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4th January 1963
4th January 1963
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Per Ardua

I T is hard to imagine a series of uncontrollable circumstances which can have been more adverse to any industry than those...

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Line-up for Transport Battle in the Summer

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT N EARLY everyone, it seems, wants to get in on the Beeching act. Inspired no doubt by the new...

B.R. Road Motor Division Formed B RIT1SH RAILWAYS road motor vehicles

used for collection and delivery services are in future to be co-ordinated and controlled by a newly formed Road Motor Division...

One-way Blackvvall and Rotherhithe ?

THE Minister of Transport has pro• posed to London County Council an( other local authorities concerned a One way traffic...

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Parking Obstructs Access UNFORTUNATELY, more and more 1 . 1 evidence is

coming to light of rear accesses and service roads being nullified because of their use for long-term parking. This was the...

T.R.T.A. Fighting Clyde Tunnels Ban

LASGOW CORPORATION has ruled that the new Clyde Tunnels cannot be used by vehicles carrying " dangerous substances ". These...

New Brossel Models at Brussels

THREE of the 10 exhibits on the 1 Leyland Motors Ltd. stand at the forthcoming Brussels Show will be new single-decker...

Inefficient and Complacent?

A POLICY of "aggressive expansion" is announced by the Lloyd's Packaging group, whose 10 transport and travel companies include...

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East Kent Profit Down

A T the 46th annual general meeting of rA the East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd. last week, it was announced by the chairman Mr. R. P....

Mr. Valentine on 'Challenging Tasks'

ISSUING a special New Year message A to the 76,000 staff of the new London Transport Board which took over from the L.T.E. on...

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Value of Railway Officers on E. Midland Board: Mr. Ellery

D EFERRING to the new Transport Holding Company, while presenting the annual report at the 34th annual general meeting of East...

Shorter Working Week Hits Haulage Operations

V jARIOUS difficulties had been caused V to operators by the shorter working week, stated Mr. D. McClean, a director of Swains...

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Tribunal Grants Jones 30-vehicle Contract-to-A Switch

T HEappeal by Jones Transport Services (Liverpool) Ltd. against the North Western Licensing Authority's refusal, after a...

Minister Allows Happivvay Tours Express Licence Appeal

A N appeal by Happiway Tours (Manchester) Ltd. against the decision of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, refusing to grant a...

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Contract A to A Switch Granted

D AVID ZAVARONI of Rothesay was successful last week in an application to convert a contract A licence into an A licence for...

Berresfords to Reshuffle Service

I N a reserved decision, the West Midland Traffic Commissioners have granted a reshuffle of assisted-travel services by...

LA. Rejects Application 'Shrouded in Mystery'

I N a reserved decision, Mr. D, I. Muir, the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, has refused an opposed dual application, which...

Bid Fails for Lack of Witness

B ECAUSE of the alleged attitude of I.C.I. Ltd. in refusing to send a witness to the hearing to support an application, a West...

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Sir Reginald Pearson has accepted an invitation to join the

board of directors of Martin Walter Ltd. Sir Reginald reeently retired as deputy chairman of Vauxhall Motors Ltd. Mr. W. A....

London, Area Consts itat lye Comm ittee

IVIEMBERS of the Transport Users Consultative Committee for the London area have been appointed by the Minister of Transport,...

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The New Year Honours List

THE operating and manufacturing sides of the road transport industry received recognition in a number of directions in the New...

Fitness to Drive—the Tests Under the New Act

W ITH the approach of Christmas, the Minister of Transport considered that the moment was opportune for bringing into force the...

Liberal Transport Policy A FTER the Liberal Conference so brutally pointed

out that Party H.Q. had misfired on some aspects of transport policy last summer, the thinkers of the Party have been...

Minister's Directions to Holding Company T HE Minister of Transport has given initial directions to the Transport Holding Company.

Broadly, these directions place the Holding Company on a similar footing to the other new undertakings set up by the Transport...

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New Demountable Pallet-deck Bodies for Brewery Work

C OMPLETELY removable and interchangeable load decks in the form of roller-mounted pallets are used on a new fleet of Dennis...

New Engine, Gearbox for Thames Vans A NEW 1.703-litre four-cylinder petrol

engine and an all-synchromesh fourspeed gearbox are announced today by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd., for its 10/12and 15-cwt. vans....

Building B.M.0 Engines at Bathgate T HE building, testing and installation

of six-cylinder diesel engines is now being undertaken at the British Motor Corporation's plant at Bathgate. The development of...

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Mercedes Output Up

nA1MLER-BENZ AG, the Stuttgart, El Germany, producer of MercedesBenz road vehicles, announces an -estimated 1962 production of...

Tyre Trade Register Titl E agreement between tyre manufacurers and tyre

distributors to main. tain a Tyre Trade Register in Great Britain comes up for hearing at the Restrictive Practices Court on...

Radiotelephones for Fire Service , r 1 . A FIRE service radiotelephone scheme

is to be installed for the Essex Fire Brigade by Pye Telecommunications Ltd., of Cambridge. The new system, which covers Essex...

Edbro Use U.S. Welding T HE bodybuilding division of the Edbro

group has started to use a new type of welding equipment of American manufacture in the production of heavy-duty steel tipping...

Austrian Coach for • Alpine Work A A NEW coach model,

designed with continuous operation in mountainous areas in mind, has been developed by Graf und Stilt, Vienna. It is called the...

ORDERS , AND DELIVERIES WILLOWBROOK BODIES FOR B.E.T. FLEETS: An order

for eight Willowbrook 70-seater 30-ft.-Iong double-decker bus bodies to be based on A.E.C. Regent Mk. V chassis has been placed...

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Air Springs and Independent Suspension

A N AIR SPRINGING system for tandem axles is described in patent No. 896,181 (Cranes (Dercham), Ltd., South Green Works,...

Rover Combustion Chamber

A N oil engine combustion head, aimed at eliminating diesel knock and reducing the maximum cylinder pressure is shown in patent...

READ AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU SIGN

BY A LEGAL CORRESPONDENT E VERY prudent person should carefully read every document which he signs, and he should understand...

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Economical Workshop Heater

A NEW workshop heater, the Ho-Lei . 1 - 1 W.20 has been introduced by E. F. Allchin and Co. Ltd., 253 Bordcsley Green,...

Battery With Improved Performance

A NEW 12-volt Dagenite battery primarily intended for tractors, industrial plant and special vehicles has been introduced by...

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Bird's Eye View

T HAVE a theory that drivers who habitually wear gloves at the wheel are often found to be above average in skill and...

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YALE DRIVERS GO TO 'SCHOOL'

Expanding U.S. express company uses modern methods in handling air cargo traffic FROM OUR NEW YORK OFFICE W HEN Yale Express...

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New Combustion Principle in U.S. Army Truck Engine

A NEW U.S. Army truck engine I — % featuring a new combustion principle has been developed by Continental Motors and U.S. Army...

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AS THE CROW !S...4 CROSS EUROPE

A GREAT deal—perhaps too much—has recently been written about operating to Europe. The technical Press in particular has...

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ECONOMY WITHOUT TEARS

By A. A. TOWNS1N, A.M.I.Mech.E. p ERHAPS the most remarkable result of the road test recently carried out on a Dennis Loline...

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Home with the Milk

O NLY rarely is there to be found a member of the House of Lords who is prepared to put forward proposals on behalf of the road...

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The Interrelation of Costs

A N adequate costing system is a basic essential to the economic operation of a fleet of commercial vehicles. The use to which...