rr HE Socialists are in a dilemma. The competence of the Beeching report, within its terms of reference, is widely recognized...

QUALITY of competition between road and rail and opportunity for the natural development of each form of transport are two of...

rAN operators do more to help them selves in connection with avoiding possible loading and unloading bans being imposed on...

" W E see the railways and hauliers in the role of supporting battalions in an action to win new traffic, each preserving its...

'THE importance, in the interests of 1 road transport as a whole, of finding some method of controlling the evils, such as...

Train project came this week from the National Association of British Manufacturers, which represents_ several thousand small...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WHEN section III of the International ifY Road Transport Union met in The Hague last week, the...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE methods adopted by British Road Services to fill some of the highest posts in the...

A CO-ORDINATED efficient transport r 3 system for the country is one of the aims of the British Road Federation. Proposals were...

T HE twice-weekly direct steamship service between Belfast and Man chester has been suspended. Quicker transit for Manchester...

suggest to the Government that some right of user should be given to transport operators who are providing services in new town...

T WO surprises from Mr. H. Perrin. chief mechanical engineer, Ministry of Transport, were the highlights of discussion at the...

D UBBER is employed as the damping medium in a shock absorber developed by the staff of the Rubber and Plastics Research...

the acquisition by U.S. Ford of the American Autolite concern, Ford of Dagenham is to make Autolite sparking plugs for initial...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A LABOUR government, if elected, E - 1 will make a major survey of Britain's roads, road...

O NLY one of over 1,200,000 applications for C licences has been refused since 1951. This was revealed by Mr. John Hay....

" B EFORE I employ a haulier I want to know what he is like and what he will do with my traffic ", asserted Mr. H. Cleave, of...

Mr. Muir Condemns the Selling of Licences T HE Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, has appealed to hauliers to...

T HE Minister of Transport has partially allowed an appeal by J. W. Fieldsend Ltd. for four additional picking-up points and...

THE ROAD HAULAGE ASSOCIA TION is not to proceed with an application to the Divisional Court to quash a decision of the West...

A 'applicant who conducted his own case before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at Leeds last week said that he would have...

T HE effect of increased railway rates has been to transfer goods for the English wool trade to road transport, The Commercial...

month as joint managing director of Martin Walter Ltd. He will remain a director of the company and will also continue as...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT THIS season's long drawn-out bus pay 1 negotiations are now drawing to an end with the...

LTHOUGH the plan for reshaping I -1 British Railways would involve extra work for the bus/rail standing joint committee, the...

T HE Minister of Transport, in a written decision, has dismissed an appeal by Aberdeen Corporation against the refusal of the...

WJITH the return of the Tilling and ri Scottish Omnibuses companies to membership of the Public Transport Association the total...

THE Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. cannot expect to make much profit out of the " Beeching Plan" but it intends to take a...

that if roads are to be I kept within reasonable limits the greatest possible proportion of people should be carried by public...

TH E Special Products Division of the Leyland Motors Group is now offering for sale as separate units Leyland 10and 12-ton...

WHEN the Austin and Morris "underIN floor "-engined 5-, 7and 8-ton chassis were announced last month, no prices were available...

CULLY-MECHANIZED timber extrac tion which allows time savings of up to 25 per cent in operation and which is controlled from...

A LBION MOTORS LTD. has started PA production at a new £750,000 transmission factory. Covering over 72,000 sq. ft., it is sited...

a new bus body' building plant, large enough to supply the entire future bus replacement needs of Cyprus, is to be financed by...

N AMED the Fire Chief, a new fire appliance based on an Albion Chieftain Super Six chassis is being marketed by Carmichael and...

H OVERCRAFT capabilities and performance for both over-land and over-water applications have been fundamentally transformed by...

T WO new driving mirror arms and. brackets have been introduced by Wingard Ltd., Chichester, Sussex. A feature of them is that...

A FIRE extinguisher designed for use on public service and commercial vehicles is available from The Pyrene' Co. Ltd., Great...

P ATENT No. 903,361 refers to engines employing pre-combustion chambers havin g a heat-insulating lining. In such engines, the...

D RIVING arrangements for connecting the clutch to a remote g earbox form the subject of patent No. 912,627. (Vauxhall Motors...

A A UNIVERSAL joint bushed throughout with rubber is shown in patent No. 904,170. (Metalastik Ltd., Evington Valley Road,...

N EARLY three years of service as chairman of the London and Home Counties division, Traders Road Transport Association, ended...

but is not qualified to run the opposition into the ground . • • p LANNERS seeking for various reasons to make drastic changes...

BY ASHLEY TAYLOR A.M.I.R.T.E., Assoc.Inst.T. W HATEVER course the railways may take as a result of the Beeching report, it...

Lightest Low-loader I WAS interested to see reference on page 39 of your I April 12 issue to a lightweight Dyson low-loader...

THERE were some surprises among the 1 list of prizewinners at the 1963 British Coach Rally, with some less familiar names...

D AY after day, in all Traffic Areas, applicants for and holders of A and B goods carriers' licences appear at Public Inquiries...

by Frank Burravoe Now we come to the next sentence—about the change of premises and the hope that production will go up. The...

T HE wide use to, which The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs are put is instanced in queries submitted by readers. In...