T HE widespread unofficial strikes by employees of British Road Services against the introduction of the new agreement for...

Men Who Make Transport-16 T HE room in which Raymond Percival Beddow helps to direct the world-wide , activities of the British...

By The Hawk NAR, A. S. BISHOP, the man who pioneered giant pneumatic Pa tyres in the United Kingdom, is retiring from the...

I N a reserved decision, Mr. W. P. S. Ormond, Eastern Licensing Authority, has reduced by about a quarter the A-licence fleet...

THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority, 11Maj. F. S. Eastwood, has granted an additional condition on short-term It licence to Peter...

pECAUSE of a departure from the normal user, an A-licensed vehicle belonging to Messrs. Green Bros., Connah's Quay, was...

T° bring British practice into line with Continental requirements, the Minister of Transport proposes to change the...

Engaging Top Gear: New Bill for Wider Powers BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T RANSPORT problems are going to have a big place...

TRANSFER of vehicles from B to A licence would be dangerous because there was already a surplus of transport in Hull and rates...

MR. A. D. REID has been appointed . north of Scotland area manager Of the S.M.T. Sales and Service Co., Ltd. MR. L. A. DUMPER...

T HE"wildcat" strike of British Road Services' .drivers and bank staff, sparked off by disagreement over the new 30-m.p.h:...

QERIOUSLY perturbed" by the ban 16 - ) on loading and unloading at peak hours approved by Birmingham City Council, a committee...

V EHICLE owners would save £25m. a year if there were the competition among tyre suppliers which could be brought about by the...

FROM OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE STOCKTON-ON-TEES, Tuesday. 'WAVE British Road Services been moving special-type vehicles into the...

A GRANT of £35,000 has been made 1. 7k by the Eireann Oovernment towards the cost of the establishment of a development and...

f T was inconvenient to use the railway for the delivery of new cars, because their tanks had to be drained before transit,...

Michelin Move: The Cardiff depot of the Michelin Tyre Co.. Ltd., has been removed to Garth Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff....

R EVENUE from the transport activities of the British Transport Commission. was £4.5m, lower last year than in 1958. It fell...

Edwards and Co. (Haulage), Ltd. Cap. £100. Dirs.: P. H. Edwards and G. Edwards, The Cottage, Ash Road, Hartley. Sec.: P. H....

H AULIERS in the Eastern and Yorkshire Traffic Areas had been asked to carry agricultural produce from the Eastern Counties...

INDEPENDENT front suspension by 1 torsion bars has been applied to many of. the American G.M,C. commercialvehicle models for...

A FTER hearing evidence about the introduction of new maintenance system last week, Mr. F. Williamson, the North Western...

rLAIMED to he the largest laminated glass windscreen to be manufactured in this country, a curved screen which measures 6 ft....

A WARWICKSHIRE haulage company had deliberately Contravened its declared normal user, Mr. T. D. Corpe alleged before Mr. W. P....

A LICENCE for an articulated concrete-mixing outfit, which had cost £6,000. was granted to Williams Bros. (Trueddyn), Ltd., by...

for Roads " THE Road Haulage Association must try to influence the Government to use money collected from road users for...

T HOUSANDS of passenger vehicles are run without public service vehicle licences, certificates of fitness or the payment of...

THE London Transport Executive believe that incentive bonus schemes for drivers and conductors can be devised, although there...

PA A . DESIGN for a four-lane dualcarriageway motorway to be built over an existing road has won the open competition,...

Three Men Remove Leyland A tlantean Power Pack in Under 10 Minutes and Replace it in 1 5 Minutes I N less time than it takes to...

Serious Limitation Until Wire-cord Tyres are Freely Available; Lowchassis Vehicles to Cut Wind Resistance WE can see that the...

A NEW type of semi-elliptic spring, known as the Featherlight. has been produced by Toledo Woodhead Springs, Ltd., after four...

A MONG the exhibits planned by the .Leyland group for the Brussels Salon (opening tomorrow) is a new 81-ton model known as the...

American-type Refrigeration Equipment Offers the Advantages of Ease of Installation and Removal for Servicing A LTHOUGH the...

T HE latest addition to the range of low-voltage fluorescent light units produced by Easco Electrical (Holdings), Ltd., 6 and...

Duraplank Floor for Trolley Loading S IX bodies have been built on Austin 7-ton 13-ft. 4-in.-wheelbase chassis to the order of...

y P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. In Five Years the Midlands Electricity Board Have Reduced Their Number of Vehicle Types...

A LTHOUGH the economy of Western 1 — iEurope expanded in 1958, there was a reduction in transport by rail and inland waterway...

O UTSTANDING reductions in engine wear, as a result of operating on liquefied petroleum gas, were claimed by a number of makers...

A NEW Leyland Atlantean 78-seater which has entered service with Liverpool Transport Department is the third experimental...

T HE reasons for-the latest strikes by workers employed by British Road Services are even - less easy to follow than usual,...

T HE scope of "Who's Who in the Motor Industry," the fourth edition of which has been published by Temple Press Limited,...

F OR reading Parliamentary debates, especially those in the House of Commons, a special technique or code is required, rather...

DAINTED WAGONS roil along the summer -L roads of Britain. The fun of the fair is on the move. Loaded convoys are bringing...

-S TEADILY, if almost imperceptibly, the problem of the peaks was growing worse, said Mr. A. F. Neal, general manager of...

Immediate Costs May be Looked Upon as Total Expenditure by Unwary Operators, So That No Provision is Made for Replacements O F...

T WO • Swedish .Seania-Vabis 10-ton dump trucks are -at present working nearly 1,700 ft. below ground level in an iron-ore mine...

P ATENT No. 824,739 shows a differential gear in which the two output members are coupled by balls used as keys. The balls are...

Perhaps it seems at first sight extravagant to replace vehicles while they are still doing their job. But look again. You'll...