Operators Do Not Regret the Winding-up of the Industrial Dispules Tribunal T HE passing of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal...

I N recent weeks, officials of the British Transport Commission, and particularly Sir Brian Robertson, the chairman, have been...

A Pirate Fleet Renewed I N a letter from Mr. D. E. Middleton, M.I.R.T.E., a director of E,stacion de Servicios Canarios, Sdad....

That the world output of nickel has now overtaken the demand. That greater use of this valuable metal can therefore be...

T HE general secretaries of the National , and Local Government Officers' Association, Transport and General Workers' Union and...

LICEN LICENSING grants for car transporters are to be reviewed early next year SING of the unsatisfactory position regarding...

IN the second stage of its efforts to cope with a situation in which decreased passenger .demand and increased costs have...

A CODE of conduct for drivers on 1— i motorways, emphasizing the importance of lane discipline, 'is now being distributed free...

A BATCH of applications for higher fares will be dealt with by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners at Edinburgh on December 17...

MR. A. Wicot.E.swoRTH, works superintendent with Bradford Corporation Transport Department, has retired after 39 years'...

C OACH operators in the north-west who fix their own inclusive charges for named tours last week defeited a move to have the...

not desirable for a haulier with a large fleet to have vehicles operating under separate normal users, Mr. Alex Robertson,...

D ESPITE difficult conditions, many more commercial vehicles were sold last year by the Rootes Group than in the previous year,...

T HE grant of four A-licence vehicles in place of six on contract-A to Taylors (Contract Hire Service), Ltd.. Glasgow, was...

ISTS of busmen to work week-end overtime for Birmingham Corporation will be drawn up by representatives of the Transport and...

TV a haulier using an A-licence van to carry small items of furniture within a limited radius were allowed to use a B-licence...

" O PPORTUNITIES exist of attacking a linked service—and, if desired, bringing the issue to appeal—when application is made for...

A FIERCE argument developed at r - 1 Bristol, on Monday, between Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, and Mr. I. R....

MHEN the question of purchase tax VI ( on commercial-vehicle chassis was raised in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, the...

haulier's request for an extra A-licence vehicle last week, British Railways suggested that if his customers could not get...

W ORK is to start shortly on the Oxford Western By-pass. which should be completed by March, 1961, When the project is...

Pl. A N aggregate loss of £2,26m. was incurred in the year ended March• 31 last by Coras lompair Eireann, Eire's State...

A SCOTTISH haulier was last week 2 -1 allowed to take a 10.-ton tanker off contract A licence and put it on A licence because...

A DUNDEE tipper operator who appealed to the Transport Tribunal against restrictions imposed on a new B licence, was told in...

Welfit Oddy, Ltd., Port Talbot, South Africa, have devised a vehicle, which may be either in primemover or trailer form, that...

IN the past 18 months, the West Riding I Automobile Co., Ltd., have paid out £1,084 on repairs to their bus station at...

WHEN British Railways opposed a VV haulier's application for a new Alicence articulated outfit at Lytham St. Annes, last week,...

A N aggressive tone was adopted by several M.P.s last week during a short Commons debate on transport in rural areas. Mr....

F ARES increases designed to yield an extra £63,000 a year were granted to Reading Corporation, last week, by the South...

trunk road between Fort William and Mallaig. Inverness-shire, is now being widened at a cost of £420,000. It is to become a...

xi / HEN the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners continued hearing an " application by Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading), Ltd.,...

premises of Dolton Transport, Ltd., Birmingham Road, Redditch, protested at a Ministry of Housing inquiry, last week, about the...

A LTHOUGH new roads would give new opportunities to road transport, said Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport...

I New Range New Seddon Eight-wheeler Tested with Gardner 6LX 150 b.h.p. Oil Engine. Reveals Good Overall Economy. Eight-wheel...

By G. Duncan Jewell AT HEN the Transport Act, 1953, was \ drafted, those responsible for authorizing trading in special A...

B ASICALLY comprising a series of inner and outer sections, the cushioned-impact ring spring being produced by Ring Springs,...

By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher L IVELY competition between coach excursion operators in Torbay is good for everyone. It has helped...

A NEW 250 g.p.m. tender, on a Commer Superpoise f-ton chassis, has come from the workshop department of the New South Wales...

and Austin horse-power helps to bring it DOWER ENOUGH to keep a town the size of Aberdeen going— IF that will be the daily...

Western S.M.T. Pick Up Illegally in Baldock for 28 Years : Joint Sitting by Commissioners WITH 88 exiled sons—and daughters—...

A FTER hearing how British Road Serf - I vices were developing their facilities for the carriage of broccoli from Cornwall,...

Can Get It!" (November 7) raises a number of interesting points. On behalf of the National Council of Coal Traders, may I make...

A N unusual feature of a 4 x 4 dumper chassis introduced by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham, is the use of the Rootes...

/X S the rewards for public service are se much smaller than in industry, road rA transport is fortunate in having such an...

W HAT is taken for granted is often more surprising than the things that cause arguments. Everybody would claim to know what a...

BIG WORRIES M ORE than 500,000 commercial vehicles licensed today have unladen weights under a.ton, Yet only a fraction of...

the new edition of "'The Commercial Motor' Tables of Operating Costs." Completely revised and based upon prevailing prices,...

—If Butchers are Allowed to Carry Their Own Meat to Their Vehicles THE risk of congestion would have to be carefully watched...

T HE trend among education authorities of accepting the lowest tender for the carriage of school meals will eventually lead to...