"M/0 Weeks ago an exclusive road test report was published in The Commercial tor dealing with a 4,000-gal. culated spirit...

W ITHOUT taking into consideration any question as to the dimensions of passenger vehicles built on the Continent, many present...

Improvers for Light-oil Fuels MANY people are aware of the widespread use of "I additives in lubricating oils, •but few...

Prosecution Claim Company Realized Acid Runs Were Impossible: Defence Blame Organization WHEN Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd.,...

A XLES have been removed from hundreds of eight-wheelers by K. and B. Motors, Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, in order to make the...

IT is reported in well-informed circles I that negotiations are likely to be completed next month for the purchase by J. and A....

Coe. E. G. OUTFIELD has been re-elected chairman of the Portsmouth Section of the Traders Road Transport Association. MR. R....

D ESPITE careful pruning 01 unremunerative mileage, the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., still run 72 per cent. of...

IT has taken well over a year, but at last I the case of Liverpool haulier Mr. G. V. Senior has finally been closed. At...

OW 40 years old, the Institute of Transport has 10,000 members, ng people in various forms of trans the opportunity to get...

A LTHOUGH agreement between British Road Services and the union side on terms for the operation of heavy goods vehicles at 30...

'T HREE assurances that the furniture I remover as such would not be affected by renationalization were given by Mr. Ernest...

iPABLE of being loaded with four ars within 20 minutes and unloaded in 15 minutes, a car transporter rig ramp controls so...

T HE right of C-licensees to choose the system of transport they prefer was championed last week by Mr. R. Morton Mitchell,...

EFERRING to complaints by the British Transport Commission about the carriage of goods in C-licensed vehicles, the annual...

r-t A CONTRACT for 56-day tours of Western Europe carrying American and Canadian passengers has been secured by J. Green and...

complete the denationalization of ritish Road Services it will first be ;sary to convince the customer that ers can do the job...

THE West Midland Traffic Commis1 sinners have granted, with some modifications, the application by the Birmingham and Midland...

time would be cut from 5 hr. 16 min. to hr. 25 min. On the motorway, the cruising speed would be raised from 24 m.p.h. to 50...

T HE battle between Ribble Motor Services. Ltd.. and Carlisle Corporation over services provided by Ribble on Carlisle's...

R EFUSING a haulier's application for IN. an addition to his two-vehicle B licence last week, Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western...

A PPEALING to manufacturers who trade with Continental countries, a direct road service to the Continent is now being operated...

WARNING that stricter checks I would be kept by enforcement jeers to ensure that hauliers did not tak the conditions of their...

E XPORTS in January got away to a good start for 1959, the total of 10,622 vehicles being the highest monthly figure since last...

INDICATIONS that British Railways I were indulging in "vicious ratecutting" while relentlessly prosecuting appreciable...

AAGISTRATES at Reading were VII advised last week that if they ever wanted a little "light reading" they might try wading...

'HEN Crosville Motor Services. Ltd., applied for an express service n en Sandbach and Rhyl, last week. as stated that the...

S TAGE services between Bibury and Cirencester, Gas, sought last week by Snowdonia Coaches, Bibury, were refused by the Western...

B ECAUSE a bus operator has held a contract for 20 years there is no reason why the work should not go to someone else who puts...

FTER being involved in a revocation inquiry last August, Siddle C. Cook, Consett, Co. Durham, had to cancel 3rder for two...

PA A NEWCASTLE haulier was warned by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, last week, that if a licensed vehicle...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.1.Mech.E. F OR the past eight months Alfred T. Hartshorne, Ltd., Darlaston, Staffs, have been...

HE first bus chassis to be constructed Aby Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham, has been shipped to South Africa, where its...

kSONABLY priced at 12s. 6d., the B.M.C. "Touring Atlas and Guide to the :ontinent," although designed with the private motorist...

Over 859 miles Bedford-Duple 41-seat Oil-engined Coach on Extended Road -Test : Four-speed Gearbox and Two-speed Axle_ Give...

G ENERALLY similar in appearance to the mobile display vehicle built by Locumotors, Ltd., Birmingham, in June, 1958 (The...

By JANUS 3 UDGETS in an election year sometimes contain welcome surprises, but it may still be too much to hope for a...

By Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. I NTENSIVE operation of a small ancillary fleet has contributed to a twelvefold increase in turnover by...

FARE increases designed to yield £175,000, which were sought by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., at a joint sitting of the Northern...

D ISC brakes, power-assisted steering, automatic seat indicators and television are among the features, of the future bus...

WHEN a trolleybus driver employed VW by the Teesside Railless Traction Board was accused at South Bank-onTees of careless...

By The Hawk IRS. B. A. LANGDON. of Wiveliscombe, Somerset. whose I death was reported by The Commercial Motor last ek, must...

SPECIAL door-to-door service for elderly and infirm churchgoers at lerhead, Scotland, operated by Frank oway and Sons, Shotts,...

A PROBLEM regarding the use of rebated oil fuel is raised by a concern of quarry owners. For some years they have been...

THE Transport Tribunal on Monday allowed an appeal by Wright Bros. (Wolverhampton), Ltd., against a decision by the West...