Q UITE naturally, the general attitude of the travelling public towards fires on public service vehicles is that they should...

T HE Trades Union Congress last week gave unanimous support to the efforts of individual unions to establish a 40-hour week and...

Standee Buses ? Q UITE a controversy has been going on regarding the possibility of using, in London and elsewhere, buses of...

That the film, "The Long Haul," might have been more aptly named, "Dear Octopus." That after the two recent "shockers "...

A FTER winning the valuable Royal Show contract from the railways for the first time in 20 years, hauliers have moved more than...

D IRECT fish transport from Scotland to Italy is being pioneered by two Aberdeen concerns, Charles Alexander and Partners...

A N option to buy the majority of the stock of Smithsons Holdings, the parent company of an organization operating about 2,000...

L'OUR new bus stations, including a combined bus and helicopter station, are included in the Edinburgh Corporation Development...

r APTTULATTON by the engineering employers on wages is described by, Mr. W. G. Allen, chairman of Atkinson Lorries (Holdings),...

F ill-Y-FOUR PER CENT. of the Mileage. of the Aldershot and District Traction Co., Ltd., was now being worked by...

. 1 - 1 Y applying for fenders for out-of season tours, and accepting the lowest bid, Blackpool Hotel and Boarding House...

Ma. D. A. J. NlimsER has resigned his appointment of secretary-controller of Henry Meadows, Ltd. He has become group chief...

QEVERAL Thornycroft Big Ben 6 x 4 Psi oilfield lorries designed for operation off the road, have been shipped to South America....

A N excursion business operated from one originating point with waitingroom facilities and Without intermediate picking-up...

THERE are. hopes that the dispute 1 between the clearing house group and the long-distance hauliers' committee of the Road...

A N applicant for a new B licence Pt knew, .for.. nearly a week that his witnesses would not be appearing before the North...

Grants to Four Midland Companies, Northern ' General Group and Thames Valley S TRONG opposition from local authorities has met...

A SUBSTANTIAL 1,7duction in run /A fling costs is c.aimed for an unusual semi-low-1)ading lorry intended to fill the p p...

the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., required a radical overhaul, said Mr. F. Williamson, chairman of the North Western •...

.D ha:TAT - IONS have been made by IX . the Minister of Transport relaxing the need for the holder of a. provisional driving...

B FCAUSE vehicles exceedin g 12 tons Ls , g ross wei g ht are banned from crossin g Torpoint Ferry, D. Row and Sons, Lud g van,...

DROPOSALS of Eire's committee of 1 in q uiry into internal transport, one of which advised the Government to abandon over half...

I F all the hotels in Blackpool which were served by outside coach operators were allowed to run excursions employin g the...

Potential Champions for International Event Seeded from Bramcote Finals of Lorry Driver of the Year Competition T HE driver of...

By P. A. C. Brockington, M.I.Mech.E. Midlands Parcels Carriers Stress Importance of Drivers Having Equable Temperament:...

F OR thc second time in succession, the overriding consideration of the majority of members at last week's congress of the...

Greater Economy New Rover 2-litre Oil Engine Shows Clear 50 per cent. Improvement in Fuel Consumption Without Reduction in...

Political Commentary By JANUS A GATHA CHRISTIE aims deliberately at much the same effect as that sometimes given, perhaps more...

Drivers Among 73 Entrants L"LIMINATING rounds for the Scottish Commercial Vehicle Driver of the Year Competition were held...

Rird's Eye View By The Hawk A C-L10ENSEE had an agreement with the railways to pay £8 per ton for goods consigned for delivery...

A NEW ferry ship, which went into operation last week, is the first to be built specially for the conveyance of loaded...

A PPLY1NG for four additional picking-up points on their extended tours, Feather Bros. (Tours), Ltd.; Bradford, claimed at...

New Ingersoll-Rand Tools . THREE new air-operated hand tools L and a new hoist are to be introduced shortly by the...

Flatten Revenue Standard Charges Should Embody an Incentive to Customers to Speed the Turn-round of a Haulier's Vehicles A...

IMPROVEMENTS in the construction 1 of refuse-collecting vehicles are the basis of patent No. 779,418. (H. Linde, 44 St....