F OR road transport operators, 1956 closes on almost as sombre a note as 1947. Nine years ago the Act to nationalize...

D EPLYING to questions on the fuel situation _Mthe Minister of Fuel was recently reported as saying. "Plans are under active...

Staggering Making Little Progress VORKSH IRE industry in general is doing little or I nothing in the way of staggering hours...

That petrol was certainly not the Christmas spirit. That taxis at a premium will still be at a premium. That the present...

Transport for Payment Under C Licences Now Allowed in Some Areas BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT D ISSENSION has broken out among...

A DRIVER whose father was I - 1 awarded £1,600 damages against the company by whom both were employed, last week lost his...

rFFECTS of fuel rationing on the building in are being examined by a special "committee appointed by the Minister of Works....

A 1-11R talks in London last week, the employers' side of the Wages Board for the vehicle-building industry gave an...

IN the last week in November, Diesel 1 trains running between Leeds and Bradford carried between 19,000 and 20,000 passengers....

A N appeal by Hill and Sons (Botley r. and Denmead), Ltd.. Botley, Hants. against the South Eastern Licensing Authority's...

IF this country had a road system I fitted to complete the conveyor lines of industry, fuel consumption would be nearly halved,...

MR. H. 1. MATIHEY has been appointed a director of Lodge Plugs, Ltd. Ma. R. S. FENTON has become home sales manager of the...

F ACTS that were not known when a licence was transferred came to light last week when, at Carmarthen, Mr. J. R, Lindsay, North...

QTRONG objections were made by LI W. Simm and Sons (Chorley), Ltd., when Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., applied to the North...

pLA1MS by C-licence operators for supplementary fue 1 allowances would be dealt with on the basis of the priority nature of...

T HE railways had special facilities for furniture removals and this work formed part of their normal services. If the distance...

pip ESEARCH teams should investi g ate IX accidents on the spot immediately after they occur, and experiments should be made to...

LOSING of the British Road \--.• Services depot at Trefnant, near Mold, and the disposal of nine B.R.S. livestock vehicles, had...

W HEN the Liverpool overhead railway closes on Monday, Liverpool Corporation buses will carry another 30,000 passengers a day....

mET profits of coach and bus opera' tors in Great Britain having more than 24 vehicles increased by £754,000 in the financial...

for the increased price and tax on fuel is included in a £500,000 fare application which Leeds City Council last week approved...

PA A DECISION of Swansea Borough Council to purchase the town bus services operated by the South Wales Transport Co, Ltd.. was...

A SYNCHROMESH mechanism 1.6 Porsche designs is employed in the latest commercial-vehicle unit produced by the automobile...

T HE habit of some big organizations of not sending witnesses to inquiries, thereby severely prejudicing applicants.. was...

A PPLICANTS cannot expect to be r's. granted substantial increases in their fleets without expending a large amount of time and...

QIXTEEN area-nominated representa tives on the national executive committee of the Road Haulage Association have been formed...

I F rationing and taxation continued at the present levels, there would be 250,000 unemployed in the motor industry at the end...

C HRISTM AS for hauliers was overshadowed by the uncertainty of fuel rationing and of their ability to carry on with whatever...

Hauliers Wait and See puTs in trunk services arc among the early effects of fuel rationing in the north-west, but both there...

Supplementary Fuel Refused S COME operators in the West Midland Area, including a concern specializing in the.. carriage and...

Supplementary Shocks H AULIERS began to receive their first supplementary coupons on December 20. Mr. R. J. Stokoe, secretary...

nRIVERS in the Northern Area have been warned that they may soon be suspended if sufficient fuel is not available. A leading...

Heavy Drawing on Basic

normal services. London hauliers are drawing heavily on their basic allowances, which they expect to be exhausted after the...

Two Approaches to Rationing THERE are two schools of thought in I South Wales on how to use the basic fuel ration. Some...

"'THERE is n a o more wasteful oper 1 tion in the distributive trade than is to be found in the mass of partly used vehicles...

IVE Thornycroft aircraft-fire tenders. based on the Nubian petrol-engined six-wheel-drive cross-country chassis, have been...

A NEW fleet of vehicles is being built up by Kimberly-Clark, Ltd., makers of Kleenex tissues. A nucleus of two B.M.C....

R EGULATIONS under the latest legislation on hygiene have introduced difficulties in the carriage of paraffin in normal...

1— k A NEW 18-ft. platform body and cab have been produced by Holmes (Preston) Ltd., Blackpool Road, Preston. for use on the...

A USEFUL payload capacity, distinctive appearance, good suspension and braking and low fuel consumption characterize the new...

C HRISTMAS EVE. rather curiously, marked the Golden Jubilee of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd.— rather curiously, because...

H ITHERTO an reversed her po enough to meet East Asia. The M manufacturing three bodied passenger mi are powered by rea 150...

O F the two systems available for actuating the doors of the rear platform of double-deckers, the electrical system seems to be...

B ECAUSE of the need, during the fuel emergency, to reduce administrative work normally connected with licensing, Traffic...

W ITH the coming of the Atomic Age and all its wonderful (2) innovations and help to mankind, , there will still be the...

Political Commentary By j AN U S N O cheerful immediate prospect faces the road transport operator in the New Year. He is in...

I N the normal type of valve-spring lifter the operator has to use at least one hand in operating the tool. With the hydraulic...

I N my previous article it was shown that the prospect of meeting the fuel cuts by reducing the number of working vehicles and...

L OW- TENSION capacitative-discharge ignition systems are gaining popularity and patent No. 760,635 covers a sparking-plug...