T HE most important ingredient of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition, the 1961 final of which is to be staged at Fort...

Thom; obert Williams H IS mother a schoolmistress, his father an engineer, his birthplace a South Wales town where children...

T ASKED the director of a Tees-side haulage concern if the opening of the Doncaster by-pass had speeded up vehicle operations...

conversions and p.s.v. models based on the Comrner 1-ton van have been put into production by Kenex Coachwork, Ltd., Barwick...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A THINLY veiled threat that Britain's lorry drivers may spearhead the resistance against the...

who admitted illegally operating a vehicle whilst under the mistaken impression that he was the secretary of a company was...

Sunday's work in this case—for the Unity Garage Breakdown Service, of Edgehill Road, Leicester. It all started when the...

Mr. G. T. T. Jackson has taken up his appointment with Cranes (Dereham), Ltd. Mr. P. Brougham has been appointed branch...

T HE il.4m. margin left from net receipts during 1960, after all charges had been paid, was by normal commercial standards...

T HE application by Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., to increase fares on their stage carriage services, has been granted by the...

" T HERE is no doubt in my mind that ultimately there will have to be a co-ordinated system of transport throughout the...

D UNLOP Pneuridc flexible-link-type air suspension is incorporated in a new 12-13-ton semi-trailer now in full production by R....

ik NEW range of American portable strappers and staplers is shown at Olympia at the International Packaging Exhibition, which...

R ECTANGULAR Cibie headlamp units as fitted to the Citroen AMI 6 ear are now obtainable in the U.K. from the sole...

T HE difficulty in disposing of industrial and trade refuse in the Ellesmere Port area led to Mr. E. A. Mealor applying to...

A N application for a new A licence for three vehicles of 161 tons and one trailer of 3 tons was advanced by John Fleming, of...

Apprentices' School: What is believed to be the first British full-time apprentices' school to be run by a retail motor trade...

WHO will become the 1961 Lorry VY Driver of the Year? The final is to be contested at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, on Sunday. There...

A SEMI-TRAILER outfit intended I'M' in. the transport of refrigerated display units has been put into service by the Smithfield...

A LEXANDER GRAHAM, of Dunoon, 'has acquired the haulage business formerly carried on at Dunoon by Oilco (Argyll), Ltd., and at...

r RS. TRANSPORT, LTD., of Duke Street, Glasgow, were partially successful in an application for two vehicles of 8 tons at...

By A. J. P. Wilding THERE seemed to be some lack of I order and organization at the rally held last Sunday by the Historical...

MO1T1NGHAM City Transport will 1 1 1 again be operating with a deficiency unless fares are further increased, according to...

QOUTH-EASTERN Traffic Commis sioners had established a "closed shop" principle by refusing Pangbourne Coaches, Ltd., an...

Major Eastwood on Bradford Transport Tr Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at week granted Bradford Corporation's application for...

A USTRALIAN, New Zealand and British tourists will be among those who will leave London on Sunday to drive to Bombay in six...

S O much timber is being extracted from South Mearns that its transport is interfering with the carriage of other commodities,...

A CHANGING pattern in commerce r't was cited by a Buchan haulage contractor last week as " his reason for appearing before the...

by P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. T HE regular collection of waste paper is an all-important factor in the economy of a...

N OW and then it is an interesting exercise to take a look at statistics that are available about the road transport industry....

Relations: Single-deckers T WO important topics—industrial relations in the bus industry, and the operation of 'single-deck...

Some of the Pros and Cons of Joint Negotiations With Examples Vrom Continental Countries ivE. or six papers in the past 10...

Reading Manager Tells How One-man Operated Buses Might Solve Industry's .Problems M R. EVANS paper was written with particular...

by joh .M.I.R.T.E. A FTER several hours' gruelling test work across rough test surfaces, up and down slopes of up to 30°...

APPLYING a pneumatic governor -"-system of the conventional type to a turbocharged engine creates a particular problem, because...

M AINTENANCE of a Uniform temperature within a few degrees of 45' F. is the operative condition required by Pork Farms, Ltd.,...

Lubrication Equipment Changes I MPROVEMENTS in the Lubay cation equipment made by Layeock Engineering, Ltd., Victoria Works,...

77 Tons Sought in Northern Area O NE of the largest applications to be published this week comes from the Northern area where...

Prudent Use of CTedit Careful Estimation of Subsequent Operating Costs is an Essential Preliminary to Successful Hire Purchase...

D RAWBAR trailers with their • own engines and transmissions which can operate singly, in pairs or in trains of three or four...

P ATENT No. 870.383 shows an injection pump in which the main plunger is cam-driven but the actual injection is performed by a...