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26th August 1966
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Battle of wits

E VERY working day there is 6m. tons of freight on the roads of Great Britain. Some may be bullion. Some will be just plain...

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Goods ransport

'Package' computer programmes for transport DREARRANGED "package" proI grammes for transport applications are now available...

Co-op's five-year transport plan F OLLOWING a review of the transport fleet

and organization, the South Suburban Co-operative Society's board of directors have agreed to a five-year plan to bring the...

No significant progress '—Prices Board on haulage wages

PIB REPORT PRESENTED THIS WEEK R OAD haulage and bus operation get no bouquets in the first general report by the National...

' Frustrated by politics 'says Frank Cousins

T HE Transpo rt and General Workers' Union was not prepared to stand aside and let industrial agreements be broken "simply on...

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Food vehicle marking requirements unreasonable, says TRTA

S TRONG protest at requirements under new food hygiene regulations that all food delivery vehicles and mobile shops should from...

CURBING THE CANADIAN HIJACKER

Toronto security officer describes method during visit to UK M ODERN criminals are expertly organized; to combat their efforts...

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More problems than savings

THE TRTA has told the Ministry of Transport that the proposed interim changes in the vehicle registration and excise licensing...

Extension to M56

THE proposed route for a further seven miles " of the North Cheshire motorway (M56) have been published as a draft scheme by...

Hands trailer exhibits at Show

UOUR main requirements have been used as a basis for the development of the new range of semi-trailers to be shown by Hands...

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Containerway service extended

Last week the ACCS Containerway express air service to Belfast started operations from the Bristol area, dovetailing into the...

Mendip Tippers' Appeal

AN appeal for funds by the Mendip Tipper Operators' Group has been launched by its chairman, Mr. Jim Cox. In a circular to...

TRTA proposals on Safety Bill

W HEN applied to bad cases the higher. up to £200, fines now -proposed in the Road Safety Bfll are not unreasonable ir the...

Unfair discrimination says R HA

HE Road Haulage Association has pro1 tested to the Ministry of Transport at the proposal in the new Road Safety Bill that for a...

Excise duty concessions

F R OM September 1, under Section 8 of the Finance Act, 1966, the wei g ht of certain removable bodies used with g oods...

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ruc wants wider public

:ontrol than NFA provides rom a Special Correspondent F HE Trades Union Congress believes that inland freight traffic should...

Four transport resolutions for Congress

FURTHER support for the TUC General Council's views on transport are contained in resolutions listed in the 1966 Congress...

Ulster-Dublin service

W ITH the relaxation of restrictions on cross-border road freight between Eire and Ulster, Northern Ireland Carriers Ltd. has...

'Not the hauliers who are on trial' says advocate

'CULL co-operation in negotiating rates I' with the Road Haulage Association was assured this week by Mr. John Lough, managing...

Test case on rates

W TH one abstention, operators employed by John Wainwright Ltd. quarries in Somerset last week voted unanimously in support of...

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New dates for EEC decisions

From a special correspondent I N an attempt to catch up on at least some of the long-delayed action programme on transport...

'Mad March rush' hampers road maintenance

ADMINISTRATIVE procedures laid down by the Government impede planning and cause irrational spending on road maintenance, it is...

ITA Admissions

T HE following have been admitted to the Industrial Transport Association as members:—G. A. Mackay (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.),...

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4o higher fares for Nestern Welsh

r HE application by The Western Welsh Omnibus Co. Ltd., for a fares increase, ported in COMMERCIAL MOTOR on Lugust 12, was...

North Western refusals

APPLICATIONS by Wallasey Corpora tion Transport, Birkenhead Municipal "ransport and Crosville Motor Services Ad., for fares...

Bus company seeks iower fares

A BUS company seeks to reduce fares on its express services to the coast because it was recently granted bigger increases than...

Severn Bridge Maps coincide with the opening of the new Severn

Road Bridge by Her Majesty the Queen on September 8, the Ordnance Survey is publishing new editions of both the local I-in. and...

Eatonways aim at new luxury services

R ADIO telephones for businessmen wanting to make calls while commuting to Birmingham on luxury coach services were an amenity...

Leeds falls in with the 'freeze'

RECAUSE of the Government's prices freeze, the Leeds City transport committee has decided to defer the application to the...

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Objectors withdraw Refusal for B-to-A switch after amendment

A FTER an amendment that led to the withdrawal of objections, a Cheshire operator was granted a new B licence for 18 vehicles...

TF Mr. G. H. Nixon, of Stoke-on-Trent, were granted his

application to switch B-licensed vehicles to A licence, it would enable return loads to be carried and he could keep his rates...

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One-man buses for Perth?

Epossibility of converting its Perth city services to one-man operation with iingle-deck buses replacing the present...

Bristols again for North Western

T HE first British Electric Traction Group company to order Bristol bus chassis since this make again became available on the...

Reorganization for Central London buses

New management structure planned RADICAL plan for the reorganization of the present management structure under which the...

Fares and wages freeze in Birmingham

A T application for a 10 per cent rise in fares has been withdrawn from the Traffic Commissioners by Birmingham City transport...

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WHY PASSENGER TRANSPORT SHOULD Union to sue BE NATIONALIZED-TGWU Birmingham

'Better service to the public, stabilized fares, more emphasis on social need would result' by Derek Moses R EGIONAL control...

Driver wins redundancy claim

W IEN Reliance Motor Services Ltd. ran their last through service from York to Helmsley last June, one long-service driver,...

Fears for safety

A MASS meeting of drivers from four Midland Red garages—Birmingham (Digbeth), Bromsgrove, Worcester and Malvern—has been called...

Tay Bridge bus toll may be cut

rOMPANIES running buses over the Tay Road Bridge were advised on Monday by Lord Provost Maurice McManus, of Dundee, the bridge...

Smooth Performance by Transit Tourer

D URING the demonstration to COMMERCIAL Mama. last week, the Williams Group Deansgate mini-coach on the Ford Transit chassis...

Corporation?

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians is likely to proceed with its...

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New bus doors from Peters

M ODERN styling, simplified construction, lightness in weight and component standardization and/or interchangeability are all...

Marketing plans and prices for Scania-Vabis

O N pages 49-55 of this issue appears a description of Scania-Vabis models which will be available in Britain, together with a...

Walsall bus at Show again

I T is almost a tradition that a Walsall Corporation Transport bus (or trolleybus) should appear at the Commercial Motor Show,...

Tay Bridge Recovery Vehicle

T HE only commercial vehicle over 3 tons unladen to use the Tay Road bridge on opening day (August 18) was a breakdown vehicle...

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Another training levy

'THE Minister of Labour has approved the proposals of the Electricity Supply Industry Training Board for a levy of 0.02 per...

New Perkins marketing unit

A NEW parts marketing organization has been set up by the Perkins Engine Group, with its main aim to ensure the continued...

Trucks from the shipyard

A CONTRACT valued at more than £23,000 for the supply of bodies for 50 tipper trucks which are to be exported to Zambia, has...

Know Your Air Brakes

Part 23—Three-line Braking: the Tractive Unit Basic System I HAVE already described brake controls I and wheel chambers on the...

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Lifting aid

A DEVICE designed to ease the fitting and removal of engines and the like is being manufactured under licence, and marketed by...

Dip-dim device

F OLLOWING the relevant recommendation of the Road Research Laboratory to the Ministry of Transport, Thorn Special Products...

Pump timing spanner

A NEW ADCO timing spanner is designed to enable the timing of Pt a distributor-type injection pump to be advanced or retarded...

NEW EQUIPMENT

and publications Audible warning of theft N AMABLE in various forms, a new anti-theft system that gives an audible warning...

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Bird's Eye

View BY THE HAWK New Site for Simms N EWS that the Glasgow branch of Simms Motor Units Ltd., a member of the Simms Group, has...

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lbw a tilt-cab Commer...

. . and improved braking or medium-weight 7ootes models HE main changes to Commer and Karrier models which will L be featured...

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Scania-Vabis picks models for UK market

BY A. J. P. WILDING, AMIMechE, MIRTE D ETAILS have been announced this week of the models on which Scania-Vabis, of Sweden,...

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SCAN1A-VABIS I YORK ARTIC

W HEN I was told a few weeks ago that the Swedish ScaniaVabis goods vehicles were to be sold in the UK it reminded me of the...

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n Your Opinion

'A Convenient Hypothesis' I WOULD like to refer to the report by P. A. C. Brockington (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, June 24) on the...

ron. MONEY MATTE Rs me ...... •••

Tartan Arrow links with THC TARTAN ARROW SERVICE has reached agreement with the State-owned Transport Holding Company whereby...

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The case for the steerable axle

By P. A. C. Brockington AMIMechE N varying degrees the proven and potential advantages of .incorporating a tracking or...

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FREUDIAN SLIP

y IKE the psycho-analyst probing into the subconscious or the Li diver fascinated by the creatures he finds on the floor of the...

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NEW COST TABLES 50 NOT OUT

EvIRST published in 1911 (and allowing for breaks in war years) the COMMERCIAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs now reaches its...

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By George VVilonlet

Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London POSITIVE UNIVERSITY STEPS TN the past I have presented a dismal picture...