Our Production and Financial Problems are the Concern of the Whole Nation H OW easy it is for tradeunion leaders and oppo...

'THERE are signs of a healthier understanding between the British Transport Commission and free-enterprise hauliers. Both the...

The Way to Save Money A N interesting fact connected with our companion industry.,,came to light in one of the papers...

That where a vehicle has its own road-sander the driver is not so dependent on the vagaries of road men dealing with icing...

BY A SPECIAL' CORRESPONDENT T HE Minister of Transport, I understand, has rejected the suggestion of the Transport and General...

M EMBERS of the Road Haulage Association have been recommended to resist any attempt by inspectors of taxes to classify as a...

1-1 A 40-1-JOUR week is likely soon to be sought by municipal busmen. This was forecast by Mr. Frank Taylor, general manager...

A NEW experimental high-efficiency hydraulic transmission will be • exhibited by the Motor Industry Research Association at the...

North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, has granted the Crow Carrying Co., Ltd., Barking, one rigid tanker...

A N order for 250 complete doubledeck buses with maintenance spares has been placed with A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., by the Teheran...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT N INE Hull hauliers, all members of the Road Haulage Association. objected at Bridlington, last...

were imposed by Kidderininster Borough Magistrates, last week, when a local concern or potato merchants answered 44 summonses....

P RIZES valued at £850 will be offered by the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers, next year, in their...

T O be staged in the grounds of the factory of the Rover Co., Ltd., Solihull, on November 23, a point-topoint meeting for...

MR. W. RASTALL has been appointed deputy sales manager of Morris Commercial Cars; Ltd. He joined the company in 1924. MR. L....

AAXIMUM speed limits should not in be introduced on new motorways before they have been well tested, according to Birmingham...

at the oil-engine works of L. Gardner and Sons, Ltd., Patricroft, Manchester, in protest against the employment of women on two...

A LL sections of the International Road Transport Union (I.R.U.) will hold their annual meetings in Paris from November 14-16....

F OR the time being at least, the Road Haulage Association will not engage in a political battle with the Socialist Party over...

A CONSIDERABLE programme has been carried out over the past five years by Shell-Mex and B.F.. Ltd., to bring their distribution...

P RINCIPLES governing transport in the proposed European Free Trade Area are laid down in an appendix to a report issued on...

AA CCORDING to figures published last Friday by the Ministry of Labour, the average earnings of all workers in goods transport...

A SCHEME drawn up by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd., for the erection of a £175,000 bus station at St. Mark's,...

A S a new move to win passengers at the week-end, London Transport are to bring out 5s. all-day tickets which will give...

have decided not to proceed further at this stage with the proposal that five urban authorities should consider jointly the...

T °"Y to attract people to public transport services from private cars on daily journeys to and from work, the City of New York...

A N Indian-built Leyland doubledecker and a Comet lorry were shown at the Indian Exhibition in Peking, China, last week. The...

T HE third Routemaster prototype bus is likely to be placed in service within a few weeks at the Willesden garage of London...

Seventh Application for Higher Fares Granted : Increases Awarded to Many Other Operators W HEN Ribble Motor Services, Ltd.,...

Little Rest tickets, £800 from season tickets, £4,000 from scholars' tickets and 112,000 from weekly tickets. With the...

F INES of £5 5s. on each of - five charges were imposed at Bournemouth, last week, on Shamrock and Rambler Motor Coaches, Ltd.,...

of the Great Northern Railway on Tuesday, buses of the Ulster Transport Authority began to provide passenger services in the...

to be replaced by double-deck vehicles on all routes. Two experimental double-deck buses, with open tops, have now been...

A FIRST attempt by a British nurseryman to collect flower bulbs from Holland with his own transport won through by a matter of...

A LORRY driver who died in an accident near Boston fell asleep at the wheel after driving too long without proper rest, it was...

A FINE of £90, with £10 10s. costs, was imposed on Edward Charles Holier, Risdale Road, Ashton Vale, Bristol, at Bristol on...

W HEN an A licence was granted last week to St. James Motors (Haulage Contractors), Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Northern...

W ORK has started on the construction of a new road between Aldersgate Street and Moorgate, forming the first section of the...

O N Tuesday, Eastbourne Transport Committee said that they had no intention of applying for permission to increase fares to...

T HE Problem of air pollution from road vehicles was considered from the operational and legal aspects in twO papers presented...

A NEW subsidiary is being set up' in I — k the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland by •Associated commercial Vehicles, Ltd.,...

P ARKING on bus routes should be forbidden at certain times of the day, Cllr. J. Chalmers Brown. chairman \ of Edinburgh...

Rio UILT on a 581-acre site, the new LP factory at Garscadden, near Glasgow, of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great...

A YORKSHIRE haulier whose A-licensed vehicle had travelled 89,000 miles in 20 months, mostly hauling coal over the Pennines...

today, will remove a serious bottle-neck on the LiverpoolPreston A59 trunk road. Dual carriageways, 21 miles long, take traffic...

the river Lagan to link cast and west Belfast are to be discussed by Belfast Improvement Committee. The transport department...

DIRATE Japanese manufacturers have now invaded the light engineering field. The Singapore agent for Pollard Bearings, Ltd.,...

I T is understood that an amicable relationship is now being re-established between the clearing house group and the...

T HE Labour majority on Glasgow Corporation have approved the abandonment of trams in Glasgow over a period of 15-20 years. It...

C ONCERNED at the amount of pilferage from parked lorries, Liverpool Corporation are considering the provision of fenced lorry...

WIT N the Soke of Peterborough 'ounty Council advertised for tenders for petrol, they received six quotations from oil...

I HAVE been reading with interest the various I comments published recently relating to the unstable position (both as regards...

A SPECIAL light-alloy container has been designed and built for the Westland Aircraft Co., Ltd., by Tiverton Coachbuilders,...

The Present Period of Decreasing Traffic Causes a Few Shivers of Foreboding Among Delegates in Discussions TTENDINCi the...

Mr. H. Jones (Lincoln) put forward points designed to elucidate any new angles that might be forthcoming from his audience on...

A. F. Neal (Manchester) classified concessionary fares into three classes, those introduced because they were commercially...

per vehicle mile, and the wide differences in such expenses between transport undertakings; Mr. B. England (Nottingham),...

Fare?" was introduced by Mr. W. C. Wilson (Stockton). He noted that increased fares gave diminishing returns in certain cases...

Hartridge Newcomers S EVERAL new items of fuel-injection servicing equipment are to be introduced shortly by Leslie Hartridge,...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. I HAVE just completed a 513-mile endurance test of a Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster on an...

H AD not the organizers of the Scottish Commercial Driver of the Year Competition included a road section and a Highway Code...

FFORTS made by a leading vehicle manufacturer to enhance after. sales service for its products were deYeribed by Mr. J. M. A....

Fuel Consumption Reduced but Oil Consumption Increased: Engine Life Extended: Lubrication and Wear Problems Surveyed D...

D URING 1955 and 1956, the British Transport Commission had in their supplies organizations a staff of 7,816, receiving an...

New Lighting Act Codifies the Law Since 1927: Further Provisions Yet to Come into Force By Our Legal Adviser U NTIL now, the...

Nineteen More Items of Overheads Considered: Importance of Personal Contact in Securing Traffic. S TABILITY could reasonably...

Mr. Sydney S. Guy was not short of well-intentioned, but contradictory,ladvice. One school said: " By all means retire, but...

T HREE important innovations are announced today by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd. They are a new four-cylindered oil engine, a...