DUT it which way you like (and the choice of truisms and cliches is wide) time IS money and nowhere can this be more apposite...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT D RAFT regulations going out shortly from the Ministry of Transport to interested parties are...

rr HE TGWU's determination to ignore the Prices and Incomes Board if the Government legislates for compulsory wages restraint...

THE RAILWAYS are being allowed to put up their freight rates. Mrs. Barbara Castle announced in the Commons last week that she...

On Wednesday the Ministry of Transport and the British Railways Board jointly published maps showing the basic railway network...

E DITOR of COMMERCIAL MOTOR for the past six years, Alan Havard has been appointed assistant director of freight planning with...

GATEWAY Transportation Co. Inc., the large American haulier with a 4.000-strong fleet of lorries, tractive units and trailers,...

MR. H. BRIAN COTTEE, who has been assistant editor of COMMERCIAL MOTOR for the past six years, has been appointed editor in...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Government this week clamped down on the wages of 800 car transporter drivers employed...

T ATEST link in the national Freightliner network—the Stratford container terminal—is -1-1 now being built. Its first services...

BRITISH Road Services Ltd. has bought a £110,000 ICT 1902 computer. It will be installed at Auchinlech House, Five Ways,...

U SE of the Western Vehicle Maintenance Advisory Committee's spare parts report forms has brought a quick response from...

BY DEREK MOSES O N Saturday, Weymouth was once again the first centre to stage an eliminating round in the Lorry Driver of the...

T HE Welsh Economic Regional Planning Council is apparently uninterested in seeking hauliers' views on future economic...

RHA chairman Mr. Philip Turner put the great Freightliner controversy "Into perspective" at the South Wales area annual dinner...

DEMONSTRATED last week by Wadhams (Coachbuilders) Ltd. of Waterlooville, Hants, was a safety device for use on...

By JOHN DARKER A COMPREHENSIVE report submitted with the agenda of the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union for this week's...

1.1 EVILLE Industries (Mansfield) Ltd., Mansfield, Notts., has announced that its Dumptrailer articulated single-axle tipping...

B RMSH Railways' containers and Freightliners manager, Mr. T. R. V. Rolland, referred at a Transport Association luncheon in...

A FEASIBILITY study to see which aspects of the Army's transport responsibilities would benefit from the use of computers was...

S. A. Finals, managing director, British Transport Docks Board, has been elected next president of the Institute of Transport....

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT rr HE Government has set aside £350,000 in the coming financial year for equipment for -Ithe...

I N an attempt to get transport policy plans moving and break the deadlock which has existed since the Ministers' failure to...

A COMPLETE review of the Construction and Use and Lighting Regulations was forecast in the Commons last week by Mr. John...

WARNING that the setting up of Conurbation Transport Authorities could lead to fewer rural bus services was given to the...

AT THE meeting of the Lorry Driver of the Year executive committee in Coventry on Tuesday, Mr. Alan 1-lavard, editor of...

AN appeal by C. Rudman and Sons Ltd., Bristol, against revocation by the Western Licensing Authority of a C licence for all 12...

A si application by Charles Eden Ltd., demolition and plant hire contractor of Worcester, for a new B licence for five tippers...

A PROPOSAL by a taxi operator to run a mini-bus shopping service for Sutton Coldfield housewives is being fully supported by...

AN APPLICATION by Sidney Bates (Removals) Ltd., of Gerrards Cross, for an additional furniture van to be added to a singlevan A...

Ti E North of England's biggest earthmoving plant hire firm, Harry Hodges and Son Ltd., of Sheffield, was at Leeds last week...

A FTER an approach by the National Economic Development Council to the board of the Transport Holding Company, British Road...

THE appointment of a traffic com missioner to run transport in London and the setting-up of separate traffic police and traffic...

JOHANNESBURG MUNICIPALITY has ordered 12 VR LH double deck bus chassis from Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. These. the first...

A PARTY of 330 members of the English Speaking Union from 11 regions in Britain, including universities, technical and training...

y ET another plan for improving transport in Central London has been published—this time by the Conservative Political Centre....

MIDLAND RED—needing £1 m. extra in the next 12 months to absorb the recent pay awards is to ask the West Midland Traffic...

LONDON reception this week marked the introduction in Britain of the full Towmotor range of fork lift trucks and straddle...

APPLICABLE to engines of not less than 819 c.c. or commercial vehicles of not more than 10 cwt. load capacity, an air-injection...

CERTAIN Karrier Bantam models and Commer 1.5 and 2 ton Walk-Thru chassis are now obtainable with the Leyland Group 0.160 diesel...

At the annual luncheon of the Motor Industry Research Association, the new Minister of Technology, ANTHONY WEDGWOOD BENN, MP,...

E AT prevention is better than cure there little doubt, therefore it is fair and reasonable to suppose that where a preventive...

T HE Polaris road-safety lamp introduced by Moflash Co. Ltd. is intended as a replacement for the traditional paraffin lamp....

A NEW .5,000 lb. capacity low-lift battery electric platform truck is announced by Wessex Industries (Poole) Ltd. It is...

A HEAVY-DUTY version of the Fastnet 360 gal./min. pump displayed for the first time at the 1966 Commercial Motor Show has...

T HE makers of the Tildawn range of road-safety lamps and beacons have just announced a low-priced utility model. This has a...

CPECIFICALLY designed for the road transport industry, a new compressor/ exhauster has been introduced by Drum Engineering Co....

I NTRODUCED by Henley Forklift Co. Ltd. as an addition to its Hercules range of fork-lift trucks, the 26/48 model lifts 26,000...

BY HANDYMAN W HETHER we like it or not, brakes and their efficiency will occupy a good deal of our time and thoughts in the...

COMPRESSORS AEROSTYLE LTD. Sunbeam Road, London NW10. AEROSTYLE'S range of portable air com pressor sets includes models up...

APASEAL LTD. Bowes House Hailsbam, Sussex. U SE of the tool's weight to assist tyre removal is the object of the Apaseal...

BLACK AND DECKER LTD. Canon Lane, Maidenhead, Berks. T HIS well-known maker offers drills from + in. to 14 in. capacity in a...

AEROSTYLE LTD. Sunbeam Road, North Acton, London NW10 TO cope with every type of spray painting job, Aerostyle offers a wide...

- FAST weekend's contest at Weymouth was the first of no fewer L i than 24 regional rounds in the 1967 Lorry Driver of the Year...

View BY THE HAWK Teamsters' troubles: This is the elegant Washington headquarters of the International Brotherhood of...

T HE TRTA vehicle inspection service came into operation on a pilot scale in the London area last June. We then employed two...

assisted by Clayton Dewandre every time they apply their power brakes When you're recognised as the leading manufacturer of...

30-TON-GROSS ARTIC TN COMMERCIAL MOTOR of November 18 1966 details were given of plans made by Ailsa Trucks Ltd., of Glasgow,...

M RS. BARBARA CASTLE'S proposals for setting-up Conurbation Transport Authorities in various parts of the country, together...

Transport Development group profits exceed forecast rillARACTERISTIC of the group's capabilities and record, %ft./ Transport...

H ESITATION shown by the road transport unions in pursuing their avowed intention of seeking a wage increase may not be without...

T HE interrelation of goods vehicle operation, maintenance and replacement was authoritatively surveyed recently by THC 's...

of operating tippers. Is there a publication on costing of all types and sizes of commercial vehicles? And how does one allow...

the Continent on a transporter can I make an individual delivery on trade plates where this was specifically requested by a...

maintenance scheme including an adequate recording system. Could you advise me where I could obtain the necessary forms and...

between haulage and C-licence operation and is there any marked difference in the removal industry? A Dealing first with...

A This phenomenon is associated with surface ignition which can cause knock when the engine is running. An overheated sparking...

use made of goods vehicles month by month throughout the year? A Such figures in respect of 1965 are given in the 50-point...

and 10-ton artic, both fitted with platform bodies and averaging 800 miles a week? A The operating costs per mile are: 7-ton...

Road passenger transport law: Road service licences-I M NTION was made in an earlier article of the distinction between stage...