N OT long ago, there was a television play entitled: "Sounding Brass." Intentionally or not, this was a remarkable piece of...

T HE first " sample " road traffic census since 1950 and the second since the war, took place last week. Starting on the Monday...

An American Scot Q NLY four prominent persons who are not British subjects have been elected this year as honorary fellows of...

That "stretched on the rack" now applies to ggage on roofs. That it may prove torture to some drivers when e top loads are...

D ESPITE the loss of nearly 2m. t of traffic and a reduction in mile of over 26m., the receipts of Bri Road Services this year,...

(I F 53,607 vehicles imported by South Africa last year, nearly half came from the United Kingdom. The U.S.A. sent 11,957, and...

municipal transport ur takings to secure greater open powers is to be given by Black' Town Council. This follows the r tion by...

IGHTON - Corporation are objectng to the application of Southdown or Services, Ltd., to increase tin bus fares (reported in The...

B US crews in Coventry went on strike again last Saturday. The transport committee have insisted that they should return to...

O NLY one paper will be read at the conference of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association, which will be held in Belfast...

A CLAIM by the Transport and General Workers' Union for an increase of 2s. a week in the wages of electric truck drivers...

D ETAILED examination of the question whether drivers should be regularly medically examined is to be given by the British...

• Costs . £2,950 • VET another "Coronation." coach I . body will soon be making its first appearance, this time from. the works...

MR. G. H. CANNON has been appointed works manager of G. Scammell and Nephew, Ltd. . MR. W. H. 0. STEER, south-eastern counties...

UTETAL . andvehicle manufactun the. United Kingdom were she a general tendency to spend rnor hiring transport in 1950, accordii...

A 24-HOUR service for the ten ance of Dodge vehicle Perkins engines will shortly be av at the new Fenstanton depot of Parker...

OACH operators have been warned ' by • the North-Western Licensing thority that the advertising of tours the -Blackpool...

Industrial Council for the road . ;wager. .transport . 'industry was,. held Wednesday. .A spokesman would t confirm that the...

Royal Vehicles. Ltd., Hyderabad, Allwyn Metal Works, Ltd., have received their first order from Bombay Electric Supply and...

IN a repOrt on the public, ownership IN Industry, the general council of the State that they will hold further consultations...

"jO WAITING?' is to be extended ' 11 to further streets, or lengths of streets, in the central and outer areas of London. -...

A S from September 4, new parking places will be established in The Broadway. Amersham; Amhurst Road, Hackney; Newman's Row and...

Department will be seriously challenged by British Railways, who are to introduce widespread alterations in services which may...

1VE appeals concerning passenger services have been rejected by the nister of Transport. Four were jections to the grant of...

-THE, Tees-side and South West 1 Durham Chamber of Commerce have sent a letter to their members drawing attention to certain...

A N estimated saving of £2,900 a year will result from the closing of the Nelson bus depot of the Burnley, Colnc and Nelson...

R OAD transport is being tried by Dorman Long and Co„ Ltd., for carrying iron ore from the North Skelton mine to their...

transport, the Docks and Inlar Waterways Executive are using a tall number of Garner industrial tracto made by Garner Mobile...

F HIRTY of 90 Leyland Titan PD.2/20 ,double-decker chassis ordered by .iverpool Transport Department arc to ave full-fronted...

Red Book," has been issued in a :vised form by Passenger Transport. )etails of some 140 private passengeransport undertakings...

made by the Glacier fetal Co., Ltd., Alperton, Middx, rovides an adequate supply of lubriant to the engine bearings at engine...

O NE of the disadvantages hitherto attached to the use of flexible hose in fuel lines and elsewhere, has been that the...

policy of the British Transport Commission to set off losses in one branch by profits earned in another was made by Dean of...

A NEW tyre sales and service depot was opened by Brown Brothers, Ltd., in Cranbrook Street, Nottingham, last week. Housed in a...

O UT of 25m. kroner allocated by Denmark to the purchase of commercial vehicles, a substantial proportion will be spent, on a...

I N addition to several hundred already operating in the State, 75 Leyland Comet 90 oil-engined chassis are to be delivered to...

L ICENCES in respect of three buses . 1 --d operated by Mr. W. Carter, of Marham, have been suspended for a month by the...

UTHORITY is being sought by ri Glasgow Transport Committee to operate trolleybuses on city routes on which there are no trams....

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. Members of the Shropshire Omnibus Society Run Two Important Services in Conjunction...

A MOBILE showroom has been equipped by the General Electric Co., Ltd., to introduce their latest ranges of instruments and...

Information, Please By JANL ri4.4EARLY everybody appears at some time or another to have grappled with the problem of...

A Canadian Haulage Company's Investment its Mechanical Handling Equipment and Modern Office Machinery Promotes Economic .and...

C O1VIPLET1NG a 28-mile undulating circuit at 21.4 m.p.h.. average speed would be reasonable for any .heavy vehicle, but when...

3ED on a Dennis Lancet 110 ;hassis, the body of this 38-seat is built entirely of light-alloy 1ns with 18-gauge aluminium...

Conscientiousness Coupled with the Institution of New Working Methods Infuse an Enlightened Attinule into the Work of the...

A NEW type of automatic acceleration regulator, designed and developed by the British ThomsonHouston Co., Ltd., is being fitted...

The First of a Series of Articles Showing How Expenses Involved in Operating Commercial Vehicles Should be Correctly and...

Part One When Claiming Damages for a Vehicle Off the Road Through Accident, the Operator Should Remember that the Attitude of...

Playing With Fire %IOU R correspondent, D. Sheath, who wrote in your issue dated August 7, must surely have given some )f us...

DATENT No. 694,457, from S. Chan, I 53 Fairholme Road, London, W.14, discloses a fuel-cracking plant small enough to be carried...