VEDEN'S reputation for igh quality commercial aides is enhanced by its single-deck bus, a road-test t of which appears in this...

' L OCAL authorities continue to urge bus companies either to build stations or to use premises erected by the councils....

Road Transport Vital To Security THE managing director of American Trucking Associa tions, Mr. J. V. Lawrence, has stated...

TOO many cases which came before I him for the take-over of businesses under Section 11(3)(b) disclosed irregularities, said...

Long-distance Vehicles of the Future May be Powered by New Battery Unit BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A NEW and expansive line...

A HALTWHISTLE haulier, Mr. Nicholas Elliott, was warned by the 1-1 Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, at...

Fleet Licence rA A LARGE national concern has purchased the goodwill of the meattransport business of H. Tidd and Sons, 34...

of loss of milk traffic through uneconomic rates, the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, at Kendal on Tuesday,...

MR. H. W. A. BLEACH. clerk to the Northern Licensing Authority since 1943, retires in November. He was one of the original...

A LETTER commending the action of one of their drivers has been received by Andrew Bros., hauliers, Ilaywards Beath, from the...

A N attempt by Harker Bros., Appleby, to sell a special A licence which had been revoked resulted from a misunderstanding, Mr....

:AUSE of the success of certain ilm and theatre shows in Liverpool Manchester. Ribblesdale Coachways, Blackburn, applied to the...

m R. S. W. NELSON, Western Licensing Authority, at Bristol on Monday, granted three additional articulated outfits (19+ tons)...

r OSTING only f15 10s. complete, a kit announced on Wednesday by the Clayton Dewandre Co.. Ltd., 1.incoln, allows a normal...

Mr. Hanlon Punishes Two Hauliers Who Used " Overweight " Vehicles 'POUR months' suspension of a licence was imposed on Mr. T....

CONVICTIONS in 1958 for operating without licence and in breach of conditions occurred because the business of Mr. L. A....

Wrexham Motor Club had asked T. and H. R. nts, Cefn, to provide transport for usiasts going to motorcycle scrambles a service,...

A SPECIAL organization should be set up, with a whole-time staff to investigate the causes of damage in transit to fruit and...

rA A RECENT transfer of special-Alicence vehicles from one associated company to another had been made with the intention of...

B ECAUSE of the numerous applications submitted, the question whether newcomers should be granted B licences for tipper work on...

'HE Minister of Transport's proposal to raise the maximum gross weight of eight-wheeled tankers from 24 tons to 28 tons, with...

R EPRESENTAT1VES of Bolton Trades Council and the Bolton branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union joined up last week...

A SKING for an application to be adjourned, at Leeds last week, Mr. T. B. Atkinson told the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing...

R EPRESE.NTATIONS to the Northern Traffic Commissioners by Morpeth Rural District Council at Newcastle upon Tyne, last week,...

WIDE application of the " tidal-flow Yv practice—the temporary division of a highway by movable bollards to suit the prevailing...

HE third rally to be organized by the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club was unquestionably the most ssful of the series. The...

r Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. T HE adoption of oil-engined vehicles has enabled G. Brazil and Co. (Transport), Ltd., to dispense with...

By The Hawk W E arc likely to see a new type of chassis before the end of the year—an 8 x 6. I gather that two of the larger...

VERED by a two-cyiinclered oil engine mounted at the rear, Le 2D tractor has been introduced for industrial haulage by David -...

By John .E. B ECAUSE of its high power-to-weight ratio—high, that is, by British standards—the Scania-Vabis CF75 oil-engined...

LK IN CEMENT DELIVERY By a Special Correspondent 0 NE of the most important developments in post-war road transport is the...

Advice was Right O NE clear fact has emerged from the recent decisions of the Transport Tribunal in connection with "axle"...

H ISTORY records that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. A modern parallel might be the failure of the employers' association and...

By JANUS ME surprise may have been felt, if not expressed. that e Road Haulage Association should choose this time make a...

Nottingham's Transport Undertaking to Pay its Way: Mileage Reductions and Internal Economies Postpone Fares Increases N...

s-Royce 195 b.h.p. Petrol ine Powers New Douglas Fireengine Chassis ' automatic transmission and a Rolls-Royce ,-cylindered...

A TWO-STOREY building with a floor area of 26,000 sq. ft. is being built at Chiswick by the London Transport Executive to house...

A LONG-DISTANCE operator has recently acquired a breakdown vehicle to which he has attached a crane for use when the occasion...

lOUGH welding, at least of ous sheet metals. has become a 211 most garages have the equipd ability to tackle, few concerns s to...

S OME years ago a British manufacturer patented a system for using road vehicles in long trains which were guided by a single...