HE road haulage industry must be prepared for the intensification of the smear laign 'which is being waged ist it by its...

T HE Lorry Driver of the Year Competition has reached a stage in its development when the national organizing committee have to...

Lighting the Motorway's A LTHOUGH the Minister of Transport has not made a " decision concerning the lighting of motorways,...

to be worthwhile, production that is expensive must msive. thousands of tons of nickel are used annually for motor vehicle...

T HE National Research Development Corporation are to give a demonstration at Cambridge. next Monday," of a revolutionary...

-IAT is now becoming a familiar pattern at " overweight" inquiries in the Northern Traffic Area continued at Newcastle on...

£20 were awarded nst the police by Stourport ates on Tuesday after charges a haulier and one of his ees had been withdrawn. T...

%WITHIN the next 15-20 years, the YV world oil industry may - produce 1 1.500-2.000m. metric tons annually, compared with 935m....

THE case of R. R. Low (Luxury Coaches). Ltd.. Hoylake, was adjourned by the North Western Traffic Commissioners at Liverpool on...

MR. L. 0. WOODBRIDGE has been elected president of the Federation of International Furniture Removers. MR. HARRY J....

A N objection to an application by Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., Consett, to substitute an articulated outfit for a rigid vehicle was...

TWO-MONTH licence suspension was imposed by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, on Monday, on an owner er, Mr....

" 'THE Minister was speaking a great deal more wisely than Traffic Commissioners for this area," said Mr. J. L. R. Croft at an...

W ORK is about to start on the northern approach to the DartfordPurfleet tunnel. The principal item in the contract is the...

T HE grant of a circular stage service to Blackpool Corporation Would cause increased congestion on the promenade and would...

Middlesbrough Corporation are to buy two 5-tonners from Sherwood Enos. (Darlington). Lid. Ilford Borough Council arc advised...

9,NGES have been made in the engines and gearboxes f Volkswagen commereig vehicles at present being ied, but not in those of...

Eve, Ltd., moved into new offices and works at Adamant Works, Dal low Lane, Luton, Beds. Plymouth Bridgo Grant: Grants...

IT is reported that A.B. Volvo are • prepared to invest Sum. in building a commercial-vehicle factory in Argentina with the...

A REPRESENTATIVE of Brighton PA. Corporation could add • nothing. last week, to the joint statement issued by the corporation,...

T HE international road transport group committee of the Road Haulage Association agreed last week that the commission to be...

E Institute of Transport has innounced awards for papers sub d durin g the 1958-59 session and in ct of successes at the...

T HE first batch of 20 A.E.C. Re g al sin g le-deck buses. with bodies by J. Brockhouse (South Africa), Ltd.. has g one into...

railway line was I one of the reasons put forward by a livestock haulier when he applied to the Northern Licensin g Authority,...

QIX of the new Leyland Leopard 1 , -/passenger chassis have recently been placed in service by Sheffield Corporation for use on...

A NEW blade-type blower developed by the British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association is claimed to have a higher...

1 an installed cost of £77,000, new plant recently put into operation by Marshal's or Bodies, Ltd., Cambridge, for the pre...

nESIGNED as the result of discussions between the United Africa Co., Ltd.. Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., and Duple Motor Bodies,...

Asks P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. If Lower Ratios Did Not Introduce Di . ,(ficulties in Starting and Low-load Running,...

Airliners Earn Only When Flying, So Special Vehicles Are Used to Minimize Terminal Delays By Harold Champion T HIS year a...

tew Unrighteous Indignation By The Hawk J'ECTED ironical amusement among members of the anal organizing committee of the...

WY-DUTY oil-crigined vehicles built during the winter and filled at the factory with coolant containing antiare more liable to...

Seddon-Dyson Articulated Outfit Returns Good Fuel Figure Over Difficult Course : Cummins Oil Engine Gives Rapid Acceleration...

y ou'LL see them working at atomic establishments, at aerodromes, on new motorways and by-passes. You'll find them tipping in...

proposal to hold the final of the Ty Driver of the Year CompetiBramcote, instead of Baginton, on )er 20, was confirmed last...

Basic Material for Road and ilding construction has Special !Wage Problems for a Wellknown Surfacing Group By Tom Walkerley...

Exchanging Ions p LANTS by means of which water for topping-up batteries can be produced at a cost less than that of ordinary...

tical Commentary By JANUS ERTAINLY, all is not as it should be in the report published by the Ministry of Transport of a...

Sharing the Load Tenders to Supply Vehicles Under Contract May Vary to Meet Customers' Requirements but Basic Principles of...

tECENT delivery to the British orneo Timber Co., Sandakan, North Borneo, has been a Foden 1 6/40 six-wheeled heavy-duty r unit...

B ALL joints are the subject of patent No. 811,340 which discloses a design of joint having a spherical dirt-excluder. (T....