; remarkably difficult to pin down the Labour vemment to a firm statement about its policy ansport generally, and in particular...

rrHE awards at this year's national finals for the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition will be A presented by the Minister of...

IN the first quarter of 1966 the value of goods stolen from commercial vehicles in the Metropolitan Police district was...

BY JOHN DARKER rr IPPER operators in Leicestershire who threatened to withdraw vehicles from quarries unless their higher...

T HE Emergency Regulations, 1966, which came into force on Tuesday as a result of the strike of the National Union of Seamen,...

THE head of the powerful American Teamsters Union, Mr. J. Hoffa, is to demand that the Hope anti-jack-knife device must be...

FORE leaving diesels, mention must be made of the possibly far; effect of a new fuel additive . ed recently, with the aid of...

T HE number of battery-electric road vehicles registered has increased by more than 60 per cent in the past ten years. The...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Minister of Transport has succeeded in getting the National , Union of Railwaymen to...

AFTER considering the principles that ...should be applied in determining future transport policy from the point of view of...

1 'HE Clyde Port Authority is considering location of a cargo container terminal on a 33-acre site at Braehead. Renfrew, west...

THE £487m. a year Co - Operative Whole". sale Society, one of the largest hauliers in the country carrying more than lm. tons...

AN open meeting of owners and operators of commercial vehicles arranged by the • Regional Maintenance Advisory Committee at...

oTA Conference BY IAIN SHERRIFF, MITA ,EGATES of the Institute of Traffic clininistration who attended the conference at...

COMPLETE factory is to be moved 450 miles by British Railways Freightliners from London to the new town of Glenrothes in Fife,...

TN a reminder to goods vehicle drivers that for the next 15 months they should use only the third lane of a three-lane motorway...

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT A "DEAL" between the Minister of Transport and the NUR to nationalize road haulage— that...

check the significance of evidence given at se contract A renewal application of Stoke Michael Transport Ltd. recently, a...

,FTER hearing what he described as k. "conflicting evidence" from two witses in support of an application for a ntract A...

A N attempt by Jackson's Transport (Ossett) Ltd. to break into the heavy haulage field was blocked by established heavy...

AN APPLICATION by Nicholsons Transport, of Basingstoke, Hants, for six A licences with a radius of 200 miles was refused by the...

THE appeal of Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. against decisions of the Eastern Traffic Commissioners refusing to grant a new...

'O refusing the application of a Burnley perator, involving a four-vehicle switch from Contract A to A licence, the North...

The Minister of Transport has appointed the following further members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for Wales...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IE Prices and Incomes Board, in a detailed . eport on the pay and conditions of busmen Jed...

TNION leaders representing 77,000 municipal busmen adopted a "wait and see" attitude over their claims for a 6.6 per cent wages...

NE GOTIATIONS are taking place between AEC Ltd. and London Transport to establish an AEC service depot at the LTB Aldenham...

P UBLIC discontent with transport services in the Oxford area needed organizing if complaints were to be effective, stated Mr....

F OR the first time the travelling public will, this summer, have an opportunity of going "behind the scenes" when London...

T HE American Transcontinental Bus System Inc. (Dallas, Texas) road carriage group, following in the heels of Greyhound Corp.,...

TN a last attempt to make an uneconomical A service pay, Valliant Direct Coaches Ltd. has extended, for a further week, the...

MING the discussion of the paper "The road transport engineer—his nt and future" presented by the presiMr. E. B. H. Elsbury, at...

O NE of the latest outfits to be completed by Carrirnore Six Wheelers Ltd., of Finchley, North London, is this unusual pole...

NEW range of all-light-alloy bodies for Morris chassis has been introduced by Stewart and Ardern Ltd. These comprise box and...

Part 10 The Double Check Valve O N the modern, articulated outfit, where it is necessary to control braking by separate...

Have you an idea that is worth passing onto other readers? It must relate to maintenance practice. If a panel. on which...

1E Anwar Bottle Skate, which is suitable for transporting ylinders with lengths of 36 in. or more, and weighing up to b.,...

NEW range of air-line couplings has been announced by L Lockheed-Avery. The couplings have been designed to pro! maximum bore...

'HE latest addition to the range of lightweight trailers manufactured by Tollbridge Trailers is a unit with a covered body...

A r open-gap press-frame has been introduced by Tangyes Ltd.. which is designed for use with a Tangye 5-ton Hydramite jack as a...

T HE Smallbone forked extractor wedge, which is equally suitable for removing battery terminals, steering ball joints and drop...

A the committee responsible for the Manchester round of the Lorry Driver of the Year contest disagrees with the national...

over the past five years, duly adjusted to compensate for length and weight of vehicle. Whilst the competitors were well...

Class A-up to 16 ft. and from 20 cwt.: 1. 0. Hearn (Express Dairy Ltd.), Commer. 139 penalty points: 2. R. Adams (Fred Dawes...

RUISLIP ROUND XCELLENT organization was again a feature of the Ruislip Round of the LDOY this year and in spite of inevitable...

Class A-up to 16 ft. and from 20 cwt.: 1. C. Hodge (Smiths Industries Ltd.), Austin. 120 penalty points: 2. H. Wall (Kodak...

v lew BY THE HAWK 7e-o'clock Feed? local shop deliveries by night are making slow—though promisig—progress, there is an...

Vot Necessary Fr HE call for area transport authorities to be responsible for all forms of public transport in large...

W HAT are the future prospects for exports of British commercial vehicles to Australia? I would say very good, provided that...

DEREK MOSES O NE of the most significant export orders for British buses received in recent years was the Canadian contract...

ssential or export XPORTING commercial vehicles is a much more difficult business than exporting general commodities, as it is...

TDEALLY, the engine and transmission of a vehicle should be selected to cater for the conditions of operation as specified by...

By R. D. Cater, A M Inst B E O F all the UK-manufactured vehicles that are exported, perhaps the most rugged and suitable for...

W ITH over 2,000 types of commercial vehicle chassis listed in this issue as products of the British commercial vehicle...

A student asks for advice as to suitable books on transport, and particularly road transport. He states that neither his local...

THERE is unpleasant news for the shareholders of PROVINCIAL TRACTION. The directors propose a final dividend of 6% in respect...

J. and R. Haulage Ltd. Cap. £100. Dirs.: W. Stamp, 428 Camden Road, London N7. R. E. Wray and J. M. Wray. 50 River Avenue,...

INDUSTRIAL STUDIES THE CAR INDUSTRY T HE production of cars is a particularly complex industry as it involves assembling...