.I F practical effect were given to the findings of the High Court in the recent case of Lang v. London Transport Executive,...

S COTLAND'S own Motor Show, including a commercial-vehicle section, opens today in Glasgow and gives operators north of the...

By The Hawk A T the annual conference of the Institute of Directors in London last week, Sir Alexander Fleck, retiring...

Friel Quin W HEN eminent counsel submits that an application is an open and closed Section 11 (3)(b) case and one is acting as...

Denied Right to Appeal A N application for leave to appeal by the Bulk Liquid Transport Co., Ltd., against convictions at...

F IGURES issued on Tuesday by the Ministry of Transport show that in the , year to September last, the number of C-licensees...

QPECIA.L-A vehicles said to have kJ been taken by a representative of K. and R. Motors (Newcastle), Ltd., to a weighbridge in...

SCOTLAND'S' first motorway may by-pass Glasgow to connect the A74 Glasgow-Carlisle and the MO GlasgowStirling roads. News of...

MR. D. LESLIE PICKERING becomes general sales manager of Clarkson and Co. (Scotland), Ltd., on December 1. MR. F. J. AttGRovz...

Ti ERE had been technical irregulardes for many years in the linking of destinations, admitted Mr. H. Backhouse, for a number...

P LANS to set the first car-transporter service between this country and Italy into action are nearing completion. Mr. Peter...

ri A NEW automatic bus washing machine has been developed an] put into operation at the London Transport Executive garage at...

RI EFUSING an application by Haley (Haulage), Ltd., Bradford, for an extra vehicle on A licence to carry woollen textiles...

A DEMONSTRATION of the progress ritwhich has been made in this country in the development of multi-fuel engines took place on...

Pit reopening of Overtown and uthill mines meant much more transport for the National Coal Board and the Scottish Gas Board....

CHARGES to operators for the use of a proposed bus station at Spennymoor, County Durham, might be waived for 10 years if they...

Senator Transport, Ltd. Cap. £2,000. Dirs.: M. P. Lucey. Great Elm, near Frome,. and B. P. Harvey, King's Head Inn, Coleford,...

A FTER hearing evidence on behalf of Double Ess Transport, Ltd., Thornton, Bradford, Mr. J. H. A. Randolph, Yorkshire Deputy...

'THE railways would lose £13,000 a year lithe I Yorkshire Pool of coach operators added five vehicles in each direction to...

T HE impact which pipelines would have OD other means for transport was examined at the European conference of Ministers. of...

[WORKSHOP activities of Scottish IT Omnibuses, .Ltd., will be. centralized at a 10-acre site which has been ac q uired at...

THE handling of perishable market produce from Jersey by a clearing house in Southampton had proved unsatisfactory, Mr. S. W....

pRIVATE-CAR . owners, whom_ he described as " pin-money pirates." were threatening the livelihood of bus workers, said Mr....

MOISE, vehicle tests, goods-vehicle licensing, diesel smoke, land-acquisition powers and bridges were among the matters dealt...

Commissioners, at Leeds last week, Mr. M. F. Marshall, for Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., Leeds, claimed that the West Yorkshire...

Last Trams: Trams were abandoned in Leeds last week-end after 88 years. Mercury Sales: A. E. C. Mercury chassis are selling to...

WHEN the Northern Traffic Commissioners allowed VY Keswick Borrowdale Bus Services, Ltd., to operate between Keswick and...

"TWO men who bought the share capital I of a Nottingham haulage company after they had failed in a series of business ventures...

A N order for 50 Rowe Hillmaster tipping vehicles has been received by M.G. Rowe (Motors), Doublebois, Ltd., from Andrew Foster...

F IVE Leyland PD.2 double-deckers of Southport Transport Department, which have covered 371,000-450,000 miles without having...

Q N the eve of the meeting of the National Joint Industrial Council, called last Thursday to review the national agreement on...

Three Manufacturers • Producing Special Chassis for High-speed Gritting and Snowploughing on the New LondonBirmingham Road Y...

A A VEHICLE which can carry 9 tons of grain or about 6+ tons of flour, with the ability to discharge flour into overhead...

A NEW 8-ft. 4-in. wheelbase forwardcontrol tractor unit manufactured by Dodge Bros. (Britain), Ltd., makes its first appearance...

Albion 14-tonner With Leyland Engine Shows Good Fuel Economy, Performance and Handling Qualities. Easy Access to Comfortable...

Of a schoolboy enthusiast who has almost booked an order for six Guy six-wheelers. That he has acquired the instinct from his...

Progressive and Expanding Operators Stave off Ratecutters: Numerous . Businesses Acquired and Comprehensive • Facilities...

A NNOUNCED simultaneously last Tuesday by Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., and the Austin Motor 3o., Ltd., and on view for the...

Told Up Progress Says Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. D RASTIC action is being taken to meet the menace of traffic congestion...

T RANSPORT in the Hebrides has always been fascinating. Until comparatively recent times there were no proper highways and, in...

That is Largely Rural in Character, But . Fortunately Studded with Towns of Appreciable Size A T first glance, the bottom...

64 HY is the news always the same and the advertise ments always different?" asked Maggie, "I suppose for the same reason that...

A " VASTLY expanded programme" for the roads and the appointment of a director of road construction were urged in the House of...

N EW legislation would not be needed to make the control of fares more flexible. Only a new interpretation of the words "not...

By The Northern Editor M OUNTING. pressure on available road space is the changing element that faces every road operator...

Q PERATION for subsidiary cornpanics did not absolve an applicant from meeting the full requirements of normal procedure, said...

T HERE is less saving in time when travelling between London and Birmingham on the new MI motorway, instead of A5, than might...

A FTER the spate of new models introduced last year at the London Commercial Motor 3how, it is not surprising that corn)letely...

NSPECTION of the smaller stancls around the periphery of Kelvin Hall allows the visitor to assess the advances lade in...

!. A THREAT to other hauliers" was how Mr. C. R. I3eddington, for the British Transport Commission, described the growth of...

• 11-IEN a new vehicle has to be obtained, the require ments of the traffic are obviously the prime factors affecting...

p ATENT No. 821,122 describes an eddy-current braking system for road vehicles. The brake covered is • claimed to withstand...