T HE nation has gone to the polls. The next Government has been determined. But whatever the decision and the extent of the...

TT was revealed this week that Daimler Hire Ltd., a subsidiary of the Hertz Corporation, is the company which is making a bid...

C AV Ltd. is taking a gamble on operators being willing to pay extra for high-reliability electrical equipment. This was made...

ALTHOUGH the Industrial Training Act has been law for only two years, 13 Industrial Training Boards have already been set up....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT C USTOMS rules are blamed for hindering IL, exports, in spite of Customs attempts to improve...

44 • • HE Industrial Training Act will open dazzling vistas for vocational training. Important though academic qualification...

M ANAGEMENT and union officials were hoping to negotiate a quick settlement on Wednesday night of a strike by 150 tanker...

by Boyd Bowman MA, Secretary of The National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses C4TT just makes sense, doesn't it?"...

MEM' Monday (April 4) the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board is to set up its own cargohandling section at Liverpool. This move,...

for the brewery trade by Taskers of Andover, and already eight examples are in service with Strong and Co. of Romsey Ltd. The...

Professional Qualifications THE annual weekend course organized by the Yorkshire section of the Institute of Transport in...

T HE announcement by Mr. Cecil King last week of a 41-m. deal between International Publishing Corporation and Cahners...

I kT the recent meeting of the IRU Road Safety Commission in The Hague, unanimous approval was given to the institution of a...

A LORRY driver from Great Broughton (Cumberland), Mr. Edward Stephenson, made a successffil claim last week at an Industrial...

T HE haulage firm of Walter Rispin and Son, of Anlaby, near Hull, has taken over the Hull depot of LSD Transport (1944) Ltd.,...

A PAPER. - Roads and road haulage", by H. E. Osborn. Transport Holding Company comptroller, is to be presented to the...

th e squeeze By JOHN DARKER, Amaim Visitors to Britain give their views on a Swedish "Geddes" world A PARTY of Swedish road...

1§,JOTTINGHAM hauliers have introduced a plan to protect goods carried by road in the city and in the county of...

eAT a time when there is constant political reference to the need for integration of transport services it cannot be stated too...

Alfred Vincent Rigby, transport manager for Morecambe and Heysham Corporation, will in early June move to Chesterfield to...

ECHOES of the Mendip tipper operators' L" "strike" on July 14 (Bastille Day) last year reverberated at Bristol last week when...

T HE fear of the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, that a grant of four attics on A licence might, in fact, be...

T HE Glasgow firm of Bilsland Bros. Ltd. had two vehicles of their C-licensed fleet withdrawn at Glasgow last week when they...

A r Exeter last week applications by Bowdens Haulage (Devon) Ltd. (Sticklepath), A. J. Gregory and Son (North Tawton), and...

THE solicitor for British Railways (one of the .1. objectors to the Yorkshire-Torbay Pools bid) was chided by the chairman of...

This 3,500-gal. articulated tanker is one of 35 outfits, hauled by AEC tractive units, that have been supplied by Niger Motors...

I N a written decision the East Midland Traffic Commissioners have granted to Granville Tours Ltd. a new express carriage...

APPLICATIONS (March 26, 19661 Percy Finnie, New Pitsligo. new A lice. 2 veh. (810, and 5 T. 123+t). G q.. within 40 miles. with...

APPLICATIONS (March 26, 1966) A. Black (Benderloch) Ltd., Ledaig, new A lic., 1 veh. (80. Mainly foodstuffs-goodstoshopsand...

APPLICATIONS (March 23, 1966) I. C. Jepson, Appleby, A var., add 1 veh. (3t 1c). Agric. produce and requisites, fertilizers,...

APPLICATIONS (March 25, 1966) F. E. Stockton and Sons, Tarporley, new A lie., 8 vete {261.1). Milk and milk products, cattle...

APPLICATIONS (March 23.1966) I. Lettley Ltd., Immingham. Lincs. new A lic.. Bert. 0590. Import and export goods in connection...

APPLICATIONS (March 24, 1966) • M. J. Corbett, Much Wenlock. new A lic., 1 art. (518. Potatoes and concrete products, within...

APPLICATIONS (March 28, 19661 A. T. Lobb and Son (Transport) Ltd., Braintree. new A lic., 2 veh. (9t) (includes 1 art. box.)...

lic.. 1 T. 14+0. Agric. lime, feedingstuffs, building rubble and top soil within 60 miles. C. C. Chinery, East Grafton, Wilts,...

APPLICATIONS (March 24, 19661 F. J. Barber, Gidea Park. Essex, new A lic., 1T. (634). Hot tarmacadam, asphalt and road-making...

APPLICATIONS (March 24, 1966) Welby's Transport Ltd., Queenborough. new A lic., 2 veh. (744); 8 art. (41 it); 1 cont. GO....

PEAKING at the annual general meeting of the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., in London last week, Mr. W. M....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE National Union of General and Municipal Workers has decided to cooperate with the...

has been ordered by Eastbourne Corporation Transport. This will be the first Daimler vehicle to be operated by the undertaking,...

HIGHER SPEED FOR BUSES? Fr HE Minister of Transport has circu lated to interested organizations a proposal to increase the...

must adopt a new concept of bus operation to meet the challenge of ever increasing costs; Strachans (Coachbuilders) Ltd.,...

riONTRACTS received by Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd. for single-deck bus bodies during the past nine months total...

T HE annual allocation for new buses purchased by Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Transport is to be increased from £100,000 to...

ITTING jointly at Reading last week, the East Midland, South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners granted Thames...

THE Tilling Group has announced the fol-1lowing changes in directorships, effective from today (April 1):— Bernard Griffiths...

rrWO of the 13 operators authorized by the 1 North Western Traffic Commissioners to operate services this summer from the North...

difference By R. D. Cater D EMONSTRATED recently at the New Malden, Surrey, premises of Graham Adams Ltd. was an impressive...

CAV CONFERENCE HEARS ABOUT UNIT INSTALLATION AND COST-SAVING TURBOCHARGING TICI E two papers presented at the annual AV...

applications of Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd., and Eastern Coachworks Ltd., to join the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

p - VEILED at the recent Leipzig Fair, the 5-ton W.50 is produced at a new factory at Ludwigsfelde, near Potsdam....

Part 4—Twin-cylinder Compressors F ROM the single-cylinder compressor described last week we will now take a look at a heavier...

and publications • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Impact wrenches NEW range of high precision tools...

View BY THE HAWK Exporting is. E VER since Mr. Macmillan claimed that exporting was fun, people have been busily painting the...

in North-east Lim By Ashley Taylor. AMIRTE. Assoc Inst T I N view of suggested changes in local authority boundaries in...

Hard Men MEMBERS OF the Institute of Road Transport Engineers will undoubtedly discuss the article on "Effort—where has it...

• • • • • • • • • • • • • I 110' • • • • • • •S e.S S continued from page 48 Put Trade on Stamps I QUITE agree with The Hawk...

WEYMOUTH ROUND A Spoonful of Sugar for Tate and Lyle TT was a wet and blustery start for the 1966 1 Lorry Driver of the Year...

Class A—up to 16 ft. and from 20 cwt.: 1, C. Pugh (Park Bottling Co. Ltd.). Austin. 486 penalty points; 2. J. Cook (Shell-Met...

my experience on the 7-tonner test, the overdrive box is a better proposition with the two-speed axle. The details of the...

HOW THE DAF SYSTEM MIGHT BE ADAPT TO TRANSMIT HIGHER POWERS AC CORDING to Van Doorne's Autoniobielfabriek NV, Eindhoven,...

By JOHN C. VANN, FCH S OMF insurance companies are pessimistic in their outlook. They send a claim form with each new motor...

Seddon Diesel—higher profits I A FEW weeks ago the directors of SEDDON DIESEL VEHICLES ▪ r - % intimated that there had been...

(from previous page) The idea behind this is that with professional representation the driver may be exonerated or receive a...

N ATIONALIZATION of road transport was hardly an issue at all, let alone a major issue, during the election campaign This does...

D OAD TRANSPORT, as with any other progressive industry, 1-■ has always been under pressure to increase productivity, stemming...

Mark One Transport Ltd. Cap £100. Dirs.: L R. Pedder and R. L Pedder, "Warren View". Hutton, Brentwood. Essex. T. B. Stanton....

By George Wilmot M Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN TRANSPORT The Work of the...