R ESEARCH is a subject that usually rings a bell only with the larger fleet operator, whether of goods vehicles or of public...

Sidne ohn Lamborn Li IVIS Romanus Sum "—" I am a Roman citizen ": a proud claim a couple of thousand years or so ago, but no...

A LTHOUGH to some people the job of a Pressman may seem all "bees and honey," 1 can assure you we sometimes have our problems...

From our Industrial Correspondent L ONDON busmen's claim for higher 1 ,--+ pay and improved conditions is to be presented to...

Will Minister Send Them Back ? FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A NOTHER step in the threatened road haulage pay crisis was...

A NEW method of cleaning bits 1 — t interiors, said to be twice as fast as existing vacuum cleaning methods, is being...

Mr. J. W. Morley, secretary to Lan.. cashire United Transport, Ltd., has been made a director of that company. Mr. W. M....

M R. C. THACKER has been appointed deputy chairman of the-Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Da g enham. He will also continue as mana g in...

-r-HE Swedish Army are now taking 1 delivery of what are said to be the biggest vehicle.; yet built in that country. These are...

Efficient, Warns Mr. O'Reilly " 'THIEVES are getting more efficient" I said Mr. N. T. O'Reilly. chairman of the Road Haulage...

Haulier is Told THE West Midland Licensing Author' ity, Mr. J. Else, warned a Stoke-onTrent hauFer, after a breach of his...

TN its newest research tractor, the American International Harvester, Co., Ltd., has coupled a gas turbine to a hydrostatic...

AAR. DAVID C. THORNBY, formerly IV" assistant sales manager of Kenex Coachwork, Ltd., Dover, has been appointed director and...

Coal Illegally F INES amounting with costs to over £200 were imposed on several hauliers who were charged at the Hanley...

A T a demonstration of specialized Land-Rover conversions held in Warwickshire on Tuesday and Wednesday, a tracked version of...

E NLARGED to almost three limes its LA former size, the Burslem depot of the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., is to become...

A SMALL coal and anthracite discharging adaptation of their vehicle. the Pneumarotor, introduced earlier this year for the...

TU., health due to an accident, losses on vehicles repossessed, and heavy maintenance costs were the reasons given for his...

'THE West German goods vehicle and I motor bus producers, Bussing Automobilwerke AG, of Brunswick, announce that they...

A FORMER Newport haulage contractor, Evan Thomas Welsher, of Blaen-y-Pant Crescent, Newport, said last week at Newport...

V EH1CLES differing completely from the type usually used on security runs will be employed for a new service which has been...

Obligation" fo Help QIX armoured cars, out of a total of 10 vehicles applied for, were granted to Security Services...

Mr. F. J. McHugh, defending, said was of some concern to road hauliers all over the country, came before South Lonsdale...

BY A. J. Wilding F OR the second year running, Mr. R. Keech is the Express Dairy Company Driver of the Year, and Mr. J. Hudson...

A NNOUNCED today is a new Borg.C1 Warner fully automatic transmission developed for use with 14-litre engines. The new unit...

S UPERSEDING the company's 2-litre oil engine for application to all types of Land-Rover, a new 21-litre diesel engine was...

A TANDEM-AXLE semi-trailer with a deck length -of -50 ft. has recently been completed by Boden Trailers, Ltd., Oldham, Lanes....

Selling Passenger Transport L AST Friday saw the start of the annual weekend conference of the Institute of Transport which...

Portable Cutting Machine A PORTABLE, lightweight oxygen cutting machine—the Pug—is now being marketed by The British Oxygen...

Passenger Amenities and Safety Considered of Prime Importance by Greyhound—The World's Largest Operator of Luxury Coaches by a...

W HAT is the most famous bus ride in fiction? My own candidate would be from the episode towards the end of" Lucky Jim," the...

" A REMARKABLE partnership" was PA how Mr. B. F. W. Scott, vicechairman of C.A.V., Ltd., described the Roto Diesel, S.A.,...

R EVISED proposals were published last week by Mr. Ernest Ivlarples, the Minister of Transport, for a new motorway junction to...

"General Goods, Great Britain" "G ENERAL - goods, Great 'Britain," or the equivalent, seems to be a user that is creeping back...

by John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. A HANDFUL of Leyland Power-Plus heavies, some Bedford TKs and a sprinkling of B.M.C. Mini-Vans...

A REDUCTION in vehicle turnround time from 1 : 1-2 hours to less than 10 minutes has been achieved by the Welsh Agricultural...

Division of " Artie " Costs Weekly Expenditure Incurred in Operating a 10-ton Oiler 800 Miles a Week is Analysed; Exceptions...

A UNIT for testing injector nozzles is 1 -11 -shown in patent No. 870,828. (A.B. Gotaverken, Box 885, Goteborg 8. Sweden.)...