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3rd September 1965
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Saving Costs

W HILST it can be accepted generally that the broader principles of materials handling techniques are now understood in road...

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Brake Standards and Plating for All New Vehicles from January 1, 1967

T HE Ministry of Transport announced yesterday that from January 1, 1967, all new commercial vehicles will have to meet the...

NEW 150-TON LOW-LOADER FOR PICKFORDS

A SPECIAL 150-ton, 64-wheel, low-loading machinery trailer has been delivered to Pickfords Ltd. by Crane Fruehauf Trailers...

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SCOTTISH COURSES IN ROAD HAULAGE MANAGEMENT P

3LANS for a series of courses to improve the quality of management the road haulage industry are to be iscussed by Strathclyde...

Fifth Training Levy Approved

T HE Minister of Labour, Mr. Ray Gunter, last week approved the fifth training levy in the Industrial Training Act. It was for...

Bull's-eyes and New Bay Test in LDOY Final Contest

A S well as the familiar kerb parking and width-judgment tests there will be a new version of the loading-bay lest and a...

JIC Leads Continent in Transport Education

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LTHOUGH British hauliers have a good deal to learn from their Con,nental colleagues as regards...

TAYFORTH OFFER GOES OUT A FORMAL offer on behalf of Tayforth

Holdings (1965) Ltd. (the newly formed subsidiary of the Transport Holding Company) has now been sent out for the ordinary...

NEW, MORE POWERFUL LAMP BULBS

LAIMED to produce 50 per cent more light than the British pre-focused iulb normally fitted to auxiliary spot and og lamps, a...

New Liner Train Moves P

TWO new moves are under considera lion to break the latest deadlock over the introduction of liner trains. They follow the...

One and the Same Attendant Tuesday the Motor Vehicles

(Authorization of Special Types) ( Amendment ) Order 1965, No. 1624 came into operation. This clarifies the position re g...

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Amey Group Expand at Frome with

:IN Depot -r-HE warehousing and dis tribution function, which in recent years has become closely integrated, is well...

CAROUSELS AND HONEYCOMBS

E XPANSION of the headquarters 1-4 depot of Atlas Express Ltd., in Canon Beck Road, Bermondsey, London, has been accompanied by...

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Checking Vehicle Standards

A S part of a plan to improve standards of vehicle maintenance, the Western area maintenance advisory committee has drawn up a...

RSA EXAMINATIONS E XAMINATIONS of the Royal Society of Arts in

road transport subjects will be held in May, 1966, and classes in preparation will be held from September onwards at Colleges...

Scottish Bulk Grain Traffic Expanding

B ULK haulage of grain by rail from east and south-east England centres to distilleries in Moray and Speyside is planned under...

ENLARGED ATLAS EXPRESS HEADQUARTERS

ack " traffic awaiting its turn to conic irward for loading. The honeycomb rstem used at Canon Beck Road is a ever but simple...

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Prices Board Probe Continues

QINCE publication of the interim report os-. 7 on road haulage rates on June 28, the National Board for Prices and Incomes has...

Coast Lines Expansion

CONTINUED expansion of road haulage interests in 1964 is reported by the chairman of Coast Lines Ltd. in his annual statement....

Wilkinsons Tours Grant Upheld

T HEMinister of Transport has dismissed an appeal by Graham Brothers and R. and M. Bissett Ltd. against a decision of the...

EXTRA COACH RUNS FROM LEYLAND

A DDITIONAL facilities have been PA granted to coach operators J. Fishwick and Sons, of Leyland, Lanes, by the North Western...

CLOSURE FIGHT FOR HIGH COURT?

A NY further development in Yorkshire of a mixture of stage carriage and express bus services, such as are now being operated...

Part Grant in Unopposed Application A LTHOUGH opposition was waist – %

drawn from an application by Chambers and Cook Ltd., at Birmingham on Wednesday, to add eight vehicles to their A licence by...

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LNADIAN DID NOT 1DERSTAND

LONDON haulage company was fined a total of £20 plus 5 gns, costs 3.treenwich Court last week for nine aces of failing to keep...

ccess of Road-rail mmittees

ECENT figures published on the operation of the Agreed Joint eedure during the year ended June 5, 5. 'confirm that the RRNC are...

N o Slur intended,

Rule Tribunal The Licensing Authority only intended to emphasize the importance of an applicant for a carrier's licence taking...

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Companies an d Partnerships

'THE Tribunal, in another written judgment, has, as already reported, dismissed the appeal of Hod(lam Transport Ltd., of...

Crystal Ball Needed

TH: recent decision of the West and ast Midland Traffic Commissioners to allow Midland Red to increase their fare scales (" The...

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)NGER BUSES MAY TOW TRAILERS

JSES up to 32 ft. long will be allowed to tow trailers if approval iven to a revised memorandum on this lea which has been...

Isle of Man Quiz

ISITORS to the Isle of Man are being asked to fill in a transport questionnaire help a commission appointed by the ttenant...

One-man Buses for Darlington?

HE purchase of six single-decker buses for delivery in 1966 is proed by Darlington Corporation Transt. It is reported that the...

Cingwell and Croydon SOUTH LONDON coach operator. Mr. W. T.

Kingwell. has formed a new ;patty known as Croydon Coaches Ltd., ch incorporates the former Croydon ches. Together with his own...

Sunderland Bus Switch Proposals

RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL I - 1 A FULL resolution from the transport committee regarding the proposed switch to...

Leyland Panthers and Strachans Bodies for Sunderland L'OR the first stage of its switch to

one-man bus operation, Sunderland Corporation Transport has ordered, subject to approval by the Town Council, 30 Leyland...

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Belgian Shell Introduce Diesel Fuel Additive

From a European Correspondent O N Wednesday a smoke-depressant fuel-oil additive was announced by the Shell company of...

ENV-Eaton Expansion

A TOTAL of £2-5m. is to be spent by ENV Engineering Co. Ltd. and Eaton Axles Ltd. on an expansion programme which, it is...

OPORTO'S ATLANTEANS ARE SPECIALS

T HE 90 Leyland Atlante,ans for Oporto Tramways Services, whose order was announced last week, will have an 18 ft. 6 in....

Double-drive Bogie by Centrax

A NEW tandem-drive, two-axle bogie designed for tractive units running at 32 tons gross train weight has been added to the...

NEW FORD MOBILE SERVICE SCHOOL

F ORD truck dealers operating in remote areas of the country do not always find it easy to release members of their staff to...

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NOP BODIES EUROPE

liSED on 20 depots in Holland, five lepots in Germany and three in glum, the fleet operated by Reimann, t and Kersken's...

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Convertible Tip-trailer/Conveyor

'THE conveyor body introduced last 1 year by the Cranford Engineering Co. (Mere Platt, Knutsford, Cheshire) for handling...

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BY D. A. KELSO

nolERHAPS the greatest growth in the I field of bulk transport in the past five years has been on the dry product side. It has...

NRK-LIFT TRACTIVE UNITS IN PRODUCTION SOON?

TRACTIVE units with built-in fork-lifts I are likely to be on sale next year. I-1BR Metal Industries Ltd., of Sunbury-onThames,...

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Men in the News

Mr. S. J. Hooper has been appointed principal staff assistant, with the rank of principal executive assistant, in the...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications hide/Portable Radio from Philips PlY added to the wide range of vehicle radios made by Philips Electrical...

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

Grinding Equipment Part 1 A LTHOUGH now in regular use during I – I vehicle manufacture and repair, the grinding wheel was...

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Intermittent combustion a favourable feature of the piston engine

Reciprocation is no bogy, according to Mr. E. W. M. Britain of Fodens, who puts the case for the piston engine in competition...

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f COLIN HARDIE, AssocInstT MIMH

, 1 EFORE speculating on any future developments in handling in road transport it may be helpful to consider the motives which...

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11-1E variety of fork-lift and similar equipment available in this

country today is remarkable, and it is difficult to visualize any handling problem which has not already been solved by the...

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SOME CONTINENTAL MODELS ON THE BRITISH MARKET

Ernest Holmes (Plant Hire) Ltd., 43 Berkeley Street, Birmingham I, are the sole importers and distributors of Fiat OM fork-lift...

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I MUNICIPAL SPOTLIGHT

BY ASHLEY TAYLOR, Quick Release AS minutes are precious for those who who have the job of releasing trapped victims of...