

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT LL ONDON busmen are expected to approve a new ban on overtime from January I unless there is...

Tokens for Copenhagen P.a.y.e.

A S reported in The Commercial Motor, November 6, Copenhagen Tramways has introduced a new token system of fare collection on...

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More Fleetlines for North Western Brings Total to 95

A FURTHER order, for 35 Daimler rm. Fleetline double-decker buses, has been placed by the North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. with...

ANSWER TO A VERY REAL PROBLEM?

T HE Urban District Council's Association believes it has a solution to the main problem which for years has been the stumbling...

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Mr. Wynford T. Williams, secretary of the Society of Motor

Manufacturers and Traders, is to retire on December 31 after 21 years' service. He will be succeeded by Mr. .1. D. W. Gent, Mr....

POLITICAL

Monopolies Report on Fuel Soon THE Monopolies Commission hopes to I present its report on the petroleum industry in the early...

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Commer Drivers' Club

A CLUB for drivers and mates working on Commer and Karrier goods and passenger vehicles is to be inaugurated on January I by...

Good Braking Results on 28-ton Atkinson-Pitt Outfit for B.R.S.

By The technical Editor A LTHOUGH not specifically matched in respect of braking and coupling position, an Atkinson-Pitt...

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Better Brakes and Signals Needed

From a Special Correspondent T HERE is a need for vehicle menufactor - era and designers to develop an improved braking system...

MEILLER CONTAINER UNITS FOR U.K. USERS

THESE two photographs show examples of Willer container I handling equipment recently delivered in this country. Mounted on a...

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

Articulation : Tail-swing Dangers W WHILST there is no criticism levelled at the vacuum-braked semi-trailer, situations...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Degreasing and Cleaning Gun A N efficient motor degreasing and cleaning device, called the Gunk Power Gun,...

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BIRD'S EYE

By The Hawk VIEW It is sometimes difficult to pay a tribute—as both Mr. W. F. Quin, the chairman of the Scottish Traffic...

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Continental Operating ost s

FIVE-COUNTRY COMPARISON OF SPECIFICATIONS, TAXES AND EXPENDITURE-BY R. BAKKER, Transport Advisory Department Unilever N.V....

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Continental Operating Costs

(i) Lodging expenses have been calculated in accordance • with local practice. In Belgium, for instance, for this type of...

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`Actually getting paid for it

D 0 you mind if I take my whiskers off? (said the elderly gentleman). The kiddies might complain if I get them tangled up with...

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ECON WITH iFEnf

FORTNIGHTLY INSI e■ ND FORWARD PLANNING ENABLE A 90-VEHIC F A POTTERIES HAULIER TO BE MAINTAINED EF VITHOUT LABOUR WASTAGE By...

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Problems of Growth

ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS by S. BUCKLEY, ASSOC. INST.T I N the past few weeks the effect of' unscheduled delays on the cost...

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MONEY MATTERS

Bristol Street and Spurling A BID in the form of a share exchange offer worth about Wm. his been made by BRISTOL STREET GROUP...