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30th September 1960
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To Plate or Not?

H .AULIERS, at least, are not in the mood to accord a welcome to plating regulations, under which the maximum gross laden...

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New to the Chair

M Y forecast is that by the time these words appear, Mr. J. B, Mitchell will be m his second day as national chairman of the...

Men Who Make Transport-53

Stanle, Ernest Clark, O.B.E. T O people on the outside looking in, the chief executive of so powerful a society as that of...

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By The Hawk

purchased on the River Lea, within nine miles of the main Finchley factory. It occupies five acres, and Simms will be moving in...

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Licence Revoked After Conviction For Larceny

FROM G. DUNCAN JEWELL -D OES the carriage of stolen goods in a C-licensed vehicle constitute carriage for hire or reward and...

Jack Report Soon, Marples Says Mr.

T HE Jack Committee's report on rural bus services would be presented shortly, Mr. Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport,...

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• Manager and Drivers Sent for Trial After Perjury Allegations

T HE manager and two drivers employed by Norman . Green (Fenton), Ltd., trading as Dilhorne Coal Co., Atlas Street, Fenton,...

Bulk Liquid Gets Four More Vehicles

F OUR short-term vehicles of Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., for use on Continental bulk liquid traffic, were placed on full...

Haulier Cleared of Tax Fraud Charges

A WARWICKSHIRE haulier, who was alleged to have made false incometax returns, with the result that some of his employees had...

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Men in the News

MR. WALTER FICK1N, Sheffield district commercial officer of British Road Services, has retired. MR. P. GARNETT KEELER has been...

Plenty of Meat at R.H.A. Conference

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THERE have been complaints in past I years—not always justified complaints —of lack of meat in the...

Most Crowded Roads in the World

BB RITAIN'S roads continue to be the most crowded in the world. The most recent count showed 30.9 vehicles per mile of road-3.3...

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"Previous Conduct" Suspension Follows Variation Bid

M ANY hauliers did not appreciate the risk they ran in using vehicles in breach of their licences and it was difficult to...

Compromise on Beet Traffic Agreed

A SHORT-TERM application, heard at an inquiry specially held at Berwickupon-Tweed last week to enable local evidence to be...

Unable to Hire, So Helps Contract Man

nECAUSE they were unable to hire sufficient box vans to cope with the seasonal demand from September to Christmas, Cadbury...

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Hull Rates for Timber Work Criticized By Private Hauliers

T HEquestion of rates featured prominently in the resumed hearing at Leeds last week before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority,...

Sought Adjournment Remixed Grant

A COMBINATION of unusual circumstances at a Bristol inquiry before the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, last week...

How To Move More 'Loads Faster

T HE acceleration of movement of materials is the theme of numerous displays at the Factory Equipment Exhibition, which has...

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Urgent Traffic Problem—Research Board Issues Wa rning T HE volume of traffic

last year was almost double the estimated yearly increase of 7 per cent. It rose by 12 per cent. and, if this trend continues,...

Decisions Given on Four Appeals

D ECISIONS on four p.s.v. appeals were g iven this week by the Minister of Transport. In every case, he has turned down the...

Road Resolutions at Tory Conference

\WITH 23 resolutions on transport VI' tabled for its annual conference, to be held in Scarborou g h from October 11-15, the...

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Austins help in great national enterprise

R oughly one-seventh of Ireland is bogland. Black barren wastes, 90% water, that would drown the man who walked on them. For...

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Shutting the Stable Door, Says Maj. Eastwood

COMMENTING in Leeds last week on • -■ the objection of Bradford Corpora-. lion to a proposed special works service to...

Haulier, Driver Sent to Prison A YATE, Gloucestershire, haulage contractor, Gilbert" Isaac May, and a Stoke .Gifford lorry driver, Francis

John Pearce, were jailed at Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions last week for stealing five tons of zinc worth £435. May , was...

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Lancashire Companies Seek Licences • For Services to Southend Airport

THREE applications were put before the North Western Traffic A Commissioners last week for permission to operate express...

Manchester Plans New Headquarters

TENDERS have been invited by Man" chester Transport Committee for the .building of a new five-storey headquarters beside the...

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Special C-Licence Tax Condemned

T HE possibility, discussed recently amongst certain Members of Parliament, of levying a ton-mile tax on C-licence vehicles was...

Shortage of Hauhers for Scottish Work

THERE was a shortage of hauliers who 1 were willing to take loads to remote areas of Scotland, Mr. J. Booth told the North...

West Hartlepool Gets Fares Increases

I NCREASES of -34. in most West Hartlepool Transport Department single fares were approved last week by the Northern Traffic...

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Seddon + Six 354 1 Real Winner

New Perkins Direct-injection Oil Engine is Tested in 7-ton Chassis : Ample Power and Good Economy By John F. Moon,...

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Aluminium Meets Plastics Challenge

Forms of Construction and Types of Material Show Progress in Detail Design. Fresh Systems for Bulk Discharge By P. A. C....

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Sophisticated Semi-trailers

By Anthony Ellis F ROM exhibits at this year's Commercial Motor Show, it appears that British trailer manufacturers are...

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Striking Display of Equipment

Workshop, Cleaning and Testing Appliances All Show That Makers Are Keeping up with Demand A PPL1ANCES for vehicle cleaning and...

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Make your door-to-door transport service more profitable with the new

ROADRAI LE R The Roadrailer, jointly developed by Pressed Steel Company and British Transport Commission, and made by the...

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KEEPING IN STEP

I NNOVATIONS and improvements in accessories at Earls Court reveal that . manufacturers arc keeping pace with the Modern...

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High Capacity an

[flu - eased Luxury I:THOUGH there may, perhaps, be one or two trifling dissimilarities between an exhibition of commercial...

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Soft Rides foi 3ick People

H OME demand for ambulances has settled into a fairly steady pattern, the chief requirement being to satisfy the needs of the...

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COMPARE LIKE WITH LIKE

if HE new edition of ' The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs,' shows the depreciation cost per mile for the 7-ton...

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GLASS BOWL

S ELDOM do the resolutions on' the agenda for the annual conference of the Road Haulage Association tell us much about the...