W HEN Mr. Donald G. Stokes, Leyland Motor Corporation managing director, announced on Tuesday the comprehensive £250,000...

A MEMORANDUM submitted to the 1 - 1. Ministry of Transport by the Road Haulage Association, in agreement with the Automobile...

T HE downward trend in thefts of lorries and loads in the Metropolitan Police district is confirmed by figures covering the...

B RISTOL CORPORATION is to be asked by its highways committee to approve a recommendation that provision should be made for...

131 LANS for drastic changes in the Northern Ireland transport set-up were announced in the Ulster Parliament last week. They...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE 'Minister of Transport promised I young Conservatives at their annual conference in London...

From our Political Correspondent A NNUAL testing for heavy goods vehicles is not, I understand, likely to be introduced before...

to integrate road vehicle operation into the railway function. Up to now it has been d separate function under a general...

highway authorities are fully aware of the importance of immediate snow clearance, which in the majority of cases now appears...

THE Road Haulage Association has received no serious complaints from members following the introduction during the past year of...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT U NIONS with members in the field of transport are being made to face up to the practical...

area of the Road Haulage Association at Hounslow last Friday, Mr. F. Wheeler, chairman of the Metropolitan and South Eastern...

n ETAILS of a new and comprehensive trainin g scheme which involves the investment of £250,000 and which will cater for youn g...

THE Minister of Transport is consider'. in g what provision to make for the parkin g of lorries in a proposed extension of...

MR. MARPLES is consultin g the 1V1 associations representin g Welsh local authorities and bus operators with a view to...

R EPRESENTATIVES of road passeng er operators' associations were received by Mr. Macmillan, economic secretary to the Treasury,...

White Collar Charter: Au g ust 1 has been named as the day when most of the requirements of the Offices, Shops and Railway...

lUIANY commercial vehicle drivers nu deliberately avoided motorways if there were no suitable cafés for them, said Mr. F. A....

THE Ministry of Transport is keeping " an open mind" on the reintroduction of special licences for the drivers of heavy goods...

From our Political Correspondent TRANSPORT has been chosen as the I first item for discussion by the Tory Party's Central...

Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, turned down a suggestion that British Road Services should be told to introduce a...

VOR the second stage of its trolleybus . replacement programme, Newcastle City Transport has introduced 40 new Leyland...

From our Industrial Correspondent T HE employers' side of the National Council for the Omnibus Industry will probably follow...

planning to apply to raise the minimum .3d. fare to 4d. Councillor Samuel Hughes, transport committee convener. estimates that...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A S the Phelps Brown Committee of Inquiry into the pay and conditions of London busmen nears...

Mr. P. G. D. Taylor has been appointed group secretary of the Road Haulage Association. He succeeds Mr. M. Rogers, who has...

I F applications by several Lancashire operators are successful, journey times between the North and London will be...

IN a second case heard last week, the 1 Transport Tribunal allowed an appeal by C. Firbank and Sons Ltd., of Luton, against the...

O F three appeals by the Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd., Stoke-onTrent, the Minister of Transport has dismissed two and...

—What Does Tribunal's Recent Ruling Mean? LICENSING CASEBOOK BY NORMAN H. TILSLEY THE Conference on Rail and Road 1...

THE question of limited companies I and their representation at criminal courts is continually cropping up. 1 was recently at...

TE-IE two largest applications to be notified this week come from the West Midland and the Eastern area. Put forward on the...

WHILST nickel 'alloys have played an VV essential part in the development of gas turbines, applications to diesel engines have...

T HE use of a metal plate attached to the chassis as the sole means of identification for senii-trailers has been causing...

Repairing a Dynamo Unit QUITE OFTEN in the course of running repairs, dynamo trouble has to he dealt with at a time when the...

T HIS week's prizewinner is Mr. G. Taylor, of Widnes, Lanes, who is a mechanic for a fleet of Leyland Comet bulk tankers. All...

and Publications Car Trailer A FOUR-WHEEL close-coupled trailer designed for the transport of cars has been introduced by...

At least two forthcoming ranges will fii Cummins oversquare V engines BY ALAN HA IVI I nst.T. T HE first production...

By The Hawk Motorway Police Long overdue, but very welcome, is the news that we are at last to have the beginnings of a...

Operator Representation is Highly Organized W HEN I ended last week, I was recounting my interview with the vice-president...

OILS AND GREASES T WO moves are shortly to be made, aimed at increasing the overall efficiency of the road distribution system...

achieved may be not at all what they intended' E XCEPT for a brief statement from the Transport Holding Company, both the...

S. BUCKLEY, Assoc. INST. T. GIVES ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS B ECAUSE operating costs are a basic subject of this series it...

As a sequel to the article entitled " The Labow Factor" in this series on February 7, a Lincolnshire driver of heavy vehicles...

B RAID GROUP'S prospects for the current year are good, states the chairman in his annual review to shareholders. His hopes of...