SUMMARY OF MR. G. E. LIARDET'S STATEMENT FOR YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1956 The Annual General Meeting of Simms Motor Units...

A DISTURBING feature of the Transport Tribunal's decisions during the past 12 months has been an apparent reversal of the...

OTOR WAYS, for which many interests, including those represented by The Commercial Motor, have been pressing for years, are at...

Strikers who Disagreed C HATTING with a number of coach drivers a member of the staff of The Commercial Motor was interested...

That the Labour take-over plan might be described as "steel and steal again." That "Staggering Grows "—a recent heading to a...

R ENEWAL of a Barton-on-Trent haulier's B licence for seven vehicles to carry solid fuel had created facilities materially in...

A N application by James Smith and rTh. Co. (Wigan), Ltd., to amend fares on British and Continental tours from Southport,...

r - X A "MAINTENANCE" application was granted last week by Mr. J. R. Lindsay, North-Western Deputy Licens ing Authority, at...

1 - t A COMMITTEE has been working since 1955 on the intricate transport arrangements for 31,000 scouts. rovers and...

MR. H. R. MOORE has resigned his directorship of Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings). Ltd. MR. H. E. SNOW and MR. M. R. BanaoEmma,...

THE decision by the Northern L Licensing Authority not to gram additional A licence vehicles to Siddie C. Cook, Ltd., Consett,...

some of I- 8 their unremunerative routes, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., hoped to prevent fare increases, the Yorkshire...

H ALF-FARE bus travel for children up to the a g e of 15 will be discussed at the Trades Union Con g ress in Blackpool next...

UTANY of the road-improvement Ilft schemes which were advocated by the National Road 'Transport Federation four years a g o...

THE fact that an operator was advert tisin g and offerin g tours at places far removed from his g atherin g g round was not in...

A S a tractor and trailer carrying timber turned a corner, the end of the timber swept the pavement and knocked out a...

A VON MOUTH was re g arded as the province of existin g hauliers, explained Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensin g Authority,...

R IGHER pay for licensin g officials wasblamed in the House of Commons, last week, for recent increases in the cost of public...

C -LICENCE and contract-A vehicles • running empty half the time were causing serious obstruction on the roads. Their surrender...

A STATISTICAL analysis of road 1-1 accidents in 1956 in the Metropolitan Police District, published by Scotland Yard, reveals...

ri REE Pakistanis were granted a licence for a Manchester-Karachi service by the North-Western Traffic Commissioners on...

A LTHOUGH a major building contractor said that 'he received far more efficient service from Peacock Haulage, Ltd., Redcar,...

T HEgood name of the road passenger transport industry today stands lower than at any time during its history. The provincial...

A N addition to their Tugmaster range I — I is announced by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Kingsditch Lane, 'Cheltenham. Known as the...

THE earmarking of land near Osseti Town Hall for a new bus station (The Commercial Motor, June 28) was objected to by two bus...

Q NLY 44 per cent. of the revenue earned in the last financial year by the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd.. came from their...

Centre Formed A NEW centre of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers has been set up to cover Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, the...

rise in corn LVI output and exports. The weekly production rate rose from 4,809 in April to 5,907 in May, and the monthly...

/M UCH traffic has recently been lost by Southport Transport Department to the electric railway which runs through the town,...

Britain Spent on Transport . F iGURES relating to -national investment in roads and road transport, as compared with...

F ARE increases on 39 motorbus services and 19 trolleybus services operated by Bradford Corporation have been granted by the...

Over 400 Delegates Attend Demonstration and Conference on Bulk-delivery Methods M ORE than 400 delegates to a conference at the...

E LEVEN people, with stretchers_ blanket rolls and other equipment —including half 'a ton of corrugated iron—were travelling on...

The Publicity Policy of a Small London Coach Concern By Tony Hatton A DVERTISING within a strictly limited budget is a problem...

I 11SH commercial-vehicle / - 1 chassis is used in an unusual furnace-charger designed by Charrold, Ltd., Tower House, 40...

By John F. Moon, W ITH high top speed, good acceleration,4surprisingly economical fuel-consumption rate, attractive and...

TA/ O bus companies are willing to provide a, service to Doddiscomb leigh and the neighbouring Devon villages of Trusham,...

Canadian-Car Oil-engined Buses Now Fitted with A.E.C. Engines as Standard and Leyland 0.680. Engine Used in New Canada Tractor...

A COMPACT washing unit suitable ri& for mobile shops and designed to. meet the requirements of the Hygiene Regulations...

W ITH a gross train weight of 103 tons, the Rotinoff Super Atlantic 6 x 4 tractor, in a demonstration at the Ministry of...

The Closed Mind \AT HEN one of the Old Masters was engaged - on a vast setpiece with an historical, allegorical or religious...

Ancient and Modern By The Hawk A A SAXON burial ground has been discovered on the site at Winnall, Winchester, where S. and...

of hirin g a special ambulance in London to take incurable and bedridden patients for short outings, the Barnet Group Hospital...

Frequent Replacement Pays in Hire-car Work • Purchase of Light Medium-capacity Cars Cuts Fuel and Depreciation Costs': Better...

71-1E application of hydraulic assist' ance to a steering system is shown in patent No. 777,866 (Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Nightingale...