A LTHOUGH there may be a good case for increasing from 24 tons to 28 tons the maximum gross laden weight of all eight-wheelers,...

W ITH Conservative rule likely for another five years, the survey of C-licence transport published on Monday by the Traders...

Robert orman Ingram "T AM afraid I am going to be a disappointment to you. I am not at all interesting," said this week's...

Switch Mid-stream A LTHOUGH in the General Election the country was unwilling to change a winning team, the Prime Minister has...

to Association business, apart from directing four companies, and seldom leaves his office before 7 p.m. He has little time for...

A STRONG attack upon the restriction of hauliers by means of normal-user conditions was made on Wednesday by Mr. R. N. Ingram,...

TRENGTHENS DEFENCE Growth of Ancillary Fleets Reflects Higher Standard of Service to Customers R ESULTS of the survey of...

IT cannot yet be said that road improvements in the capital are keeping pace with the growth of traffic. As more vehicles are...

T HE Transport Tribunal, sitting in Edinburgh on Tuesday, rejected an appeal by the British Transport Commission against the...

MR. C. L. CFIRISTIE has been appointed assistant secretary of the West Midland Division of the Traders' Road Transport...

A PARTIAL backing grant was r - k given by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners at Glasgow last week to Buckmaster Garages, Ltd.,...

7 1 HE new Minister of Transport, Mr. Ernest Marples, brings to his job the driving force of a selfmade man who left grammar...

"Unfair to Other Operators" says Mr. Thom: Fresh Tenders to be Sought ? WHILST acknowledging that they might not have any...

That it would often save a good deal of trouble if people listened, instead of talking. That the trouble they cause is liable...

BIRMINGHAM, Monday. VIDENCE justifying a need for traffic to be carried outward was not sufficient for the grant of an A...

A N ONO decrease in gross earnings over 12 months was because of rate-cutting by British Railways, to whom floating and...

Til E first of 13 new automotive-sized gas-turbine engines has been produced by the Allison Division of General Motors...

C HAT a haulier's base need not be in the actual area from which his outward traffic is moved, and that his vehicles need not...

MAN who . wanted to operate a taxi-truck service" was refused B licence by Mr. J. A. .T. Hanlon, 'ahem Licensing Authority, at...

L Miles, Ltd. Cap. 1100. Dirs.: Mrs. Rachel /stiles, and Merton S. Miles. both of 24 Falkland Rise. Leeds. Sec.: Rachel Miles,...

A SHARP exchange occurred during the hearing of the North Western Traffic Commissioners' proposals to prohibit the linking of...

T O meet increased production, F. Perkins, Ltd., are to spend £285,000 on building three new bays at their Peterborough...

THE words "general goods, Great Britain" provoked a long and involved argument between Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing...

kN application to renew a "unique" B licence was adjourned at —1 Newcastle upon Tyne last week at the request of the...

N IVHEN Mr. D. J. Gill, Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh, applied for a B licence to Mr. A. Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing...

DASS1NG sentence of 18 month; imprisonment on a haulage contractor involved in the forging of conveyance notes, Judge Aarv old...

O RDERS totalling more than £220,000 for singleand double-deck buses have been received by Leyland Motors. Ltd., during the...

T O persuade their agents to accept bookings for coach travel on the Continent rather than turn over such inquiries to travel...

R ATED for a gross train weight of I N. 17 tons 3 cwt., a Bedford 12-ton tractive unit is introduced today by Vauxhall Motors,...

IE B licence of a haulier of Trio - don Grange, County Durham, was ked by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, therm Licensing Authority, at...

EIENCE of the increasing volume parcels and smalls business in the tgham area was made apparent last when the Atlas Express Co....

• • -IE case of a Nottingham trolleybus driver whose vehicle struck a man a pedestrian crossing came before d Parker, Lord...

B ECAUSE a lorry, which had been hired on a full-time basis at an annual cost of £2,400, had been sold, the users, W. G....

A DURABLE and attractive trim for coachwork interiors is manufactured by Bonded Laminates, Ltd., Old Ford. London, E.3. The...

ideal Commentary By JANUS 1 0T so very long ago. the road user and the traffic expert wanted more than anything else to see...

e Gap By Anthony Ellis T O fill the gap in their range between the Superpoise 15-cwt. chassis and the 14-tonners, Commer...

T the Scottish Motor Show in Glasgow from November 13-21, a new oil engine manufactured by :kins Engines, Ltd., Peterborough, I...

I be allowed to add to the statement by Mr. J. L. R. Croft (published last week) concerning the report ober 9) of proceedings...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. Road Haulage Across the Channel Keeps Pace with Expanding Economy But Under Shadow of...

M UCH thought is bein g g iven by the more progressive members of the furniture-removals industry to its future. This was...

A PPLICATIONS by Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., A. Stevens and Co. (Haulage), Ltd., and Messrs. Sunter Bros.— each for short-term A...

A LORRY driver who had been promised the work of carrying animal feeding stuffs and grain for his former employer encountered...

There Should be Practical Limits to Operators' Responsibility for Ensuring That Drivers' Hours are Not Exceeded p ROBLEMS...

7HEREAS previous loading shovels 1 . manufactured by the Chaseside gineering Co., Ltd., have been twoleek-drive types, the...

.TABLE for high-speed oil engines :ither in existence or now being

give an infinitely variable ratio, hut their efficiency is usually so low that they can he used only in specialized...