IERE are probably many muliers who began in a mall way and have subally increased their earning ity, in a relatively short by...

T HE course of events for the Ulster Transport Authority seldom runs smoothly. In 1956-57— their third profitable year in a...

Causes of Diesel Smoke UITE a host of reasons for the emission of black smoke from oil engines is given by the Cummins Engine...

at many people give a free "t" to Sir John Elliot. question as to how many unemployed will be absorbed ritain's road-building...

THE controversy over alterations to existing A-licence vehicles—a Special I Correspondent discussed the question in The...

A DEPUTATION from the Road 1" - x Haulage Association met Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of...

I T was sheer nonsense to have separate normal users for four vehicles, Mr. W. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, said at...

Ma. H. C. YOUNGE has resigned his directorship of the Transport Development. Group, but continues on the board of Ham Wharfage...

'THE Northern Traffic Commissioners I have decided that there is a demand for cheap Continental tours from Middlesbrough,...

1SAGREEMENT between the Transport and General Workers' Union the National Union of Railwaymen ampering the Labour Party in...

D ESIGNED to handle aircraft of 300.000 lb. all-up weight, the DC7Q Tugmaster, manufactured by Douglas Equipment, Ltd.,...

TRAVEL on a motorway, compared 1 with a normal trunk road, at a density of 16,700 vehicles a day, would save £10,000 a mile per...

T HE Transport Tribunal will have to make a decision in the controversy about changes in the carrying capacity of vehicles...

1 - 3. A NEW regulation by the Egg NEW Board means that eggs hitherto carried under C licence will now have to be transported...

A N agreement has resulted in British Road Services. British Railways and 10 hauliers withdrawing their objections to an...

T HE way three associated companies tried to offset the loss of three revoked A-licence vehicles was described at Hanky, last...

ING char g es concerned with le g ed failure to pay 11,482 10s. on oil fuel used in his buses, Geor g e a Clackmannan bus...

S PECIALLY desi g ned to carry heavy oil-drillin g e q uipment in the Ni g er Delta, an unusual amphibious crawler tractor will...

and delivery vehicles were last week granted to Road Services (Caledonian), Ltd., to work within a 15-mile radius of Glasgow...

'.USING to grant an A-licence col:ction and delivery vehicle to and Haulage, Ltd., on Monday, Mr. loin, Scottish Licensing...

I - 1 A DESCRIPTION of how the rear wheels, axle and springs of a twoyear-old lorry broke away when the vehicle was being...

,IMING that their application was robably unprecedented in licensing y, Highland Haulage, Ltd., last sought an A licence to...

THE work of C-licence operators will not be an election issue. Politicians will be so much concerned with unemployment, the...

A N A-licence substitution, involving the use of a heavier vehicle, was granted at Carlisle last week, to Mr. William Dockeray,...

I F the 20,000 long-distance lorries now under free enterprise were taken over by the State , again the standard of operation...

1E loss on Lincoln Transport )epartment at the end of the present lcial year will probably be about 000—not £14,000, as...

A N order committing to prison Mr. George Ernest White, Coventry Road, Birmingham, for contempt of court, was made in the...

INSUFFICIENT evidence was put forward by Mr. Gordon Hall, Northallerton, when he applied at Stockton-on-Tees, last week, for a...

AlthoughFluidTransmission might not Improve Fuel Consumption, it has certain Important Advantages By P. A. C. Brockington,...

By G. Duncan Jew ell T HE hilly terrain and rough roads in many parts of East Lancashire raise considerable problems for...

Inside Influence By the Hawk MEMBER of the tyre trade was so pleased with last week's second leader attacking the Tyre...

R OAD transport in Canada is entering a phase as dramatic as any in the history of Canadian industrial development—the...

A N air-suspension layout for single-axle semi-trailers is now being produced by R. A. Dyson and Co, Ltd., Grafton Street,...

WO refrigeration conservators for ice-cream vehicles and mobile shops are now being produced by Smith's Delivery Vehicles,...

T HE Road Haulage Association's longawaited publicity campaign begins next week. The basic scheme provides for 221 substantial...

• New Outlook on Coach Design iPPOSE that all of . us, big or small, are interested in ich other's ideas and views where they...

GH LOADING FACTOR Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. Distributing From Two Central Premises and 26 Branches, and Performing Removals, Welsh...

£6l.330 was incurred in the year ended September 30 last by the Ulster Transport Authority. This was brought about, according...

A LTHOUGH the public naturally pre fer to have express bus services direct from their homes to places of employment, this...

S EARCHING inquiries should be made by people who employ drivers to ensure that the men do not do anything in their rest...

The Mote and the Beam • By JANUS T this time hauliers want all the prae they can get and as little criticism as possible. It...

A READER asks for advice on estimating for a contract involving vehicles engaged on site work. Three drivers would travel by a...

' ATENT No. 807,425 shows an overdrive mechanism for heavy vehicles with overhead-worm-type, double-drive rear bogies....