IBBISH" was how a delegate to last week's annual conference of the NAFWR forecast the of future intake of labour into their...

W ORK has begun on the construction of a new service and spares depot for Atkinson Lorries Ltd. on a 14-acre site owned by the...

LOW PRIORITIES FOR TRANSPORT LEGISLATION FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT L EGISLATION to test and plate heavy goods...

D ISSATISFACTION with rates paid to tipper operators by 10 local granite quarries has led members of the Leicester Tipper...

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BUILT IN BRITAIN; NEXT WEEK'S SPECIAL • WHAT does an Australian think of...

nrices • FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT ' conference may decide on liner depots , executive committee of the National ion...

AN .£8m. plan to redevelop Parkeston Quay, Harwich, was announced this week by British Railways. The proposals include the...

A NEW joint export senice is to be provided by Thos. Cook and Son Ltd. and the Portland Group Factors. designed to provide all...

O N Monday, 21 hauliers from the York sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, accompanied by seven of their wives, left York...

T WO new three-wheel commercial vehicles—a 5 cwt. van for the home market and a 7 cwt. pick-up for export—have been introduced...

A FIVE-YEAR contract to carry up to 100,000 tons of timber a year has been signed between the Humber Warehousing Group Ltd.,...

N EARLY 500 delegates attending the Junior Chamber of Commerce's conference on the container revolution in London last week...

meeting of the Industrial Road Safety 3fficers' Association in London last a road safety film entitled "Six L.,s"* was shown....

T HE IRU is to study the possibility of setting up a standard insurance contract to cover risks under CMR, to be operated on...

rk King's Lynn Borough Council has now aided construction of the first stage ivy-vehicle security park situated on A47 reat...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE national strike by Britain's merchant seamen which began on Monday hit road transport...

action rejected B R1TAIN must accept that public transport with "social" routes is never likely to pay its own way, said Mr....

0 NLY about 30 per cent of the available capacity was used on the London—Manchester liner trains last month. Giving this...

)TEST at the treatment given to road lage under the Industrial Development made by Tory front bench spokesman, hony Barber,...

tAY GUNTER, the Minister of Labour, looking to the National Negotiating ee to give a strong lead to the road industry in...

THIS week Mr. Leslie Spriggs (Labour St. A Helens) asked for legislation to give protectiOn against the dismissal of a driver...

THE social losses involved in the present Atransport policy are to be put "where they belong"—on the shoulders of the...

The following five vice-presidents of the Institute of Transport have been elected for 1966-7: T. W. H. Galley (chairman,...

AS forecast in COMMERCIAL MOTOR last week, P. H. R. Turner has been elected national chairman of the Road Haulage Association....

AN by Sunderland Corporation to itroduce one-man buses with autoicket machines replacing conductors )enefit the whole town....

rend of certain decisions in the Yorkshire ic area made the Transport Holding Co. nsive, said Mr. R. Yorke at the Transport 1...

THE appeals of some of the 29 tipper haulier A members of the Mid-Southern tipping group would have to be abandoned unless the...

THIS week, the Ulster Development Department informed COMMERCIAL MOTOR that negotiations between the Ulster Parliament and the...

R EFERRING to evidence given by one of a group of seven small tipper hauliers applying to extend conditions on their B licences...

T AST week an application by Mark One 1-1 Transport Ltd., of Rainham, Essex, for three artics of 254 tons and one tipper of 7i...

THE Minister of Transport has turned down appeals by Select Coaches, Sunderland District Omnibus Co. Ltd., Northern General...

rr HE production of a "totally false letter 1 in support of a licence application by Sherrell Hague Ltd.,...

'ART grant of two artics on A licence was made to Cawthorn and Sinclair Birtley, Co. Durham, last week by T. Hanlon, the...

Ipplication by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd., to extend its imme of holiday tours from Leicester een...

T HE annual reports of the Licensing Authorities provide a fascinating picture of the road haulage industry. Its blemishes are...

A BID to extend the Ramsgate-Newark express service of Thomas Motor Tours, North Muskham, to Lincoln was refused by the East...

Political switch gives backing to city centre service I N a dramatic about-face, following the change of control of Birmingham...

S AVINGS of up to 31 hours on existing journey times between Lancashire and Scotland will be made by new express coach services...

V1 OUR INDUSTRIAL 1ESPONDENT DERS of London's busmen are hoping hat the London Transport Board will hem in a joint approach to...

latest municipal operator to order Bristol le-deck bus chassis is South Shields ation Transport, which is taking five chassis...

ECOMMENDATION that the existing Intract with Daimler Transport Vehicles Fleetline double-deckers be extended to a further seven...

T HE policy of the Government towards the bus operating industry was the subject of a fierce and prolonged attack by Mr....

The Crane Fruehauf TwinTamer A DEVELOPMENT of particular interest to operators having city deliveries to be carried out at the...

A SPECIAL trailer (not destined for road operation) has been produced by Carrimore Six Wheelers Ltd. to assist in the new...

ADVANCES in resin technology and experi ence in the fabrication and operation of reinforced polyester tanks have enabled...

A SERIES of three-day training courses has been inaugurated by York Trailer Co. Ltd. to ensure that everyone in the York...

VOLLOWING a fire brigade sub-committee visit to the Magirus works in W. Germany, "Glasgow Corporation has decided to order one...

WO Commer chassis with special Dodies for the transport of animal feedtuffs in bulk are featured at the Intermai Agricultural...

AN order for 171 long-wheelbase Land-Rovers has been received from the Thailand Government highways department by The Rover Co....

Part 9—Safety Valves be seized solid in the closed position, and there is on record at least one instance where the reservoir...

TEEDEX LTD., claimed to be the largest producers of webbing constructed safety e q uipment, have entered the handlin g...

NEW Mopik Mk. III motorized model, which is suitable for shelves of up to 13 ft. 6 in. in height, offers an elevation speed of...

and publications Retractable electric cables R ETRACTABLE, spiral-type electric cables jacketed with du Pont neoprene...

DRTHERN Ireland. which is served provincial fire brigade, earlier this took delivery of a trio of Dennis fire ances, these...

.OVISION is now being made by an ming number of local authorities for capped people to travel around, a that has brought into...

AS so often the case with Volkswagen Commercials, the VW ambulance, which I was able to inspect in detail at a recent...

RECENT reports by the health committee of the Essex County Council state that for some years the BMC LD chassis has been used...

CO-OP TRAFFIC MANAGERS HEAR WIDE-RANGING PAPERS TMPORTANT figures from the motor in dustry and from the transport section of...

View BY THE HAWK First? IICH is the oldest-established transport company in the /odd? There's a question inviting trouble, or...

LORRY DRIVER OF THE YEAR BIRMINGHAM ROUND T HE entries in the Birmingham contest this year were down by some 25 vehicles...

LORRY DRIVER OF THE YEAR LIVERPOOL ROUND N. armful of awards was the visible sign of a multiple success by J. C. Kendrick...

'Y DRIVER OF THE YEAR SGOW ROUND Glasgow event in the 1966 Lorry vet of the Year competition followed tern of the...

LORRY DRIVER OF THE YEAR TORQUAY ROUND 1PETITORS in the second LDOY irninating round to be held at Torquay to find the tests...

By S. Buckley, ASSOC INST T D ELEGATES to a well-attended conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen...

er Comparison WALL'S references to London Transport buses (March 11) already drawn comments from Mr. David Morgan (April ;hould...

Tartan Arrow profits rise 00D 1965 results of TARTAN ARROW had been expected by the market. Indeed they turned out to be...

two ports take action :RPOOL SPEEDS MECHANIZATION TO P THE OPERATOR-MANCHESTER HANIZATION QUICKENS TURN-ROUND R ETENTION of...

kNDARDIZATION of vehicle makes and types has for long een the object of many hauliers, but very few have con d standardization...

International Conference Reported by JOHN DARKER, AMBIN I N a visionary appraisal of the contribution that modern materials...

EASTERN COUNTIES DIRECTOR AIRS HIS VIEWS ON MAINTENANCE AT IRTE 'CONFERENCE A the first national conference to be held by the...

'AVING introduced us to the intricacies of a selective em. ployment tax, the Chancellor may be in the mood to examine ✓...

TN the previous article in this series a start was made in summa1 rizing a paper presented by Mr. R. de Clercq,...

The amount of capital available is rarely mentioned in inquiries received from potential haulage operators, but a recent one...

Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London INDUSTRIAL STUDIES-IRON AND STEEL Fri E complex distribution of the iron...