T HE Minister of Transport, Mr. Marples, got down to quite a few brass tacks in his address at last week's Road Haulage...

Thom illiam Jackson U NLIKE that other prosperous Yorkshire city, Sheffield Kingston upon Hull is not reported as nurturing...

T WAS reminded recently of the old adage which warns that I things indeed are not always what they would appear to be. This was...

Blackcoats? FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A T last the long-drawn-out series of talks on higher pay and better condi...

I N a statement issued last Monday th international committee of the Trader Road Transport Association expresse concern that...

T HE national council of the Road Haulage Association has elected Mr. D. 0. Good as national chairman for the next 12 months....

From Our Political Correspondent T EN Conservative M.P.s went to the Transport Ministry last week to quiz Mr. Marples about...

Mr. G. Brook, g eneral manager of the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., since 1952, has been appointed g eneral mana g er of...

THE licence fee for a public service vehicle is to be increased from £6 to 1 £8 10s. from next Wednesday, May 30. Announcing...

A N attempt to set up a national board for road transport failed in the Lords this week, when amendments to the Transport Bill...

A N appeal by an Ulverston (Lancashire) farmer against the refusal of the Northern Licensing Authority to vary his B licence by...

A SHORT but important point in relation to haulage law has been recently decided by the High Court in Funnel! v. Johnson....

A N appeal by Davis Brothers 1– ls (Hauliers), Ltd., of Solebey Street, London, E.3, against 12 summonses for failing to keep...

A N appeal by a Consett (Co. Durham) haulier against the refusal of the Northern Licensing Authority to issue an A licence for...

A CONTINUING serious shortage of PA staff, with resulting cost increases in the form of overtime and other penalty payments,...

TIHE Shell Chemical Co., Ltd., have recently started to use collapsible tanks (in conjunction with mobile equipment for pumping...

A N application by Airborne Aviation Services (Gatwick), Ltd., for a licence to operate three vehicles, each with a built-in...

A E has been reached m PA the Irish bus dispute which threatened to bring the entire Irish transport system to a halt. This...

A PPOINTED chairmen of centres and I - 1 groups of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers for 1962-63 are:— Eastern Centre:...

LI OST bus operators include a treelopping vehicle in their auxiliary eels. Usually it is simply a cut-down armer double-decker...

(IN Wednesday of this week, Atlas Express Co., Ltd., officially occupied their new parcels depot' in .Rutherglen Road,...

Socialists now favour "integration"; Liberals want licensing freedom, too FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT H AULIERS...

HE firSt four designs to be produced by Crane Fruehauf Trailers, Ltd., are shown on Tuesday to invited guests the official...

E.HICLE alarm devices and security systems were prominent among items tayed at the Crime, Accident and Fire ention Exhibition...

D ISCUSSION on the two papers at last week's Conference of the Public - Transport Association at Harrogate was lively. The...

By A. A. TOWNSIN, A.M.I.Mech.E. T HE public's viewpoint on buses can be divided into two parts. The first might be called...

This is the second in a series of articles on this topic scheduled ication in "The Commercial Motor ". L AST week I covered...

r ROM your report of his article in Crossbow, Richard Yorke would appear to reflect that class of bureaucrats who constantly...

have been excused for feeling nostalgic at their annual luncheon last week. Those of them who - ve on the national council had...

cars is becoming more common in this country (in the U.S. cars with manual gearboxes are the exception rather than the rule),...

T WO lines of thought on peak traffic problems were apparent at the annual conference of the Institute of Traffic...

I -1 A SEMI-TRAILER designed as a caravan transporter has recently been built by Carrirnore Six Wheelers, Ltd., for IIexhill...

A NNOUNCING new appointments in his top management team recently. Mr. M. Prichard, managing director of the Perkins Group,...

T HE day-to-day running of the Bromilow and Edwards group of companies will in future be vested in the board of Edbro-B. and E....

T HE Leyland Motors Group have begun operating a new Special Products Division which is to integrate all the functions of the...

TRADERS Road Transport Associa tion have established with the Ministry of Transport that broken-down vehicles may be towed on...

Whilst recording the operation of individual vehicles is the recommended basis for costing, there is also the need for simple...

CAPACITY range of the Bahco 811 torque meter, which is now available in the U.K. through Bahco-Condrup, Ltd., Bahco House,...