R EPUTABLE operators will welcome the stricter discipline which is being imposed on goods carriers by the Licensing...

S PEAKING in Manchester last week, Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission, said that the railways...

Parting with Regret A NYONE who visited Hastings on June 1 and who believed that the public did not appreciate their road...

Of the railways gambling with loaded dice to fill their unladen trucks. That, despite their efforts, it is to be hoped that...

Bid for 100 Tippers Fails A NEWLY formed company, M.T.S. (Yorkshire), Ltd., who hold no A or B licences, was accused of...

A LICENCE to operate a car trans porter was granted at Carlisle last week by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the Northern Licensing...

W HERE the issues between competitors are finely balanced, the grant of a road service licence for an experimental period may...

i‘ MODIFIED application to revise ri fares was made to the North Western Traffic Commissioners by the North Western Road Car...

PA A w NEW fleet of 28 low-weight single dec k buses has been ordered from Leyland Motors, Ltd., and Albion Motors. Ltd., Glas...

C ONCERN for the protection of the \--..haulage industry a g ainst small farmers who start up a haula g e business was...

A N application by J. Williams and .1-1 Sons, Mold, for renewal of a onevehicle A licence was refused by the North Western...

THE Road Haulage Association should. Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, suggested at Penrith last week,...

MR. P. N. NICHOLAS has been appointed secretary of Tecalemit, Ltd. MR. G. S. PARISH has been appointed London area sales...

"M EMBERS who consider that the nature of their business has substantially changed since the submission and grant of the...

A CCUSATIONS of discrimination against smaller hauliers in the Hull area when objecting to applications for additional...

IF rural bus operators wefe to provide 'more services, they should be given better inducements than relaxation of standards in...

T HE Association of British Chambers of Commerce, at their annual conference in London last week carried unanimously a...

T HE Minister of Transport proposes to change the regulations dealing with the use of towing ambulances. As a result of the...

T HE best way to provide a feeder service for excursion passengers between Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester would be to hire...

"! J " THE falsification of drivers' records is still all too prevalent," says the 'HE Summary of Annual Reports of the...

E IGHTY-FIVE summonses a g ainst a Birmin g ham bakery concern and 15 of their drivers for exceedin g the maximum le g al hours...

nBSERWNG that he would be failing in his duty if be did not revoke a special A licence for a vehicle with a registered unladen...

TH E application by Coastal Transport, Ltd., Hull, to transfer two special Alicence vehicles from the North Western Area to...

A FTER a hearing which had already lasted six days, the inquiry into applications for direct express period coach services and...

G OOD use has been made of front-wheel drive for a new range of light delivery vehicles manufactured by the Mgie Nationale Des...

" TT now seems to me no longer a iquestion of Will hygienic [dustless] refuse collection be introduced on any scale in this...

INDICATIONS that the pace of road'. making may be quickened in the future emerged from a series of answers given in the House...

Self Service R EPRESENTATIVES of the C-licence holder spoil a good case by over-statement when they say that he uses his own...

By G, Duncan Jewell I N the course of 15 years, Contractors (Transport), Ltd., Stockport, and its sister company, Contractors...

L.C.C. Austin-based Ambulance with Automatic Gearbox is Lively By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. B Y the very nature of its use,...

Big Independent Dairy Company Operate Vehicles on Milk Collection and Distribut in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch A, By A....

Comparative Costs of Small Buses M Y attention has been drawn to a letter in your issue of May 8, entitled "Observations on...

I N recent months, goods-vehicle licensing has provoked even more interest than usual. Not only is this to . be found in the...

Drum Pallets A PALLET made for the mechanical handling of drums and offering a means by which such containers may be stacked...

A HINT that the British Transport rACommission may have to seek additional financial support from the Government was given by...

THE first public showing of a proto type battery-electric tractor unit manufactured by Seddon Diesel Vehicles, Ltd., was...

PA A SPECIAL adaptation of a Thames 15-cwt. van has been carried out by St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Association, Ltd.,...