rrHIS year, it seems, the Licensing Authorities have spoken out I more firmly than ever before about low maintenance standards...

L'OLLOWING its policy of expansion, Hoveringham Gravels Ltd. has bought the entire share capital of Newark Gravel and Concrete...

WHEN opening the new Road Services VV (Caledonian) Ltd., depot at Manby Road, Immingham, on Monday, Sir Cyril Osborne, M.P. for...

place in 1962, although no contamination risk arose front either of them, the Atomic Energy Commission stated in its annual...

whose formation was recorded in The Commercial Motor of July 5, is to expand its "catchment area" from a radius of 15 miles...

receiving show that some operators do not realise that trailers and semi-trailers used only in daylight hours do not need to...

' portation concern, has inaugurated " Unit-Haul ", a new co-ordinated roadrail-sea shipment container system wh:ch is said to...

T HE TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION announced the following adjustments to wage rates and conditions on Wednesday. As from...

A NEW 32-page booklet entitled "Bulk Handling of Grain, Feeds • and Fertilizers " has been published by the National...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT N EW rates for the carriage of freight on the railways are expected to be announced by Dr...

statement on Wednesday about a winding-up order, effective from July 29, against the American Military (International)...

'THERE was no immediate prospect of I a roadside meter being developed which could make useful observations of the smoke...

IT was very difficult to stop heavy trucks throwing water from the side of the tyres, admitted Mr. Marples when questioned in...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A DRAMATIC and far-reaching study, r - kof the future impact of traffic in Brita:n's towns...

T HE first 47 rail passenger service closures proposed by Dr. Beeching have brought Mr. Marples 43 headaches. All but four' of...

T HE Government is to set up a Highlands Transport Board to review the needs and co-ordinate the working, of transport in the...

OW standards of maintenance evident on many goods vehicles were strongly 1 –■ criticized in the Annual Reports of the Licensing...

A N application for a new eight-vehicle B licence, supported by British Railways and strongly opposed by British Road Services...

last week when the application of A. S. Jones and Co. Ltd. was resumed on the second day of the public inquiry. The company was...

Q1XTEEN appeals against a 32-vehicle B-licence grant to the House of Fraser group of companies by the Scottish deputy Licensing...

A CAR transporter B variation, in respect -of eight vehicles and trailers, plus two rigids, is this week's largest application...

rt A FURTHER stage of the Rootes Group build-up at Linwood. Paisley, was effected last week when Celtic Auto Deliveries Ltd. of...

A LL-ROUND fare increases applied ("1 for by the Scottish Omnibus group have been approved by the Traffic Commissioners. The...

MET profit of the British Electric I 11 Traction Co. Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 1962, was /4,021,000. This was...

WITH the opening of the PrestonIT Warrington section of M6 motorway on Monday, Ribble Motor Services Ltd. has started new day...

From our Industrial Correspondent L ONDON busmen's leaders decided last La week to let the branches vote individually on the...

T HE Minister of Transport has .dismissed an appeal by Ubique Coaches, London, against the decision of the Metropolitan deputy...

Oldham and Son Ltd. Mr. Oldham was previously assistant managing director. Joint managing directors of the company are Mr. John...

I T is understood that The National Association of Refrigerated Transport Constructors, at present in summer recess, is hopeful...

A COMPACT item of equipment rx which, in a simple manner, is designed to ensure that a petrol engine receives full lubrication...

P RODUCTION of commercial vehicles in Britain continues to rise. In the first six months of this year, output was more than...

THE President of the Board of Trade, I. Mr. F. I. Erroll, announced last week that the Government had indicated to the European...

-Tio mark the centenary of Frederick R. I. Simms, who was born on August 12, 1863, the Science Museum, South Kensington,...

'THE Leeds and District Traction Engine Club is holding a traction engine, veteran and vintage car and historic commercial...

N investigation carried out by the I — I Road Research Laboratory suggests " much scope for the use of non-lock brakes and of...

QHOULDER pads and head bales sJ padded and trimmed with rubberized horse-hair sheeting and more than 450 sq. ft. of good...

A CCORDING to patent No. 917,175 1 - 1 the amount of weight transfer during braking depends on three variable factors; the...

W HEN several heavy pallets are stacked, to remove a lower one means that the weight of all those above it has to be lifted. To...

4-1 when they enter a speed-restricted area is now under trial where the 313 m.p.h. limit commences in Bradley Road....

.1 -1 . A RANGE of lamps on which the plastics lenses are mounted in rubber bodies has been introduced by Wingard Ltd.,...

ra. A NEW company has been formed to market a range of cleaning compounds in the U.K. The name of the company is...

A TWO-WHEELED trailer with a f. capacity of 5 cwt. has been introduced by Sands Engineering Ltd., Back Clevedon Road,...

F OLLOWING experimental tests over the past year London Transport . has adopted Royalite nitrite thermoplastic as the standard...

A BRIGHT, sunny day, good organiza tion and frustration for the writer While attempting to take photographs are the main...

'Wrong-side' Parking I LEARN from my Midlands colleague, Harold Hastings, that Londoners who use Birmingham's recently...

Would Aid Brake-torque Distribution If the hydraulically braked wheels of one axle are prevented from skidding, extra braking...

I N all the years that The Commercial Motor has been conducting independent road tests . of commercial vehicles, the...

By John F. Moon A.M.1.R.T.E. diesel engine used in the normal-control L76 models, whilst optional is a turbo-charged version,...

A ROUND 3,500 gal. of milk are received daily at the new depot of Windsor and Eton Dairies Ltd., Maidenhead This is delivered...

Work or Sport ? S URELY it is time for somebody to decide whether the Lorry-Driver-Of-The-Year Contest is a sporting...

F OR what may have seemed like several weeks, although it was no more than two or three, readers of certain newspapers have...

I T is unfortunately a valid criticism of the costing and charging " system" of some road transport operators that it consists...