of the trade unions Operators Likely if Passenger W THAT will be the attitude Conflict Between Unions and of the trade unions...

LTHOUGH Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, recently forecast in the House of Commons...

British Filter Popular Overseas IT is curious that, although it has been available for many 1 years in this country, the...

• Appreciation of the first R.H.A. advertisements on free enterprise in haulage. • That " York" now means More to road...

in P.S.V. Licence Duty THE abolition of purchase tax on goods-vehicle chassis, announced by I the Chancellor of the Exchequer...

HE claim of the unions for • an increase of 10s. a week for road haulage workers was heard yesterday by the Road Haulage Wages...

W HEN Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., and the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., appeared before the Eastern Traffic Commissioners at...

IF rural bus operators are to continue operating unremunerative stage services, they must be allowed to subsidize • them with...

THE loophole in the 1933 Traffic Act, which allows farmers to carry their neighbouri' goods under C licence, has been misused...

MR. T. R. EARNSHAW has been appointed a director of Ferodo, Ltd. MR. F. A. PERKINS has joined the board of Ambrose Shardlow...

A N appeal has been lodged by Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., Gildersome, near Leeds, who were fined 120,000 at Leeds Assizes on...

ENERAL reaction of the commercialvehicle industry to the _Budget was favourable concerning the reliefs, but of disappointment...

cPEAKING at the annual dinner of L) Bedford Sub-area - of the Road Haulage Association on Wednesday, Mr. R. B. Brittain,...

A FIER taking over the shares of Bailey's (Widnes), Ltd:, .in 1953 and signing renewal application fotms for an A licence, the...

WHEN William Harper, Ltd., LiverYY pool hauliers, dispensed with the services of a director, Mr. R. G. Harper, last year, they...

I N the first stages of A licences being substituted for special A licences, the Licensing Authorities have made a good start....

T° help meet increased costs of about £250,000 a year, the Birmingham and Midland 'Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., arc to seek fare...

THREE furniture removers who sup" ported another removal, company's application for an additional vehicle were accused at...

T HE increased expenditure on roads in the 1959-60 Civil Estimates has been greeted by the British Road Federation as a welcome...

IN four days time the national corn' mince of the busmen's section of the Transport and General Workers' Union will meet, and...

QTRONG opposition was put forward by the British Transport Commission at Bristol, last week, when Rusher Bros., Salisbury,...

H AULIERS' operating costs in the 'Hull area have generally risen during the past 12 months because too many vehicles are...

r‘13,11ECTIONS were lodged by the V./ Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., and...

A REQUEST by post office workers / - 1 that a number of postal vans be fitted with amber headlights has been rejected by the...

A FAMIIN quarrel which resulted in a man opposing his mother's licensing application, was healed at N6weastle upon Tyne last...

renewal of a fourvehicle A licence at Dundee, last week, John Millar and Sons, Cupar, were closely questioned by British...

C ELEBRATING their silver jubilee, Progressive Motor Coaches, Cam bridge, last week took delivery of a fleet of nine...

S OME 2,000 busmen may eventually be involved in a dispute with the Edinburgh Transport Department over the corporation's...

T HE battle waged by Traders' Road Transport Association to ensure that facilities are provided for commercial vehicles in...

D ESIGNED for use in conjunction with proprietary rotary snow-plough units, a 4 x 4 chassis has been introduced by Douglas...

T HE new Jones 20-ton mobile crane is more than twice as big as any previous model. This was claimed by the manufacturers, K....

ROME 40 bus companies in England J and Wales affiliated to the British Omnibus Companies' Public Relations Committee will on...

T HEquestion of a comprehensive . review of Sheffield's excursion facilities is raised in an appeal decision released on...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. T HE pros and cons of forward control versus normal control for . tipper duty are a constant...

By Ashley Taylor, T HE tanker fleet of the United Molasses Co., Ltd., constitutes the final link in a transport chain that...

Amenities Preserved By The Hawk A S hauliers have such difficulty in securing permission to erect garages among residential...

LJYDRASTATIC transmission for vehicles is being developed by the Plessey Co., Ltd., at their Swindon establishment. This fact...

Bedford Manuals QERVICE training manuals covering current Bedford goods and passenger vehicles are• available direct from the...

Schools' Meals T EN new delivery vans are being placed in service with the London County Council's school meals service, to...

By Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. T HE effect of competition from other sources of energy has been to make the coal distributive industry...

Natural Law BY JANUS C RACKS that may appear from time to time in the road haulage licensing system never become so deep...

• A ' READER in East Africa raises the interesting subject of the various indices used in road transport costing to assess the...

VARIOUS advantages offered by the V Laminaire system of progressive suspension were emphasized in a series of demonstrations...

O NE of , the modern' problems in the complete rebuilding of oil engines is that their life has become so greatly extended...

A FTER submitting a variety of cornfl plaints to the Ministry of Transport suggesting that snow clearance in winter is not...