I T is now obvious, without being pointed out, that unless something is done in London and other congested traffic areas to...

T HE programme outlined in the publication "Modernization and Re-equipment of British Railways," published by the British...

A Short Driving Test Rubber Evolution in Malaya A N executive of a large driving instruction organization recently said that,...

Of a Watford schoolboy who wrote, "An oasis is a pull in' for a Scammell." Of travellers who would give him and the vehicle "...

N EW records continue to be set up by commercial-vehicle manufacturers. In the first four months of this year, the Society of...

" I FIND myself in considerable difficulty because I feel it is not for me to dictate to substantial, old-established and...

LIST 11, designed entirely for small buyers, was issued on Wednesday . by the British Transport Commission. It comprises 1,365...

PURTHER increases in pay for trans port workers have been negotiated. AS a result of the overhaul of the agreement in the oil...

THE British British Commission's policy of trying to - dfildit shortdistance passenger-traffic 'front road to mil is criticized...

1 -- )F va,h,e to drivers and wages,clerks, tbe latest edition of the " Headlight Wages Calculator " has been published af...

A PROPOSAL to grant free travel to old-age pensioners was approved on Tuesday by Birmingham City Council. The free-travel...

r - k A NEW synthetic rubber which is stated to be completely resistant to ozone cracking and dispenses with the need for...

Since the end Of restrictions on the movement of cattle, farmers could go farther afield to buy stock, and similarly they could...

Although casualties did at times occur to stock during rail transport, the Authority was convinced that the railways did...

B ECAUSE of the Whitsun holiday, the next issue will be published on Saturday, instead of Friday.

MRS_ M. MCMILLAN has been appointed an additional member of the North-Western Transport Users' Consultative Committee. MR. A....

A 10-CIRCUIT rectifier unit for r't charging lead-acid batteries, has been introduced by The General Electric Co., Ltd., Magnet...

A LLEGAT1ONS that operators of excursions and tours were unlawfully picking up passengers outside Oswestry were made by Mr. R....

IN a decision announced in London 1 last Friday. the Transport Arbitration Tribunal increased the compensation payable by the...

A Nappeal by a Dundee company seeking permission to add a vehicle to their B licence and to carry for United Carriers, Ltd.,...

QUGGESTIONS for improving the standard of apprentices in the bodybuilding industry were put forward by Mr. W. H. Denby at the...

nPERATORS of excursions and la tours around Sheffield are disturbed by the Minister of Transport's decision on an appeal to...

Wednesbury Corporation are advised to buy a sweeper. Bury Health Committee require a Morris J-type ambulance. Castileford...

T HE refusal of the West Midland Licensing Authority to agree to modifications asked for by a Wolverhampton operator seemed...

THE South Wales Licensing Authority refused last week to grant a " blanket " increase in fares to Red and White Services, Ltd....

last week, the Minister of Transport has made it clear that he is against the principle of bus operators charging double fares...

Approved .1 - 1. A CURVED two-piece windscreen will be the chief feature of a new Spurting body design for the Bedford...

hill 1 grazings on the Isle of Skye for wintering on the pastures of Easter Ross, Nairn and Moray, took 30 hours by rail, but...

A " VACUUM " had been created in Edinburgh by the reduction from 60 to 42 in the number of removal vans available, the...

T HE possible effect on the company of the Government's new road improvements programme was referred to by Mr. Raymond W....

A.E.C. and Seddon Win Awards in Face of Strong Continental Competition By a Special Correspondent A N A.E.C. Swiss-bodied...

I MPROVING vehicle utilization and reducing traffic con gestion, all at one fell swoop, arc a favourite topic of Mr. A....

for Yorkshire Hauliers Changes that have Followed Denationalization in the Industrial Areas have Created some Anxiety Among...

C HESTERFIELD, whose municipal transport operations I described last week, is the headquarters also of East Midland Motor...

Now We Know What to Do YOUR leading article "If—Not When," of May 13, was indeed a masterpiece. Do you really suggest that any...

A PARAGRAPH headed "Travels as Mate to Hear • " Complaints," in your issue dated May 13, referred to Mr. K. Russell, an urban...

J EFERRING to your leader, "Glasshouse Dwellers," I‘of May 6, whilst your comments upon, and criticisms of, the attitude of...

TT is to be hoped that the Ministry of Transport will A adopt the suggestion from the Convention of the Burghs of Scotland,...

Australians Prefer to Buy from U.S.A There was a strong internatintud atmosphere in Bournemouth last week, • when the British...

SPEAKING in French, Mr. L. O. lb- ) Woodbridge (Woodbridge and Co., Ltd.) reported to F.I.D.I. on the agreement on...

MEARLY 100 Wales and Edwards electric trucks operated by United Dairies, Ltd., have been equipped with single-piece front cowls...

Nimble in Congested Streets, Easy to Load and Comfortable to Drive, this Little Van has all the Attributes Required for Local...

Two East Midland Haulage Companies Take Over B.R.S. Depots : Scottish Company Buy 123 Vehicles T HE British Road Services...

Malouf and Mrs. Daphne E. L. Malouf, 2 Southlands 'Avenue, Standish, near Wigan. Sec.: Daphne E. L Maloof. keg. office; 2...

The new stores controller of Holmes (Preston), Ltd., is Mr. A. A. J. Judkin. The Standard Ten estate car, to be named the Good...

A N advertisement in my evening paper regularly offers "self-drive vans" to all and sundry. Nobody takes exception to this, any...

A BRAKING system in which the action is amplified by a powerdriven oil-pump, forms the subject of patent No. 728,344 (G....