O NE of the questions put to To Retain Their the transport forum at the M ust Give Genc Road Haulage Associa tion's'conference...

T 'THERE can be little doubt of the railways' determination to secure, almost at any cost, bulk long-distance traffic. The...

Little Opposition to Recorders T HE managing director of Servis Recorders, Ltd., Mr. R. V. Redston, is a little peeved at the...

That a tram driver who had been trained for bus work proved very apt, except that he would not pull into the kerb. That the...

TWELVE charges alleging subornation of perjury have been preferred against Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., Gildersome, near Leeds,...

p ETROLand oil-engined passenger chassis are to be produced by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., from December, They will be based on...

TT was disturbing to learn that Adam Lythgoe, Ltd., having given traffic to rail, were taking it away again in order to...

A WAGE rise of 7s. a week has been rA awarded to nearly 100,000 provincial busmen by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal....

T HE West Riding County Council's disregard of the licensing position when accepting tenders for the transport of school meals...

R OAD and rail freight services operated by the British Transport Commission will be demonstrated to the public next month at a...

A N application by R. Petty Transport, Ltd., Eldwick, near Bingley, to add two vehicles of 12.4 tons and one trailer of tons to...

MR. TREVOR GUY, service director of Guy Motors, Ltd., is engaged on a sixweeks' tour of the Far East. MR. GEORGE KENNING,...

T HE Champion Sparking Plug Co.,. Ltd., are stated to be interested in a transparent sparking plug produced in Hungary. The...

A WARNING to the Traders' Road Transport Association that loading 1-1 and unloading bans may still be instituted was given on...

T HE Tyne Improvement Commission have offered to hand over their passenger and vehicular ferry service between South Shields...

A T a Manchester hearing last week it was stated that Fargher and Wallis, coach operators, Salford, was set up in 1926 and Mr....

' E re-entering into the field of tire Engine manufacture by Leyland Motors, Ltd., is marked by the supply of an .entirely new...

PA. A NEW dumper body, constructed entirely from plastics, has been produced by Bowyer Bros. (Congleton), Ltd. Mounted on an...

. BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE hampering restrictions of the 1930 Road Traffic Act, requiring a municipal operator to...

E VERY move to restrict the vehicle operator's freedom of choice will be fought by the Traders' Road Transport Association,...

A N application for an express service linking Birstall, Leics, and Leicester City football ground was made last week, by J....

A BUS operator told the North Western Traffic Commissioners, last Week, that he had been runiiing a works service for 10 months...

M ANAGEMENT of a public service was quite different from that of a private enterprise, said Sir John Elliot, chairman of London...

D ELEGATES and observers from 60 countries will attend the third world meeting. of the International Road Federation in Mexico...

Swine Fever Among Pig Traffic T HE danger of swine fever makes it necessary to confine the transport of young pigs exclusively...

VIDENCE about the lack of demand 1 .--0 for coal and coke was given by British Railways at Sheffield, last week, when Bowles...

T HE salary of Mr. Frank Lyth g oe, Middlesbrou g h's tra n sport mana g er, is to be reviewed a g ain by the salaries...

Confe r in London • T HE Prime Minister opened the ninth session of the Council of the European Conference of Ministers of...

F OLLOWING representations by I express service operators, the North Western Traffic Commissioners are to review discretionary...

T O help ease traffic con g estion, all road repairs should be carried out overni g ht, and if the work takes lon g er it...

P RIMARILY designed for airfield runway sweeping, but having obvious possibilities for road cleansing, is a suction sweeper of...

A PROPOSAL by British Railways that new seven-day fantail tours granted to Feather Bros. (Tours), Ltd., should be restricted to...

SERVICE SELLS By A F. Smith, L IQUID glucose is not normally stored for long periods by consumers, and they must therefore have...

A N express bus service between Birmingham and London using the new. motorway is planned by the Birmingham and Midland Motor...

AT 14 TONS GROSS S INCE its introduction at the beginning of this year, the Seddon Mk. 15/10 14-ton-gross fourwheeler has...

F EW tasks falling to cross-country vehicles can be as exacting as the transport service over the Drakensberg mountains of...

By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. T HE economic problem that faces the average Clicence user is that of empty running. This...

By The Hawk rp-M Road Haulage Association's annual conference is I probably the keenest test of the national chairman's...

is a characteristic of modern times. We equally avoid enthusiasm and disillusion. The effects achieved with paint by a...

"I'INDING that existing vehicle 1 refrigeration plant was not completely satisfactory for their requirements Oakleys (London...

the main express bus services from East Lancashire to Blackpool and the Fylde coast was carried a stage further at Manchester,...

V EHICLE manufacturers' exhibits at the Dairy Show, which opened at Olympia, London, last Tuesday and closes today, reflect the...

A FREE-WHEELING front hub for Land-Rovers is being manufactured by the /A Barton Motor Co., Ltd., Hyde Park Corner, Plymouth,...

MAXIMUM USE PAYS OFF More Intensive Working of Appropriately Sized Vehicles Can Permit both Attractive Rates and Adequate...

D ETAILS arc now available of the air suspension system employed by M.A.N. on their 760 1.101 underfloorengincd bus. Two...

P ATENT No. 799,677 (Pilot Works, Ltd., Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancs.) describes a device which provides support at the rear...