'The Magpie A N unexpected element of mystery crept into a " mystery tour of Warwickshire, when Mr. R. W. Slatter, a partner...

meter now employed by Lancashire County Police to catch speeding drivers. Col. Eric St. Johnstone, chief constable of...

That Eagle Engineering have a subsidiary company named "Always Welding." That surely the workers of the latter, if not their...

'TOTAL net revenue of the London Transport Executive in 1956 1 . amounted to .E4.5m., which was £400,000 less than in 1955—a...

AfiONTHS may elapse before British IV' Road Services are operating heavy vehicles at schedules based on the raising of the...

A PRESSURIZED cooling system PA. has been introduced by Leyland Motors, Ltd., for home and export models in the Royal Tiger....

Dennis tn. Bros., Ltd., and Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd., by Liverpool Corporation for the construction of a prototype...

1111:ZY moving the base of 10 tankers from Barking th Manchester with out permission eight years ago, the 'Crow Carrying Co.,...

D ESP1TE efforts by hauliers serving Covent Garden to keep their drivers working during the Otters' strike, the men were told...

T HE date of the Edinburgh round of the Scottish Commercial Vehicle Driver of the Year Competition has now been confirmed as...

Portse-) mouth eliminating round of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition on August 24 have beeen confirmed. The number is...

D RIVERS whose surnames begin with the letter's A to V inclusive will be issued with three-year driving licences when they...

DRIC ES of Volkswagen commercial vehicles have been raised by nearly £20. The 15-cwt. pick-up now costs £680 7s. 3d., the...

Karrier Motors, Ltd., are now offered with the Rootes 2.26-litre oil engine as an alternative to the petrol unit. A dynamo of...

P R 0 SPECT S for the ensuing year were promising, but competition was much keener and tended to reduce the margin of profit on...

A WARDS have been made by the Institute of Transport for papers submitted during last year's session and in respect of...

A REDUCTION in the use of the PA larger lorries on farms is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture in its biennial...

E XPECTED to cost the West German Governinent Rs. 2m., a fully equipped workshop for training mechanics and apprentices has...

MR. R. E. THOMAS has ceased to be managing director of the London General Cab Co., Ltd., but he remains a director. MR. IVOR...

'WAR OFFICE decisions on combatvehicle production were harshly criticized this .week by the House of Commons Public Accounts...

country • districts outside London to follow top-class football matches at Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Fulham and Luton during...

A N . increase in _income of about 10 per cent, is required this year by West Bridgford Transport Department to balance...

F iVE large Australian shipping companies have arranged to enter road haulage. A new company is to be formed. This step has...

items of equip' ment " to . ..be displayed at • the Engineering, Marine, " Welding . and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, to be held...

A N application for change of base and take-over was granted by the North Western Licensing Authority at Manchester on Tuesday....

A S-part of the arrangements to mark the passing of the trams from Liverpool, the last tram, painted a distinctive colour, will...

H AVING been specializing in the repair and servicing of Army vehicles for the Ministry of Supply, Halesowen Engineering, Ltd.,...

A RESOLUTION calling for the . 'nationalization . of the . motor industry was submitted Yesterday to' the annual meeting ofthe...

. throughout the year at the Institute of Welding, 54 Princes Gate, London, S.W.L as from the beginning of October. The annual...

C OiNCIDENTAL with the introduction . of the new Thames range, Pratt of Sutton, 268-270 High Street, Sutton, Surrey, have...

W HEN 370 motorbus and troileybus drivers in North-cast London receive safe-driving awards for 1956 at Stratford town hall on...

WHILST many bus companies and Vi c municipal undertakings are planning to cover increased wage costs by higher fares or shorter...

relieve congestion on the A31 road at Winchester, should be completed by next April. Traffic on the A31 road from Alton and...

Engineering invite inquiries for the services of their engine test house for the development and testing of engine and...

111 US and tram fares on 88 stages in Blackpool were reduced by id. on Monday, when the North .Western Traffic Commissioners...

A FTER being refused permission to build a new depot on the site of an old sewerage works at Batley, A. Harrison and Sons...

Y UGOSLAVIA is buying a large number of vehicles from Italy and Czechoslovakia. Altogether 317 vehicles and 80 trailers are to...

to convert a twodoor single-deck bus into the one-door type at a cost of £60. The vehicle, an A.E.C. Mark IV, has a seating...

T HE two big Canadian railway com panies are now prepared to carry on their " piggy-back " services between Montreal and...

b: satisfied unless every effort were made to make sure that a Channel Tunnel for road traffic was possible. M. Laniel, former...

A LL time-tables operated by Burnley, Colne and Nelson joint transport undertaking are to be revised, with the exception of...

L'OR allowing a driver to work more 1 than 11 hours in 24, John. Cotton (Jute), Ltd., Mirfield, Yorkshire. were tined £50 by...

N INE aircraft fuellers, to meet the needs of Vickers -Viscount 8U0 airliners, have been put into service at Schiphol Airport,...

nRIVING regulations applied to electric milk-delivery vans were described as absurd at Stockton Magistrates' Court, when...

G LASGOW Corporation are now insisting that companies taking sites in the city centre must provide internal loading and...

T HE only independent bus service operating in Northern Ireland will be taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority on October...

B ECAUSE it is not practicable for bread delivery vans to maintain a supply of hot water for washing purposes, alternative...

A LTHOUGH the Austin, Ford and Morris companies are included in the 13 British exhibitors at the Frankfurt Show, to be held...

1 " very hopeful," and although production has not yet reached a commercial level, it is much nearer than seemed possible...

P ASSENGER transport arrangements for Christmas Day and other holiday periods should be decided by individual undertakings,...

U.D.T. Office: United Dominions Trust, Ltd., have opened a new branch office at 90 London Road, Southend-on-Sea. Scammells for...

CDR the past 29 years, Bolton Corp' oration had been running on a route outside the borough without permission. the North...

A SPACIOUS new depot which has rTh. been built in Guernsey will accommodate 69 of the 97 buses run jointly on the island by the...

A FT E R a five-hour hearin g , the Northern Traffic Commissioners decided at Alnwick (Northumberland) to allow United...

ancient ri g ht g ranted by the City of London , Corporation to allow vehicles to stand and ply for hire within the streets of...

can be raised to suit odd loadin g -bay hei g hts, lowered to g roundlevel or tilted backwards, or to each side, has been...

S D' Thames vehicles with bodywork by Motor Bodies (Blackburn), Ltd., have been put into service as mobile showrooms to display...

T HE preliminary draft of a new code of re g ulations relatin g to the effects of ionizin g radiations in industry has been...

commercial vehicles, compared with 92,465 in the first six months of 1956. Respective export fi g ures were 18,050 and 13.866.

XPERIENCE of the fuel shorta g e served to confirm the need for the ur g ent provision of more off-street parkin g space. This...

T WO Leyland Titan "double-deckers have been e q uipped as showrooms by Leylux, Ltd., furniture manufacturers, Chorley. The...

Low Rates and Clearing Houses are Big Problems, but the Major Worry Comes from the Political Tug a' War By . Tony Hatton T HE...

A ' your journal is the leading road transport publica tion in this country, I have observed with great dismay the almost...

By Ralph Cropper, M.Sc. (Econ.), B.A., A.M.Inst.T. W HEN a special A licence is being transformed into an A licence, should...

Range of Self-cleaning Filters A NEW range of self-cleaning filters has been introduced by Zwicky. Ltd., Slough, Bucks. It is...

A.M.I.R.T.E. / T would be difficult to imagine a more restful and comfortable method of road travel than that offered by...

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk B EILIEVING that if British athletes are to compete on even .1--; terms with their overseas...

Political Commentary By JANUS O FFICIAL. records seldom give the Devil his due. They are usually confined to transactions that...

DRINCIPAL feature of a new I Mercedes-Benz bus is the provision as standard equipment, for the first time on a German...

A FORWARD-CONTROL version of IA the, Morris LC05/T 2-ton chassis has been put into production. The first model from the line...

ULTI-FUEL engines have been M developed, from their 0M321, 0M315 and 0M326 units by DaimlerBenz A.G., Germany. They will run on...

Disadvantages May Outweigh the Good Points When Consideration is Given to Operating These Vehicles in Urban Areas, Says...

A NEW twin-underbody-ram endtipping gear known as the model 2ATC has been introduced by EdbroB. and E. Tippers, Ltd., Quebec...

Home or --.:Awdy I NCREAS1NG use ot cars for business purposes has . brought increasing problems for many transport managers....

CONVERSIONS of ex-Ministry of Supply Fordson W.O.T.6 chassis to oil power are now being carried out by Pratt of Sutton,...

T O reduce brake fade by improving the cooling and sharing the work evenly between the shoes, is the aim of a modification...