had little effect on goods-transport licensing. The Licensing Authorities have adopted a cautious policy. There is no evidence...

O NCE again the Licensing Authorities, in their annual reports, have complained of the standard of maintenance of goods...

Standardizing Uniforms A SUGGESTION that should commend itself to bus operators is contained in the current issue of the...

Of a customer who thought that a " garage creeper" was the man who attended to his requirements. Re dangerous loads, that...

rA A MOTION demanding that the denationalized industries be renationalized by the next Labour Government without compensation...

Mr. Quick Smith Criticizes 1953 Act: Little Hope of Road-Rail Agreement TRADERS are to buy transport units from the British...

T HE new Olympian chassisless 44 seat bus built by Weymann's, Ltd Addlestone (The Commercial Motor September 18), was formally...

A LEYLAND COMET 90 goods I - 1 chassis with full-forward control and a five-speed gearbox will be introduced at the Scottish...

MR. HENRY Nimmo has been elected president of the Engineers' Guild, and MR. W. LINN, chairman. M. S. FINK LE, deputy general...

P OINTING out that railway fare! were fixed by an independent tri. burial, Mr. J. L. R. Croft submitted al the hearing of an...

T HE East Midland Licensing Authority has rejected a proposal of Nottingham Corporation to abolish cheap early-morning return...

Fr HE * average weekly wage employees of motor and cyc manufacturers was £10 10s., accordir to a Ministry of Labour survey...

THE National Employers' Associ tion of Vehicle Builders ha . rejected employees' suggestions systems of payment by results. T1...

T HE title of Nudd Bros. and Locky , Ltd., a subsidiary of Duple Mot Bodies, Ltd., has been changed to Dui Motor Bodies...

T HE presidential address to the Institute of Transport will be delivered by Mr. John Elliot, the newly appointed chairman of...

" I SAY these services are not adequate / because they are sub-standard. I ask for a standard service and not a perfect one;...

"A NY operator who seeks to enter a new field, and who is aware of the considerations to which the Minister attaches...

'XCEPTIONAL difficulties were A experienced last year by Duple otor Bodies, Ltd., Mr. Herbert R. hite, chairman, told the...

OLLOWING the demonstration of the Midland " Red " S.14 bus on esday, Mr. D. M. Sinclair, general .nager, stated that the weight...

A FTER the defending solicitor had ttsubmitted that the alleged offences took place in areas beyond the jurisdiction of the...

A LLEGATIONS that rail travel from .1 - 1 Glasgow to Manchester and Birmingham was too expensive were made at a hearing of the...

IT was in the national interest t. encourage the public to use the rail ways and thereby reduce road conges tion, said Mr. C....

i% CLAIM that Red and White Serri 'vices, Ltd., had been "milked dry 7 of cash was made at the resumed hearing in Cardiff on...

'HERE was need for a national flat rate system for road haula g e, said r. McNair, of Messrs. Macdoned, of illin g ton,...

THE Road Research Laboratory was 1 developin g a warnin g device to be fixed to lorries towin g trailers, said Col. A. R....

Hungary, East Germany, Poland, China and Czechoslovakia Exhibit at Leipzig Fair : Products include Buses, Lorries and Fork...

LTHOUGH primarily designed for use in the erection and overhaul aircraft, the mobile staging units Je by Aero Controls, Ltd.,...

M.P.T.A. Conference Delegates Discuss Social Obligations of Transport Operators : Joint Training Schools for Inspectors and...

ew Midland "Red" 44-seat Single, ck Bus Weighs Under 5 tons and 'corporates Many Novelties, Including ubber Springing All...

SCAMMELL 10-ton semi-trailer, drawn by a Bedford tractor, forms basis of a 1,600-cu.-ft. light-alloy a body which haszrecently...

—and the Road Haulage Association . have Let Them Do It says John Wisdome I T is probably a safe bet that not more than one...

MOBILE canteen based on an Austin 2-ton long-wheelbase chassis was recently supplied to British Railways by Spurling Motor...

First Principles By JANU O LD Mother Hubbard found a disciple the other day in Mr. Arthur Deakin, general secretary of the...

License all Clearing Houses One Who is not without knowledge of such matters, applaud, with reserve, the measures proposed for...

Dodge 5-tonner with Meadows Oil Engine Performs Well on Building Haulage Despite Overload. 17.8 m.p.g. Averaged on Day's Work...

I T has taken only three years to transform what was once useless marshland on the north bank of the River Thames in Essex into...

P.S.V. Field• Legal Provisions-Covering the Operatior, of Buses and Coaches are Explained in This Article, Written for the...

DATENT No. 695,737 comes from the General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan; U.S.A., and discloses a design for a...