W HATEVER the result of the General Election the need for co-operation between rail and road operators will remain. At loading...

A FOUR-POINT plan for radically ri reforming the road haulage licensing system was submitted by the T.U.C. general council to...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IMPORTANT matters of policy are, I understand, to come up for discussion 1 at the national...

IT would be a had thing if the relation' ship between British Rdilways and road hauliers were ever to become one of master (the...

VVITHIN the next decade it is likely Vi' that road speeds of commercial vehicles will not be too far off those of cars. This...

ELECTRICS IN an attempt to discover and assess specific cases (as opposed to general complaints) of malfunctioning of vehicle...

T.D.G. Offer Recommended. The board of Cargo Distributors Ltd., Of Melbourne, is recommending acceptance of the £3 m. bid by...

Two 36-ft. A.E.C. Reliance single" decker buses with 54-seat frontentrance bodies by Marshall of Cambridge (Engineerin g ) Ltd....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT Q liSMEN'S leaders are ready to discuss LI with the London Transport Board proposals to...

will be among the important subjects covered at "The Commercial Motor's" first Fleet Management Conference, to be held in...

4 special demonstration of a luggage trailer was vatched by the Minister of Transport at Chiswick Vorks of London Transport...

THE High Court of Justiciary has rejected an appeal by Thomas Aitken, of Whitburn, who was found guilty of using a mini-bus to...

THE Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr. W. F. Quin, adjourned a case of unusual interest last Friday, awaiting certified figures...

A N application by Backs Coaches (Witney) Ltd. to operate period excursions from Witney to Brighton on Saturdays during July...

A N application by Mr. D. G. Winzer, 1 - 1 of Maytor, Devon, for the renewal of an A licence was adjourned by the Western...

ARGEST application to be .noted this week is in the Western " As and Ds" wh,.!re B. C. Hicks, of Castle Cary, Somerset, has...

retired from the board of Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd. As forecast last year, Mr. St a nley Markland has retired from...

From our Political Correspondent A MAJOR victory for road transport interests has been won by the M.P.s who form the standing...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A LTHOUGH there is evidence that the r't drink problem on the roads and the Channel Tunnel...

A DEMAND for the reintroduction of 2-1 . the heavy goods vehicle licence was made when the Commons discussed this week's...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT nESP1TE mounting opposition, the Government is to press on with its proposals for ending...

A BRAKING system usin g control rA valves that react to the conditions of adhesion existin g durin g brake application, so...

R EGULATIONS coverin g the use of approved merchandise marks on vehicle headlamps and headlamp bulbs, under specifications set...

A N improved warranty on Bedford trucks and coaches will take effect from February 1 and will cover 12 months or 24,000 miles,...

THE 1964 Amsterdam Motor Show, which features commercial vehicles and accessories only this year, opens on February 6, and...

nRGAN1ZATION of an engine k_/ factory is being carried out at Wellingborough by General Motors Tad., The British company of the...

T HE first diesel-engined road vehicle to go into regular production was built by the German Benz company in 1923, and since...

Division • of General Motors Ltd.. Dunstable, is to have a new engineering building, costing more than tim e which is expected...

Make Certain that Valve Springs are Efficient THE TERM "TUNING ", normally associated with high-performance petrol engines,...

and Publications Electronic Wheel Balancer A N UMBER of detail improvements have been made in the Mk, III version of the...

MEE 1ES-BENZ has I ry and Power By John F. Moon, ROAD TEST: Mercedes-Benz LP 1620 32-ton-gross combination A S detailed on...

operations which London Transport submitted to the Phelps Brown Committee of inquiry give rise to the conjecture—are the days...

By The Hawk Rescuing Monsters This is the season of the year when the heavy recovery units are at their busiest. Bill Jackson,...

T HREE papers read on Tuesday of last week at the Automotive Engineering Congress held in Detroit by the Society of Automotive...

By S. Buckley ASSOC. INST. T. Q UALITY is obviously of prime importance where foodstuffs are concerned. Hygienic conditions...

WRITES being squeezed in the interest of lower prices in the shops' k ESALE price maintenance, and other devices for keeping...

C ONTINUING consideration of overhead costs, it has already been explained that such expenditure is incurred in the running of...

George Ewer's Promising Development THE Is. Ordinary shares of GEORGE EWER rarely J. hit the headlines. Yet this group of...