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25th November 1966
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Who runs the buses?

A NATURAL tendency should be resisted to regard as somewhat laughable the ideas of Greater London Council taking over London...

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Firms set to act at Longbridge

A S COMMERCIAL MOTOR went to press, two outside concerns, Furness and Parker, a British Road Services subsidiary, and...

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Act now on brakes

A WARNING to goods vehicle operators not to delay in bringing the braking nandards of their vehicles up to the level vhich will...

Motel, guarded park for drivers

B IRMINGHAM is to have a lorry drivers' motel with a guarded lorry park, restaurant and overnight accommodation. The scheme has...

TRTA TO FIGHT BRUM'S PARKING SQUEEZE

F AD with 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. bans on loading and unloading in Birmingham, as well as no waiting...

Spurn faulty lorries, union tells drivers

I N anticipation of stiffer maintenance tests for lorries in promised legislation, the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union...

ENTER THE HEAVYWEIGHTS

T HERE is more than one way of getting an articulated combination for 32 tons gross. flow many ways? Next week's COMMERCIAL...

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Speedy contact brings benefits

ADVANTAGES to be derived by transport operators from the use of faster communications systems provided the theme for a talk...

Ferry guarantees freight space

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT EGULAR commercial users of the 33-mile route between Larne and Stranraer operated by the...

Guarded park fails to pay at King's Lynn

BECAUSE hauliers have not used it sufficiently to justify the cost, the heavy vehicle park at Hardwick, King's Lynn. is no...

Rewards for spotters of stolen vehicles

ROSTERS and leaflets calling attention to rewards for the recovery of stolen vehicles are now being distributed to members of...

Drivers' hours plea fails

T HE Queens Bench divisional court last week dismissed an appeal by Dixon Bool Transport Ltd., of Collingdon Road, West Dock,...

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luilders merchants hear about cost savings n transport

E HE importance of a specialized study of transport requirements was stressed by [r. C. W. See at a conference in London on...

Kangaroo depot at Dunkirk

F ROM January 9, a Kangaroo centre will he in operation at Dunkirk, enabling British hauliers to forward semi-trailers adapted...

Highlands meat hauled to Hamburg

D ANIEL Stewart, haulage contractors, this week started a Continental meat delivery service between Blairgowrie, Perthshire,...

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Bilaterals before Parliament next year

From a special correspondent FRENCH officials in London this week have been in deep discussion with Ministry of Transport...

It's 'Wait for it' on petrol tax refund

M Ps who were hoping to learn when bus operators will obtain a refund of last July's higher petrol tax were disappointed in the...

'Scandal' charge on liner train terminals

rr HE "continued drift and complacency" about open terminals for liner trains was one of the major scandals of the Ministry of...

Bus fuel tax relief Bill soon

T RANSPORT Minister Mrs. Barbara Castle answered a barrage of questions in the Commons on Wednesday. Her replies on some of the...

MoT checks vehicle ages F ORTY per cent of goods vehicles

in Britain of over 3 tons unladen weight are between five and 10 years old, according to a Ministry of Transport booklet, Road...

Transport overlord for N. Ireland

From a special correspondent T HE appointment of a senior Civil Servant be the Government's financial and manageria overlord...

Rail freight drops

THERE was a decrease of 6.4 per cent in th volume of freight carried by the railway in the first nine months of this year...

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Railways refusal to divulge basis of Freighter rates

B RITISH RAILWAYS this week refused to divulge what the train element was in the rates structure for specific traffic between...

Grant for 'computer special'

REFERRING to the application as "analogous to a Contract A licence", Mr. D. I. R. Muir, the Metropolitan Licensing Authority,...

EXPRESS SKI COACH

cCOTTISH Omnibuses Ltd. has been granted a licence to operate an express coach service from Edinburgh to Inverness. The...

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3R evidence in Torbay Pool marathon

HE applications by the YorkshireL. Torbay Pool operators (COMMERCIAL :OTOR, November 11 and 18) occupied a rther three days...

ONGER TRAILERS AND MORE TRACTIVE UNITS

OTHING gives a firmer confirmation of the growth of articulation than the fact that each time CM does a special number about...

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Seatless mini-bus bid fails

AN application for B licences for five mini-buses by Breken Air Freight Services Ltd. was refused by the Metropolitan deputy...

Switch only partly successful

BECAUSE of difficulties in meeting contract guarantees, Robinson and Hannon Ltd. scrap metal merchants, supported an...

Mendip tippers want rates rise

rr HE Mendip Tipper Operators' Commit tee has asked local quarry managers to consider paying rate increases of 2+ per cent with...

Bid to raise bus fares rejected T HE Traffic Commissioners, sitting in

Edinburgh. last week refused two bus operators permission to increase their fares because or the provisions of the Prices and...

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'This is a wangle' Mr. Else

SERIOUS doubts about the legality of the method of operation by a consortium of six operators of excursions to Manchester from...

EYMS strike spreads as bids for talks fail

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the strike of East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd. bus crews enters its sixth week, peace seems...

Award-winner presents safety awards

A WARDS gained by drivers and conductors of the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co. Ltd. in the competition organized by the...

Trent to cross the Channel

THE Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. will be operating coach tours to the Continent for the first time in 1967. About 14 different...

RAIL TICKETS-AT BUS STATIONS

B RITISH Rail and the Devon General bus company are co-operating in a new venture aimed at improved travel facilities. From...

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£380,000 for elderly key to fares rise

A N increase in municipal transport fares in Glasgow may be avoided if the corporation is willing to pay from the rates the...

Roadliners for Bournemouth

DAIMLER Transport Vehicles Ltd., is to supply Bournemouth Corporation Transport with the increasingly popular Roadfiner...

Squeeze cuts crew wastage A CONSIDERABLE improvement in its staff

situation has been experienced by London Transport during the past month, it is understood. In many districts garages now have...

Raymond Birch, who joined the headquarters executive of the British

Electric Traction Co. Ltd. in 1941, will be retiring from the company's service on April 30. He will also be resigning from the...

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Bedford KM 6x2 from Primrose

S IX-WHEELED versions of the Bedford KM, plated for 20 and 22 tons g ross wei g ht, are now bein g offered by the Primrose...

Scammells for new weight

q,CAMMELL'S latest range of single-axle " semi-trailers—the Challenger S—has been uprated from 22 to 24 tons gross train...

DEPOT NO.6 COSTS Elm.

THE sixth depot in the Ford and Slater Ltd. service network opens on January 1 at Roundtree Way, off Mousehold Lane, Norwich....

Special Types correction T HE Ministry of Transport has issued a correc

tion to the Special Types General Order 1966 (S.1.1966 No. 1289) just published. On page 2 in article 1 the date October 10,...

New self-loader cuts costs

M ANUAL loadin g and unloadin g of vehicles used in carryin g bricks, breeze and concrete blocks and similar materials adds...

Dual-purpose ambulance plan

D EVELOPMENT of an ambulance comfort able enough for stretcher patients and yet quickly adaptable to carry 10 sitting-case...

S. Africa orders £600,000 more Worldmasters

REPEAT orders worth £600,000 have been placed with Leyland Motors Ltd. by five South African bus operators. All the contracts...

£1.1m Ford van order by GPO F ORD has received a repeat order from the

GPO for 2,500 Anglia 5 cwt. vans (the Post Office ordered 1,850 of these vans in August) worth about £750,000. And the GPO has...

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mrprise uprating (mica but.

y A. J. P. Wilding E HE increase in maximum gross weight from 22 to 24 tons for plated three-axle tics, with an outer axle...

DESIGNED FOR CHICKS AND CHICKENS

MEW vehicles now operating for the Ross poultry division include this Dodge 22-tongross six-wheeler (above) carrying a...

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Changes to Ford Transit and K Series

TN addition to the existing rear axle ratios of 4.265 and 5.14 to 1, Ford Transit 30cwt. and 35-cwt. models will be available...

M-way warning signals

REMOTE CONTROLLED emergency wan ' ing signals will gradually replace ti present temporary flashing amber signals an will be...

ARTICULATION IS NOT ALL HONEY

T HE operational advantages of artics have been matched by some engineering gains but there is another side to the coin from...

Know-how 2 —sly dig at MoT

NViT H MoT roadside checks ever on the iticrease, it can only be fair comment that vehicle and trailer condition must...

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Sweeping machine

O F Swiss origin, a new multi-sweep machine is being marketed in this country by Broadland Auto and Electrical Ltd., which is...

Pneumatic sander

A PARTICULARLY fine finish is provided by a new Algin pneumaticallyoperated sanding machine known as the Type 165 by virtue of...

Recorder

K NOWN as the Zenith Tachygraph, a Swiss recording instrument will be marketed in this country from January by W. and J. Foster...

High torque induction motor

A STARTING torque that is double the full-load torque is provided by a new low-current induction motor produced by Barbie...

Diesel fuel sedimenter

D E SIGNED to separate water and larger solids from diesel fuel, a new type of sedimenter has been introduced by CAV Ltd. which...

Leakproof grease gun nipple

A PATENTED assembly method has been applied by Kingfisher (Lubrication) Ltd., to high-pressure grease guns which affords a...

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Bird's Eye

View BY THE HAWK Cheers—for safety N O less than 48 drivers received safe driving awards at the BRS Parcels Ltd. offices in...

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EXPORTS k11:1 HOME OPERATORS

SPARES, SERVICE, :ONTINENTAL VEHICLES, THE FUTURE-SOME FRANK VIEWS I N common with most manufacturers of British commercial...

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Conurbation con fus

THE MINISTER'S NATIONAL PLAN WILL PRECEDE DECISIONS ON MUNICIPALIZING THE LTB OR NATIONALIZING SCOTTISH MUNICIPAL SERVICES By...

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The fight to keep the lifelines open

BY IAIN SHERRIFF, MITA H AVE you ever driven over Shap Fell or Carter Bar, across Brough or up A l or A6, through the Pennines,...

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THINK OF A NUMBER

H ERETICS brought before the Inquisition were not informed of the charges against them. They were subjected to a verbal...

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Not too many lonely nights!

By John Darker AMBIM T HAD not spent long in the company of senior executives of 1 Nortank Ltd. before my appetite was whetted...

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Easier charging and steering

From Russia comes news of a thermo-generator energized by exhaust heat, and from America news of an original type of suspension...

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Training

the training officer I NDUSTRIAL training is here to stay. Already, following on the implementation of the Industrial Act...

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Q What is the cost of operating a sixton furniture van

averaging 800 miles a week? The initial cost is around E2,800 and the unladen weight 4 tons 7 cwt. A The five items of...

n One of our clients, a large fleet

operator, is keen on having a device which will measure the intensity of the exhaust smoke from his vehicle. Is such a device...

Q I would like advice on the filling up of

log sheets. Firstly, under the heading "time commenced work" does this mean the actual time a driver steps into his cab or the...

n Within some cities and county

boroughs, which themselves operate their own bus services, I notice that routes to new estates are sometimes shared with...

Q I am about to take over a vehicle fitted

with radial-cord, braced tread tyres. Would you comment on their driving characteristics in view of adverse comment I have...

Q Who manufactures toggle-link rubber suspension?

A This is manufactured by Metalistik Ltd., Evington Valley Road, Leicester.

Q Recently you gave details of taxation on motor fuel. How

does this compare with the level of taxation on the Continent? A Expressed as a percentage of the mini' mum price and based on...

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THE COMMON ROOM by George Wilmot

Training within the industry: London Transport Board TN a huge organization like London Transport-74,000 staff serving a...

MONEY MATTERS by Martin Younger

Well Done, Bain and Hodge A DOWN-TO-EARTH, substantial reorganization was carried through a year ago by Bain and Hodge. It was...