O F all the subjects dealt with at the Naples con gress of the International Union of Public Transport, undoubtedly the most...

y AST month, a coach driver, Mr. W. H. Harrison, was fined £10, with £3 14s. 6d. costs, at Oxford, on a charge of driving a...

Wall's Model T Ford for Galas FOR 12 years, Model T Ford vans performed excellent work for those well-known makers and...

to restrict vehicles from stopping to make deliveries to shops was launched by the Traders' Road Transport Association on...

IN a deferred decision announced last week, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, made it clear that he would not...

A CASE which had been investigated by the Minister of Transport, following questions in the House of Commons, came before H ull...

I L is possible that a comprehensive discussion on denationalization will be held at the Road Haulage Association's conference...

A DELEGATE conference of London 1 - 3 busmen decided on Monday not to accept the rejection by the London Transport Executive of...

A HINT that the new wa g e claim for employees in provincial bus companies would not be g ranted li g htly was g iven by Mr. T....

D EFENDING the grant of a licence to Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading), Ltd., authorizing them to operate an express carriage...

for tipping vehicles to serve the Mendip and Cotswold quarries was granted last Friday by .Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing...

1)11EVISED fares designed to increase revenue by £80,000 a year have been granted to Sunderland Transport Department. Under...

THE Northern Licensing Authority. I Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, last week made a statement about his criticism of the Road Haulage...

I T is within the discretion of a Licensing Authority to add to a road service licence facilities which are not sought,...

A MONG the new vehicles expected at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show. which opens next Thursday, is the Hanomag 3-ton...

A SAMPLE of the traffic counted on tA main roads during the 1954 road traffic census showed that the average number of vehicles...

D ECIS1ON was reserved by the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing Authority last week on applications for new feeder and express...

GREEMENT has been reached rA between the Transport and General Workers' Union and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association...

A LMOST a point of honour among hauliers is a lack of interest in numbers. Although no doubt every operator keeps a close wafch...

0 PERATORS having a knowledge of fire appliances will be familiar with the frontal appearance of a new 1,200-cu.-ft....

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. T HERE are many operators in this country and overseas who still cannot successfully employ...

noUNSEL for an Oldbury coach company criticized the West Midland Licensing Authority at an appeal hearing in Birmingham, last...

T HE use of private cars threatened to paralyse traffic in large towns, Mr. E. Nielsen, director of Copenhagen Transport,...

Congestion Increases Staff Problems and Demands Many Extra Buses : Fear of Restricting Liberty A FTER quoting the London...

Many European Undertakings Incurring Losses : Efforts to Improve Efficiency D ESCRIB1NG, as an ominous sign of a crisis, the...

Wide Variations in Amounts Allowed for Depreciation T HE difference in the fundamental objects of costing systems employed by...

Preferences for Different Forms : Trolleybus Overhead Lines R EPLIES from 48 undertakings to Mr. Gerard's questionnaire...

In the case of suburban lines having long straight sections, use of the system (if cadmium-copper wire were employed) would...

Hot-water System Preferred by Many Operators I T was generally thought, said Mr. Maestrelli, that ventilation and heating...

caused by private cars in large towns and the consequent need for standardizing the dimensions of public service vehicles, Mr....

N EARLY 17.000 vehicles sold so far under the Transport Act, 1953, are held by some 5,500 hauliers, according to records kept...

Mr. D. B. Richardson, of the same address, who recently made a large number of assignments (The Commercial Motor, September 2)...

First purchases have been made by Mr. A. J. Cheek, 112 Redlands Road, Pertarth. of two lorries (91 tons); Mr. T. E. Caddie, 101...

Heaps' Haulage (Atherton). Lid. Cap. £13500. Dire.: Lily !leaps, 5 Hunt Street, Athenon, Lance; Vivian I. Heaps. 9 Rowland...

unit (71891 based at Bow, London. The vehicle concerned (21 tons) has been transferred to Orwell Roadways (Ipswich), Ltd.,...

taken over by Hills Haulage (Swindon). Ltd,. Kingshilf, Swindon, in a first purchase. Other first purchasers arc: Messrs. W. H....

Direct purchases have been made by Mr. R Lovatt, 4 Edgehill Road, Royton, Lanes, of four lorries (14 tons 9 cwt.) based in...

How Does the Business of a Haulier Differ Basically from That of a Person Engaged in Any Other Trade ? S.T.R. Argues the Point...

O NE of the difficulties experienced with automatic transmission systems when used in heavy commercial vehicles has been to...

WOKING magistrates last Saturday VI ( dismissed a summons against George Robertson, Woodburn Road, Woking, for failing to...

1"1-1E capacity of the usual three I hydraulic cylinders of a disc brake approaches the limit of volume that the master...