W HATEVER other criticisms may be levelled against the present Government, they cannot be accused of having failed in their...

What a Quota! IT does seem ridiculous that, as Mr. A. S. Dick, president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and...

That every second the sun transforms 600m, forts of hydrogen into 596m. tons of helium, thus developing its enormous energy and...

T HE Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., were on Tuesday granted permission to introduce daily " runabout " tickets...

F OR six months, the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., have been using a device which gives accurate figures for passenger...

L'AILURE to settle methods of paying . drivers following the abolition of the 20 m.p.h. limit was partly responsible for a...

THE Government scheme for the corn1 pulsory testing of goods vehicles not over 30 cwt. unladen, cars and motorcycles 10 or more...

R tViSED Conditions of Fitness RegulationS; permitting 12-scatets' to be used as public service vehicles, Were announced on...

A PROPOSAL by the British Transport Commission to close the 99-year-old single-track railway which served five small stations...

The HON. Bo KIN MALIN°, Burmese Minister of Industry, last week visited Leyland Motors, 1,td. MR. CLIVE CORDER, MR. A. M....

Probitof Transfers ! S ecial A Vehicles Examined by North Western Authority P A PUBLIC inquiry was held by Mr. F. Williamson,...

J p EVISIONS in fares which would cost 1 % Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., £30,000 a year were approved by the North Western...

D ATE-CUTTING for traffic between Glasgow and Brechin was described by a British Road Services witness at Aberdeen, last week,...

T HE Chesterfield-Manchester service operated by East Midland Motor Services. Ltd., had been badly affected by the...

By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher H AULAGE conditions in Hampshire and Dorset present a varied pattern. The area is predominantly...

T WO fully enclosed articulated units have been supplied to I.T.D., Ltd., Webb Lane, Birmingham, 28, for use as mobile...

S AYTNG that he did not wish to throw the applicants' customers into the arms of other hauliers, Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western...

A NEW roller shutter has been specially designed by Dover Roller Shutters, Ltd., Spring Gardens, London Road, Romford, Essex,...

M ANY kinds of modern labour-saving plant are being used by John Laing and Son, Ltd., and associated contractors, on the...

THERE is no reason in law why the 1 Traffic Commissioners should not hear representations by persons other than those named in...

PECIALIZED services have been the sure road to success in haulage during recent years. Thriving businesses have been built up...

• After Two Years of Tests Fully Automatic Gearboxes are to be Fitted as Standard By I. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. D...

A SPECIAL type of semi-trailer, intro.:I - 1. duced in New Zealand 'bye years ago, has proved so versatile that today nearly...

T HE lack of co-operation between bus operators and the military authorities was criticized, last week, by Mr. H. J. Thom,...

VTEMBERS of British Road Services are discreet in expressing IV' their opposition to further nationalization. I was intrigued...

THE real " niggers in the haulage wood 4 pile" are clearing houses. They have no interest in either customer or operator, and...

WITH the transport of liquids in bulk becoming an " increasingly important item in the road haulage industry, it is essential...

H AULIERS and trade unions are not to be deprived of a bone of contention by anything so simple as a Government regulation. The...

T HE wide variety of topics raised by readers' inquiries emphasizes the many-sided aspects of the road transport industry, and...

A ',THOUGH many books on motorized transport have been written, it is rare to find one that deals with the effect on society...

A SUSPENSION system which is EA adjusted automatically to maintain a constant chassis height is shpwn in patent No. 790,104,...