W HAT is the cost of a few small specks of dirt---£60, EN, £100? It depends, of course, on their location. In the back garden...

Tli E executive committee of the Road Haulage Association has recommended to members that demurrage should be charged as a...

A T its meeting on October 1, the national council of the R.H.A. will be asked to approve the disbandment of the sugar beet...

Bridge has brought immediate savings to users in Scotland of certain B.R.S. Parcels services. British Road Services have...

elimination of Grade 2 as a separate area and for an increase in overtime pay rates (time and a half to be paid after the first...

rA A RESOLUTION proposing that certi fi cates of fi tness and periodic inspections should be introduced for all goods vehicles...

T HE headquarters staff of British Road Services Ltd., the general haulage company in the B.R.S. group, and B.R.S. (Contracts)...

MEXT Sunday, September 13. 238 finalists come together to dispute the final round of the 1964 Lorry Driver of the Year...

A NTI-THEFT patrols are expected to — k start operating in the Manchester _ma on October 5. Road Haulage kssociation and...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A MEETING of the I.R.U. group ot TIR experts, at which both the Road Haulage Association and the...

i tORK on the Greatham diversion scheme on the A689 in County Durham—the first of the special schemes included in the...

ik REFRIGERATED meat body of srlk interesting design has recently been completed by Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd., Gateshead,...

G OODS vehicle operators will suffer if, as a result of bad maintenance, a climate of opinion is created which makes it easy...

to be exhibited by "Leyland Motors Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show -will be two export chassis with newly designed cabs. One...

Profits Are Well Up F AVOURABLE trading conditions continue, reported the Transport Development Group when results for the six...

A NEW automatic coupling developed from the model produced by Hands (Letchworth) Ltd. for many years iS - to be shown for the...

L'OLLOWING the major change made I last year in the scheme of examinations which it operates jointly with the Royal Society of...

buses and coaches) of London Transport and has become an officer of the Board. He was previously assistant divisional engineer...

services—works), has been appointed planning and methods engineer (road services—works), London Transport Board. Mr. Morgan,...

east, of Petrofina (Great Britain) Ltd. In Leeds, where Mr. McMillan was formerly regional manager, north east, Mr. V. J....

Ltd. for the past 10 years, has left to take over as the same firm's general manager at Norwich. Mr. Anderson has spent the...

Ernest Belcher has, at his own request, retired as sales manager of Ransome and Marles Bearing Co. Ltd. He will retain his seat...

Railways Board on September 30. but will remain as a parttime member. Col. Cameron was appointed a part-time member of the...

newly created position of road tank sales manager of Charles Roberts and Co. Ltd.

will be appointed a director of Castrol Overseas Ltd. and assume the executive title of production and purchasing co-ordinator...

created position of director, United Kingdom sales (initial equipment) of the Automotive Products Group. Mr. Turner joined the...

Ltd. and C. Wheatley (Tyres) Ltd., Stony Stratford, Bucks, are to retire on October 2. Mr. W. Donaldson and Mr. R. Lawrence...

of Autolifts and Engineering Co. Ltd., of Blackburn. He joined the company in 1950 as a cost accountant.

Albion Motors Ltd. He joined the company in 1946 as a production planner and became planning controller in 1957. Mr. James...

of Eddison Plant Ltd., of Grantham, and an associate member of the Institute of Materials Handling, will leave for the United...

Co. Ltd., Mr. R. Brandon, is to retire at the end of this year; he will be 65 this month. He joined Midland Red in 1923 and...

Continental Oil Company Ltd. and of its marketing associate in Britain, Continental Oil (U.K.) Ltd. Mr. Hagle succeeds Mr. John...

Tank and Pump Co. Ltd., agents for Tecalemit equipment in Nigeria, is returning to the service division. He has been appointed...

of West Bridgford (Notts) Urban Council, is to retire at the end of the year. He has been in passenger transport for 30 years,...

A NEW single-drive six-wheeler from Dodge Bros. (Britain) Ltd. is announced this week. Equipped with the A.E.C. 470 - cu.in,...

1-1 . A .MODiFIF.D B-licence application was granted to Sidney Margolis Ltd., South East London, by the Metropolitan Licensing...

A N application granted by the West Midland deputy Licensing Authority. Mr. R. A. Hall, at Birmingham on Wednesday gives E. W....

A N applicMion by Whateley Transport Ltd., of Darlaston, to switch 12 contract vehicles to open A licence was granted at...

nECISION was reserved by Mr. W. Quin, the Scottish Licensing Authority, when an application by Road Services Forth Ltd. for a...

Smith of Maddiston Ltd., seeking continuation of an A licence, was adjourned at Glasgow last week. The licence sought was for...

'P 0 farmers giving evidence in s:ippon of H. I. Johnson, of Henley' in-Arden, seeking to add five vehicles to his six-vehicle...

IN refusing an A-licence application last week at Inverness, Mr. A. B. Birnie, Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, did not...

F OLLOWING the recent refusal by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners to grant a fares increase for the West Yorkshire Road Car...

HOW DOES BULWARK FEEL ABOUT THE RESULT? I THINK it would be fair to say that I both sides in the "specialized tanker"...

"TIPPER operators, particularly I those based in the Metropolitan traffic area, will do well to heed the warning given recently...

r E introduction of the 24-hour clock system and the standardization of all timetables were announced on Monday in a joint...

of Glasgow Corporation Transport, Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne has told the transport committee that a circular bus service around...

A COMPLETE fleet of one-man operated buses including' doubledeckers; on-the-spot penalties for passengers who exceed their...

A S forecast in The Commercial Motor of June 21, 1963, and announced in the August 28, 1964 issue, Leyland Motors Ltd. has...

singledecker bus chassis have been ordered by Chesterfield Corporation Transport, which already has 25 underfloor-engined...

IF 65 per cent of Liverpool's population were to continue to be carried to and from work daily by the city's buses, then the...

Strachans Double-deckers for Wolverhampton: Wolverhampton Corporation has ordered 10 Guy Arab V double-decker bus chassis to be...

Minister of Transport, Mr. Ernest r1 1:1 E arpl es, has agreed to perform the official opening ceremony at the 1964 Commercial...

TOSEPH LUCAS LTD. say they have J been asked by the Minister of Transport to provide some 1,200 sets of equipment for the Road...

£3,500 To Aid Research : The Council of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has announced awards of fellowships and grants...

the formation of a new company—the Automotive Products Co. (Bolton) Ltd., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Automotive...

the Association of Public Health Inspectors at Portsmouth (September 15-18) Karrier Motors Ltd. are to demonstrate their...

A N arrangement between Taskers of Andover and D. H. Morgan Engineering Ltd., whereby Taskers will manufacture and distribute...

I NFORMATION on methods of dis charging street cleansing functions have been obtained from some of the larger local authorities...

heater and airconditioning, has recently been added to the facilities offered by the service training department of Joseph...

ROLLS ROYCE POWERED DUMP TRUCKS: Compania Minera Sante Fe, of Chile, has ordered three Aveling-Barford SN 30-ton dump trucks,...

WillAT to see at Earls Court—that will be the key theme of next week's VI' greatly enlarged issue of "The Commercial Motor",...

Inspection after Ditching Q N learning that one of your vehicles has ditched, overturned or become involved with a third...

r". 439, that can be flame-sprayed to produce very hard coatrigs on almost any metallic surface is now available from Wetco...

been developed by K. S. Paul Products Ltd. to ovidc anti-seize protection and lubrication and lubrication , er a wide range of...

which is claimed to provide a six-way cure and prevention for irritating cooling system troubles such as radiator leaks,...

describing successful research and field tests of Britain's first air drying acrylic repair enamel has been made by Lewis...

road tankers has been produced by Hodge Clemo Ltd. The grit blaster, called the "Mighty Mite ", is capable of being taken...

D NE of the more important developments which will be seen at the Commercial Motor Show will be the • entry of Commer Cars...

T HERE are to be two important introductions of vehicles by Scamniell Lorries Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show. The main...

A N IMPROVED version of the Leyland 2-ton chassis has been announced by Leyland Motors Ltd. An increased-capacity version of...

A DETACHABLE aluminium top for portable containers has been developed by N. Tamplin and Co. Ltd. of Birdham, nr. Chichester....

T WO of the chassis to be featured by E.R.F. Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show are completely new designs which have Cummins...

GREATER bulk-to-weight ratio of refuse, and the increasing quantity of what may be called abnormal and indivisible extras that...

FOLLOWING its long-standing custom, the Institute of Public Cleaning, after having a southern conference this year, will be...

OVER a relatively shitirt period, the status of cleansing workers has Shown a definite rise, the improvement to some extent...

NEW equipment for the city's highways, airport, lighting, fire and health departments has recently been ordered at Liverpool,...

ADEQUATE credit facilities on what always appear to be favourable terms are available to our local authorities for the...

U NTIL not so very long ago the Ministry of Transport was prepared to give not only the number of accidents, during each year,...

F OLLOWING the announcement last week of new rear-engined p.s.v. chassis, A.E.C. Ltd. has this week announced a complete new...

HIGHER OUTPUT AND BETTER ECONOMY B Y redesigning the upper half of the well-known AV and AH engines, A.E.C. has produced a...