T HE Government's ready acceptance of Lord Lucas of Chilworth's amendment to the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Bill, aimed...

Archibald Edga 1 ,harles Dent W ITH some 16,000 vehicles and 30,000 trailer's on his books, Mr. Archibald Edgar Charles Dent...

like a woman whose cakes have been burnt, Charles Goodyear, who died 100 years ago this month, made the greatest discovery of...

FROM G. DUNCAN JEWELL • F OUR applications by Russell of Bathgate Ltd., Bathgate, which, if granted in full, would increase...

WE regret to report the death last week VT of MR. HERBERT H. Caow, only two months after his election as national chairman of...

E VIDENCE of "the grave difficulties" being experienced by a haulage contractor in obtaining long vehicles to meet the demands...

R EPRESENTING H. Davis and Sons, Ltd., Station Road, Gloucester, in an application to Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western 'Licensing...

A FTER Loughborough magistrates had heard a local haulage concern admit six offences in respect of one of its vehicles, last...

Ma.. W. A. Wmarn, principal purchasing assistant, London Transport Executive, has been appointed purchasing officer. MR. W. G....

QCORES of trade bodies and industrial organizations throughout the country who op Irate vehicles under C licence are being...

T HE British Transport Commission were the only objectors to an application by John Smillie, Ltd., Glasgow, for six additional...

T OLD that the appeal a g ainst the new parkin g restrictions in Birmin g ham made by the city's Standin g Committee on Traffic...

LTHOUGH British Railways have k improved facilities available to carry new traffic, industrial concerns are entitled to seek...

Q PERATORS of small buses and unlicensed vehicles used for carrying .workpeople were sharply criticized at the annual meeting...

DELIEVED to be the longest buses on 1-) two axles in the world, 10• new rearengined single-deck vehicles to be put into service...

MEWPORT Transport Committee wit) J. 14 report to this month's meeting of the town council that recent fares increases, expected...

Traffic Commissioners Throughout the Country Have Another Busy Week : More Cases to Come D ECISION was reserved by the West...

A N application by Thomas J. Davis, Rutherglen, to take over an A licence for four vehicles (13t tons) issued to F. C. Graham...

A TANKER of 5,750-gallon capacity . to be used on desert airfields by Air BE'.. the aviation service of the British Petroleum...

varpoN they raise their glasses in W Ireland's select bars, like as not it'll be a Phoenix ale they're drinking. And the ale...

A LARGE increase in smalls traffic to North Wales was spoken of at Wrexham, on Monday, when W. Cooper and Sons (Carriers),...

T HE existence of an acute shortage of tippers in Lanarkshire was indicated to Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at...

A N Aberdeen contractor was fined a total of £85 and disqualified from driving for one year, at Perth Sheriff Court, last week,...

RR EPORTS of difficulty in securing quotations for the supply of a mobile library vehicle have led to the withdrawal of a...

"Sharp Practice.". . • S TRONG criticism of John Wainwright and Co., Ltd., quarry miners, -was made by Mr. S. W. Nelson,...

A STEADY improvement in business rt is reported by Mr. James Wild, chairman of Fodens, Ltd., in his annual statement. This was...

A DVERTISEMENT panels illuminated by fluorescent tubes are being installed on the off side of Liverpool Corporation...

L AST years national winner, C• DaMes, driving an Austin for Fred • Myers, Ltd, Windsor, - achieved his third local success in...

C HIEF among the . many awards presented by Mr, F. Williamson, North Western Licensing Authority, at the Manchester round of...

B LUEBIRD; the gas-turbine-engined car now being prepared for Dona!,1 Campbell's attempt on the world land-speed record, is to...

Load Pennants T o identify overhanging loads Piggott Bros. and Co., Ltd., 220-226 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2, offer pennants...

W HEN there is a ty s ide boom in a particular area, and heavy demands are made on hauliers, it is not easy for them to decide...

G 1VEN the instruction: "Break it if you can," a team of Austin experimental engineers took a Gipsy 4 x 4 5-cwt. vehicle over...

S ACKCLOTH and ashes are not suitable for workaday dress, but this does not mean that motley is the only wear. The British...

By P. A. C. Brockhigton, A.M.I.Mech.E. W HAT is the future of air suspension? Nearly every manufacturer and vehicle user in...

A GREEMENTS between the National Coal Board and operators of miners' contract services were Criticized by the Yorkshire...

P ROPOSALS to vary existing A licences and add new A licences for specific work were made by -John Hunter and Sons (Transport),...

/ REFERRED last week to some of the points that needed consideration when a trader was deciding whether to hire road transport...

T HE object of a control mechanism shown in patent No. 833,273 is to avoid driving engine auxiliaries at an unnecessarily high...