F RUSTRATION, increasing year by year, has for long been the unenviable lot of those who control the public passenger-carrying...

A LLEGATIONS by the Transport and General rI Workers Union that some Scottish hauliers are making 'their drivers work far...

No Change in Legal Length A N attempt to save fuel and carry to the docks as 1-1 many articles for export as the ration...

That the more one learns of the law concerning motor insurance, the more complicated and involved it appears. That the latest...

A N appeal against the refusal of the Traffic Commissioners to vary the conditions of a road service licence must be made...

J T could not be good for the haulage industry if contract-A licences were allowed to be converted into A licences so easily,...

A FURTHER step to combat bus fare increases was taken by 41 Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Carmarthenshire local authorities in...

A FTER a wordy meeting lasting from 10.30 a.m. until nearly 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the Road Haulage Wages Council adjourned until...

D ISCUSSIONS are being held between Lord Salisbury, Lewd President of the Council, and the Department of Scientific and...

'THERE had been no application for , F HERE licence by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., although they would have had a...

W HEN they gave their reserved decision: this week, on the application of Leeds Corporation for higher fares, the YOrkshire...

MR. E, TINKLER and MR. N, 0. Emil] have been elected directors of H. A. Saunders, Ltd. Ma. J. STUART FERRIER, personnel...

A LTHOUGH the .number of licensed i — lgoods vehicles rose last year, that of hackney vehicles declined. At August 31, 1955,...

A N assurance that cases of hardship arising out of adverse effects on industry of the rationing of fuel would, if brought to...

rENERAL authorizations enabling &licensees to carry goods for each other, provided that the traffic would in any case be...

T HE Road Haulage Association have been assured by the Ministry of Transport that if rationing continues beyond the present...

I NDUSTRIAL troubles are following in the wake of cuts in bus services introduced as a result of fuel. rationing. Drivers and...

W INNER of a £200 award in the 1956 suggestions scheme of Leyland Motors, Ltd., Mr. James Birchall, formerly engaged upon...

A SPECIAL committee of Brighton Transpoq Committee are examining the possibility of selling the town's bus undertaking. Aid....

ELATIVE merits of ventilated, insulated and refrigerated methods of carrying freshly killed beef carcases were discussed before...

H EARING was due to continue on Wednesday, before the Transport Tribunal, of an appeal by Harold Wood and Sons, Ltd., Worrnald...

P R1VATE road operators have lodged a petition against the Tamar Bridge Bill, protesting over the proposed tolls for goods...

TRANSPORT of milk in bulk tankers direct from farms has proved a complete success over three years' test in Kirkcudbright,...

A N appeal by a haulier against the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority's refusal to grant an A licence for three platform...

T HE benefits of workers' negotiating machinery for small coach and bus operators were referred to by Mr. A. J. Coxwell,...

HE railways were now carrying 1 70,000 tohs of coal a week which svould normally be taken by road, the Ministry of Transport...

THE employers' side of the Wages I Board for the vehicle-building industry last week rejected a claim for higher pay made on...

T HE tcain of experts front the London Transport Executive who arc advising the Ceylon Ciovernmetu on natiOnalization of bus...

How to Ensure Quick Starting in Cold Weather with Directand Indirectinjection Oil Engines By John Savage, A.M.I.R.T.E. F...

A BUS with many unusual features has been built for Ferodo, Ltd. Charles H, Roe, Ltd., constructed the body on a Daimler...

A 16-TON tandem-axle semi-trailer with independent suspension for the bogie was demonstrated last Friday by Cranes (Dereham)...

"O NE of the great defects in nationalization was that the customer was nearly always wrong," said Mr, Harold Watkinson,...

Nottingham, Sheffield, Bury and Halifax Transport Departments and Lancashire United Transpart Among Users A V AlLABILITY of...

"1010ROTECT1NG the railways from 1 . the competition ,of road travel will, contrary to the interests both of tourism and of...

and fares that it has been necessary to impose, says the sixth annual report of Coras lompair Eireann, have had the effect of...

A S shown by some graphs prepared by Henry Meadows, Ltd., Wolverhampton, a Meadows 6DC630 oil engine. operating on a...

Government Want an Engine That Will Operate on a Wide Variety of Fuels • By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. E XPERT...

the Driver T HE striking modern cab styling of the new Seddon Mk. 15 7k-tanner is no mere facade: in design, performance and...

A NEW breakdown vehicle, placed in service by Appleyard of Leeds, Ltd., North Street, Leeds, 7, is based on a B.M.C. Series...

Overdoing It By The Hawk I N welcoming the Government's proposals to construct motorways, the. British Travel and Holidays...

New Thought on Depreciation W HEN considering the question of depreciation and vehicle life, do we make sufficient allowance...

How a Co-operative Bakery • Achieves Regularity in Transport Operation, Even Under Severe Winter Conditions K EEN attention to...

A N air link to the Continent is to be employed by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., for the first time during the...

Loser Takes All By JANUS H ARSH things are so seldom said about the rail- ways in official circles that the recent outburst by...

Testing Oil Engines EE QUIP,MENT for testing oil-engine injectors and pumps while in position on the engine has been...

T HE Northern Licensing Authority last week reserved his decision on the application by Sunter Bros.,. Ltd., Northallerton, to...

WITH the introduction of fuel rationVV ing and the need for greater efficiency in the haulage industry because of continued...

A REFUSE COLLECTION body fitted with a device for compressing the load, forms the subject Of patent No. 763.129. (L. Lelaurin,...