B ASICALLY unchanged, despite nationalization and denationalization, since 1933, the law of carriers' licensing is today under...

T HE last man in the commercial motor ind whom the label " tycoon" could,properly be is Arthur Marenbon, technical and sales...

New Medal for Spurrier Lecturers T HE Henry Spurrier memorial lectures, organized by the Institute of Transport, are...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT [WAITING for Selwyn. That seems to be the new parlour game being played VV by unions and...

I T seemed hard that when a . driver to carry out his duties the co employing him should have tc prosecution, declared Mr.....

EGISLATION to restrict m " qualified motor vehicle dri to a maximum speed of 40 miles hour is proposed by the Musselbt branch...

!DBE Corporation are concerned the provisions of Clause 12 in the .oad Traffic Bill, a clause which ay could enable the...

A LLEGATIONS that miniature buses fitted with radio telephones were " creaming " the London Airport air freight traffic were...

T HE first two trucks to be exported from the new B.M.C. factory at Bathgate have been shipped from Glasgow to Tenerife, Canary...

Lnnounce, with regret, the death on unday of Mr. Stanley S. Dawes, nt emeritus of the Institute of the Industry. He was 71...

is holding an eeting for members and others at xlega Restaurant, Ship Street, n, on January 16 at 7.10 p.m. 3up1. W. Cavey,...

Mr. R. Gunter, a Reddish haulage contractor, is one of nine new J.P.s appointed for Stockport. Mr. R. J. L. Wood has been...

T HE chief engineer of dm division of Leyland Moto Mr. Norman Tattersall, In appointed a director of Spain' commercial vehicle...

OURNEY-RECORDING clock 7Iacecl in the cab of his lorry bt employers annoyed him, so r James Ro bert Whittaker hed it up,...

B ECAUSE of representations made on behalf of commercial vehicle operators in the Southend parking meter scheme, the Southend...

on international journeys to or through France are being investigated by the international department of the Traders Road...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE Ministry of Transport may be preparing to make an announcement concerning bigger, heavier...

Acquired: The motor coach touts section of the Plymouth Co-operative Society, and a number of the society's coaches, have been...

A N application by Windsorian Touring Co.. Ltd., to renew a road service licence in respect of eight extended tours. starting...

between Dublin and Cavan in two hours, a new named road service was introduced by Cocas lompair Eireann recently. The Cu Uladh...

A GREEMENT in principle was reached last week by Middlesbrough Town Planning Committee to the establishment of one joint bus...

T HE Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners last Friday refused permission to East Yorkshire Motor Services to increase fares on the...

T " pay-as-you-enter busei operation last week on ti Park circular route at Doncaste 45-seater vehicles have replace( buses....

A WARNING that it will increasingly difficult for bum to maintain their safe driving was given by Mr. A. J. White, manager of...

T HE idea of a joint transport formed by merging the tri undertakings of Haslingden. Ram and Rawtenstall is being revivo was...

Potteries Motor Traction Co., ., and three of their drivers were iore than £77 at the Stoke-oniagistrates court last Friday....

INTRO.DUCTION of 20-journey weekly I bus tickets was sought before the Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioners by Simpson's...

T ° provide a greater variety of destinations for their passengers and increase the duration of some of their existing teak's,...

/RRY driver, said to he over husiastic about building up busias fined a total of £20 with eight costs at St. Albans City Court...

From Our Industrial Correspondent T HE Road Haulage Wages .Council award was the indirect cause of two strikes of lorry...

T HE application by Jones Transport Services (Liverpool), Ltd., involving a switch of 30 vehicles from Contract A to public A...

T HE several clerical grades of British Road Services are to have their working week reduced from 42 to . 40 hours. This...

RELIANCES FOR TRINIDAD: A total of 60 A.E.C. Reliance single-deckers has been ordered for service in Trinidad. To be operated...

I F the Government wanted to gil transport a priority on the London, the Minister of Transpcx demonstrate to the bus driver...

Transport Tribunal in London week dismissed an appeal by ulage firms against the granting licence to East Anglian Carriers,...

mpanies Motor Transport Co., Ltd. Cap. £5,000. Abbotts. Elm Court, Sutton Road, . G. Abbotts. 15 Queens Road, Walsall. ....

A N appeal by Mr. E. J. C. Lytham, 1 - 1 trading as Lytham Bros., of Quarry Road, Stoneycroft, Liverpool, against a decision of...

NAR. C. E. CORBY, trading as Corby lvi Transport, 59 Vicarage Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, had his appeal dismissed by the...

T HE YcrA trailing axle conversion is now approved for fitting to Thames Trader 7and 71-ton models. Announeing this, Ford Motor...

T HE Deputy Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. G. W. Duncan. at Stockton-on-Tees last week reserved his decision on an...

T HE Government has not yet how the use of hovercraft s regulated, This matter was, under consideration, said Mr. Woodhouse,...

T HE idea of a study group to compare read and rail costs was rejected, in the Commons last week, by the Minister of Transport_...

Reading Biniding Committee is to buy four Mini-vans at £350 each. Poulton le Fylde U.D.C. invite tenders by Jan. 2 for the...

. 1)IY use of standard 40 in. by 40 in. L.' pallets and by designing cartons to match the pallets, H.P. Sauce, Ltd., ensure...

Referring to rail-borne . traffi in the paper, Mr. Fades said or consignments were now sent by delivery time had approximately...

kGGIE'S brother Cromwell carefully fitted the Kittom of his glass into the wet ring he had left vhen he picked it up. " I think...

--IEME Solves Multiple Trans "ems M OST well-run, well-maintained transport fleets induce a certain amount of personal pride...

New Grangemouth base "an island suspended over thousands of feet of mud" By Norman H. Tilsley A T precisely five minutes past...

Highly Developed Maintenance System Ensures Good Results With Large Dublin Fleet I N view of the fact that the availability...

Aspects of Running Buses Are Discussed Here and Average Costing Given for 31and 41-seater Single-deckers AILED costings...

Diesel is a Good All-rounder Economy and Performance Well Balanced in Commer Walk-Thru Van with 2.26-litre Diesel Engine By A....

into Lines VICE to permit the injection of Is into a water line regardless of and without any pumps or equipment is now...

Large Switches in Two Areas T HE Northern publication contains a large number of licence "switches " as well as several...

.7, my observations of 40 years ago on selling and 2g commercial vehicles will be of interest to newly 1 dealers who, due to...

LRCH into the development of hovercraft and :tells formed a major part of the work of the Research Development Corporation...

A UTOMATIC regulation of cooling-water temperature is aim of a scheme shown in patent No. 876,548. An increase in water...

have been used to minimize corrosiert caused by sulphur in diesel fuel, but, the plated deposits tend to bleak up when the ring...

Stuttgart-Unterturkheim, Germany, and shows a suspension arrangement in. which a rigid axle is attablied to the frame on a...

D iFFICULT1ES in the manufacture of insulating material for glow-plugs are mentioned in patent No. 876,300 which proceeds to...

disc brakes with a means of maintaining a clearance between pads and disc ences are made to other patent with clutches. The...

with movement is shown in ix 876,498. It is i4ended mainly the linkage of a foot-brake. (Th arid D. Rogan, 25 AIexandri...