T HE sooner British road transport operators disabuse themselves of any idea that the Common Market is (a) not important, (b)...

Jol ereward Pitchford T HE social atmosphere of the managing director's dining room at the Shoreham laboratories of Ricardo...

Some Hyphen W HEN the best-laid schemes of mice and hauliers go awry the latter, at least, might obtain some consolation from...

Carnet St atement is Criticized A i s international transport carnet P - 1 s to be introduced in a number of BY NORMAN H....

A.T.A., the.title of which stands for "Admission TemporaireTemporary Admission," and the agreement under which it will be...

S HAREHOLDERS of Leyland Motors, Ltd., unanimously approved a resolution to acquire the ordinary and preference stock of...

T HE latest versions of the Leyland Super Beaver four-wheel and Super Hippo six-wheel normal-control goods models primarily...

'THE principal operating points in I London Transport's plans for increased productivity are due to be discussed today, Friday,...

Mr. E. G. Whitaker has accepted the invitation of the Minister of Transport to become chairman , of the Central Transport...

WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. William Morpus and Mr. S. B. Reece. Founder and for many years governing director of...

A.E.C.s FOR SOUTH AFRICA: Bus and lorry chassis of seven different types were included in orders received last week from South...

to be exhibited at the Commercial Motor Show is a special semi-bonneted fourwheel tractive unit for B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd....

Boxvan and Tipper Bodies for Earls Court Pik A NUMBER of semi-trailers with integrally constructed boxvan bodies built by The...

the stand of Albion Motors, Ltd., at the Commercial Motor Show are making their first appearance at Earls Court. The Super...

made false statements and had failed to fulfil a statement of intention under the provisions of section 178(1)(d) were made...

O PERATORS have got to expect competition. If 50 people are carrying for one customer, that was no reason for saying that...

T HE trend over recent years for more and more individual concerns to operate their own C-licensed vehicles is now showing...

A FTER deciding that he had jurisdiction to grant an A licence to a Chorley haulier to operate two articulated vehicles from...

L AST Sunday Mr. W. Leese, general manager of the North Western Road Car Co„ Ltd., officially handed over a specially converted...

AST week Yorkshire Traffiz Commissioners granted an application by the Samuel Ledgard group of companies to increase and revise...

A FULL-SIZE working model of their . 1-1 . new Series 30 D double-drive tandem bogie is to be the main feature of the Eaton...

VUEEKLY output of commercial VT vehicles in May (8,345) showed little change on the weekly production average during the first...

T HREE front-steering axles and three rear-driving axles will be exhibited by Kirkstall Forge Engineering, Ltd., at the...

Motor Show by Armstrong patents Co., Ltd., of Yorkshire, Will be Selectraulic electrically adjuStable shock absorbers....

by Pitt THREE hew semi' trailers are to be shown by Charles Pitt (Barton Stacey), Ltd., at the Commercial Motor Show. One is a...

A NEW mechanical heavy-duty disc brake, the Mark IX incorporating an independent handbrake, which can be accommodated in any...

A TOTAL of 30 A.E.C. vehicles will be featured at Earls Court next month-15 goods and 15 passenger. A number of these will have...

rONCENTRATED production of off the-road vehicles and abnormal-load transporters, which has been undertaken at the Basingstoke...

I N reply to an opening question as to how wide was the field covered by the Transport Directorate, Mr. Goergen said that it...

AA UTOMATIC spot-welding equipment with consumable wire and gas shielding has been introduced by Rowen-Are, Blackhorse Road,...

QOME time ago Thor Tools, Ltd., of Tynemouth, Northumberland, introduced • a range of small air impact wrenches using a special...

A PARALLEL-STRAND mesh with 1- A slot-like apertures has been added to the Expamet range made by The Expanded Metal Co., Ltd.,...

A NEW 36-page Fan Belt Guide, distributed by Romac Industries, Ltd., lists fan-belt fittings for vehicles up to and including...

PA A NEW publication, entitled Nickel Chromium Plating Corrosion Data is obtainable free of charge from the Publicity...

A N addition to their range of handoperated lift truck units has been made by Polymathic Engineering Co., Ltd., Tamworth,...

A LIQUID cleaner developed by The In• Walpamur Co., Ltd., is now generally available to the trade. The product, Walpamur...

DIESEL SHOWS UP WELL By A. J. P. Wilding I T is now just over six years since B.M.C. introduced the Austin 152 and Morris J2...

An invitation to appeal to the "new" tribunal? LICENSING CASEBOOK by NORMANTI.TILSLEY RI UMOUR has it that the Metropolitan...

1DERHAPS if the powers that be I within the House of Fraser Group of companies had made an explanatory statement to the...

VOUR contributor, Mr. E. Whitmore (The Commercial Motor, August 10, 1962), would be well advised to ensure that he will not...

I AM engaged on research into various aspects of road transport and would like to ask the readers of The Commercial Motor for...

A FTER nearly 30 years of producing three-wheeled tractive units, Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford, announce today that their...

• Contract A to A 1ic.: Scottish (South): William Rae, Glasgow. Yorkshire: E. Dudley (Transport), Ltd., Birstall; C. Tredgett...

I fwon't be long now before one of our more enterprising hauliers follows the lead set recently by two Frenchmen in crossing...

The principles of commercial vehicle costing are applied here to the operation of 10-cwt. and 1-ton vans I N this series...

COMMENTARY by JANUS S UPPORT from motorists for a campaign against lorry drivers is, for the most part, irrational. It is not...