W ITH the London busmen's wage dispute before the Industrial Court this week and a claim for higher wages for road haulage...

Work Study in the Armed Services TO learn of "work study" in the Armed Services will I take the reader a long way from the...

That bus-stop laybys are too often invaded by unauthorized parkers. Of many hauliers fearing that Liberal vote-splitting may...

House of Lords' Decision Quoted by Tribunal : Abuse of Licence is "Previous Conduct" J F a haulier changes his normal user...

SCOTTISH operator has lost his A licence because - he did not observe • his normal user. Revoking the licence, as from March 1,...

Pl. A WARNING about the wordin g . of licence conditions relating to opencast coal was given at Newcastle upon Tyne, last week,...

A FTER hearing how a meat-haulage service was being operated between Exeter and London, the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S....

MR. J. BOWLEY, an overseas field engineer of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., is making a four-month tour of America. MR. JOHN WARREN,...

LINES totalling £55 were imposed last 1 week on Mrs. L. • Donnelly, Tynemouth, when she admitted nine chargeS of using a...

E MPLOYEES at the Risley atomicenergy establishment wasted 25 minutes every time they travelled to work by ordinary bus...

A N appeal was heard by the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh, on Tuesday, when McKelvie and Co., Ltd., Motherwell, contested the...

TUESDAY'S special meeting of the I licensing committee of the Road Haulage Association in London was inconclusive. The weather...

QEVENTY-SIX goods models are now L) being produced by M. G. Rowe (Motors) Doublebois, Ltd., Liskeard,. Cornwall. They include...

"T HE use of C-licence vehicles on regular haulage work by farmers or I so-called persons engaged in agriculture, or the use...

WHEN an autoclave plant was brought lir from Germany to Coventry last week, the two cylinder components were welded to the...

R OAD haulage should not be a free 1N, for all, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, declared last week. " Too...

B ETWEEN April 1, 1957, and February 9 this year, Belfast Corporation buses lost-6,652,595 passengers. Mr. J. Mackk, general...

A PPLYING to take over a B licence operated from Barnsley, Mr. E. Nortcliffe. Sheffield, admitted last week that since he was...

I T was remarkable that, after so much reasonable persuasion had been attempted in the matter of staggering working hours, so...

W ITHOUT hearing the evidence of nine supporting witnesses, who included representatives of the Ministry of Transport and...

A CCORDING to proposals circulated last week by the Ministry of Transport, all direction indicators fitted to motof vehicles...

A NNOUNCING that the closing date for applications for their various scholarships is May 31, the Institute of Transport state...

WHEN a bus made a momentary stop Vif from 25 m.p.h., it cost 0.6d. in fuel, whilst a 10-second stop, if not allowed for in the...

A PILOT scheme of staggered business hours will probably come into operation in Nottingham this summer, according to Capt. A....

0 groups of coach operators, who applied last week to vary their licences for summer express services from East Lancashire and...

in Latest Passenger Chassis Seddon's First Design with Horizontal Underfloor Engine has Meadows 135 b.h.p. Unit and Five-speed...

Early C asualty By The Hawk IRONICALLY, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders are among the casualties in the battle...

By a Special Correspondent Backing by Large Manufacturers Needed by Entrants to International Transport : Loss Must be Accepted...

bus garage, combining simplicity with economy, has been evolved by London Transport architects. Two to this specification are...

7 LXPERT No Worries About RateCutters for a Specialized Fleet Distributing Topgrade Traffic By Tony Hatton A CHEQUE for...

NNOVATIONS ffiINT 4x 4 I NDEPENDENT rubber suspension and other features give promise that both performance and maintenance...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. I NDEPENDENT front-wheel suspension was originally adopted by •car manufacturers to...

Keen Analysis of Problems Requiring Action If Tariff-free Conunerce in Europe Is to Succeed • B RITAIN could not afford to be...

B ECAUSE of the sparsely populated nature of much of the Island of Arran, only those operators who secured school contracts...

A D1E-CAST light-alloy underframe pedestal, which has been introduced by the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Banbury, is secured...

T HE article "Normal User—The Common Enemy,' by "The Tyke," in your issue dated January 31, reinforces the rapidly gaining...

" MONG all the voices calling for drastic changes in this, that or the other section of the transport . industry," I said, "I...

Salesmanship Is Essential to Success in Road Haulage Today: Importance of Selecting Economic Size of Vehicle U . NDAUNTED by...

IT is more than likely that a man will I land on the moon before a Channel Tunnel is built, a sad thought as the idea for the...

A BULK-CEMENT semi-trailer built by R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., Liverpool, 8, for operation in Norway, has been equipped with...

A CONFLICT of evidence develOped ..between. witnesses for 'Westmorland County Councilarid a group of private hauliers at...