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9th February 1962
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Employers' Liability

I N callin g attention once a g ain to the unhappy q uestion of employers' liability to ensure the keepin g of current records...

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Personality of the Week

Josepl pamuel Wright N O silver spoon was found in Sam Wright's mouth when he was born. A good many years were to pass,...

A Rose By Any Other Name . . .

r"..00DS carried 'by a person engaged in a g riculture in any locality, for or in connection with the business of a g riculture...

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Slow Going On Transport Bill

From our Political Correspondent NAR. MACLEOD, the Minister responIVI sible for the progress of Government business, is keeping...

Wider Availability for B.M.C. Diesel

S INCE the beginning of this year the B.M.C. 5.7-litre diesel engine, which was originally developed for B.M.C. 18-ton-gross...

GENEVA SHOWS TO BE BIENNIAL

THE committee of the Geneva Motor Show has decided that, as from 1963, its commercial-vehicle show will be held biennially. The...

Faster Goods Vehicles Ministry Proposals

T HE Ministry of Transport this week published its proposals for a general increase in the speed limit of goods vehicles from...

Dodge to Fit Perkins Diesels in U.S.A.

F OR the second time in six months a leading American vehicle manufacturing firm has announced that it is to fit Perkins diesel...

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B.R.S. Bonus Agreement

B ROAD agreement was reached between British Road Services and the trade unions last week on the introduction of a productivity...

Bus Associations' Fuel Tax Protest to Government

R EPRESENTATIVES of the P.T.A., the M.P.T.A., the P.V.O.A. and the S.R.P.T.A. met the Economic Secretary to the Treasury last...

New Leyland! All Wheel Drive Range

I — % A NEW range of cross-country 4 x 4 vehicles is announced by Leyland Motors, Ltd. Based on current Leyland Comet...

WOOLWICH ROUND OF LORRY DRIVER COMPETITION

-THE London (Woolwich) eliminating 1 round for the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition is to be held on July 22 at Woolwich...

Communal Smalls Dispatch

THE Road Haulage Association is to seek support for a campaign to encourage the provision of communal dispatch points on...

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Men in the News

Mr. F. 3. Kemp, transport engineer of the British Oxygen Co., Ltd., has resigned to accept the appointment of distribution...

GRANT OF FIVE REDUCED TO THREE

A A N application by Thornbury Transport, Ltd., of Berkeley, Glos., dealt with by Mr. S. W. Nelson, the Western Licensing...

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Do's and Don'ts to Avoid Vehicle Thefts

B ECAUSE of the extremely serious . 1 --/ losses of vehicle loads in and around London, operators . sending vehicles there are...

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International Drivers' Hours Agreement

A T a meeting of the inland transport committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe at Geneva, an agreement...

VETERAN HAULIER DIES

Nip. S. MEREDITH, a founder I VI member of the West Midland Area of the Road Haulage Association and past chairman of the...

"Union Not Satisfied" —Mr. Cousins

F RESH impetus was given this week to the claims for higher pay for more than 200,000 of Britain's busmen which have been...

LORRY DRIVER CONTEST DATES FIXED

T HE following dates were announced at a meeting last week of the National Organizing Committee of the Lorry Driver of the Year...

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"Never Heard Such Twaddle"

"I HAVE never heard such twaddle in I my life," commented Mr. John Hay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport,...

RADIO-ACTIVE MATERIALS

D RAFTING of regulations governing the transport of radio-active materials by road is now at an advanced stage. Mr. John Hay,...

Car Conveyor with Built-in Elevating Section

ri A PARTICULARLY interesting and original feature of the latest car conveyor in the range of Carveyor vehicles built by the...

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Transport Tribunal Decisions

B Licence Modified on Appeal A LIMITED B licence was modified rA by the Transport Tribunal in London last week after they had...

"Vehicles Grossly Overworked" Plea Fails

A N appeal by a Gateshead haulage contractor against the refusal of the Northern Licensing Authority to vary his A licence by...

Asking for Addition Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for Mr.

Gowland, said he was an old-established contractor, and at the time of the original application to the Licensing Authority was...

A-licence Appeal is Successful

Q NCE again the Transport Tribunal has rejected the suggestion that because the evidence in an A licence application is limited...

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L.A.'s Decision Set Aside

T HE Transport Tribunal has set aside a decision of the Northern Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. G. W. Duncan, which enabled...

Restriction on Provisional Licences

L EARNER drivers who have held more than seven provisional licences without taking a recent driving test may be refused a...

November Exports Contribute to Record

TN November last year the average 1 weekly output of commercial vehicles was 8,741. Commercial vehicle exports during the month...

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"Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew," Says Mr. Nelson

" T HE applicant has bitten off more than he can chew," said Mr. S. W. Nelson, the Western Licensing Authority at a public...

Not Enough Evidence—Mr. Randolph

F OLLOWING the withdrawal of four vehicles which had been subcontracted to them, Bells Transport Services, Bradford, applied at...

Licences Granted For 10 Armoured Vans

A PPLICATIONS by Securicor 1-- 1 (Southern), Ltd., have been granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr. D. I. R....

FOOD HAULAGE PREDICTION

H AULAGE firms may soon be compelled to transport perishable foodstuffs in insulated containers, the Deputy Scottish Licensing...

Orders and Deliveries

COMET CRANE CHASSIS: Lambert Engineering Co. (Glasgow), Ltd., have ordered 50 Leyland Comet short-wheelbase chassis for use as...

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Thames Valley Get Extension

W HEN Reading Transport Department applied to extend one of their routes before the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners in...

C-:m. Leyland Bus Orders

B RITISH bus operators have recently ordered Leyland chassis to a total value of over £1 m. One of the two largest orders, that...

TUNNEL MODEL ON VIEW A WORKING model of the railway

1 - 1. terminal which would operate at the British end of the proposed Channel Tunnel is on display at Charing Cross...

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To CAMBRIDGE via "BEDFORD"

A L L you need is a driving licence and an ability to tie hitches, and the world is your oyster. A world, that is, of tarmac...

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SABBATARIAN

To Banbury came I. 0 profane one! Where I saw a Purim:re-one Hanging of his cat on Monday, For killing of a mouse-on Sunday....

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ORSES FOR COURSES

T HE idea of some of his buses or lorries being unnecessarily wasteful of fuel would horrify most operators, yet wastage due to...

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Reading the graph

QHOWN here are typical fuel consumption loops for a diesel engine in the 10-litre class. The curves which look rather like...

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Contract Switching—Some Golden Rules

IN straightforward applications for 1 new A or B licences, or requests to add vehicles by way of variation, the precept that...

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Another Switch Example

Q NLY a few days previously, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, dealing with a similar case (though this...

Change in Fare-paying Habits

B ECAUSE of possible ambiguity in the wording of applications in "Notices and Proceedings" regarding season tickets for...

New Regulations Could Save This Trouble

I ONG, abnormal and indivisible 1-4 loads are in the news again. Sunter Brothers, Ltd., of Northallerton, lost an appeal...

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PLANNED BULKING WITH DUAL-PURPOk VEHICLES

Special 15-ton dual-purpose vehicles are being used by Associated British Maltsters to expand the delivery of malt over a wide...

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Let Bristol Compete

TWO items in the January 19 issue of The Commercial I Motor provoke comment which I hope you may find of interest. The first...

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Lorry-mounted 5-ton Crane

A CRANE suitable for mounting on commercial-vehicle chassis with load capacity of at least eight tons is now available from...

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Tippers Figure in Latest North Western Bids

TWO substantial tipper applications appear in this week's North Western "As and Ds." The first is an application by J. Bacon...

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Direct - Or and Drivers Cleared T AUNTON Borough magistrates last week dismissed

summonses brought by the Ministry of Transport against the managing director of a Taunton firm of removal contractors and two...

Agreement for Europe on Food Transport

A NEW inter-European agreement on r - k the transporting of easily perishable foodstuffs has been presented for ratification by...

Police Win a Towing Appeal

A POLICE appeal against a decision of the Totnes (Devon) magistrates last August dismissing three summonses against Reed and...

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Staff Car Problems

The very ubiquity of the modern motorcar can belie the problems inherent in fleet operation T HE provision of cars for...

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Radar-controlled Suspension

I N existing suspension systems, a wheel meeting with an obstruction is forced upwards by the impact and, due to its inertia,...

EASY-TO-CLEAN FUEL FILTER INTENDED mainly for incorporation I in the

fuel feed to an engine, a filter unit farms the subject of patent No. 878,851. It is transparent and is fitted with a...

PNEUMATIC SUSPENSION

ON TRAILING ARMS P ATENT Na. 881,196 I shows a heavy-duty bogie in which the suspension comprises airbags guided by trailing...

TWO-CHAMBER COMBUSTION SYSTEM

A FOUR-STROKE injection type I — I engine is shown in patent No.. 879,081, the novelty residing in the layout of the combustion...