Both TML propositions rejected by Minister • There is to be no Government financial aid for the Transport Managers Licensing...

vote on purchase and sale • At an extraordinary general meeting on July 23 shareholders in Burnholme and Forder Ltd are to be...

from our political correspondent • Although in its annual report published on Wednesday the National Freight Corporation...

• Following a meeting of the NJNC on Thursday of last week. the Association of Technical and Supervisory Staff has accepted the...

• Three Members of Parliament have accepted an invitation to "sit in" on a meeting of the working party set up by the National...

• A device to prevent bricks, stones and other objects from becoming wedged between the twin tyres of commercial vehicles has...

• A haulage firm was fined a total of £255 by a magistrates' court this week after admitting 82 offences. The firm, Mike Hill...

• A new subsidiary of general haulier William Beadle Ltd, Container Storage Services (Camberwell) Ltd, Harvey Road, London SE5,...

• The Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers is to approach the DoE, the Chief Constables Association and local...

• A protest at the proposed closure of the heavy goods vehicle testing station at Alvaston in Derbyshire was made in the...

• "You are the professionals—we'll see that you go first-class!" That is the headline in the first issue of The Highway to be...

• A new TUC industrial committee for transport unions will have its first meeting in August. Its brief is both to look at the...

• Step-frame, tandem-axled TIR semitrailers, which provide a capacity of over 2600 cu ft (74 cu m) without resorting to the use...

• No reason for doubting the safety and general soundness of steel box girder bridges, provided they conform with the new rules...

• A mechanical screw type of gooseneck support is employed on a low-loader produced by Antos Industries, Littlemoor Crescent,...

• Chrysler UK has received a Um order for 2440 vans from the Post Office. The vehicles will be supplied between now and May...

• WHS Transport Ltd, part of the W. H. Smith group of companies, took a second stride this week into the parcels carrying...

• Published this week by the DoE are eight of the 10 parts of the standard lists covering load-carrying vehicles and trailers...

• The newly formed Organisation of Teachers of Transport (OTTA) held its first annual general meeting and Conference at...

Remember NBC's deficit before making grant • In view of the National Bus Company's recent announcement that it had ended its...

Concern over maintenance standards again expressed by Traffic Commissioners in their annual reports • "With the exception of a...

• A new, service operated by an open-top double-deck bus was introduced in Brighton on Monday by Southdown Motor Services Ltd....

• A new coach for inter city tourist travel, the Ukraina-71. is now being built at the Lvov bus works in Russia. The vehicle is...

• The Lahore Transport Co Ltd, a new Bradford company, is starting a service in August to Lahore. Pakistan: the 6250-mile...

• Salopia Saloon Coaches of Whitchurch, Shropshire, has been taken over by Bee-Line Roadways in a £300,000 merger. Agreements...

• Talks are taking place between the Northern General Transport Co Ltd, and local authorities led by Durham county council on...

• The Isle of Man Parliament has decided to give financial assistance to IoM Road Services Ltd and to the Douglas Corporation...

• Local bus operators who want to take over Eastern Counties Omnibus Co Ltd routes in the area are to be backed by Stowmarket...

J. E. Cooke has been appointed chief engineer (design) for ERF Ltd. He was formerly engineering director at Atkinson Lorries...

• Mr A. B. Birnie, the Scottish Traffic Commissioner, approved proposals on Monday put to him at Perth by W. Alexander...

• An appeal of F. C. Brooks and Sons Ltd, of Caerphilly, against the decision of the South Wales LA to suspend six vehicles for...

• After hearing evidence regarding vehicle maintenance and the difficulty in obtaining spare parts, Mr J. A. T. Hanlon, the...

• An interesting question was raised in Edinburgh last week during the hearing of an appeal by Thomas Small of Aberdeen against...

• A severe warning about overloading of fish lorries was given to merchants in Aberdeen and district last week by Mr A. B....

• A Birmingham haulier who was operating only one vehicle on a licence which authorized three vehicles with a margin of three...

• An ex-Newcastle upon Tyne fish-filleter who had entered the haulage industry in 1970 was put out of business after only 15...

• Details have been released by Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead-on-Tyne, NEB 1YT, of a new...

• A former World War II tank testing ground now used as a motorcycle scramble course at Bredbury in Cheshire was chosen...

• A survey by a team of Goodyear tyre specialists has assisted Hilton Transport Services Ltd to reduce general tyre costs by...

• Ruberv Owen-Rockwell Ltd has acquired the sole concession as UK agent for Power Gear hydraulic landing gear, previously...

• Albion and Leyland distributors for the Cardiff area, Arlington Motors, Penarth Road, Cardiff, should be added to the list of...

• A big increase in contract hire of tractive units and complete tanker outfits is reported by Fleet Hire Ltd and Hire Services...

y lain Sherriff I As an RAF cadet, Mr G. L. Steele used to iy Swordfish aircraft onto the Fleet Air Arm rtding strip at...

y David Lowe I The National LDoY finals at Bramcote in eptember appear to hold a special attraction it" British Oxygen Co Ltd...

by Derek Moses • It was appropriate that the site for the Bristol LDoY eliminator on Sunday should be the old airfield at...

In a quiet way the needs of the lorry seem to be receiving recognition despite the publicity gained by the environment lobby....

Mrs E. FaIce • Mrs E. FaIce has been connected with road haulage since 1926 and in the days of carriers' licensing she was...

workshop by Handyman Benchwise : co o l it ( 1 0) NOW that I have outlined certain reasons for driver tuition on cooling, it...

B tipper stability Following successful production of a torsionally rigid low-height tipper body to combat overturning, the...

• How misleading those two words can be! Obviously, somebody somewhere has to pay. So let us have a brief look at how some of...

by John Darker, AMBIM NO SECTION of the road transport business is more sensitive to the foibles of its customers than the...

In the States motorways have provided opportunities to establish new bus routes to city centres Report by Derek Moses WHILE...

Les Oldriclge AIRTE, AMIMI The Factories Act (1) SOME FLEET OPERATORS seem to be under the mistaken impression that...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor. Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

Geddes export by Janus A LTHOUGH there is an obstinate belief that the US leads while other countries follow in the wake,...

How should this be drawn up, and what should be included, and have you a specimen copy, or could you advise me where to get one...

truck which weighs more than 3 tons and has a £5 per year licence, on the road? Is a class 3 hgv driving licence needed to...

bus (CM. May 7 1971), it is stated that a noise level of 77 dBA is approximately haff an 86 dBA level. Is this correct and what...

cab. On it I have mounted an agricultural manure spreader. Could I tax it at a reduced rate of E5 per annum as a "works truck"?...

illustrated in your May 28 issue, which uses chains to pull the axle down under load. Most commercial vehicles have brake pipes...

18) about the use of a LandRover with limited slip differential or differential locks. Surely, if the work he had in mind for...

a 'I'd r • picture was shown of a traffic planner chart used in a contract hire fleet office. Could you give us the name of the...

by F. S. D. Davies and S. J. Rayfield, MANAGERS, TASC, ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD Accounts are tools of...

THE term "traffic administration" immediately conjures thoughts of the control of traffic flow and the whole panoply of road...

Mediterraneene De Transit Ltd. Cap: £100 Objects: To carry on the business of shipping, chartering, forwarding and transport...

Results of the Year 1970 In its second Annual Report (just published) the NFC records a year of steady progress, the operating...