p UBLIC road passenger services are being increasingly undermined by the growing use of cars and small buses for purposes of...

T HE British Road Federation's scheme for a 25-mile ring road for London, to be built almost entirely above or alongside...

David Henry McVeigh I N Lincolnshire, where so many names proclaim their Scandinavian origin, McVeigh might be regarded as...

By The Hawk hockey on Skates Meating Point T "Queen's birthday was celebrated by B.R.S. (Meat Haulage), Ltd., also as...

B ECAUSE they think that the grant of additional vehicles for maintenance purposes raises a vital question of principle, the...

110LANS for maintaining the flow of I traffic in the West End of London durin g the 28 months that the Park Lane improvement...

W HEN a .lorry has been used to carry stolen goods, the police should send details of the vehicle to the Licensing Authority....

C ONCERN over the use of improperly licensed small buses is expressed in the annual report of the Public Transport Association....

F IGURES which showed that gross I turnover had been increased by £.17,000 during 1959-60 impressed Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish...

M ORE than 60 north-western operators opposed the application of Pleasureways (1955), Ltd., to link their licences with those...

MR. T. R. CHARLESWORTII has retired from the staff of Laycock Engineering, Ltd., after .31 years' service. He was mainly...

A LTHOUGH the sub-contracting rA figures of R. Armstrong (Transport), Ltd., Liverpool, had risen by more than £7,000 during...

C OMPLATNTS by two Liverpool fruit and vegetable dealers of a severe lack of adequate haulage facilities within the city...

A N appeal for full consultation with the bus industry before further changes are made in working hours, was made by the...

LANNERS who would impose bans on commercial vehicles would be responsible for higher prices in the shops, claimed Mr. F. H....

O UTPUT of goods vehicles in March totalled 44,610 units at an average rate of 8,922 a week, according to Board of Trade...

U SERS of wolfram ore utilized in the manufacture of tun g sten for hi g hspeed tool steels are warned that seven tons of the...

WHEN the social club of Essex VI' Carriers, Ltd., of South Benfleet. hold their dinner and danc e on May 7. the chief g uest...

A FORMER employee of Northern rA Motor Utilities and British Road Services, Charles William Coates. was sentenced to 15 months'...

A N intensive check conducted in the town by examiners of the West Midland Licensin g Authority resulted in the conviction of...

David Creig (Transport), Ltd. cap. £5,0e0. Subs,: L. St. John 'I'. Jackson and Robina Lund, 18 Austin Friars, I.ondon, E.C.2....

THE first batch of a fleet of 100 Albion I Aberdonian underfloor-engined buses is being completed in the Australian factory of...

A N owner-driver haulier who bought a business and thought that the vehicle licence was included in the sale was refused an A...

PA A REDUCED demand for household coal during the summer was the reason given to Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority,...

A SUCCESSFUL application to eonrA vert their fleet to articulated operation was made by William Cumming (Haulage). Ltd.,...

C CHARGES of receiving a C licence knowing that it had been stolen, and of using the document with intention to defraud were...

C OMBIN ED claims for greatly %-"increased wages, a shorter basic working week, alterations in conditions and additional...

0 ERATORS who run services for employees of Government departments in rural areas on a yearly basis cannot expect to keep...

F ARE and freight increases by the British Tr an spor t Commission announced last week and due to start coming into effect next...

L I AM will not go up at Leicester for at least a year, despite new awards to bus crews which will cost the transport...

New Office: A new office will he opened by United Dominions Trust, Ltd., at 7 East St. Mary's Gate, Grimsby, on May 9. New...

T HEapplications by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., for more vehicles on motorway service (The Commercial...

A PROPOSED new bus station for York, connected by subway to the railway station, may become a reality as the result of a...

A FOURTH type of underfloor-engined passenger chassis has been introduced by Leyland Motors, Ltd. Full details are not yet...

QIX countries trebled their road expenditure in 1958 compared with the annual average for 1952-56, and five others more than...

Bedford-York Six-wheeler York Trailing-wheel Conversion of Bedford 7-ton Chassis Employs Rocker Arms to Give High Degree of...

'E XTENSIVE use is made of plastics materials in a range of IL , ice-cream sales vans being manufactured by Graham Bros., Ltd.,...

F OOTBALL supporters told of their travelling difficulties before the North Western Traffic Commissioners in Manchester last...

E NCOURAGING success marked the entry by Schweppes (Home), Ltd., in the first eliminating round of the 1964) Lorry Driver of...

A T their second appearance in the Brighton Coach Rally, sponsored by Transport World" in conjunction with Brighton...

Britain has No Planned Transport System : State Intervention Inevitable, Says Sir Gilmour Jenkins rr RANSPORT cannot be run...

A PLEA for protection for coastwise shippin g was made by Sir Donald Anderson. "In shipping," he said, "a substantial portion...

M R.. MASEFIELD believed that all forms of transport would in the future collaborate more closely. Each would promote travel by...

g Problem Mobile Cranes T HE Mechanical Handling Exhibition, which opens next Tuesday and closes on May 13, will occupy...

Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts, introduced three four-wheel-drive loading shovels. Two of these advanced units are to be shown...

O N exhibition for the first time in this country will be the range of American Dempster handling equipment for bulk materials...

to Zurich with a cargo of frozen chickens . . just one of many Austins in use on continental routes today. Her owners are...

Tougher Tyres Forecast TWO types of synthetic rubber known as Ameripol SN and Ameripol CB are to be offered shortly in this'...

DRIMARILY because of its large diameter pneumatic tyres, a Series HI fork-lift • truck produced by Matbro. Ltd., Harley,...

By JANUS A BITTER PILL L IKE the patient who argues interminably over the short but unpleasant duty of taking a pill,...

T RAILER trains powered by petrol engines and having a capacity of 100 tons, with an earning power of £5 per route-mile, are...

Readers' Inquiries Dealt With in This Article Include One Concerning the Glazing of . WindOws, Whilst Another Arises Out of the...

A POWER-OPERATED gearbox is in. described in patent No. 831,486. It has four speeds and reverse, with another two-speed box in...