E VEN after making allowances for the present structure of the transport industry and its reliance upon internal training, the...

)rd W HEN asked by an innocent journalist what was his favourite form of travel, Tom Lord, general manager of Leeds City...

MO doubt about it, the • chairman of Southend-on-Sea passenger transport committee is a live wire. Just before his election as...

THE value of goods stolen from commercial vehicles in the London area was 16 per cent, less in the first quarter of 1962 than...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT U PGRADING of goods vehicle speed limits to 40 m.p.h. is expected in regulations to be laid...

E VIDENCE based on the previous carriage of goods in unorthodox" vehicles, whether carried in a private vehicle, a bicycle, by...

A NEW clause providing for the " plating" of commercial vehicles has been tabled by the Labour Opposition in standing committee...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LTHOUGH at their meeting last week in Brussels the Council of Ministers of the E.E.C., with the...

Mr. M. J. Colson has been appointed general manager of Goodyear's remould, division. Mr. J. R. Wall has been appointed...

WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. IT N. Burney, Mr. F. A. Flin, Mr. D. G. Northam and Mr. E. Walkden. Mr. Burney, who was...

A FTER hearing that there had been a serious decline in the revenue position of six major Welsh bus companies, the South Wales...

THE Traders Road Transport Association are in contact with the Ministry of Transport and other departments in an attempt to...

From our Political Correspondent P ARLIAMENT should be given more information when asked to vote money to meet the large and...

TW ENTY-TWO supporting witnesses ;rom Tees-side, Tyneside, Co. Durham and the Midlands had been heard by the Northern Traffic...

British Transport Commission's coming proposals for cutting down the railways system was launched by the 330,000-strong...

A N unexpected development took place when the hearing was completed at Newcastle upon Tyne last Monday of applications by...

T HE West Midlands Deputy Licensing Authority. Mr. R. A. Hall, granted a short-term B licence to Overlands Contract...

TW 0 young men who applied to the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, at Bristol last Monday for contract A licences...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT COMMERCIAL vehicle operators whp saw a chance of increased business in the Post Office's...

New Location: The Raybestos Manchester Warehouse has been moved to Adair Street where there will be improved services for the...

L ICENCES were granted last week to . 1 -1 Barton Transport, Ltd., and Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., enabling them jointly to...

A N application by the Bristol Omnibus Company to increase fares on their city and country services was granted by the Western...

IT was pleasant that in this, the cornI pany's g olden j ubilee year, the report he had to make for the 12 months ended March...

T O meet the re q uirements of operators who wish to have special inte g ral boxvan bodies built on their semi-trailers, R. A....

A N application to increase the ma j ority of sta g e carria g e fares of the North Western Road Car Co.. Ltd.. and its 13 j...

L ENGTHENING a coach to take advantage of current maximum dimensions by extending the wheelbase and increasing the rear...

Torque-converter transmission for Australian Regal Mk, VI N ° gearbox in the conventional sense is installed in a new variant...

N O transport operator can these days afford to be apathetic about Common Market topics, and any information about Continental...

B ANKERS in the U.S. have recently Paid tribute to what one of them called the" financial sophistication" of the road haulage...

Kenex 25-seater By A. A. TOWNSIN, A.M.I.Mech.E. A . LTHOUGH the 25-seater coach on Thames Trader 3-ton, 138-inwheelbase...

F - OR more than a year now, the Mobil Oil Co., Ltd., have been operating a mobile insulating oil service unit for the...

A N hydraulic lifting table designed for use as a lorry loader and intended to be carried on special brackets mounted under a...

is reflected by the growing number of manufacturers who are currently offering designs of this type. Among the advantages of...

I N this fourth and final article I want to cover the various Continental Construction and Use Regulations so far as they...

I N 1954, Mr. Joseph H. Hubbard purchased a plot of ground in Brownhills, Staffs, for £25 on credit. On . this plot stood a...

T HE East Midland "Applications and Decisions" contains a seasonal reminder about sugar beet, reminding operators that...

However small an operator's fleet may be, the claim that there are no significant overhead costs must invariably prove...

F ORWARD ENTRANCE double decker buses (i.e., vehicles with entrance immediately to the rear of the front wheels) are well...