T HERE can be little doubt that many hundreds of engineers in road transport have benefited considerably by linking up in what...

Fillip for Battery-electrics PXEMPTION of battery-electric vehicles from purchase tax will give a fillip to manufacturers of...

That some think Britain's front door looks too much like a back door. That the mobile shop is the answer to at least one of...

S INCE their formation on June 27, 1951, the chairman's ad hoc committee of the Road Haulage Association have held 25 meetings...

D sprrE a slight improvement in the four weeks to April 19, British Road Services' traffic receipts in the first 16 weeks of...

THE Road Haulage Association's inclusion of Mr. James Barrie among their two nominees to the Road Haulage Disposals Board was...

THE report of the Thesiger Com mittee is not likely to be published before August, and it will probably contain no suggestions...

MR. B. N. H. THORNELY has been appointed to the board of the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd. M. K. H. PLATT has been appointed...

mo more restrictions on London traffic may advantageously be imposed, state the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory...

" IFa man has idle vehicles, my view —and I will never change it—is that he will have to get round and look for work," declared...

A NOM ALIES in the law whereby there is virtually no means for obtaining redress for accidents or injuries caused by animals...

p ERMISSION has been Oven by the West Midland Licensing Authority to Burton Corporation to modify fares and revise conditions...

'TRANSFER of bus repair work from 1 Inverness to Edinburgh was the subject of outspoken criticism at the May meeting of...

THE Eastern Licensing Authority has rejeeted an application by Victoria Coaches (Leigh-on-Sea), Ltd., to run an express coach...

'WHEN the Railway and Road HaulVV age Executives last week appealed against a decision of the Yorkshire Licensing Authority to...

A N appeal by the General Haulage Co. (Leamington), Ltd., Newcastleon-Tyne, against the revocation by the Northern Licensing...

n URING the past few years great advances have been made in the manufacture and application of resinbonded plywood. The...

T HE permissive nature of the powers given to the Minister of Transport by the Transport Act, 1953, to direct the British...

N EW legislation to deal with dazzle and other matters not covered by the Road Transport Lighting (Rear Lights) Bill, a Private...

A NEW device for application to articulated vehicles, by means of which a tractor may be connected to any semi-trailer,...

T WO bodies in which many of the finer arts of the craftsman are incorporated, were recently completed by Marshall Motor...

I N his letter of March 27, Eric Cant makes it quite clear that his sole interest in retaining the 20 m.p.h. speed limit is...

Pre-war Practices by Hauliers, Clearing Houses and Other Transport Agencies Which Might Once Again Become Rife if Pessimistic...

WHEN the Metal Box Co., Ltd., VI' recently obtained a contract for the supply of food containers to a customer in the. Midlands...

By Henry F. Marks, R EMOVERS view the Transport Act, 1953, with some foreboding. Although they resisted and resented the...

I NVITED by the Advertising Association to say a few words at their annual conference, Mr. Aneurin Bevan—thoroughly enjoying...

W HEN, on October 9, 1952, Cardiff Transport Department celebrated its golden jubilee, the occasion marked Rot only the...

By T. G. Field-Fisher I T took no fewer than 126 sections and 15 schedules in the Transport Act, 1947, to nationalize the...

S UBJECT to the limitations and conditions provided by the Act itself, it is the overriding duty of the British Transport...

B y Section 8 (1). Section 52 of the 1947 Act [which provided for the restriction of use of goods vehicles more than 25 miles...

R AD1CAL changes in the methods of approach to questions of granting or refusing licences are provided in Section 9. In...

A N annual charge, known as "the transport levy," is to !A be made in respect of vehicles of over II tons unladen, and...

THE whole of the most important provisions of the Act relating to road passenger transport are contained within Section 18....

S ECTIONS 16 and 17 of the Act provide in general terms for the reorganization of the railways. Within 12 months from May 6,...

T HE Commission are to continue to submit charges schemes under the 1947 Act, except in relation to any service which is the...

S ECTION 22 provides a measure of protection for anyone who is compelled by force of circumstances to send merchandise by rail...

DENSION rights and matters relating to the compensation I of employees of the Commission who cease to be so employed as a...

OLAUSE 6 (3) of the 1947 Act, which provided that there should be a Transport Users' Consultative Committee for both passenger...

V AN bodies built to the width of the bakery packing boards enable Robinson's (Confectioners), Ltd., New Street. West Bromwich,...

vehicle uphill, it is necessary for the driver to take his foot from the brake pedal to work the accelerator. This means that...