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5th April 1963
5th April 1963
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No Change

THERE had been a distinct note of optimism this year that the 1 Budget would bring some relief from fuel tax. The more cynical...

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New Vehicles Only' for Weight and Size Regulations, says S.M.M.T.

C OMMERCIAL vehicle manufacturers expect the Ministry of Transport to make the revised weights and dimensions regulations...

Nightly Speedfreight Starts

RITISH RAILWAYS' Speedfreight conta:ner service, run experimentally for about a year, started regular operation on Monday. One...

Check on Goods `Mini-buses'

EiNFORCEIVIENT officers of the 1-4 Metropolitan Licensing Authority's office were on Monday and Tuesday checking all...

Mr. Good Announces Tripartite Meeting With Dr. Beeching

D R. BEECHING is to meet the Road Haulage Association and British Road Services in the near future to talk over the effect his...

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Railways Will Want £1,000 m.

N/HILST an eight-wheeler that did an VY honest week's work was compelled o pay over £1,000 a year in taxation, omething like...

L.D.O.Y. Dates THE date of the York eliminating round of

the Lorry Driver of the Year ompetition has now been fixed for une 9. The Stoke eliminator will be on uly 14.

3PEAKERS' CORNER

MR. K. C. TURNER, president of the Traders Road Transport ,ssociation, at•the annual meeting of the Association's East Miduid...

Forcing Coal Traffic On to Roads ?

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT IF Dr. Beeching presses the chairman of the National Coal Board, Lord Robens, too hard with...

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' No-change ' Budget for Transport

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT MO reduction in the tax on fuel oil— that. was the blow Mr. Maudling dealt road...

Scottish Roads Boost THE Government has approved a new programme

of immediate investment in roads in Scotland amounting to just over £2,500,000, in order to assist the employment problem north...

Active Co-ordination of Transport?

WHEN the Lords took their first, brief VY look at the Beeching report last week Lord Morrison of Lambeth asked whether the...

Action Soon on Rural Bus Subsidies?

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT hiTR. MAR PLES successfully took the Beeching plan over its first hurdle last week, when a...

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Scottish Six-vehicle Bid Adjourned

A N application by W. H. Malcolm -1 Ltd., of Johnstone, for a B-licence ariation to add six vehicles for road and kuilding lant...

Dawson Appeal Dismissed

T HE Transport Tribunal, in a reserved decision made known this week, has dismissed two appeals by F. W. Dawson and Co. Ltd....

Meat Transport . Chaotic' THE managing director of Mithpax Haulage Ltd.,

Mr. S: Hyde, said at Leeds on Wednesday that the transport arrangements of a 'large meat group in Yorkshire were chaotic at the...

London Routes for Independents?

ONDON TRANSPORT may soon give consent for private operators to apply •to the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner for authority to...

)ontainer Infringed Length Rules, Say Magistrates ANCASTER magistrates last week

fined - a driver. Mr. J. W. Thurlow, f Cockermouth, £2, and his employer, ohn Stamper (Farms) Ltd., of Dearharn, 5 for using a...

Lightweight Buses to Meet Route Objections k N application by two bus companies

to operate a direct bus service from pennymoor to Willington in Co. 1urham was adjourned for the second me at Spennymoor on...

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Tribunal Throws Out Appeals Against S. and S. (Contracts) Grant

T HE Transport Tribunal, sitting in London last week, dismissed appeals by British . Road Services Ltd. and 14 independent...

No Case--L.A.

A N application by Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport) Ltd., which was continued at Edinburgh on Monday, for six rigid...

... but Allows Appeal Against Haulier Who Quoted Uneconomic Rates

-THE question of whether rates are I uneconomic only becomes material if other licensed hauliers are placed at an undue or...

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W. Midland Continental Tours

T HERE is no need for operators to put in applications that seek to enlarge their empires by trying to protect against...

Mini-buses—Another Round

D URING the Transport Tribunal's adjournment, when it was considering its judgment in the second "goods-carrying mini-bus...

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Large C-Licence Switches Sought in Eastern Area

lIDY far the most substantial application to be notified in this week's " As and )s" appears in the Eastern Area publi:ation...

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Bus Companies Rea dy To Fill Rail Gaps

A N assurance that the Scottish Bus Group would be able and willing to cope with any passenger -traffic which the railways...

London Busmen Accept 10s.

From Our Industrial Correspondent P AY talks on behalf of 39,000 London busmen finally came to an end on Tuesday when the...

Glasgow Loss ?

C_LASGOW Corporation Transport is likely to be "in the red" for the first time in four years—partly because the nine-week...

Improved Fleet lines For P.M.T.

O g Monday the first three of a batch of 15 Daimler Fleetlines with Norhern Counties bodyWork entered service with Potteries...

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Drop in Trent Traffic

( - I NCE again, passenger carryings by %- 1 the Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd were down last year—this time by some three per...

P.V.O.A. at Turnberry I NDEPENDENT operators should look afresh at

the structures of their companies. to unite or "form a consortium" to strengthen their position, said Mr. W. F. Quin, chairman...

Devon General Profit Down

T HE net profit made by the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co. Ltd. in 1962 was £108,394, a drop from the 1961 figure of...

Mr. T. W. Jackson, retiring after four years as chairman

of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, has been elected a vice-president. Mr. R. W. Tree has been...

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Nickel-steel Tankers A N experimental tank semi-trailer fabricated in 18/8 nickel

stainless steel and designed under the sponsorship of The International Nickel Company Inc. has recently completed a year's...

I.R.T.E. Growth S IGN1FICANT growth over the past 12 months and

a rising rate of increase, showed that there was still a vast untapped reserve of potential candidates for membership, said the...

Obituary

WE regret to record the death of Mr. IT A. W. Hill. Mr. Hill, director and general manager of Rubery Owen (Warrington) Ltd.,...

New Atkinson Serv ice for South-east A NEW company has been

formed to handle the sales and service of Atkinson vehicles in the south-east of England. Operating from the same address as...

Leyland-A.E.C. Int egration in Africa OUT}{ AFRICAN spares and service

facilities of companies controlled by the Leyland Motor Corporation have been integrated by changes in the managements of...

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February Exports Up W HILST production of goods vehicles was lower

in February of this year than February, 1962, the comparative export figures showed a considerab:e rise. Production and export...

Krupp Mustang

ri A NEW goods vehicle, named the Mustang, has been developed by Fried. Krupp Motorenund Kraftwagenfabriken, Essen. Available...

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Better Battery Connection

rERCON battery terminal connectors L which are used on a number of ontinental vehicles are now being manutctured by Autosafe...

Sean:linen Front Markers

.711.0NT corner marker lamps for semi trailers have been designed by cammell Lorries Ltd., Watford, Herts. The lamps are...

Fuel Consumption Meter

A A NEW model of its Petrometa fuel consumption meter, the M.G.A. Mk. It has been introduced by M.G.A. Industries Ltd., II...

Useful Poli . rer. Unit

OLLABORATION between Smiths Jacking Systems Ltd., Witney, Oxford;hire. and Joseph Lucas Ltd., Birmingham, has resulted in the...

On Body Repairs

T HE third edition of a book entitled Panel Beating and Body Repairing " by Donald Wait, head teacher of panel beating, Sydney...

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Saves Damage

DROTECTION for body sides and corners is provided by the Double-DFender, made by the Sherbome Rubber Co. Ltd., Sherborne...

Cartridge Grease Gun

PA A SIDE-LEVER grease gun has been developed by Walkers (Century Oils) Ltd., Century Works, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs,...

Injector Testing Equipment

A N instrument for bench-testing oil engine injectors is shown in patent No. 910,894, Though the general layout is well tried,...

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RATES LEVE1

IRD TO HOLD • BY ASHLEY TAYLOR, A.m.i.A.T.E., Assoc. inst. T. I N a period when costs are spiralling unobtrusively but...

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Dodge Rar 15-tons loes Up To ) Gross

T HREE new four-wheeled goods chassis are announced today by Dodge Brothers (Britain) Ltd., particularly significant being a...

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What I Think About the Beeching Report

T. G. GIBB Chairman British Road Services MEVER has there been a report that . has carried such advance publicity, such...

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Liner Trains the Plan

r H. BRIAN COTTEE I N making his case for the drastic reshaping of the railways Dr. Beeching has inevitably had to put...

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Boys Brake-torque Eliminator Demonstratel

A DEMONSTRATION at Silverstone I - 1. of the Boys Torqelim brake-torque eliminator fitted to an unladen Thames Trader...

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Good Start at Weymouth

T H"year's Lorry Driver of the Year Competition got off to a good start at Weymouth on Saturday. In spite of it being held so...

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Bird's Eye View

COINCIDING with the inception of a big campaign to step-up sales throughout the rest of Europe—where the company now has some...

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... the Beeching plan is no more WRITES

than an interim report' C RITICS who alleged that Dr. Beeching might have a flair for business but lacked a flair for...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Smoking Diesels D URING the past few weeks I have made a point of observing diesel-engined vehicles in the Midlands and have...

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Costly Omissions

r HE annual reports of the Licensing Authorities for the year ending September 30, 1961, disclose that there were 9,837...