M ORE than lm. cars were produced in this country last year, half of which went for export. . Yet successive announcements of...

T HE decision of a leading maker of popular vehicles to approve two trailing-axle six-wheeler conversions will undoubtedly...

T HIRTY-FIVE years ago, or maybe even less, if a schoolboy had been asked what he associated with Pickfords, be would at once...

T HIS year's presidential address to the Institute of Public Cleansing will be forward-looking. When [talked the other day to...

"Grave Doubt" Over Whether an Applicant Should Hold an A Licence THE campaign to maintain proper standards of conduct in the...

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT J HE Budget is almost upon us, and if the Chancellor were to cut fuel tax, he would have the...

A fine of 17 was imposed upon 1-1 . Robert Owen, Ltd., Soapwork Lane, Dundee, carriers, at Dundee after they had admitted...

A CROSSING from Tilbury-Rotterdam is to be operated next month by the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., 25 Whitehall,...

QTATIST1CS of railway operation pub lished by the British Transport Commission were criticized last week by Mr. E. W. Russell,...

MR. GEOFFREY CULLEY, transport manager of Linzi Dresses, Ltd., has been appointed to the board. MR. C. F. LINDSKOG has been...

an b--) eliminating round of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition this year after all. It will be held in Victoria Park,...

A GROUP engineering centre has been . 1-1, formed by the Simms Motor and Electronics Corporation, Ltd., at Western Avenue,...

p OUCE called to a burning lorry on the Sheffield-Huddersfield road. neer Hazlehead. found that it was loaded with 172...

ARLY indications are that the Brighton Coach Rally, to be held on April 23-24, despite the recommended boycott by the Passenger...

R EPRESENTATIVES of municipal busmen on Tuesday overwhelmingly carried a resolution to accept the offer of more pay, fewer...

transport committee. A revised fares structure was inevitable, he stated. At Hull last week, hopes were expressed that a fares...

QTRONG opposition from thirteen independent road hauliers was presented at Chester, on Monday, against an application by...

QHOULD plant hirers have B licences so that they could conveniently undertake site work ? This question was argued before Mr....

A DOUBLE-REDUCTION axle for I -1 optional fitting to certain chassis has been introduced by Leyland Motors, Ltd. It is offered...

A N A-licence variation, which allowed the use of a bulk transporter for poultry food, was disputed before the Transport...

A FTER a three-day hearing, the Transport Tribunal in London last week reserved decision on an appeal by the British Transport...

N o resistance was offered by Messrs. G. and F. Greggains, trading as Messrs. P. Greggains, Curson Street, Maryport,...

• • • for operating without licences and was fined £120 on 12 charges. On March 26, July 24, and November 27, 1959,...

NAIS-STATEMENTS on an application al for a contract-A licence led to the appearance of two hauliers at Leeds magistrates' court...

T HERE was a sequel to the Darlington cara v an-carrying case of Messrs. B. P. Quin and J. E. Hall (The Commercial Motor, March...

W HEN the time came for a haulier to make a substantive application, following a short-term grant, figures should always be...

IN a reference to the reorganization of • bus services in the country, with the introduction of a 42-hour week for the...

THE North Western Traffic Commis sinners were told at Crewe last week that an additional express service between Macclesfield,...

Lavender's Transport, Ltd. Cap. £2,000. Dirs.: I. A. Lavender, 167 Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1VIrs. D. D....

A N application by New Town (Cwrnbran) Coaches, Ltd., to run a . school bus service from Llanfrechfa to Rougemont private...

obtain first-hand information on the rural bus situation, members of the Jack Committee are to visit various parts of England,...

T HE sitting of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners which was to have been held in Scarborough last week to discuss the coach...

B ECAUSE of the acute shortage of bus drivers in Newport, Mon., the Transport and General Workers' Union have agreed that the...

A REVISED stage service between Elderslie and Penilee, Glasgow, which would provide a 20-minute service instead of the existing...

TOLD that the recent High Court ruling in favour of Rathcoole Tenants' Association would affect some 36,000 short-distance...

FISH ANYWHER, Modestly Beginning With Horses, George T. Fraser, Ltd., Have Become Vital to Aberdeen's Major Industry T HE...

New Branch Office: The Mercantile Credit Co., Ltd., open a new branch office at 20 Claremont Hill, Shrewsbury, today. New...

MAY we protest against your campaign for the reduction of tax on oil fuel and ignoring the tax on petrol? We operate a number...

11QULK bodywork for animal feeding 13 stuffs is claimed by F. E. Callow (Engineers), Ltd., Kirkby Industrial Estate, Liverpool,...

of cars is Vehicle Clearances Ltd., London. Mr. R. W. Jones, their managing director, suggests that car manufacturers prefer...

S INCE the municipalities of GritnSby and Cleethorpes. pooled their' public tran,sport.resources .on January 1, 1957, they have...

DUNLOP The maintenance staff totals 65 men (0.64 man per vehicle). Trolleybus operation demands a sizeable electricians' room...

A DEVELOPMENT which should permit more compact arrangement of belt drives to engine auxiliaries has been announced by Ferodo,...

Extra £112. Says Anthony Ellis T HE oil-engined version of the Commer +-ton van costs £112 more than the petrol model, and...

p LACARDS at one time decorated abnormal indivisible loads in transit and told the public in disarming prose what was being...

the Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd., whi6h may lead to an arrangement to pool revenue on some services, have been going on for...

A SERVICE station which will operate rA round the clock was opened by the Rootes Group in Birmingham last week. Covering more...

DART of a large order for oil-well-site equipment to I be supplied by Woodfield Rochester, Ltd., Rochester, to Yugoslavia,...

1 - 1 A WARNING system has been developed by Pilot Works, Ltd., Bolton, Lanes, to safeguard against the driver of a tipping...

A N application, by Dent's Transport (Spennymoor), Ltd., Tudhoe Colliery, County Durham, which had been adjourned twice for the...

W HEN the Northern (Allied) Transport and Trading Co., Glasgow, applied for an A licence for a vehicle of 8 tons, two...

A NEW type of pallet, which may NEW rates for the transport of goods from the north of England to the Continent to be cut by a...

What is the cost of running a car transporter, and how does the expense compare with that of the delivery of individual...

A SUSPENSION system employing Art rubber as the resilient medium is described in patent No. 828,637. The rubber is in torsion...