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7th October 1960
7th October 1960
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No Smoking

MOKING exhausts have made news again 'thiS week at the conference at Harrogate held by the NationalSociety for Clean Air. Mr....

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John Hilbert iierard Barber

T HE channels of entry into the senior executive positions of road transport are, I suppose, as varied as in most industries....

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk

Minus One T HE Road Haulage Association now have only three national vice-chairmen. The vacancy caused by Mr. J. H. Mitchell's...

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Smoky Oilers : Action to Check Drivers' Tampering

T HE Minister of Transport is proposing .to. take steps to combat the . misuse of excess fuel devices on diesel engines, the...

Big London Bus Pay Claim Expected

A LTERNATIVE proposals for L — t improving the earnings of London busmen are to be made by the Transport and General Workers'...

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Lorry Brake Fault Concerns Magistrates

CONCERN that a fault, which could be traced only by an expert, might develop in the braking system of new lorries, was...

Third-axle Conversion On Bedford TK

A LATE arrival in the demonstration park at the Commercial Motor Show, which closed on Saturday, was a six-wheeled conversion...

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Men in the News

MR. W. C. REID, Albion Motors, Ltd., has been appointed a member of the Scottish Board for Industry, as an employers'...

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Self-service N.A.A.F.I. Mobile Shop

A N . addition to the mobile shop fleet of the Navy, Army and' Air . Force Institute has gone into service in the Salisbury...

"Maintenance" Application Refused

WHEN applying for vehicles solely for Tv maintenance purposes, an operator must prove that' he hadtaken full advantage of the...

Magirus-Deutz Test : Good Results

A DEMONSTRATION of the MagiritsDeutz Saturn IT City Line bus was given on Monday from London to Farcham, where the Gosport and...

U.S. Ford: 300 h.p.

• Gas Turbine A PAS turbine suitable for use in heavy duty commercial - . vehicles . has been developed by the Ford Motor Co.,...

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Haulage Pay Increases Proposed by . Wages Council

D ISES of from 7s. to Ils. 9d, a week IX in the basic rates for A and B licensed general haulage workers were proposed this...

Maidstone and D istrict Hits Back

A STATEMENT was issued on Monday night by Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., about Gillingham (Kent) Town Council's...

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Contract Licensee Warned

THE holder of a contract licence for I hauling caravans, Jack • Stubbs, of Rarnshead Heights, Leeds, who wished to put two...

Short-term Not Door to Full Licence

ulEGULATIONS concerning short-terrn I licences were not designed to enable applicants to bridge the gap between applications...

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Electric Pump Drive For a Two-compartment Tanker

QHOWN at Earls Court by The A.P.V. o.--) Co., Ltd., Crawley, Sussex, a 1,750gal. two-compartment milk tanker is equipped with...

Haulier's Overweight Vehicle Suspended

A FIER making a wrong declaration of weight in respect of one vehicle, Mr. Alec Dale, Highfield, Stud Farm, Leek. had a...

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Hull Timber Haulage—Authority Hears More Evidence About Facilities

THE day. before Maj. F. S. Eastwood, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, was to visit Hull Docks to see for himself the...

One Vehicle Suspended : Plus Warning

A FTER reserving his decision on an application by Woodcocks Transport (Charley), Ltd., 150-158 Cross Lane, Salford, 5, Mr. F....

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Show Sales Increase Reported By A.E.C.

S ALES of A.E.C. vehicles showed an increase of well over 200 per cent., compared with the figures for the 1958 Show. Although...

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Minister Decides to Allow One-way Use of Proposed Bus Station

F IFTEEN operators who had appealed against the provision of a central bus station in Spennymoor, Co. Durham, and against...

New Transpo

rt Companies 3. T. Willett and Sons, Ltd. Cap. 15,5011. Dirs.: J. T. Willett and H. A. Willett, 7a Old Bromley Road, Lewisham....

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4,000-mile Study of Brake Fade

A LEYLAND coach from the test fleet of the Ferodo Research Division reached London last Saturday after a 21-week, 4,000-mile...

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Stick-on Writing

O PERATORS who .find that the removal of signwriting is a Problem when disposing of time expired vehicles will be interested...

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BITTER WAT DYER RATES

Operators Everywhere Tell Same Story : Now Difficult to Get a Price that Gives a Proper Margin for Profit By G. Duncan Jewell...

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NEW ARRIVAL OFFERS I ( QUALITY

F OR a: Continental vehicle manufacturer to set up a sales organization in Great Britain for his products, despite heavy import...

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BLACK SMOKE Th

9:xperts Attack T HE 26th Conference of the National Society for Clean Air began at Harrogate on Wednesday and ends today. One...

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Apathy Towards Licensing Can Be Disastrous

T HERE are still too many hauliers who treat licensin g as of small. . importa n ce. and i g nore its obli g ations if it...

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Collapsible Tank Carries 2,000 Gal.

F OR the first, time, it is claimed, LC.I. Heavy Organic Chemicals Division have used a flexible Portolite tank to transport a...

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Night Hauls To Avoid Traffic

AAR. FRANK COUSINS (The Commercial Motor, September 23) says the Transport and General Workers' Union seek shorter working...

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OPINIONS

O N occasions the leaders of the more powerful trade unions will voice opinions .or i a wide Variety of subjects that appeaf,to...

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Costs UP "Output" DOWN

W HEN replying to a reader's inquiry last week, I emphasized that revision of " ' The Commercial Motor' Tables of Operating...

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Liquid-cooled Brakes

,4 BRAKE-COOLING system is the subject of patent No. 840,734. Its novelty is the means used to promote intimate contact between...