T HE action taken by the A n Urgent Need for Basing Road Haulage Associat i on, i n as ki ng t h e Figares on the Cost of New •...

URING the past few.weeks the streets in and around the City of London have suddenly developed a number of small excavations. In...

Fine Record tor Goodyear A T its huge factory at Wolverhampton, the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., produced its 22...

Of knots for security, and nots for road users, Of Centurion Tanks in Korea equipped with electric razors. That these are...

C ONCESS1ONS which will increase the wages of road haulage workers, were agreed, last week, by the Road Haulage Wages Cbuncii....

the X type, has been developed by - :"ie Michelin Tyre CO.. Ltd. Mr. W. R. Good, M.I.Mech.E.. the company's chief engineer,...

F OLLOWING a request for a public inquiry into Oxford bus services made by Mr. Lawrence Turner, M.P., the Minister of Transport...

vincial and Scottish road passenger transport interests of the British Transport Commission amounted to £43.007,000, compared...

1 - 3. A PAY increase of 3d. per hour for all adult male workers in the vehicle-building industry was announced, last week,...

A LETTER from Mr. F. Coyle, national Secretary of the passenger transport trade group of the Transport and General Worker's'...

R EV ISED prices for Coinmer and Karrier vehicles came into effect on January 7. Because of adjustments in purchase tax, they...

A CALL for tenders for the Supply of 13 trolleybuses has been made by the Ankara Electricity, Gas and Bus Administration....

WE regret to record the deaths of Vi r MR. H. PARKER, MR. G. Tim/or , . and DR. WILHELM TIASPEL. Mr. Parker was chief engineer...

A MONG the exhibits of 1 1 0 coiteerns at the Third Mechanical Handling Exhibition and Convention, to be held at Olympia,...

might be some doubt about the legality of the company's private hire operations in connection with week-end travel for...

MR. C. LEIN has been appointed assistant manager of the Midland division of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. . MR. P. T....

A SUGGESTION that the Institute Pl. of Transport should include personnel management in its syllabus of examination studies was...

T HE annual conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be held at Harrogate from June 10-13. Among the papers to be...

A PPLICATIONS for enrolment in the Institute of the Motor Industry's 1952 summer school at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge....

B ECAUSE the introduction of incentive-payment schemes would be likely to take a long time, the Portland Cement Manufacturers'...

T HE Road Haulage Association is considering a debt-collection scheme, which, if supported by a minimum of 50 members, would...

B ECAUSE the licensed operator -could not undertake certain longdistance services, another coach proprietor undertook the...

A NUMBER of meetings took place this week concerning steel supplies to the motor industry. Individual manufacturers have been...

D RIVERS of delivery vehicles have been specially urged by the Northern Ireland Ministry of Commerce to make sure that there...

L AST September, Pointer's Transport Services, Ltd., Norwich, was convicted of a breach of the conditions of its A licence (as...

I F a new restriction be rigidly enforced, fully laden buses may not be able to cross the 125-year-old Conway suspension bridge...

Federal Department for Posts and Railways • to consider road-rail • co-ordination has issued a provisional report emphasizing...

held at Earls Court. London, from December 8-12. * As from January 23, the Southampton address of Small and Parkes, Ltd., will...

dealer in London, has published a booklet describing its history and present facilities. •

THE Road HaulageExeCutive have got to squeeze and squeeze until the long;clistanee operators 'are out of business." It was...

D URING.the discussion of his paper, "The History of Transport Law," which he read to the Institute of Traffic Administration,...

Scottish Group Puts Case for Industry : Corporation and Company Fares Up j\, DD1TIONAL expenses amounting to £2,160,648 a...

" A N important change in economic. commeroal or industrial conditions which calls for a change in normal transport facilities...

A FOUR-W1-IEEL-DR1VE tractor, I - 1 equipped with a fifth wheel for operation as an articulated unit, has been built by...

applied to the Scottish Licensing Authority to run a return service once a week between Glasgow and Portree. Isle of Skye, from...

D RINGING the number of Thorny1--f croft vehicles on order by, or recently delivered to, J. Lyons and Co„ Ltd., to over 100, 61...

U 1NDER rearrangements to be made 1 4. 0 in the boundaries of operating territories of State-owned bus companies, Luton may...

for the north-west division of. the Road Haulage Executiveto plan routes and times for the delivery of goods in conjunction...

T HE directors of Henry Meadows, Ltd., recommend acceptance -of the offer of Associated British Engineering, Ltd., to purchase...

T HE Central London sub-area of the Road Haulage Association is holding its annual, luncheon at the Trocadero on February 5....

'4I 1' appears probable that we are approaching saturation point in that part of the market which is concerned with first-class...

T HE bus station at Derby. which already has 1,500 ft. of platform length, is to be extended by a quarter. The station was...

A REGULAR ser . vice on the 187.. mile route from Nairobi, Kenya, to Arusha, Tanganyika, has been started by Tanganyika...

A LTHOUGH now owned by George s fr A Ewer and Co., Ltd., Fallowlield and Britten, Ltd., is to continue to operate under its own...

the annual apprentices' prize distribution, on Monday. Mr. Henry Spurner presided.

Political Commentary By JANUS N OT for the first time has the suggestion been put forward that users should share the pooled...

In an Effort to Obtain Better Stand Positions than in Last Year's Show, British Manufacturers are Exhibiting Through...

Reduced in a lined Chassis Sweden Enters the Market for Underfloor-engined Chassis with z. Model Specially Designed for Low...

for trolleybuses placed with British IN United Traction, Ltd., total 97 vehicles. Of this, 50 are for London Transport, 20 for...

10 Speeds Flattens Hills A Model which Pioneered the .Two-speed Axle in Britain is Tested on Level Ground and the Pennin2s,...

VES! This is what I lived on for many weeks and it I• seems to me that this is practically what the inde-' Nrident public...

power unit and transmission is a feature common to all the battery-electric vehicles manufactured by Scott Electric Vehicles,...

Bolt Saver T HE usual method of reconditioning the threads of a damaged bolt is by means of a die nut. A device which offers...

The Time to be Spent in Loading and Unloading is a Major Factor to be Considered When Assessing a Haulage Rate: "The Commercial...

a vehicle to be adjusted to a high Jegree of acccuracy in a minimum of time, is the aim of a device shown by the Ford Motor...