• L OCAL authorities continue to press bus companies to provide bus stations and shelters. In doing so, they ignore the...

O N several occasions reference has been made this journal to an American articulated 25tonner powered by a Boeing 502 turbine....

Operators of the Future? WE heard the other day of an interesting scheme vv that is engaging the interest of a class of...

That atomic bombardment can change the colour of diamonds. That this is not yet being applied to vehicle finishes. That when...

L AST year the British Transport Commission's road and rail services earned 1 - 4 £26.3m. More than in 1952. Of this sum,...

A SOFTER tone towards the renationalization of road 'haulage is adopted in the Labour Party's latest policy statement,...

S TRONG objections by operators to a proposed increase of 4s..a week in the wages of adult road haulage workers, with...

T WO new types of rear-engined bus chassis, employing Leyland engines and running units, have been designed and built by...

" -THE passing of the Act has created 1. a dangerous precedent, inasmuch as a local authority has obtained unusual powers in...

D ESCR1BED by the chairman as one of great importance, a case came up at South Hunsley Beacon Sessions, last week, when a man...

MR. G. W. HENNAH has been appointed assistant sales manager of Pilot Works, Ltd. , MR. NOEL MARSDEN, manager of the southern...

I NVESTIGATIONS into the effect of adding fuel to the air intake of an oil engine have shown that any fuel, irrespective of its...

T HE thorny question of a Licensing Authority's position with regard to existing versus new operators has been further...

Armstrong Shock Absorbers, Ltd., propose to capitalize .£50,000. United Dominions Trust,. Ltd., have opened a branch at 1 Bank...

P LEADING not guilty to causing a public service vehicle to be used as an express carriage between Boscombe Down R.A.F. Station...

I N a dual application heard before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority at Hull last week, Hull Transport Department applied for...

IN four applications for excursion and I. tour licences before the Western Licensing Authority, at Salisbury, last Week,...

A FURTHER application for an increase in fares may be made by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., as the result of thri....

T HE programme of the annual conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing at Southend-on-Sea includes six papers, a vehicle...

D URING the first week of the Cardin pantomime season takings were 099 down, compared with last year. the South Wales Licensing...

"IN this very small district where' I there are only two operators, it would be very desirable if a common schedule should be...

W IT ha H m t T h r e an c s o p n o v rt er D sio ep n ar o tm f ea B t ir l m o in a g a all-motorbus undertaking, the only...

A LL Shell Premium petrol will ir future contain what is termed ignition control additive (I.C.A.). Distribution of the new...

W E regret to report the deaths of MR. RALPH WILLIAMS, MR, JOSF.PH HARDING, MR. HENRY JOYCE, MR. W. R. SHEPHARD and MR. J. R....

Inconsistencies in the Regulations on the Con' struction and Use of Trailers Make it Clear that the Time has Come for the Law...

Municipal Transport—Mr. W. M. Little " M UNICIPAL transport has provided public service under public control for a long time....

Lightweight Coach Chassis for Day Excursions and Tours, Built by an Operator to Reduce Fuel and Tyre Costs : Proprietary...

Oil Engine S TANDARD commercial vehicles will shortly be marketed with oil engines. The Standard Motor Co., Ltd., Coventry,...

n ETAILS of a new residential train ing course for those wishing to make the motor industry their career were given last week...

A Specification Containing Essential By Requirements Making for Efficiency in a Parcels-delivery Van: An Underfloorengined...

Out of a Total of 65 Makes of Vehicle Britain Will be Represented by 15.• Oil Engines Offered in All Medium-weight Chassis T...

A 58-SEAT metal double-deck bus body weighing 2/ tons has been built by Associated Coachbuilders, Ltd., for Sunderland...

N ORMALLY, the first thing anyone wants to know about a business he is buying is whether it makes a profit. In this respect,...

The Prospect of Profit is Closely Allied to the Weekly Mileage Run by the Vehicles, Yet How is the Haulier to Distinguish...

was greatly admired by many foreigners, especially those' who lived in Great Britain during the war, Mr. James Amos, 0.B.E.,...

I T is well known that by fitting a length of exhaust pipe " tuned " to the frequency of the engine speed, an extractor effect...