N asking Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve, chairman of the Road Haulage Disposal Board, for advice on the number of vehicles which...

A FUNDAMENTAL difference of opinion has occurred between the Noethern Licensing Authority and the Northern Area of the Road...

Oxygen Tonic for Tired Drivers Q NE of the dangers of the long, fast journeys on the highways of the German Federal Republic...

Mr. Hanlon Claims Operator was Misled : Licences Not to be Revoked . IN announcing his decision last Friday not to revoke or...

L'EAR that the use of many interior heaters now fitted in coaches would be prohibited, under a new draft regulation in Inc...

IN an appeal decision announced On I Wednesday, the Minister of Transport ruled that the total prohibition of through-running...

IF something was not done soon on 1a national level on the question of busmen's wages, local measures would have to he taken,...

T HE application of Econofreight Transport, Ltd., for an A licence for an extra tanker (91 tons unladen) for the carriage of...

F OLLOWING approval of the proposed increases by the corporation last week, Glasgow Transport Department, on Sunday, raised...

MR. F. A. CLEtvtiNsom has been appointed sales manager of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd. He has been with the company since...

INCREASES of about 4 per cent. took place in the number of C-licence operators and of C-licence vehicles in the year ended last...

T HE Governments decision to allow British Road Services to retain an extra 7,750 general haulage vehicles has been severely...

A NEW coach body designed for PA mounting on A.E.C. Reliance and Leyland Tiger Cub chassis is to be introduced by Duple Motor...

Operators Seek More : Extra Livestock Vehicles A LIVESTOCK haulier told Mr, rik J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority,...

NAEAT products, of the Excel Co., 1 V 1 Ltd., are now being delivered in a refrigerated Seddon 25 - cwt. van to retailers in...

TRADERS' requirements for carrying meat from Aberdeen to Smithfield Market, London, were being . met by the railways, Mr. J....

N EW proposals by Bournemouth Corporation to enforce coach operators running to the town to park their vehicles on a site in...

Ruston Town Council arc recommended to buy a Ilarbilf electric vehicle. Walthumslow Council require two 10-12-cwr,...

B IRMINGHAM coroner, Mr. George Billington, said at an inquest last week that the drivers of tipping lorries should ensure that...

A T Bakewell Court, last Friday, Mr. G. Nicholson, chairman of the magistrates, said that J. R. Ray (Transport), Ltd., Park...

T HE first of a number of refrigerated vans has been delivered to Express Dairies, Ltd. A feature of these vehicles is that the...

O reight Sentinel 7-tonners recently put into service by the Western Region of British Railways, four have been fitted with...

'THE first step towards the complete I nationalization of the bus industry in Madhya Pradesh, India, will be taken next month...

THREE transport undertakings which I operate trolleybuses on a joint network over a large area of South Lancashire are to...

Specialist Maintenance F ACED, in the busy season, with the problem of satisfying the conflicting demands of both the traffic...

9' LIE comparatively heavy components used in air-pressure braking systems have hitherto precluded the adoption of...

dl Tastes B.M.C.5.1-litre Oil Engine Gives new Austin a Good Performance: Much Attention paid to Driver Comfort By John F....

standard body for the chassis, which would bring the centre of gravity slightly forward. As it was, heavy black marks were left...

A FLEET of special trailers has recently been built by Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd., North Finchley, London. N.12. to the order...

How the Introduction of the Automatic Factory May Affect the Design ofCommercial Vehicles: Turbo-blowers a Factor of the Future...

'OUR leading article (August 12) reminds me that I transport users are not alone in contradicting themselves. During the...

T HE Mobilgas racing service of the Vacuum Oil Co.. Ltd., has been equipped with a new Bedford vehicle with bodywork built by...

S TRENUOUS opposition promised by the hauliers to the Government's plan for cutting disposal short will need to be sustained if...

Former Owner Again Operating from Sittingbourne On His Own Account p RIVATELY owned lorries are again operating from the...

G. A. Thompson (Haulage/. Ltd. Cap. Div , Dirs.: George A. Thompson and Mrs. Mabel Thompt,on. The Buitgatow, Hillside Road,...

HAVINH AVING been successfully employed on a number of buses by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., the Girling...

T ' problem of loss of drive through a differential gear should one of the elements slip is solved in a novel way in a scheme...

F ROM Dennis Brothers,' Ltd., Woodbridge Works, Guildford, Surrey, comes patent No. 732,023, which deals with an improved type...

A LTHOUGH the fuel feed to an injection pump does not operate at a high pressure, powerful hydraulic fluctuations can occur in...

P ATENT No. 730,455 (Ford Motor . I Co., Ltd.. 88 Regent Street, London, W.I) describes a controller which automatically dips...