D ESPITE the activities of co-ordinating Om mittees of various kinds, there is insufficient understanding between the users and...

Safety Instruction Pays T HERE is no doubt that well-devised safety educa tion amongst employees in works can save a great...

That coloured springs have no particular affinity with appleblossom time. That high taxation is not the only deterrent to the...

TNFLUENTIAL members of the Road 1 Haulage Association are opposed to the creation of companies by the British Transport...

B.T.C. Vehicle Allowance Increased: Company Plan Adopted said, be a Board to represent partially or primarily the purchasers....

A ONE-MAN haulier whose business was nationalized was entitled to include the amount of his own remuneration as proprietor in...

MR. J. F. McNEn..t.v has been appointed Belfast district manager of Pirelli, Ltd. SIR REGINALD RAMSON WHITTY has joined the...

A N appeal order made 20 years ago by the Minister of Transport to restrict the number of additional vehicles to be run on...

A FTER a three-day hearing last week, the West Midland Licensing Authority adjourned the application of five operators to carry...

T HE Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority stated last week that he had strong objections to an application submitted to him for...

A N electrically operated device has been incorporated in N.C.B. electric vehicles to keep the hydraulic brakes applied after...

Ai SUM of £45,000 a year could be saved by Bolton Transport Department if there were changes in internal administration and...

1- 1"HERE is nothing in the law to sug gest that local authorities have precedence over other passenger operators in providing...

Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association and the Road Passenger and Transport Association, Birmingham, over the activities of...

T HE Northern Licensing Authority has granted a licence to a local authority with no transport undertaking. A dispute arose...

Chatham and District Traction Co., Ltd., has ordered eight Guy Arab double-decker chassis. The national conference of the...

A GLOWING tribute to the work PI done by members of the road .haulage industry in relieving distress caused by the recent...

WHILST Glasgow Transport Department's motorbuses may earn an extra 1106,000 a year as the result of an increase in fares which...

T HE Minister of Transport has told the Central Transport Consultative Committee that they have no authority to submit a report...

at your service I By Alfred Woolf, B.A., and Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. Friday, February 13 was a Quiet Day for Digbeth...

F RIDAY is normally the busiest day of the week for bus engineer ing staffs, because the fleet must be made available for...

I AM obliged to Major E. H. B. Palmer for his com ments, published on February 27, upon an earlier letter of mine. I had hoped...

South Wales Licensing Authority Rebukes Detractors : Dundee Adopts Stages of 0.66 Mile : Fares Up in Yorkshire S UBJECT to the...

has recently shown willingness to extend its terms beyond the normal two-year limit, states Mr. C. B. Nixon, chairman of...

B.T.C. Charges Scheme Submitted to Transport Tribunal: Extra £6.6m. Needed A FTER a three-day hearing, the Court of Appeal...

A LOADER which, it is claimed, can be adapted to all types of tipping vehicle, forms the subject of a patent being negotiated...

'WIRED transport is more costly than 1 I ancillary vehicles for the haulage of coal, coke and the other traffic of a gas...

By G. Mackenz M.I.Mech.E., S WITZERLAND is proud of its International Motor Show at Geneva, and judging from the variety of...

"IN some ways, the introduction of a I complex change is more difficult than the introduction of a new product. We are...

Political Commentary By JANUS Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with...

Per Mile Novelties in B.M.A. 5-cwt. Van Include Single-wheel Drive, Built-in Charging Equipment and Semi-traction Type Battery...

By Roland Wild T HE development of road transport in the United States has altered the pattern of American living, and...

Allegations of Rate-cutting Often Arise Because an Operator is Using an Oil-engined Vehicle and Therefore Has Less Expensive...

QUBSTANTIAL savings have resulted a-) from applying the principles of bulk transport to milk collection from farms in the...

T HE fabrication of axle casings from welded-up sheet-metal pressings is a well-known method of manufacture, and patent No....