W ITH the expiry this month of the free A licences granted to British Road Services, the• attitude to be adopted by the State...

O NE of the greatest problems in organizing eliminating rounds of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition is to find a...

A Wonderful Achievement A MOST impressive milestone in the history of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., was the production last Wednesday...

That the Omega should prove a good end to a buy. From a reader asking if yellow reflectors on cycle pedals will show up in...

TN an effort to force a favourable settle]. ment in the London bus dispute, leaders of the Transport and General Workers' Union...

E VIDENCE generally similar to that needed by private hauliers seeking the renewal of special A licences was submitted by...

FFORTS are being made by British Road Services to avoid objections by hauliers to applications for the transfer of parcels...

WHEN Traffic Commissioners publish ri a decision different in some respects from that which they have given orally at the end...

A Nappeal by Mr, S. C. Shergold (Tidworth Motor Coaches) against the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners' refusal of a backing...

A PPLYING for a wider radius for (A removals, Mr. P. Norris, Ormskirk, said at Liverpool on Tuesday that unless the application...

MR. B. G. MILLER has become managing director of Simoniz (England), Ltd. MR. F. B. MCPHERSON, a director of the Glacier Metal...

A CONTRACT to the value of £250,000 ri has been added to those worth £650,000 already placed with the Leyland Group by the...

A SERIES of business deals involving a special A licence came to light at " Newcastle, last week, when the holder admitted that...

H AULLERS who adopt a deliberate policy of sub-contracting rather than turn work away must accept difficulties with customers...

NA ANY elderly people wishing to join LVI the tours operated by Feather Bros (Tours), Ltd., Bradford, are being turned away...

Licensing Procedure Changed Afford a Strike A NEW procedure for licensing mem bers' vehicles has been put into operation by...

A CASE of a driver being overworked was a serious one Mr. M. T. A. Matthews told Halesowen magistrates last week. He was...

" T HE sooner we get it out Of our heads that coach trippers all wear flat caps and live on beer and fish and chips, the sooner...

nO the same principles cover both the British Transport Commission and private hauliers when they apply for licence variations...

S INCE I. W. Kitchin and Sons, Ltd., Bradford, were first granted an express service to Great Yarmouth in 1954, they have been...

A LTHOUGH it had been decided to ri allow goods vehicles to continue to load and unload in certain streets in London, despite...

A FTER admitting 20 cases of carrying . coal outside the conditions of an A licence, Maurice James and Co., Mile Lane,...

THE carriage of workpeople to and from factories in the Midlands in private vehicles and converted vans was causing "very...

n ISASTER for Industries Group Sales, Ltd., representing 75 British manufacturers, at the Poznan International Trade Fair in...

No. 4, organized by the Institute of British Carriage and. Automobile Manufacturers for a design for a crush-load...

E ARLY-MORNING concessionary fares are to be abolished by Manchester Corporation. This move was approved last week by the North...

A NEW board mill built at a cost of £5m. by Colthrop Board and Paper Mills, Ltd., Thatcham, Berks—members of the Reed Group—is...

J F people living in rural areas wanted bus services they would have to support them, Mr. G. W. Duncan, deputy chairman of the...

T WO oil companies are having to supply fuel and lubricants on site to more than 1,000 excavators, bulldozers, mechanical...

THE Karrier Bantam 2-3-tonner, powered hy the Rootes light-oiL engine, is capable of a range of performances which can be...

A NOVEL type of drive is employed LTh for a new American vehicle designed to operate over soft surfaces. It has been...

L ARGE-SCALE haulage of quarried stone and associated products is a searching test of tipping vehicles, and of the skill of...

" satisfy the demand for a compre rhensive lubrication service in all branches of motor sport, C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd.,...

UIGH standards of maintenance are adhered to by the Khanaqin Oil Co., Ltd., who operate a fleet largely comprising Leyland...

QUITABLE for paint repairs in garages --land touching-up on production lines, a portable infra-red projector unit is offered by...

E VERY haulier ought to respond to the appeal by the Road Haulage Association for contributions to a fund that will be used to...

C ASES of driving or permitting a vehicle to be used on the road while uninsured for third-party risks would seem—morally at...

W HEN the Reliant three-wheeled 5-cwt. van • was last tested nearly three years ago I remarked that a few detail refinements...

with Pull handles assist in closing the driving-compartment doors, which are trimmed with leather cloth, and the door on the...

THE article by Mr. C. Y. Hardie on traffic handling by British Road Services (The Commercial Motor, May 9), in -referring to...

A LTHOUGH the increase in the number of C-licence vehicles causes growing concern to professional hauliers, there have been...

vehicle for chassis ' maintenance forms the subject of patent, No 792,753. It is readily adaptable to various shapes and sizes...