A LTHOUGH the new onservative Government lacks the large majority which some of its well-wishers expected, its election has...

riiHERE can be no doubt that the new Govern ment is faced with a colossal task, and one which might well daunt men of less...

Many Road Men May Say Tar F OR al those associated with the construction and maintenance of roads, the British Road Tar ....

Of plain speaking at the R.H.A. conference. That senior officers of the Association did not escape criticism, but took it in...

Priority for Those Compulsorily Taken Over Limit on Tonnage to be Bought THE Road Haulage Association this week published its...

Goods and Passenger Operators See New Hope of Freedom T HROUGH their Associations, members of the road transport industry...

L ORD LEATHERS, wae-time Minister of ter of Transport and a business man of the highest ability, has been • appointed...

Ma. A. 0. Ritiour, clerk of the Transport /Appeal] Tribunal, has taken up a post at the Ministry of Transport. He was with the...

A LTERED fare stages, which were coupled with the introduction of higher fares by the Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co.,...

DASSENGER-TRANSPORT opera.L tors look to the Government . :to instruct the British Transport Commission to abandon area schemes...

troversy Goes On • MEGOTIATIONS on hand-brake' 1 efficiency are continuing between the Ministry of Transport, thc Society of...

MEW regulations governing the use I 1 1 and marking of pedestrian crossings came into operation on Wednesday. The position...

Heard : Deficit Now E2m. I N former years, the prosperity of Glasgow Transport Department had been built up on cheap...

B EFORE the Transport Tribunal , last s‘eek, Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, a member of the London Transport Executive, was asked to...

A DRIVER employed by Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., was recently fined for carrying 16 passengers too many in a contract...

/HEN A. F. Wardaugh, Ltd., VV Newcastle-on-Tyne, an associated company, R.A.H Transporters, Ltd., and a clearing, house were...

General Motors of Canada, Ltd., is to erect an assembly plant in north-west Winnipeg. The maximum permissible price of...

C LAIMING to have been successful in obtaining the major proportion of municipal orders which have been advertised for tender...

at the Dairy Show B ATTERY ELECTRIC vehicle makers scored at the Dairy Show held at Olympia, London, last week. Although fewer...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.! ech .E. A Tyre Specialist Gives Some Straightforward Advice on Tyre Usage . Calculated to Show...

with great interest the article which appeared I in the September 21 issue of your journal under the heading of "Some Vehicle...

The Price of Liberty By JANLIS -F4 MBOLDENED by a change of Government, the hauliers have at last published their plan for...

By 1. J. COTTON, m.i.R.T.E. Thornycroft 4-ton Medium-wheelbase Chassis Equipped With Sixcyhndered Oil Engine of Average Size...

S OME large industrial undertakings which had to disperse their operations during the war have continued to work the branches...

M.P.T.A. Conference Papers on American Public Transport Practice and on Discipline Underline Current Problems in Municipal...

Difficulties Facing American Operators are Like Those Experienced in Britain, but Competition is Greater K EEN competition...

to Transport? Social and Economic Changes Have Weakened Discipline: Fairness and Understanding Needed in Handling Labour A S...

FO use on express services and lt excursions, Yorkshire Woollen District Transport, Ltd., Dewsbury, has taken delivery of new...

C ATERING for both industrial and — , agricultural applications, the Fowler Challenger I tractor will be formally introduced to...

QPEAKING at Manchester recently, L) Mr. C. W. Escott, chairman of the transport committee of the National Federation of Fruit...

THERE was no safer driver on the roads than the driver of a heavy commercial vehicle, and it was false to speak of the dangers...

A DVANCE details of a new range of normal-control fourand six-Ilk-wheeled chassis have, been six -,wheeled to The Commercial...

Many Hauliers do Not Know Whether the Rates They Charge are Remunerative or Not. "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Shows how...

P ATENT No, 657,513 shows a rapid method of transferring a road vehicle on to a rail truck. (Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton, Ulster...