H OLDERS of special A licences will not generally be able to claim "General goods, Great Britain" as their normal user when...

New Uses for Ceramics THE increase in the bulk transport of finely divided solids I draws attention to the fact that some of...

Of a suggestion that one day we may have whole streets of mobile shops. That workers who seize upon any flimsy excuse to "down...

BRITISH RAILWAYS have surrendered SO vehicles and 192 trailers in the North Western Traffic Area. This was revealed at...

N appeal by the British Transport Commission against the grant of an A licence for two vehicles and a trailer by the North...

I -1 A WELL-KNOWN County Durham haulage concern, N. Kindon and Sons, Ltd., Burn Road, West Hartlepool, made out a successful...

A FTER a hearing lasting 18 hours spread over three days, and listening to " the submissions of 14 objectors - , Mr. Alex...

SIR NORMAN HULBERT, M.P., has joined the board of Petrofina (Gt. Britain), Ltd. MR. F. 0. ACKROYD has been appointed to the...

A MOVE to restrain a Lancashire r - L company from selling Goodyear tyres at 10 per cent. below the prescribed prices was...

W ITH one small exception, the Minister of Transport has upheld the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners' decisions on a number of...

W ITH another pay claim from com pany busmen already under consideration, Mr. J. S. Wills, chairman of the Birmingham and...

S INCE the winding-up of S. and S. Transport, Ltd., Nottingham, one of their eight lorries had disappeared, creditors were told...

A N attempt by Yeomans, Miller and Co. (Tours and Travel), Ltd., Cirencester, to increase the scope of their Continental and...

Croydon Transport Committee recommend that two Austin A35 vans he purchased. Portsmouth Health Committee seek to purchase five...

A S the London bus strike got into its stride this week, private coach r - k operators learned from the Transport and General...

night shift at the Farington Spurrier works. of Leyland Motors, Ltd., resulted in three operators appearing, before' the North...

A FTER an inconclusive discussion on clearing houses by the national executive committee of the Road Haulage Association last...

W HEN G. W. Castle, Ltd., Castle Garage, Holmfirth, applied to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, last week, Maj. F. S....

TRADERS were urged by Mr. G. R. H. 1 Nugent. Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, on Monday, to provide...

A FTER discovering that they had been picking up passengers at an unauthorized point for two years, Titterington's Coaches,...

MING that bus companies usually judged the value of their premises on the number of buses that could be accommodated, the...

A SHORTAGE of transport facilities in the Cheddar area was mentioned at Bristol, on Monday, by Mr. Philip Coles, general...

A N increase of Id. on fares of 5d. and over on 27 routes was granted to the Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee, last week, by the...

S EVERAL old-age pensioners gave evidence before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, last week, when C. G. Littlewood, Ltd.,...

Not Needed A N attempt to set up a daily road service between Sheffield and Lancashire for market-garden produce was...

Level Maintained n VERSEAS sales of 11,533 commercial .vehicles in February represented a drop of nedriy 3,00:71 • from the...

D RIVERLESS vehicles controlled by a system known mnemonically as ERIC -electronic remote and independent controlled-are being...

T HE Metropolitan Police last week stated that they would discontinue use of a certain type of towing ambulance for shifting...

BB AGGED coal was now required by Yorkshire miners as they were being rehoused in modern premises and their fuel had to be...

I N 1957, consumption of oil products in this country, excluding foreign bunkers, totalled 24,735,541 tons-1.9 per cent. less...

IN view of the Lord Chief Justice's ruling 1 on towing ambulances (reported on this page) the introduction by the Ibbett...

pRICED at £17 10s., a combined welding and cutting set; introduced by the D. S. Baddeley Engineering Co., Ltd., 43-45 York...

T HE exploitation of oil discoveries requires a vast quantity of equipment, maintained and operated by a large staff, who in...

/ MPROVEMENTS in ease of control and manceuvrability have received particular emphasis in the recent design of...

Traffic Handling By C. Y. Hardie, Big Developments in Use of Pallets. Special Services Officer, and Fork Trucks for Parcels...

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk WHOM will the Road Haulage Association elect, next r Wednesday, as their national chairman for the...

B ECAUSE he haulier naturally tends to look upon transport as a means . for moving goods from one point to another, other...

W HAT an aWfui lot of nonsense is being talked at the moment about the efforts to assist the travelling public who live in the...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech. E. Factors to be Considered in Buying Equipment : "Look to Your Maximum Load" is the...

T O obviate the nuisance caused by the exhaust fumes of fork-lift and other trucks working inside buildings, the Lipton...

V ALIANTLY, year after year, the Central Transport Consultative Committee, and the area users' committees, struggle on with the...

A CONTROL valve for a hydraulic servo brake forms the subject of patent No. 791,257. (Fodens, Ltd., E. Twemlow and J. Mills,...