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First-quarter Lorry Thefts—little Change
IN the first quarter of this year there was a slight improvement in the number of reported cases of thefts of and from commercial goods vehicles in the Metropolitan Police......
Larger Lights For Commercials
L ARGER rear lights, stop lights and L. compulsory "flashers" were forecast this week by Mr. Stephen Swingler, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. Speaking at......
Haulage Pay Rise Questioned
IT was for "those concerned" to explain I the pay increase for road haulage workers in relation to the policy set out in the White Paper on Prices and Incomes Policy—which was......
No Direction On Closures 'the Minister Of Transport This...
I turned down a suggestion that he should give a general direction to the Railways Board not to close further goods depots without prior consultation with him.......
Road Safety And Insurance T Here Was No Legal Obstacle To
insurance of individual drivers instead of vehicles, said the Minister of Transport in the Commons this week. Mr. Kenneth Lomas (Labour, Huddersfield West) had asked for......
In Brief
Tartan's Rail Ropes: Considerable longterm opportunities, which will he exploited to the full, are foreseen by Tartan Arrow Service Ltd. in its use of railway freightliner......
Thc Expansion Urged
THE Government wants the Transport I Holding Company to pursue "an active policy of expansion" and they will acquire other businesses where they consider it advantageous to do......
Dutch Seek Higher Limit T L-ie Netherlands Government Is...
representations to obtain a 20-ton two-axle weight limit within the EEC, although the Commission's proposed figure is 16 tons. It is pointed out that the Benelux countries......
Municipal Transport Number
MEXT week's issue of " The Commercial I NI Motor" will be a greatly enlarged one, with much of its contents devoted to municipal and specialized transport. Features on......