T HE one bright spot in an otherwise bleak outlook for 1957 is the announcement by the Minister of Transport that the speed...

UNDERSTANDING of the problems of UNDERSTANDING of is shown by the committee set up by the Minister of Transport to survey...

Are General Tests Feasible? 0 NE of what may be termed the more lively todies associated with the industry is the Institute...

That the most important rule in the railway game is "Keep your eye on the haul." That it may be accused of using the wrong...

—For Some Priority Users : Advance Isssue: 200 District Fuel Offices Now Open WHEN fuel rationing began on Monday, most...

F URTHER talks on pay for London's 53,000 bus workers were held yesterday between the London Transport Executive and the...

pains to maintain that it was not a last-minute move, but part of a plan evolved at the beginning of August, the Minister of...

O NMay I the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles, including articulated outfits, will be raised to 30 m.p.h. Drawbar trailer...

M ANY London operators—including large national organizations— were still without their basic ration coupons at noon last...

MR. JOHN F. MARSHALL has been appointed secretary of Mercedes-Benz (Great Britain), Ltd. Mit, R. W. DOUGLASS has succeeded MR....

" DON'T think I can regard the I present emergency as ground for refusing a licence. I have to deal with it under the 1933 Act....

A WOKINGHAM coach companylast week appealed against a decision of the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners forcing them to make...

S EVERAL municipal undertakings have decided not to take advantage of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Temporary Increase) Act by...

A LTHOUGH commercial vehicle in. output in October was lower than in the previous month, exports were somewhat higher both in...

N EGLECT by the owner for two years, followed by the assignment of the business to his creditors, and lack of evidence that...

A T the resumed hearing of an application by McGill's Bus Service, Barrhead, for permission to run a through service from...

j1s1 speaking of the interim report of 1 the Parking Survey of Inner London, Mr. Alex Samuels told the London and Home Counties...

IN the past financial year, the number of passengers carried by the company was fewer by some 21m., or about 5 per cent., than...

nESPITE a submission by the British " Transport Commission that no business existed, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, Yorkshire Deputy...

A N unsuccessful application for a B licence for a .1-ton van to be used to carry general goods within 50 miles was made by a...

I N restoring to the licence of Mr. G. E. White, Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, a vehicle deleted in 1954, Mr. N. C....

1' WO small men, who conducted their own cases, lost their appeals last week to the Transport Tribunal, One of them was Mr....

A N appeal by Messrs. A. H. Rumble and Sons, Reading. against the refusal of the South Eastern Licensing Authority to grant an...

T HE Court of Appeal last week held that costs incurred by a haulage company in trying to secure a variation of their A licence...

PA A NEW company to handle bulk liquids has been formed in Scotland by Mr. -John G. Russell, Mr, William Russell and Mr. John...

A 24-HOUR shuttle service between in , Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, a distance of 560 miles, is being operated by six...

A Nexperiment with white lines on the Continental and American principle is to be made on the LondonFolkestone-Dover and...

onger Life Latest Morris 5-cwt. Van is Powered by New B.M.C. 948 c.c. Petrol Engine : Maxirnwn Speed Raised, but Acceleration...

IN co-operation with the Metallizing i Engineering Co., Inc., Westbury, N.Y., the Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, have...

P RELIMINARY tests carried out with a bearing material comprised of Teflon tetrafluoroethylene fibre woven into fabric,...

A N approach to the integration of their transport fleets has been made through the amalgamation of Brickwoods, Ltd., and...

Retiring Giant By The Hawk WHEN, on June 30 next, Mr. P. G. Stone Clark retires VI , after 45 years' service in road,...

n in Suspension Overdue? Part 2 In This Second and Concluding Article Some Novel Modern Systems are Reviewed Together With...

0 UTSIDE the front door, a group of little boys were alternately singing one line of a carol and ringing the bell. Maggie's...

The "Guv'nor" Should Now Govern Y OUR leader in the issue of The Commercial Motor dated December 7 is constituted of home...

Expensive Plant, Skilled Labour and Quality Control Required for Satisfactory Moulding Nopressure Impregnation "Backward" and...

Ross Auto 25 Battery Electric Chassis Announced : Range up to 25 Miles, Speed up to 16 m.p.h. D ESIGNED to operate with...

1'1/4 FARMER who had carried for a r - i neighbour with a vehicle having a so-called F licence, was warned last week by Mr. J....

F.B.I. Case to Government for Generous Fuel Issues to C-Licensees A FTER completing a survey of the types of traffic covered...

M ISINTERPRETATION ot th e Siddle C. Cook appeal decision by the British Transport Commission was criticized last week by Mr....

Oil Duty Bill Passed by Commons: Hauliers Need 80 Per Cent. of Normal Fuel Supplies A N undertaking that the extra Is. fuel...

Can Business be Carried on Under Rationing by Allocating One's .Whole Gallonage to a Feli.• Vehicles? Fixed Charges, for Idle...

H YDR AULIC couplings are often 1 1 provided with some form of straight-through lock, and a device of this nature forms the...