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28th July 1961
28th July 1961
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Men Who Make Transport

Johi an Murly I T was at Trinity Wharf, Rotherhithe Street, on London's waterfront, that I met John Murly, but it was mainly...

Triplets Make Their Debut

k) UNDAY was, in effect, 0-for-Debut day for three newcomers to the centres which run eliminating contests for the Lorry...

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The Opposition Was Formidable

A FORMER lorry driver who set up a haulage business with his wife, was faced with formidable opposition when he applied to the...

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40 m.p.h.—But Only Just As Commons Discuss Speeds

Front our Parliamentary Correspondent T HE Regulations increasing the speed of buses and coaches were approved by Parliament...

Regulations for New P.S.V.BoxDimensions & Excess Fuel Devices

THE regulations affecting the maxi' mum dimensions of public service vehicles, and controlling the use in motion of excess fuel...

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Men in the News

Mr. M. C. F. Pettit has been appointed assistant sales manager of Paynes Jiffytape, Ltd. (London). Mr. A. W. Edlin has been...

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Chancellor Hits Road Transport Operators

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT D EARER fuel, less credit, and fewer new roads—that is the prospect for road transport in...

Liverpool Rebuilds Airport Coaches

A SPECIAL 11-deck coach body has PA been built on four Leyland Royal Tiger chassis by Liverpool Transport Department, for use...

Ribble Fares Application Granted

A T Morecambe on Tuesday, Ribble Moto.r. Services, Ltd., and their 22 joint operators, obtained permission to increase the...

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Tribunal Reserve Decision in Walker Appeal

T HE Transport Tribunal on Tuesday said it could give no decision on an appeal by H. L. Walker, Ltd., of Thornaby-on-Tees,...

Case Postponed for Arnold Decision

THE Transport Tribunal in London on Monday postponed hearing an appeal by the executors of E. Nelson (deceased), trading as E....

Fleet Reduced From 79 to 31

A N appeal to the Transport Tribunal by C. Bristow, Ltd., of Solebay Street, London, E.3, against a refusal by the Metropolitan...

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Local Councils Report On Rural Bus Services

A CTION to improve the "woefully inadequate" rural bus services is being decided upon by local authority associations in the...

Thames Valley May Cut Services

A HINT that the Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd, would have to cut some unremunerative services was given at a sitting of the...

Get Legal Aid, Appellant Told

HE Transport Tribunal on Tuesday I adjourned for three months a decision on an appeal by Mr, E. J. C. Lytham, of Quarry Road,...

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M.P.s Hot Up the Attack Well Done, Mr. Watt

On Diesel Fumes • From our Parliamentary Correspondent D ESEARCH work now being carried out with the object of combating the...

Says L.A.

A T Penrith last week a Carlisle haulier who told the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, that he employed 60...

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B-to-A Switch Granted

A REPRESENTATIVE of British inCanners, Ltd., told the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol last week that they had lost...

Another Weights and Measures Bill

A SYSTEM of checks on certain goods carried by road vehicles is proposed in the Weights and Measures (No: 2) .Bill, which has...

L.A. ,Accused of Unjust Attack

T HE Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. I. A. T. Hanlon, and solicitor Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, clashed during the hearing of...

Extra Vehicle' for Chemical Traffic

'TO improve distribution "of chemicals . and other. products in the West . Riding, C. Hellowell, Ltd., were granted a new flat...

• Business is Booming . for Sunter Bros.

QUNTER BROTHERS . , LTD., of Northallerton (Yorks), successfully applied to • the • Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A: T....

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Llanwern Haulier's "Rash Speculation"

IN a "rash and hazardous speculation" 1 a, 37-year-old Newport man incurred liabilities of over £10,000 in the business of...

Saw His Folly Too Late

P LAIN ignorance" and inexperiencz in business matters led to his failure. Evan Edward Fussell. 44. told Newport Bankruptcy...

R.H.A. Licensing Committee

T HE Licensing Committee of the Road Haulage Association have reappointed Mr. F. Wheeler (A. Dunham, Ltd., Hanwell) as...

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East Yorks Win Workshop Derating Appeal

T HE Court of Appeal last week allowed with costs an appeal by the East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., from a decision of the...

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Glass Haulage For Over 25 By the Ton Years

by A Special Correspondent T HE road haulage of thousands of tons of plateand sheet-glass, extending over a period of more...

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SHOCK TREATMENT

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. U P TO the day. , when the Transport...

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Thinking in the Future With Liverpool Buses

T HE development of new trading estates on the perimeter of Liverpool has been one of the main features in determining the...

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Three More Lorry Driver Eliminators . .

Leicester Makes a Fine Start by P. A. C. Brockington xy/INNER of Leicester's first leg of the VY Lorry Driver of the Year...

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From Maidstone . .

Smooth Debut As 74 Drivers Go Through By A. J. Wilding CONSIDERING that it was the' first ‘..-• time that a round of the...

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Field-day for Express

by N. H. Tilsley tests. (His team mate. R. Harrington -first in Class B—was second best with 114 penalties.) It was...

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ion Miles ion Tons

by P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. I N the forefront of those who stress the practical importance of a transport manager...

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New Equipment and Publications

Strapping Tape Dispenser A N improved hand dispenser is being marketed by P. P. Payne and Sons. Ltd., Hayding Road,...

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Expansion Trends in Haulage

Many Operators Seek Tippers on B Licences W ITH the holiday season in -full swing, Applications and Decisions this 'week are...

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Planning for Profit

Sharing Out Fairly Equitable Proportioning of Overhead Expenditure is Discussed in Reply to a Reader's Inquiry: Costing the...

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Adjustable-width Washer

rr HE prototype of a mechanical washing plant which can be adjusted to accommodate vehicles from 4-ft. 8-in. to 8-ft. wide has...

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Unloading Scheme For Oil Barrels

A DEVICE shown in patent No. 866.195 is intended to facilitate the unloading of heavy cylindrical objects such as full barrels...

SELF-LEVELLING SUSPENSION

1-1 . A CONSTANT-LEVEL suspension 1-1 . valve is shown in patent No. 865,952. It is said to. have a long life. (Engineering...