there was a fairly general improvement in the condition of goods vehicles in the year ended September 30, 1953, the Licensing...

T HF. Commercial Motor Show which closed its . doors last Saturday . was, in the opinion of many, the best that has ever been...

A Story of Success A LARGE number of overseas and branch managers, and other guests, attended a dinner held by Simms Motor...

Of winking indicators as an attraction to the fair sex. Of someone referring to the " C.M." Stand as "Suite 17." That Old...

Cropper and Co. Acquire B.R.S. Thatcham Depot with Over 85 Vehicles A CARTON-MANUFACTURIpEG company, Cropper and Co., Ltd.,...

ri A LIAISON committee is to be set up by the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers and the Road Haulage...

DY Tuesday evening the Road HaulI- , age Disposal Board had reached decisions on another 52 units, involving 162 vehicles, in...

Conference Resolutions 0 NLY three of the 29 resolutions to be proposed at the annual conference of the Road Haulage...

B USES 30 ft. long by 8 ft. wide and 9 ft. 6 in. high may be carried on the M.V. " Cowal," a new dual-purpose ship with which...

" " A S the months pass" the Government will seek to deal with the contract-carriage law to make a clear distinction between...

A N appeal by Messrs. D. R. Evans and Sons, 5 Olive Street, Morfa, Llanelly, against the South Wales Licensing Authority's...

P RESENTATIONS were made at a luncheon in London last week to Col. A. Jerrett to mark his long period of office as president...

MR. A. G. FtrasE-ROBERTS has succeeded MR. H. C. BAIGENT as secretary of the A.P.V. Co., Ltd. Mr. Baigent continues as...

THE Labour Party Executive, the Trade Union Congress General Council and the Unions in the transport industry are to get...

"A CCEPTABLE " was how, at a luncheon in London last week, Mr. C. B. Nixon, chairman of Leyland Motors, Ltd., described the...

A N assuranc e . that small units will continue to be offered was given to a delegation from the National Conference of Road...

T ' presidential address to the Institute of Transport will be given next Monday by Sir Gilmour Jenkins at the inaugural '...

B RIT1SH coach companies will not be permitted to operate summer tours in Eire. This information was given to Sligo Chamber of...

" T HE increased use of Diesel engines for both passenger and goods vehicles is causing a sharp deterioration in the...

applied to the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority last week for a licence to carry fish landed at various ports, it was stated...

A DEMAND for vehicles to take meat and meat products from Scotland to the south was mentioned before the Scottish Deputy...

THERE was great difficulty in getting I drivers to record their hours of work accurately, although the company did their best...

R ECENT improvements in the design of batteries for commercial vehicles were described by Mr. R. H. Lockton, M.Sc. (Tech.),...

QUNDERLAND'S tdm-conversion programme was completed a month ahead of schedule and last week the town's last tram was...

Obstr uction in 1_, aw ? By Our Legal Adviser D AY after day in magistrates' courts up and down the country there are heard...

A N exhibition of British military vehicles which, by its display of technical progress in all fields of transport, rivalled in...

F URTHER details of the Le:l)aad rear-engined double-decker bus were obtained when the , vehicle made . a surprise appearance...

WHAT is happening to all the units of British Road " Services? What must one do to get hold of one? Five times I have tendered...

L ITIGATION from the point of view of the road user is very much a one-way traffic. He is more sued against than suing. There...

New Appliances for Handling Vehicles and Components Included in Range of Workshop Equipment I NGENUITy has beet exereiSed and...

Mr. R. Morton Mitchell Estimates that £16m. Will Have to be Found and that Levy May End in 1957 A N attempt to forecast the...

I N recent years it has been determined that filtering media previously used in the fuel systems of oil engines, such as felt,...

T 00 much emphasis was being placed on the demand for trunk roads, whereas the elimination of congestion in urban areas was...

T HE one Insoluble problem of road haulage is finding return loads, and most operators will be inclined to the view that...

A GAS TURBINE intended for rail A1 vehicles and the heavier types of road vehicle, forms the subject of patent No. 713,346,...