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30th November 1956
30th November 1956
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Crazy Show

I F the Crazy Gang had been let loose in the Ministries of Fuel and Power and Transport, they could scarcely have produced a...

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Passing Comments

Encouraging Higher Education M ANY are the comments on the urgent need for well-trained personnel. The deficiency in this...

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One Hears

Of lorry drivers saying to the police: "Never say dye!" That they are apt to look upon the new road-dyeing trapping procedure...

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Licensing as Usual During Emergency

A CCORDING to the Ministry of r -1 Transport, licensing will carry on as normal during fuel rationing,. although the Licensing...

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Councils Co-ordinate Fares Opposition

A CONFERENCE of South Wales and Monmouthshire local authorities decided at Cardiff last week to co-ordinate opposition to any...

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Men in the News

M. EDWARD BRIMELOW has been elected a director of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd. MR. S. W. KALLEND, A.C.A., has resigned his...

61-passenger Crushloaders for M. and S.

T WO Leyland-M.C.W. lightweight crush-load single-deck buses, with seats for 32 passengers and room for 29 more standing, are...

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Many Hauliers Face Bankruptcy

T HE inability of many hauliers to meet interest and capital-repayment charges as the result of the fuel cuts was envisaged by...

Business Lapsed : No Reinstatement

A T Liverpool on Tuesday, Mr. I. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, refused to accept that special...

Railways' Appeal Fails: 1933 Decision Outdated

T HE Minister of , Transport has rejected ; with costs, an appeal by the British Transport Commission against decisions of the...

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Bans Solve Nothing, Say.T.R.T.A.

L OADING bans could solve nothing and would increase, and not decrease, congestion. Such bans would raise distribution costs...

£1.3m. Economies Challenged

A SPECIAL meeting of Nottingham City Council decided on Monday that recommendations made by a committee of inquiry and private...

B.E.T. Celebrate Diamond Jubilee

( --1F nearly 200 members and guests of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., who attended the company's diamond jubilee...

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Pay Awards Too Small, Say Union

D ISSATISFACTION with the recent pay awards to workers in road passenger transport is implied by Mr. F. Coyle, national...

No Conversion from Contract-A to Ai

A N appeal to the Transport Tribunal in London on Tuesday by Jay-Pee (Transportation), Ltd., Kerfoot Street, Warrington,...

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Concessions for Giant Dumpers

rACILITIES are proposed by the I Minister of Transport for the development and use of new and improved types of giant dumper....

Big A.C.V. Orders : • 65 for B.R.S.

A MONG large orders for A.C.V. in. Sales, Ltd., is one from British Road Services for 65 Mercury lorries and another from Leeds...

Trolteybus Conversion Attacked

"THE order for the first of the 1,500 Routemaster buses has been given, but the first batch of them will not come into service...

Sheffield to Seek £140,000 Increase

rACED with an estimated deficit of between £140,000 and £150,000 next year, Sheffield Transport Committee have decided to...

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P.V.O.A. Deny Need s for Higher Fees

TH E Passenger Vehicle Operators Association have refused to accept a statement by the Ministry of Transport that it was...

Paxit Major Output at Limit

E XAMPLES of the new Paxit Major Mark II self-packing refuse collector are already in service abroad, and the assembly line for...

Road Salt Haulage Application Cut

WHEN Messrs. Gordon Hill and Son, VI' Crewe, applied to the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority last week to add the...

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Do BONUS SCHEMI

urn Good Men into Madmen? Asks P. A. C. Brockington, Basic Requirement for Success in Any Incentive Payments Plan, Say...

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Fuel Coupons Are Now Being Distributed: 200 New Offices

Day-by-Day Record of Work Needed : Special Arrangements in Metropolitan Area O PERATORS of goods vehicles in some areas may...

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How Closely Should Artco Members Work?

Efforts to Extract Maximum Benefits from Co-ordination Without the Evils of Integration H OW to derive the maximum benefit...

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Witness Censured for Secrecy

T HE North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority censured the refusal of a customer-witness to disclose details of holding and...

No Right to Stop 'Vehicles

T HE right to stop vehicles on the road should not be granted to Ministry of Transport examiners because it might sometimes be...

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Is Producer Gas Worth While?

Whilst Oil Engine Conversions Give Promise of Good Results, Only Extreme Necessity Would Justify the Change-over in Petrol...

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Coal Back to the Railways

L'ILJEL rationing . will reverse the L upward trend in the transfer of coal :nom rail to road. Some 28m. tons of ;oat were...

Five Jailed for Stealing Bus Engines

FOUR employees of the Daimler Co„ I Ltd., Coventry, and a retired coach and garage owner, were jailed at Coventry Quarter...

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Trailers and Loaders at Smithfield

T HE main items of interest in the commercial vehicle field at the Smithfield Show, which opens at Earls Court, London, on...

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Political Commentary By JANUS

Buyers' Guide T HE more fiercely hauliers cut their rates, the more assiduously they work at producing a rates structure. They...

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War Office Contract Holder Refused Licence

THIS case could establish an I important principle for the protection of small coach operators called upon to tender for War...

New Excursions Strongly Resisted

THE Yorkshire Traffic Commis' sioners reserved decision, at Leeds last Friday, after a two-day inquiry into applications by L....

Coach Costing Too Haphazard

H APHAZARD methods of costing were criticized by Mr. F. Williamson, chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, at...

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New Equipment and Accessories

New Portable Fluorescent Light T HERE are many occasions when a source of fluorescent light is far more useful than the...

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New Trailer for Palleted Loads

MONG several new trailers pro duced by Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd., Carrimore Works. North Finchley, London, N.I2, a...

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Rationing May Double Charges

—If Operators' Earnings Are to Be Maintained .• Because Mileages Will Be Drastically Reduced, the Element of Fixed Costs...

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Company and Council Must Negotiate

A FTER a six-day battle over who fk should provide stage services from Stockport to the corporation's new housing estate at...

Regulation 15 Used Too Much

T "question whether a . haulier was entitled to apply for an extra vehicle to enable the maintenance programme for an...

Micrograms.

Auckland Trams Out: The last remaining tram services in Auckland. New Zealand, arc expected to be converted to trolleybus...