BY H. B. COTTEE I T looks like being many months before any decision is taken by the Ministry of Transport on the introduction...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT TRANSPORT is certain of a prominent I place at the Labour Party conference which will be...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MHE Post Office is now looking deter' mincdly to road transport to get its ailing parcels'...

T HE E.E.C. Commission's transport proposals have been severely criticized by the Federation of Dutch Industries, in particular...

L'OLLOWING reports that British 1 trailers entering the Continent are sometimes delayed because European authorities take...

I CE-CREAM van drivers should get out of their vehicles and walk all round them before they reverse or move forward, says Mr....

Court of Criminal Appeal last rweek dismissed appeals by a Preston haulage company and its managing director against conviction...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT 1 1 /I1JC1-1 of the Beeching Plan for bringing Britain's railways up to date will be carried...

under the title of United 'Carriers Ltd. They are Frank Willis and Sons (Carriers) and K. and D. Transport and the group will...

open another 29 miles of M6 (BirminghamPreston) motorway, on July 29. The length to be opened runs from A50 junction near Lymm...

GREEMENT has been reached for joint ownership and operation of Plymouth Transport Co. Ltd. and Wake Hire by John Brown and Co....

Pickfords New Premises: A new furniture warehouse and office block in Petre Street, Sheffield 4, has been opened by Pickfords...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HE capture, by United Kingdom Oil Pipelines Ltd., of the preliminary goahead for Britain's...

LTD. is to be allowed to build the projected pipeline between the Thames and the Mersey. Announcing this in the Commons last...

nURING a two-day public inquiry at IF Liverpool on Monday and Tuesday, before the North Western deputy Licensing Authority,...

AR, MARPLES said in the Commons M on Wednesday that he was quite certain there must be some sort of regulation sooner or later...

ose-vehicles Bid 1 N order to avoid empty running and to relieve pressure of work on its existing fleet. A. S. Jones and Co....

THE Transport Tribunal, in Edinburgh, on Tuesday, rejected an appeal by James. Sey, of Huntly, against the refusal by the...

lant's business had not increased in the past year despite full employment of its fleet—was advanced by C. E. Jauncey, for T....

(Leslie) Ltd_ against the grant by the Scottish deputy Licensing Authority of three vehicles instead of the 14 applied for, to...

all was granted then, in conformity with recent judgments of the Tribunal, it should be a B and not an .A licence, was made...

'THE appeal by Frank MacKay Ltd. to the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh on Tuesday was withdrawn on the instructions of the...

A N application by Russell of Bathgate Ltd. for conversions from rigid and older articulated operation on a variety of licences...

licence application, made by Atlas Express Co. (Birmingham) Ltd., to obviate difficulties inherent in operating a mixed fleet,...

West Midland hauliers to add conditions to their licences to allow them to carry rock salt and road materials on instructions...

Ltd. against the decision of the Metropolitan deputy Traffic Commissioner, refusing to grant a variation of the conditions of a...

WEST MIDLAND L.A. RAISES MATTER WHICH HAS CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF CONTROVERSY IN LICENSING CIRCLES WHEN Mr. John Else, the West...

TIL following are the Contract A, B C licence transfer requests among the applications listed this week: Contract A to A lic.:...

A "VERY nominal penalty" was imposed on a Diss haulier, I. Wyatt Junior (Haulage) Ltd., by the Eastern Licensing Authority, Mr....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT L ONDON TRANSPORT made a surprise pay offer to its 16,000 bus drivers this week. Their...

F INANCIAL results of the Western Welsh Omnibus Co. Ltd. for the year ended March 31 last were very disappointing, said the...

T " Queen's Bench Divisional Court on Monday allowed a prosecution appeal against the dismissal by magistrates at Brackley,...

"A YEAR of Major Decisions and Achievements" is the claim of the London Transport Board in their 100page report, "London...

a member of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the Londonarea. Mr. Jardine is the material control manager of...

U.T.C. Profit Up: Net profit of the United Transport Co, Ltd., before tax, was £2.182,437 in 1962, compared with £1,610,652 in...

A NEW commercial-vehicle cab has 1 -3, been developed by Chrysler International, for manufacture in countries which do not have...

IT was announced on Monday by Mr. I J. J. Bohmrich, president of the Prestolite International Corp., that a new...

engine and sixspeed constant-mesh gearbox with overdrive on top, permitting speeds of over 60 m.p.h., are features of an...

A.E.C. TIPPERS FOR P. CRATE LTD.: Four Mercury wagons are to be supplied to P. Crate Ltd., the South London hauliers who are...

T WO interesting tandem-axle semi' trailers, both with integrally - constructed, light-alloy hopper bodies by Durarnin...

of Dennis Bros. at Guildford will be closed from July 27 to August II inclusive, but there will he a small staff available to...

"-uglier , -output P.t.-o. Units INCREASED outputs of up to 40 per cent arc now available from 1 the range of combined p.t.-o....

A SIMPLE method of waxing bodies is provided by Rexin Wax Wash, which has been launched in Britain by Chas. B. Symons, 209...

T HE National Coal Board has been experimenting in Scotland with bulk delivery, using a Commer 7-tonner with Dunn-Spencer Bulk...

rA A NEW British Standard, " Worm Gearing" (B.S. 721) has been prepared to take account of current production techniques and...

THE latest standard range of 1 aluminium bodybuilding components available from Alcan Industries Ltd., Banbury. Oxon, is...

A CHEMICAL rust-proofing primer r - k called Rustroy, developed by The Wy mark Co., Little Comberton, Nr. Pershore, Worcs,...

T HEY do them proud in the West Midlands when some one is leaving or retiring. A " do " at a well-known Birmingham hotel the...

iN DATOR IS MARK By John F. Moor A.M.1.R.T.E. H AVING long been a protagonist of the use of large, high-powered engines in...

IT was rather a "novelty" type of day at the North Midlands lorry driver competition held at Melton Mowbray last Sunday. A...

CLASS A-ep to 16 ft. and from 25.5 cwt.: I. M. George (Squires and Kintons Ltd.), Thames. 187 Penalty points; 2, E. Rawnsley...

to make sense.' L IKE a witches' brew, the Labour party's policy on transport appears to be made up by contributions at more...

AN ESSEX BODYBUILDER GIVES HIS VIEWS ON FIVE TYPES CONSTRUCTION FOR A LUTON Vi I F a goods vehicle operator requires a special...

Moving In? IS there anything under the surface of last week's news 1 about the reorganization of British Road Services' top...

A READER at present employed as a p.s.v. driver in the North West says that he is considering entry into p.s.v. operation on...

Andrea Merzarlo Ltd. Cap. £1.200. Objects: To carry on the business of general carriers, etc. Subs.: A. J. Stevens and C. R....