very largely the rule the possible effect of ruthless competition can easily go unappreciated until such time as the blow...

I T is a peculiarity of English law of Which we may be justly proud that, as a general rule, no right of appeal is open to the...

Down the Oil-tank Hatch WHEN the reduction of oil-engine noise was under TV discussion at a recent meeting some war-time...

Hears That John Bull Rubber are celebrating their jubilee this year. Bitter complaints 'about the, often unnecessary, felling...

FOR HAULAGE WORKERS H ARD bargaining between the employers' and employees' sides of the Road Haulage Wages Council at a...

A N A licence for six vehicles and two trailers has been granted to Mr. E. E. Burton, Lynn Road, Walsoken, Wisbech, by the...

f 1ST 14, which, according to present plans, gives hauliers their -- 'last chance to buy. transport units from "British Road...

general manager IVI of Aldershot and District Traction Co., ltd., on Tuesday described as " absolute nonsense" an allegation by...

T o expedite the collection and-delivery. , of radiator 'repairs . for . ffeet users . 'and the motor industry, a...

MR. GEORGE F. Smuotur has been appointed a director of Tilling-Stevens, Ltd. SIR HARRY PILKINGTON and MR, ARTHUR PILKINGTON...

A DRIVER who failed to remove the ignition key of his vehicle during a brief absence was not negligent,, the Court of Appeal...

A N application for a 121-per-cent. increase in single and return fares on express services operating to and from London was...

L'ARE increases designed to bring in 1 an extra £69,380 a year were last week granted to Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd., by...

WHEN the Transport Tribunal last VV week resumed consideration of the British Transport Commission's freight charges scheme,...

IN an appeal decision announced last week, the Minister of Transport strongly criticized the quality of the evidence submitted...

I N spite of a plea by seven local operators that they could cope with excursion and tour traffic, and that abstraction would...

the railways and inland waterways should not be allowed, contended Mr. Alan Cusick in a debate by the Manchester Centre of the...

A N Australian concern is to intro.C1 duce a coach service between Australia and Britain next month. The inclusive single fare...

"w E do not regard ourselves as a privileged section of road Users; but, as manufacturers, Wholesalers or retailers...

A REPORT for the four years to 1 — )k 1954 by Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H., Wolfsburg, Germany, published on Tuesday, showed the...

A N insurance official admitted blame for a policy not bein g in force when two men were char g ed at Chippin g Norton, last...

A MEETING of local councils is -to- . .0 be called by Castle Ward Rural District Council to consider a proposal that a re g...

L'Olts operators usin g lorries on heavYI work, Bedford 7-tonners are now available with flitch plates fitted as a facto r y...

1k /TORE than 32,000 drivers and 16,000 conductors had so far been.entered for the 1955 competition, the Road Operators Safety...

1415 view that urban traffic problems I should be tackled with greater urgency than the building of new trunk roads...

VINES totalling £120 were imposed upon Charles Lee Brookes, Park Garage, Pulford, near Chester, by Chester Castle magistrates,...

T HE railways and Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., last week objected unsuccessfully before the Northern Licensing Authority to an...

A Plateful By Th e The Hawk r I NE of the most harassed men in the industry at the moment is Mr. R. L. Howlett, who, in...

HE CORNER . Possibilities of All-hydraulic Transmission, Controlled-slip Differentials, Supercharg!Fig, Fully Automatic...

A SPECIAL two-compartment van body has been built by Marshall Motor Bodies, Ltd., of Cambridge, to the order of the Brooks...

A NEW vehicle has been delivered to Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.. for the bulk delivery of Limbux. This fs a form of lime...

B ETTER petrol consumption, improved acceleration, higher maximum speed, longer life between overhauls and greatly reduced...

S PECIAL bodies for the bulk transport of eggs are being built by Strachans (Successors), Ltd., Wales Farm Road, London, W.5,...

Another Round of Wages R EFRESENTATIVES of road haulage workers appear once again to have made use of the double shuffle in...

itish Interest in Brussels, Salon is Mainned and Increased Number. of Foreign . hibitors Shows British-Powered Chassis :...

THE effect on maintenance of the 1 shortage of spares in the area for heavy and medium-weight vehicles and the causes of smoky...

T IIE Folkestone depot of British Road Services, which, as reported in The Commercial. Motor on December 16, has been acquired...

Fundamental Requirements of a Haulier: Capital; Aptitude, Business Sense and Mechanical Knowledge I T is seldom that I go for...

Sweden Expects Fleet of 9,000 by 1960: Stockholm Maintenance System S WEDEN now had 8,500 buses for 71m. people, Mr. Carl...