HAROLD WOOD STARTS AGAIN AO. HAROLD WOOD, founder and one-time chairman and managing director Of the 500-plus...

TN a serious attempt to -a further what he regards as inadequate training facilities for road transport management, Mr....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT I le pay negotiations were resumed in London yesterday (Thursday) at the road haulage...

IF the proposed 10s. toll for commercial vehicles using the new Tay road bridge is imposed, major Scottish hauliers will...

MR. H. R. FEATHERSTONE SURVEYS TRANSPORT POLICY IN THE LIGHT OF THE GEDDES REPORT T HE overall effect of abolishing licensing...

riPERATORS of goods vehicles who are about to renew their excise licences are again reminded that all rates were increased in...

A SK a telephone operator for "Freephone service 667" and anyone, anywhere in Britain will be connected to the new Port...

F OLLOWING the testing of prototype models of the Albion Super Reiver 19 range of six-wheelers, introduced by Albion Motors...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A SHOWDOWN over the right of private road hauliers to use the BR liner train terminals...

D UE to commence today is a new threetimes-weekly roll-on/roll-off ferry service between Southampton and Rouen (France) to be...

INCREASING demands on the transport organization of the Alcan Industries factory at Banbury, Oxfordshire, caused the company's...

• p'ORTHCOMING ferry services operated by Swedish lines for roll-on/roll-off traffic between Grimsby/Immingham and Germany,...

O NE of the things that Mrs. Castle must do, and do quickly, was to restore to the road programme the cuts that were made in it...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT W ITH a blare of publicity, Mrs. Castle has apparently sent a wind of change whistling down...

"TT is true that I am creating a new 1 is planning department for my Ministry" was the pertinent comment by Mrs. Barbara...

TIFIE Transport Tribunal on Wednesday I. dismissed an appeal by racehorse trainer Mr. G. 0. Fenningworth, of Richmond, Yorks,...

W HAT the South Eastern Licensing Authority, Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, called "a lenient view" was taken when four road...

services from Blandford Forum to Glastonbury and to Midsomer Norton has now been made by Somervale Coaches Ltd., of Midsomer...

THE Eastern deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. Gazdar, heavily censured Brown and Wright (Haulage) Ltd., of Tilney St....

DECISION RESERVED ON LARGE BID T HE North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, reserved his decision at the end of...

T HE Western Licensing Authority last week granted R. G. Rummery (Transport) Ltd., of Honiton, Devon, a licence after 12 Devon...

rr HE South Eastern Traffic Commis1 sioners last week granted an application by Southern Vectis Omnibus Co. Ltd. to run a stage...

A HAULAGE company which has had 18 r - t prohibition notices against its vehicles in the past five or six years had one vehicle...

'THE Scottish Traffic Commissioners have granted 1 " to Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., Walter Alexander and Son (Midland) Ltd. and...

G RANTING Stockland Garage Ltd., of Birmingham, a night express service to Largs, Scotland, with a picking-up and setting-down...

AT a hearing in Edinburgh last week, which was E - L adjourned. Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. sought authority to operate express...

APPLICATIONS (January 5, 1966) Harry Priestley and Sons Ltd., Leeds, new A lic.. 4 veh. (180. Mainly machinery, pelts....

APPLICATIONS (January 6,1966) Awe- - ; T. H. Butler Ltd., Wolverhampton, new A lic., 13 veh. (66-2t) Mainly enamel, wire...

APPLICATIONS (January 5, 1966) T. A. Bulmer and Co. Ltd.. Middlesbrough In March, 1963, this company gave an undertaking to the...

APPLICATIONS (January 4,1966) I. A. Andrew, Blandford Forum. A var.. add 1 T. 189. Solid fuel, tiles and machinery, scrap, and...

APPLICATIONS (January 7, 1966) W.H.S. Transport Ltd., Liverpool, new A lic,. 8 veh. 112441. Newspapers periodicals books,...

APPLICATIONS (January 5,1966) Cridlands Transport Ltd., Cardiff, A var., delete 3 veh. 12219. add 4 art. (28t). Mainly steel,...

APPLICATIONS (January 6,1966) F. V. Carroll and Son Ltd., Hounslow. Micfcri, A var.: etcl 6 veh. (240. Worth and Langridge,...

rrHE Transport Tribunal are often asked by counsel appearing before them to offer guidance to the road haulage industry. Such a...

has retired after 30 years' service. Mr. Walker is a member of the East Midland Transport Users' Consultative Committee, having...

Pratt and Sons Ltd., of Bradford, has retired. He was presented with a television set at a ceremony attended by board members.

was Mr. Joseph A. Hunt, an executive director of The Chloride Electrical Storage Co. Ltd. The honour was awarded for services...

Ltd. has appointed Mr. W. H. H. Smith, formerly technical sales engineer, as technical sales manager and Mr. L. Stanley,...

Castrol Group, retired from executive office on December 31. He continues as a technical consultant and non-executive director...

and Mr. J. N. Dnmimond, director and chief heavy haulage manager, have retired from the board. Mr. G. J. Skelton has been...

resign as deputy chairman of Durham Quarter Sessions. He was recently appointed chairman of Northumberland Quarter Sessions.

has been Leicester branch manager of Lep Transport Ltd. and associated companies, has been appointed general manager of the Lep...

BRS Parcels Ltd. London parcels area, pending the retirement of Mr. W. J. Lucy on March 26. Mr. Downing is at present...

Fafnir Bearing Co. Ltd. coincident with the resignations of Mr. W. L. Hubbard and Mr. G. H. Marchant as joint managing...

Saunders Ltd. He has had a long association with the commercial vehicle trade and joined the company 18 months ago as general...

director of Jarvis Robinson Transport Ltd. to devote more of his time to the family business, Robert Smith and Sons,...

been appointed divisional directors of Smiths Industries Ltd. and become members of the motor accessory divisional board. Mr....

is now manager of the Florida Auto Bulb depot at 27a Queen's Square, Bath, which opened recently.

retired at the end of 1965 on reaching the age of 65. Mr. Norman Dickinson, who throughout his career with Clayton Dewandre was...

of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He succeeds another Scot, Mr. Sam Henderson, who died last November. Mr. Thomson,...

Lucas Ltd., has been appointed a director on the board of Joseph Lucas (Batteries) Ltd. He will still retain full control of...

Vehicles Ltd., left for Beirut last week. Mr. Greenhalgh will pass through all the major Arab countries visiting both old and...

of Oldbury, a subsidiary of Tube Investments Ltd.—Mr. Oswald F. Rendell, to be responsible for management services, and Mr....

T HE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Power, 35-year-old Mr. John Morris, has been switched to the Ministry of...

Ennals, MP, and Mr. Reginald Freeson, MP, to be her Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT N EW pay claims are on the way for more than 200,000 workers in the three sections of...

I N both London and Glasgow, moves are being made towards control of traffic by corn puler. A member of the University of...

qv( Daimler Roadliner rear-engined single deckers have been ordered by Darlington Corporation Transport for one-man bus...

'MEW coaches to be introduced this year by the Eatonways Group, of Birmingham, include four of the new Albion Viking VK43L...

HARTLEPOOL Corporation and West Hartlepool Corporation Transport have each ordered four Leyland Panther rearunderfloor-engined...

T HERE should be no further fares increases on Ulster Transport Authority buses, according to the recommendation of Mr. Werner...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T N the latest non-official political pamph let to come from the Tory headquarters in Smith...

Reorganization C HANGES to bus services in north, north%–.0 east and north-west London are to be introduced by London...

by London Transport will be introduced on January 23. The number of Sunday bus passengers has fallen by 54 per cent in the past...

T WO new Crane Fruehauf refrigerated van new recently put into service on meat haulage by the Union Cartage Co. Ltd. are...

E success of the Bedford 6 and 8 cwt. r vans introduced in 1964 is said to be largely responsible for increased sales of...

6,137,536 vehicles passed through the Dartford Tunnel, the cross-Thames link between Essex and Kent. This was an increase of 28...

N OW being supplied to Shell, Esso and Caltex in Malaysia are Harper Gilfillan Carrimore fuel tankers built at Kuala Lumpur...

Iii TTLE progress would have been possible within industry had it not been for the technique of case hardening, whereby steel...

T HE Kerry Works Truck, a new, low-priced, factory internal transport vehicle, is now being marketed in the UK by Mercurial...

A LEAFLET giving details of 274 filling station locations throughout Great Britain which are open either late at night or all...

Stenor Ltd. The first is a heavy-duty panel repair kit, the basis of which is a model 1500 Car Hammer. Through a patented...

The And-Crash Fog RearGuard lamp. A NEW lamp to supplement the standard rear lighting of vehicles in times of poor visibility...

A NEW, fully insulated, portable welding transformer weighing only 57 lb. and capable of laying down up to 10 s.w.g. rods...

Model Engineer T T EIC ESTER en g ineer Roy Payne, who spent many years as a service en g ineer with the fi g htin g vehicle...

By A. J. P. Wilding, AMI Mech E, MIRTE I T is not so long ago that Use of refrigeration techniques in road transport was...

Worthwhile Discussions I WOULD like to make a few comments on some of the points mentioned in your discussion on goods vehicle...

TFIERE was good news for the shareholders of F. W. WHEATLEY (TRAILERS). For the year that ended on October 31 the directors...

may encourage Chesterfield Corporation to discontinue operation of double-deckers within a few years By P. A. C. Brockington,...

(-AVER the past year or so the public have paid more attention % , —/than ever before to the maintenance standards of...

; 1 ylinder Blocks By N. Tinwell Managing Director, Metalock (Britain) Ltd. all the various types of and-freeze solutions...

Some of the factors that can underlie the roadworthiness of a vehicle. T ECHNICAL skill and experience are obviously the...

S TATISTICS and the law of transport are two of the most difficult subjects on which to advise suitable reading in preparation...