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Service or Subsidy

p RICES and incomes are currently in the news. But what of the end product—the goods that are manufactured or service which is...

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The Rates Inquiry

INFORMATION for the Prices and Incomes Board inquiry into road haulage rates is being collated by a special sub-committee of...

UK PREPARING CONTINENTAL ROAD FREIGHT AGREEMENTS

By H. BRIAN COTTEE THIS week Ministry of Transport officials accompanied by representatives of the RHA and TRTA have been in...

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More and More Ferries for the Continent

—but is saturation point approaching ? BY NORMAN P. TILSLEY F ORTUNATELY for the increasing number of British operators who...

NEW PLAN FOR RAILWAYS' LONDON C. AND D.

nN June 14 British Railways will introduce a new scheme for streamlining their collection and delivery services in the Greater...

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O N Tuesday. Truck Engineering Ltd., 100 Dudley Road East. Oldbury,

Ni. Birmingham. initiated a seven-day-week repair service for tippers, a fully qualified workshop staff now being available...

New Boxvan from Marshall

I — I A NEW boxvan has been built by Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd. on an Austin 2-ton 10 ft. 9 in-wheelbase...

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TIVERTON OFFERS BOXVAN SEMIS

rl A NEW name can be added to the ranks of semi-trailer makers with the introduction by Tiverton Coachbuilders Ltd., Blundell's...

Over 100 Special Semi-trailers for Ford Parts

To maintain a smooth flow of tractor parts and 1 assemblies between their Basildon and Antwerp plants the Ford Motor Co. has...

TIR EXPERTS TO MEET THIS MONTH T HE , next meeting of

IRU's UR committee will be held in St. Moritz on June 29. Among major items to be considered are recommendations to tighten up...

Trans-Form Sheet for Vans

THIS boxvan body (right) is mounted I on a Taskers Pedigree tandem-axle semi-trailer, exterior panelling being in a new ribbed...

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Bedford Engineers Meet Scots Tipper Men

LA A NEW, longer-wearing 2nd gear set, recognizable by its copperized finish, may be available within a few weeks for Bedford...

New Centres for Lorry Tests and Plating

SPECIAL testing stations are to be pro vided for the annual testing of heavy goods vehicles and for the operation of a new...

280,000 RAIL SUBSIDY FOR BUS SERVICES

AST year the Railways Board had to pay £80000 in subsidies to bus companies. This was disclosed last week by Lord Lindgren,...

New Roadside Blitz Launched

T HE roadside examination of 130.000 goods vehicles in 1965 (compared with 117,000 last year) is the aim of the Ministry of...

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Bid for Seven on A Licence Adjourned

A T Manchester, on Tuesday, the North Western deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jo!He, adjourned until June 14 the hearing...

HAMPTON APPEAL FAILS

T HE Court of appeal last week dismissed an appeal by R. Hampton and Sons, hauliers, of Wednesbury, Staffs. The appeal was...

Agency Appeal Dismissed

E Odra Shipping Agency's appeal (The Commercial Motor, May 21) against the refusal of a B licence for two small vehicles with...

Resistance to Film Ca rrier's Expansion Bid

A N application by G. Jarrett Ltd.. of Norwich and Sheringham, for new A licences for 17 vehicles (nine to be acquired) at...

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'Multi-purpose' Trailers Considered by Transport• Tribunal

IF all operators of flat vehicles were authorized to do low-loader work, specialized traffic operators would be gravely...

Extra Vehicles for Bolton Holiday Fortnight and Long Week-end

" y ou bought a pig in a poke ", observed Mr. G. Newman— deputy chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, sitting in...

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After 51 years in practically every branch of the road

transport industry, Mr. H. J. Babbage, branch manager of BRS Parcels Ltd. at Eastleigh. Hants, has retired. Mr. Bahbage started...

RECENT ITA ADMISSIONS The following have been admitted as members

of the Industrial Transport Association : Mr. J. S. Adam (Associated Chemical Companies Ltd.); Mr. F. Butler (Gaedor Ltd.); Mr....

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Company Award Ratified

THE National Council for the Omnibus Industry decided, as expected, to accept the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry...

LTB OFFERS BUSMEN TWICE THE NORM

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT ONDON TRANSPORT surprised its 1 - 4 busmen as much as outsiders when it offered pay rises of...

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Scottish Court Wants Centre Pillar at Bus Entrances

A S stated briefly last week (p. 114), the Second Division of the Scottish Court of Session has given its opinion that where a...

MUNICIPAL BUSMEN SHOULD FORGET GADGETS'

N4UNICIPAL bus managers should IVI forget about "gadgets" on their buses and let manufacturers get down to designing the ideal...

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Perkins Buys a Factory for 118 Engine Production

I T has been known for some time that Perkins Engines Ltd. is working on a V8 diesel engine and that this is currently at an...

Operators an akers to Join Ministry in Regulations Revisions

nPERATOR and manufacturer asso • -/ ciations, together with motoring and road safety bodies, have been invited by the Minister...

Longwell Green Bodies for Double-deckers

T WO AEC Regent Mk. V double-deckers for Pontypridd UDC are to have coachwork by Longwell Green Coachwork Ltd., Bristol. They...

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NATIONAL 1RTE CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR?

A SUGGESTION that the 1966 conference of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers should be a truly national one was made by...

NEW HYDRAULIC LOADER FROM POPE

T HE name All-Rounder has been given to the latest design of vehicle-loading equipment to be developed by H. C. Pope Ltd.,...

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Two New Bulk Transport Units Displayed

A NOTHER of the bulk fuel carrying In. outfits exhibited at last week's coat handling exhibition at Marylehone (one was...

ROAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

'No Overtaking '—Offset Double White Lines A T long last many or our main road black-spots are receiving very special...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications A NEW type of portable high-pressure washer made by an American company. L. and A. Products Inc., St. Paul,...

Oil-fired Space Heaters

TEN versions of Pak-a-Way fully-automatic oil-fired space heaters, with outputs of from 200.000 to 1,500,000 Btu/hour, are now...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

By The Hawk Overall winner of one of the five L.D0 Y contests held last week-end was'. Sartain, here seen making a well-judged...

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AS WELL AS PLEASANT ARITHMETIC ...

Size up the immense possibilities of YORK's brand-new TRIAXLE. It weighs only 10 cwts. more than a tandem axle trailer built...

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HARSH TREATMENT?

r the wave of surprise and indignation which greeted the esults of the roadside checks last year, it seemed to many people...

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Public Cleansini Pay Dividends tesearch Would

future development of prototypes. How plastic materials might be more fully employed in public cleansing was the subject of...

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By Ashley Taylor

AMIRTE, Assoc. InstT. In last week's review, reference was made to the Sheppard Meiller 6000 being suitable for handling the...

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I ROAD TEST: Ma.ck/Northern 32-ton-gross Artie A T one time it was

considered that American-designed vehicles could play little part in the UK transport scene because they were developed for a...

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Northern Ireland Carriers is now well into its task of absorbing UTA's freight traffic in Ulster's new competitive atmosphere

A vital part of the ex-UTA traffic which N1C is moving is the trailer and container Jerry freight, This smart Dodge in the new...

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Slick Scots

T HE South Scotland LDOY competition started well and ended well within schedule when the last result went on the board after...

GPO Man Best

By Ashley Taylor P U BLIC authorities in Northern Ireland are much more prolific supporters of the LDOY contest than their...

articulated fiats line-up in Class F(1). Scoring was close throughout

with the enthusiastic rail men, led by J. Scott, winning the class and the day's team award. SOUTH SCOTLAND RESULTS Class...

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Schweppes Day

I T seems that luck with the weather has finally deserted the organizers of the Ruislip Lorry Driver round. Last year there was...

Disqualifications Galore

WHEN the Chief Constable precedes VV his presentation of awards at 7.35 p.m. by remarking that the contest has run 2 hours and...

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LDOY—COVENTRY Good Humour All Day PT A. C. Brockington TH E result

of Class A in the 13th Coventry eliminator on Sunday was announced at 10.15 a.m, and the good humour this inspired in Mr....

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Management and Control (1)

A PRIME purpose of this series of articles is to give advice on transport operation, management and costing particularly' for...

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IN YOUR OPINION

A 24-hour 'Small Lots' Service —It Must be Done! MAY congratulate John Darker on his most excellent 1 " article, A 24-hour...

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Economic Terms and their Relevance to Transport 4. NATIONAL INCOME

NATIONAL income is the sum total of all incomes in a country earned by its factors of production—land, labour, capital and...