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W HERE flagrant breaches of the law on drivers' hours and rest periods occur, offenders should be severely punished. Their...
Page 50
T HERE must be many thousands of businesses whose heads are described, in a mixture of fondness and — • respect, as • "The...
By The Hawk Early Warning R EADERS who object to being roused from bed early on Friday by the postman are advised to leave...
Page 52
Week Announced A 42-HOUR working week has been negotiated with S.P.D. Transport, Ltd., the Transport and General Workers'...
S OME of the evidence given on behalf of Reader Bros., Ltd., Hull, when they applied for additional vehicles in 1958 (The...
filDLAND " Red " began its second express service using MI last week when a Coventry-London express service was inaugurated....
vURTHER talks on the platform staff shortage in London Transport were held on Monday morning. The talks were again adjourned...
Page 53
TESTING of vehicles registered 10 years or more ago will begin in this I country on Monday. It will at first be confined to...
A BRITISH RAILWAYS spokesman announced in London on Tuesday, during a Press demonstration of the Roadrailer (The Commercial...
A T the Trades Union Congress in Douglas, I.o.M., on Monday, a motion calling for increased action to attract young people into...
Page 54
MR. W. E. PEARS(IN has resigned from the board of Leyland Motors, Ltd. Mss. G. R. FRANCIS has been promoted to the post of...
Q PPOS1TION by British Railways to an application which sought additional facilities for the carriage of coal by road was...
Page 59
A POLICY of expansion in the _ field PA of road haulage has been decided upon by Coast Lines, Ltd., Mr, F. R. Hooker,...
Page 60
T HE only way that meat distributors and frozen-food producers could get insulated vehicles at a moment's notice was by...
11E1 OBERT FREDERICK LAYCOCK, I aged 23, of Gower Street, Derby, was charged at Nottingham Guildhall, last week, with stealing...
PA A SCHEME to speed-up traffic flow between London and London Airport was announced on Tuesday by the Ministry of Transport....
Page 61
A MAN who lost his special A licence for a vehicle in 1958 and subsequently fought his case through the traffic court and...
A 25-YEAR-OLD lorry driver conr fcssed to the police that he had driven 156,000 miles without a driving licence. This was...
T HE Scottish Tra ffi c Commissioners, sitting in Glasgow last week, approved several applications by independent operators for...
Page 62
EICESTER'S proposed Traffic Regulation Order, necessary in the opinion of the city's chief engineer to prevent "near...
I N response to a request by Mr. Ernest Marples, the Minister of Transport, the road transport operators' associations have...
THERE would be no cut-price battle 1 with other oil companies, said London oil dealer, Mr. Charles Redman, last week, when he...
Page 67
rA A PROTEST against the fact that on two occasions before being "pounced upon" by licensing officials, two operators of taxis...
H ASLINGDEN Transport Committee is, at its next meeting, to consider asking Rawtenstall Corporation to reopen negotiations...
Page 68
T HE Dundee branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union is slowly paralysing the municipal transport system by "blacking" its...
Marshfield Haulage Co., Ltd. Cap. £1,000. Dirs.: F. P. Pesticcio, P. Pesticeio, A. Pesticcio and M. Bevington, Ty-Tynnon, St....
This Fiat van is one of two which have been fitted out as mobile workshops and training schools for the employees of 350 Fiat...
Page 69
THE Ross by-pass, a one-and-a-half mile-long road on the north-west side of Ross-on-Wye which links the existing roads between...
A BEDFORD-EAGLE 800-gal, corn fTh gullyand cesspit-emptier will be exhibited by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., at the Public Health...
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NECENT Comfort for Driver Bedford Forward-control Goodsvehicle Range Now Completely Redesigned: New TK Models Have Set-back...
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IN addition to the new TK range of .1 forward control goods vehicles announced this week by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., several...
Page 74
New Leyland Maximumcapacity Four-, Sixand Eight-wheelers Announced: Completely New Designs Have Many Interesting Features .•...
Page 80
Many Advanced Features Combined in Specially Built Rear-engined Outfit for High-speed Operation C APABLE of carrying 4,000...
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-r-HE first six of a fleet of new mobile I. service training units are introduced today by B.M.C. Service, Ltd. Six more are on...
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Multi-ratio Gearboxes, as Generally Employed in the U.S.A., Recommended for British High-speed, Lorries By Bryan A. Parker S...
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MEW drum brakes, a fully automatic clutch system, an air-servo braking unit and a fuel-water separator are to be exhibited by...
COSTING returns for 1958-59, pub lished by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government this week, revealed that the average...
Page 89
A LOW-LOADING cranked-frame semi-trailer with independent rubber suspension, and a straight-frame semi-trailer with twin...
Page 90
W HAT proportion of road goods traffic is being carried illegally can hardly even be estimated. The number of successful...
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R EFERRING to "Smoke Signals in your issue of August 12, I cannot agree that it is as easy to obtain licences in South Wales...
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Has Engine Under the Floor A N underfloor-engined double-deck bus has been built by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus...
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Third-axle Conversions May Allow Loads to be Carried at a Rate Per Ton Lower than if a Four-wheeler Were Used, But Sufficient...
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WITH liquid-cooled drum brakes there VV is a tendency for the liquid to be flung outwards under centrifugal force, leaving the...