D IESEL engine design sophistication processes are continuous and so tend to become accepted by operators almost without...

Over 600 vehicles acquired by Group in recent months THE Transport Development Group I Ltd. has bought Dallas (Kingston) Ltd....

A NEW company, British Road Ferry Services Ltd., has been registered as a private company with a capital of 050.000 shares to...

T HE U.K. mobile sales fleets of Wall's lee Cream and Forte's Mr. Whippy are to be merged into a new company, Walls Whippy...

North West A N increasing demand for bulk liquid transport in the North West has resulted over the past year in the activities...

:POT IN ABERDEEN N EXT Tuesday, January 7, the new depot of Atlas Express Ltd. in Craigshaw Road, Aberdeen, is to be opened by...

in the flour milling industry (excluding London) has been raised from 18s. to 20s., and Tate and Lyle Transport Ltd. has agreed...

WHEN a new 180-ft. long transit shed IT at Brown Lane came into operation on December 30, B.R.S. (Parcels) Ltd. took another...

A THREE - DAY residential course for removal operatives is being held from Tuesday to Thursday next week (Januaary 7 to 9). It...

I T is understood that Barimar Ltd., 2224 Peterborough Road, Fulham, is to close this month. An exact date is not known, and no...

WO new design now in production by Fuller Roadranger gearboxes of the Eaton Manufacturing Co. of America are available from...

IN a reply to the Traders Road Trans.' port Association about the wording of Construction and Use regulations on the basis of...

K.B.E.: Mr. Ni. R. Bridgernsin, chairman and managing director, British Petroleum. C.B.E.: Prof. C. D. Buchanan, lately...

M R. TOM LORD, g eneral mana g er of Leeds Corporation transport department, has proposed a scheme whereby drivers of about 12...

D ESPITE the effect on traffic of a hard winter and a poor summer, East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd.'s net income in the year ended...

and salaried staff of the Ulster Transport Authority. The scheme for wa g e earners will provide a uniform basis of pension for...

QUNDERLAND CORPORATION k) TRANSPORT has placed an order with Leyland Motors Ltd. for three rearen g ined sin g le-decker bus...

NRAGED by a wave of hooli g anism, Birkenhead bus crews closed down 90 minutes early on the ni g ht followin g Boxin g Day and...

contraction of public transport services in the future is visualized by Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne, g eneral mana g er of Glas g ow...

I NCLUDED in the papers to be presented at the 36th Con g ress of the International Union of Public Transport will be one by...

ityllt. G. M. NEWBERRY, at present AVI traffic mana g er of The Northern General Transport Co. Ltd., has been appointed g...

A CHAIRMAN and six vice-chairmen have been appointed for 1964 by the Road Operators' Safety Council. The new chairman is Mr. W....

I N a New Year messa g e to London Transport's 75,000 staff, Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, l_.T.B. chairman, said that the tide was...

A ROAD vehicle which can also run on railway lines has been desi g ned by Mr. I. M. Rollo, an en g ineer, and chairman of the...

OLI.OWING an amendment to an application by J. and E. Transport Ltd., Haslin g den, an objection by British Railways was...

g as appliance manufacturers, Sidney Flavell, was the main reason behind an application recently by Ellis Greaves of Coventry...

A N allegation that the objectors to an application were doing all they could to "stave off" a decision as long as possible was...

No Appearance, No Grant: When B and 13 Security Police, Birmingham, failed to appear at a public inquiry in Birmingham, on...

B ECAUSE of the Christmas holidays many traffic areas have not published Applications and Decisions, or are issuing them later...

APPLICATIONS (January 1, 1964) P. R. Taylor. York, new A lic.. 1 veh, (30. Caravan mats, and accessories and plumbers'...

APPLICATIONS (December 31. 1963) W. L. Valiance Ltd.. Newton Abbot. A var., add I art. trl. (.5t 6c). (3.g. within 35 miles....

APPLICATIONS (December 25, 1963) D. Griffiths and Sons (Newhridge) Ltd.. Crosskeys, Mon. new A lie., II T. (5410. Road mats'....

A N appeal by Eastern National Omni 1 bus Co. Ltd. against the refusal of the Eastern Traffic Commissioners to grant a...

A N application by Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport) Ltd., Aberdeen, for an addition of three vehicles on B licence,...

INTER CITY TRANSPORT AND I TRADING CO. LTD. is seeking 11 additional vehicles and replacement of three existing platform units...

A N unusual situation arose at a public inquiry in Birmingham recently, when the West Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. John...

R.H.A. FORCES A RATES INQUIRY AT BRISTOL W HETHER he intended it or not, the state of affairs brought to light at a recent...

INDOUBTEDLY the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, had set himself a lot of homework to do over the holidays,...

IN a recent unsuccessful appeal before the Transport Tribunal, questions were raised about clearing houses and their inclusion...

of F. Perkins Ltd. He will continue to carry out his group staff duties as staff director, legal and secretarial services, and...

regret to record the deaths of Mr. V Y F. Curren, Mr. F. Y, Frazer, Mr. J. R. Green, Mr. N. Horsburgh, Mr, J. H. Pegg, Mr. W....

nETAILS have become available 'about the development by the Thiokol Chemical Corp., of New Jersey, U.S.A., of an engine of...

rOMMENTING on the Monopolies ‘ser Commission report on the supply of electrical equipment for vehicles, Joseph Lucas Ltd. has...

Scammell Routeman II chassis and cabs have been ordered through Leyland Motors Ltd., Melbourne, for operation in Australia....

JUST before Parliament rose for Christ.) mas, Mr. Marples was asked by a Member whether he would take steps to stop the sale of...

WADHAM (HOLDINGS) LTD. has VY placed a contract for the construction of a new coachbuilding factory on the company's site in...

of its plant at Carr Hill, Doncaster, in June, Ford Motor Co. Ltd. is to spend about £100,000 on converting the former...

Ltd.. of Edinburgh, has virtually completed a £250,000 reorganization of its garage and workshop at Roseburn, Edinburgh. Basic...

A NNOUNCED as an optional extra for Plaxton coaches earlier this year, a system of seat attachment (for which patent...

Be Patient—and Work to the Rules WHEN THINKING of brakes, people do so in terms of stopping ability, placing unquestioned...

THIS week's prize-winning idea comes 1 from Mr. L. Corbishley, of Hulme, Manchester, who gains a second award of three...

— and Publications One-car Transporters T R A I L ERS which can be used to transport one car have been introduced by the...

By The Hawk There breezed into my office one recent afternoon a lively visitor from New Zealand. He was Lynn McKenzie, a...

U.S. Experimental Works Promises Greatly Increased Outputs By P. A. C. Brockington A.M.1.Mech.E. I N two recent papers of...

BY THE EDITOR I T has been in my mind for many years that there is a need in transport circh for a conference at which...

B.Sc. (Hons. Mech. Eng.), B.Sc. (Hons. Elec. Eng.), M.I.Meth.E., A.F.R.Ae.S. A notable expert on engine design, and on all...

A.M.Inst.T. 44 years Mr. Vince has been a busman, rly in 1963 completing 25 years' service with ; British Electric Traction...

A.M.I.C.E. Following the dissolution of the National Road Transport Federation last year, the Road Haulage Association set up...

M.A.(Cantab.), M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.E.E. Since September, 1961, Mr. Perring has been chief mechanical engineer at...

-but GAME Road Test Albion Chieftain Super Six Scammell 18-ton-gross artic By John F. Moon, I T is understandable that...

Newcastle Redevelopment—and Buses IT is astonishing how local government departments some times work against each other, often...

Austrian Attractions THE hospitality of Vienna, scene next April of the eighth Conference for Public Cleansing, has long been...

WRITES M AKERS of electrical equipment cannot imagine that they have been shown up to advantage in the latest report from the...

/ N the last two articles of this series appropriate forms have been described for recording commercial vehicle operation and...

J. Baker (High Wycombe) Ltd. Cap. £100. Objects: To carry on the business or general carriers, etc. Dim.: J. Baker and W. A....