T HE law, as it affects financially linked companies Who pool their • transport, has been clarified by the decision of the...

A DISTRESSING problem besets road trans..port operators in the ageing driver or conductor who has given good service for many...

Granite Finish for Tipper Floor A N unusual feature in a coal tipper recently built by Maudslays (Leeds), Ltd., for Cyril...

That town dwellers who feel an urge to live in the country are furious when thousands of others follow their example and their...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IS it legal for coach operators to exchange passengers and carry them I free of charge from one...

n UTIES of a driver varied according to circumstances, and there was no universal law which imposed complete burden of...

r RANTING an A licence for six 'Li vehicles totalling 243 tons unladen, ! 1d five articulated outfits (14+ tons), to Charles...

P A ling 48 tons unladen, was granted to Erinoid, Ltd., Stroud, by Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, on Monday....

IN/HEN F.L.S. Transport, Ltd., OldVV land Common, near Bristol sought to add six vehicles, totalling 234 tons, to their A...

DECAUSE Burnley, Caine and Nelson .1.) holidays—originally separate weeks -had been combined into 'a common fortnight, local...

MR. DEREK FOSTER has been appointed sales liaison manager of the Owen Organization. MR. S. J. BARNES, general manager of the...

T HE attitude of Liverpool has been . one of dictatorship. We hive found that you cannot placate or appease a -bully, but we...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A DISTRIBUTION scheme whereby manufacturers of television and radio sets may obtain a better...

N O road operator had opposed the application of Siddlc C, Cook, Ltd., Consett, Co. Durham, Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw told the...

ruEL ratiOning would be ended as I soon circumstances allowed, but it was essential that the nation should improve its...

INCREASINGLY close interworking A among members is noted in the annual report of Mr. R. 13. Brittain, retiring .chairman of the...

IMPROVEMENTS in insurance cover A for British exporters are to be introduced by Export Credits Guarantee Department. From April...

S 1XTEEN local councils opposed an application by the West Riding, Automobile Co., Ltd., for a revision of fares before the....

THE Minister of Power has made an I Order which gives effect to the announcement, made on February 20. that car owners and...

T HE B-licence conditions of two vehicles in their fleet were, making. operation exceedingly difficult for Brewer and Turnbull...

n ISSATISFACTION with the differ ence between their pay and that of London and Birmingham Corporation bus workers is being...

T "parcels service operated by J. Lathom and Sons (Carriers), Ltd., Crewe, between Manchester, Cheshire and the Midlands, was...

A MBULANCES with all plastics bodywork, and incorporating the Austin ID series chassis with either petrol or oil engines, are...

"THE railways want all the net 1. traffic they can get, but they want most the traffic which they can carry more profitably...

A VARIATION of their A licence was granted to PI. F. Wardell (Haulage), Ltd., Lyrnm, Cheshire, at Manchester last week, to...

A COLOURED 8-ft-wide waiting lane, which will be used by buses when stopping and by other vehicles having to wait for short...

A R.CIUMENT is still rife in Ceylon over the Government's intention to nationalize bus services. It is proposed to take over...

MO decision was taken at a meetin g 11 at Birmin g ham, last week, on the su g gestion that the West Midlands should have a...

poi• AlLWAY opposition was withdrawn IA. before the Western Li c ensin g Authority last week when Martin's Warehousin g...

A N appeal a g ainst the imposition of a £10 fine on Suthcriands of Peterhead (Road Hauliers), Ltd., Victoria Gara g e, St....

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. New Commer 6-7-cwt. Van Announced This Week : Bodywork Improvements and O.H.V. Engine 0 N...

A BASICALLY new rear-engined passenger chassis has been introduced by Seddon Diesel Vehicles, Ltd., Oldham. The prototype,...

"Sits. Vac." 4 x 4 By The Hawk A BOUT 12 months ago Joh n Moon was glancin g idly (so he says) down the -"Situations Vacant...

was afforded last week on a section of the L.C.C. Crystal Palace racin g circuit. The tests were conducted over seven laps...

A NEW six-speed gearbox has been introduced for installation in the Chieftain, Clydesdale, Riever and Victor models...

T HE railways had had specific assurances from a number of traders who had recently given them traffic, that they would...

I F an enterprising coach operator bought a neglected business, he was not entitled to increase its schedule to bring it into...

r-wheel-drive Conversion lei/land Comet Provides 'come Addition to .British ke of Cross-country ides: First Civilian lure by...

p ERHAPS the Conservatives and Socialists in Parliament have rather 'overdone their concern for the welfare and wages of the...

Electric Power for Floor Cleaning A N additional range of battery powered floor-cleaning equipment has been introduced by...

Follow My Leader I HAVE received a report from one of my representa tives, Mr. Kernahan, concerning a journey he made just...

A MOBILE butcher's shop based on a Commer 25-cwt. forward-control oil-engined chassis has recently been produced by I. H....

Two 'Trends in Heavy Goods and Passenger Vehicles Forecast by Mr. A G. Wilson . . T RENDS in heavy passenger and goods...

T HE need for ensuring that bus drivers and . conductors, who are. obliged for health reasons to leave their jobs between the...

I HAVE frequently urged readers to provide for future expenditure. In this way a haulier can build up a fund . available to...

INORTHODOXY is the keynote ot %.--) a vehicle design shown inpatent No. 767,420 (Rheinmetall A.G., Rather Strassc 110,...