D URING the Second Reading of the Road Traffic Bill in the Lords last month, Lord Chesham gave a warning that the Government...

Personality of the Week T HE TYPICAL " Bristol " sign at the entrance tc Brislington works of Bristol Commercial Vehic . every...

' HAVE been hearing some distressing stories lately about crankshaft failures in diesel engines, and it appears that the cause...

T H /tEE . ConServative peers mounted an all-out attack on controversial clause in the Golfer= Road Traffic Bill which provides...

B.R.S. (Parcels) Limited Liability for Loss 3, Court of Appeal last week upheld decision that, ' although B.R.S. 1s), Ltd.,...

Mr. G. Argyle has been appointed chief engineer, commercial vehicles, ol B.M.C. Mr. N. A. Leslie has been appointed managing...

IISH ROAD SERVICES announced on Monday that they are ljusting their charges to obtain an overall additional revenue )cr cent....

ROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT ES of early Government action on the Jack Report vanished uring this week's Commons debate...

B ECAUSE a company would gain more if its application were turned down than if it were granted, a case was described as " most...

In ICU,SSIONS which have been going on for more than a year between 1eading Corporation Transport and the Thames Valley...

MB1NED garage and bus station opened at Manchester Square, Haven, on November 27 by the Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd. It is of...

A NEW Thames Trader chassis designed specifically for tanker • operation has been announced by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. It is...

A LL American cars and commercial vehicles produced after next autumn will be fitted with anti-air-pollution devices as...

:RIMENTS are still being carried by the London Midland Region :ish. Railways With the French system of load transfer which has...

T HE major reasons quoted by Mr. N, R, Kennedy, shipping and transport officer of the British Aluminium Co., Ltd., for wishing...

details of diesel engines manuured in Great Britain and ranging ut from 1.5 b.h.p. to 24,000 b.h.p. , en in the fifth edition...

From our Industrial Correspondent J-4 EADERS of the municipal and pro vincial company busmen made a surprise move last week in...

r ways A Period of Competitive Equality at Last ? By W. HIGHAM REID T HE Government's Bill to strip the railways of their...

nEVELOPED in collaboration with Mean Industries, Ltd., a new range of four AltrascC light-alloy body kits is offered by Alloy...

Profitability is the yardsti efficiency, says P. S. Helmn Henry Spurrier Memorial ] T HE vital contribution to the national...

HE licensed operator should be limited to stipulated routes, for instance by-passing towns (where such roads have been...

By Ashley Taylo Assoc.Inst.T. T HE Edinburgh Festival, held in the latter part of August an September each year, is an...

IOLS often have a longer currency than the things represent. In fact, they may develop a life and a ilness of their own. For...

ly aley Inst.'f . D ESPITE its name the area of operation covered b . N. Staffordshire Farmers, Ltd., comprises Shropshire,...

Testing "Suspect" Vehicles Q NE in every four of "suspect vehicles using the Mersey tunnel which were examined over a...

Tool Trailers ) versions of a /-ton capacity, twobleeled trailer have been introduced Morn, Ltd., Kingston Road, New n,...

%IE-COAT paint developed specificy for direct application to cement's surfaces has been developed by ther Paints, Ltd., 36...

EW item of electrical equipment tm Partridge, Wilson and Co., Ltd., Davenset Battery Booster. Input ?.50 v., 50 cycles, single...

OBILE steam cleaner using prole as a fuel has been developed by ; Chemical Co., Ltd. It has been 'rid approved by Calor Gas...

THE latest publication by Crypton Equipment, Ltd., is devoted to battery servicing, and entitled " Battery Tune-up.". There...

ing and proposed motorways are shown on a small map of England and Wales produced by Rist's Wires and Cables, Ltd. The reverse...

A N automatic battery charger, the Esstron, is now marketed by PCA Radio, Beavor Lane, London, W.6. The unit is suitable for 6...

Extrusion" has been published by Forgings and Presswork, Ltd., a member of the Birfield Group. This deals with the process...

Large Scottish Application O NE of the most substantial applications that has come to light from " As and Ds" received this...

OUGH the potential advantages employing variable-compression n diesel engines have been overd in. the past two or three years...

Re-licensing Snags Operators Should be Particularly Careful This Year When Making Application for Renewal of _Motor Vehicle...

P ORTABLE bulk containers are made by N. Tamplin and Co., Ltd., Chichester, Sussex, in a range of five sizes, from 15-ft. 6-in....

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A LTHOUGH it is down for second reading in April, Mr. Speir's Bill does not, at this moment,...

T "' snatch-back of a vat the purchase price of abou been almost paid, because a hir instalment to a finance compan days...

From Our Political Corms . C ONSERVA'r1VE back-bet to limit the railways' pow vide alternative passenger s road are contained...

(Jt!1T CONTROL W12 Today, routine inspection and maintenance are quicker, cheaper and easier, Regular. planned servicing of...