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29th November 1957
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The Bureaucrat and the Ban

Ap PARENTLY the Ministry of Transport were surprised by the amount of opposition aroused by the proposals to restrict loading...

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"Means Test" For Punishment

T HE Newcastle upon Tyne magistrates are reported to have sought to introduce an innovation in their court which seems not only...

Passing Comments

A Costly Accident A BOUT a year ago a lorry containing, it was said, some five tons of T.N.T. took fire and blew up in a Welsh...

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One Hears

That soon spring in the air may mean air in the springs. That some designers are "lying low" where air springing is concerned....

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"Drastic Measures Only Solution "—B.T.C. Chief

" I FEEL bound to tell you that the traffic problem into London and within London will, in spite of all that we can do, get...

Special Meeting to Discuss Traffic Inquiry Evidence

A SPECIAL meeting of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory ( -2 . Committee would be held to discuss all aspects of the...

Bus Strike or Arbitration ?

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TW 0 choices face the Transport and General Workers' Union now that their pay claim for London...

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"No Principle Followed in Replacing Tram Services"

MO principle had been followed by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners in " deciding who should run bus services to replace trams...

Meeting Free Trade Challenge

C OMMENTS about the European Common Market and Free Trade Area were made by the chiefs of two prominent manufacturing concerns...

" T.R.T.A. Must Look Ahead

D URING the next few years, the Traders' Road Transport Association would have to look far beyond immediate problems,...

"Normal Use r is Flexible"

IF a haulier went to the Licensing Authority every time a customer asked him to go a little outside his normal user, he might...

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Men in the News

MR. GEORGE RATCLIFFE, will retire at the end of this month from his position as transport manager with Palethorpes, Ltd.,...

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Need for Licence Questioned

Q UESTION of need was raised at an inquiry in London on Monday, when Mr. B. S. Williams, -Emsworth, Hants, appealed against the...

Tipper Must Stay on C Licence

A HAULIER who agreed that he was hiring one of his A-licensed vehicles to British Road Services, last week asked the Yorkshire...

Lorry Driver's Speeding Appeal Succeeds

. .-WHEN a police patrol car checked the V•V speed of a lorry along the AS road, near Oswestry, another lorry was following the...

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Declining Demand for Buses

T HE increasing use al small cars led to a decline in demand f r buses on the home market. However, road congestion and the...

Admission Delays Application

A FTER an admission of irregularities in the operation of a vehicle under short-term B licence, the North Western Deputy...

Ford Now Making Smaller Tractor

A N interesting development in For production is the new Fordson Dexta tractor, which had been designed as a smaller...

B.R.S. Overcome Opposition

D ESPITE strong opposition on the question of normal user, British Road Services were last week allowed to substitute six new...

Traders Fight No-waiting Ban O FFICIAL objection has been made by

the retail traders' section of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, it was announced at a council meeting of the Chamber on...

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Removers Hit by 13-licence Grant

M EMBERS of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers were uneasy about a B licence being granted to a...

Commons Motion on Wiscombe

A MOTION deploring the decision of I - A the Northern Licensing Authority to refuse a licence to Mr. Derek Wiscombe, Jarrow,...

"Many Eggs in Tipper Pudding

"I PUT a lot of eggs in the tipper pudding two years ago, and before I grant additional facilities to those grants. I must...

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Nottingham Refused 3d. Lowest Fare U.A.S. Keep

A MINIMUM fare of 3d. is not a 1 - 1 , reasonable proposition for the travelling public, the East Midlands Traffic...

Prince Philip Travels in Routemaster

A NEW A.E.C. Routemaster double deck bus was used to take the Duke of Edinburgh to the works of Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., on...

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New Licence Would Kill Existing Services

I F a new express service between More cambe and Meathop sanatorium, via Lancaster and Carnforth were granted it must result in...

Micrograms . . .

1958 Paris Show: The 45th Paris Motor Show will be from October 2-12, 1958. Engine Gift: The 100,000th air-cooled oil engine...

Applicant Must Be Protected

A T Leeds, last week, Mr. J. H, E. r - kRandolph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, remarked that it was necessary for an...

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Haulier Warned After Convictions

A HAULAGE contractor who was recently fined £600 for 132 offences has had three of his 10 B licences suspended for four months....

Daimler Buses for Dundee

T HE 10 CVG.6 buses which, as reported in The Commercial Motor last week, are to be supplied by Transport Vehicles (Daimler),...

Dumper Classed as Motor Vehicle

A DUMPEK has all the essential features of a motor car, and must he classed as a motor vehicle, according to the Staffordshire...

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Many Ceylon Buses Aged

A LARGE number of the 3,400 buses 1— k which Ceylon will nationalize on January I are over 10 years old and in poor condition....

Independent Springing for Semi-trailer

A N independent-suspension layout for tandem-axle semi-trailers • has been developed by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering...

Taxi Used As P.S.V.

ECAUSE passengers were charged separate fares, a taxi was used as a public service vehicle, Halifax magistrates ruled last...

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Omega Hits the Jackpot

A s soon as the Atkinson Omega 90-tons-gross tractor (described in the November 15 issue) had been completed It was taken to...

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It's TURN-ROUND TIME That Counts

By Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. How Aspro Nicholas Have Evolved a Successful Means for Loading Vans by Fork-Lift Truck : Scrapping of...

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Foreign Tours Operators Clash

B ECAUSE the Commissioners had to take into consideration only the facilities in existence at the time an application was made,...

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The Wiscombe Boy

Jr ACK the Giant Killer must be a favourite character in the mythology of newspaper readers, to judge from the amount of space...

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BRITAIN'S: MOST POWE

A, BUS yal Scot Six-wheeled silt for South African 200-b.h.p. Horizontal Top Speed is 67,rn.p.h., wed Economy is Good T . ....

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Tracing Mysterious Noises

A N amplifying stethoscope for industrial use, known as the Mincar, has been introduced by Airsonic, Ltd.. 14 Old Queen Street,...

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B.R.S. Driver Attacks Maintenance

I WAS interested to note the remarks made by Mr. T. G. Gibb, north-eastern divisional manager of British Road Services, and...

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Bodybuilders Form Own Brackets

MOVEL types of bracket for the attach ment of timber cross-members to chassis frames, and of roof sticks to standards and...

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Latest Aids for the Farmer

A WIDE variety of agricultural machinery of all kinds will be seen at the Smithfield Show, which opens at Earls Court, London,...

A "Scrap the Railways " Bible

A LTHOUGH the idea of converting -rt the railways into roads is at least 20 years old, its adherents have not until now been...

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Maximum Use Versus Overtime

L AST week I discussed the cost of operating a 7-ton tipper for five, six or seven days per week, with one, two or three...

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Popular Promotion

By The Hawk Bird's Eye View I HAVE been impressed by the g enuine pleasure which Mr. T. W. H. Gailey's appointment as...

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A Heavy-duty Tractor

,r1 A TRACTOR for working over extremely rough ground, or in marsh and swamp, is shown in patent No. 784,436. It is claimed to...