W HILST realizing that the general public regard him as their whipping-boy whenever roads, congestion, the railways' finances...

The Road Haulage Wages Council recommended a 5 per cent, pay increase after a 6+-hour meeting in London on Wednesday. (P. 5)...

Wages Orders to be Simplified M EETING in, London on Wednesday, the Road Haulage Wages Conned agreed to propose a five per...

DRITAIN'S entry into the Common 1 - 0 Market, discussions on which are to resume in October, will also be the subject of one of...

I -1 A SUBMISSION was made to the Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. C. J. Macdonald, at Gloucester on Tuesday that the...

. E of the exhibits on the Foden stand at Earls Court next month will be a KE4/20 single-drive sixwheeler, and a particular...

P ROFITS made by the Stevinson, • Hardy Group in the year ended March . 31, 1962, amounted to £571,584 compared with £428,912...

-/ -1 A NEW depot for B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd., is to be opened at Stroocl, Kent, on September 24 by Mr. T. G. Gibb, chairman of...

T HE Minister of Transport has appointed firms of consulting engineers to report on suitable layouts and the probable costs of...

legal action as the result of his drivers being " blacked " by employees of one of his biggest eustomers, the British Aluminium...

E'OLLOWING recent agreement in the J. Sand and Gravel Industry, drivers of C licence vehicles under 14 tons gross are to...

D RIVERS of commercial vehicles up to 16 ewe, operating within five miles of their base, have been warned by the T.R.T.A. this...

TH E right of the holder of a C hiring licence to employ his brother as a driver of his 4-ton tipper engaged on-contract work,...

U NDER an agreement recently completed, the Turner Manufacturing Co., Ltd., of Wolverhampton, are to manufacture the range of...

PA. A S a result of the shortening of working Week hours in Liverpool port, normal dock work on Saturdays will haish at 10 a.m....

THE largest addition to the fleet of Birds Eye Foods, Ltd., consisting of 14 new 12-ton long-distance refrigerated vehicles,...

THE Duple group of companies are .1 presenting an almost completely new range of coach bodyivorkiat the Commercial Motor Show....

over a quarter of a 1 -4 million pounds per year on buses for the foreseeable future. This - was stated by Alderman J....

T W. BLOCKLEY AND .SONS, of Heather, Leicester, are to continue solely as goods operators and J. !son, trading as V. and. M.....

THE Western Traffic Commissioners in their August 23 edition of "Notices mid Proceedings" . have published an unusual...

T HE first 20 of London Transport's new Routemaster double-deck coaches became operational last Wednesday; Green Line routes...

INDER the Transport Act, 1962, I./ which is to come generally into force tomorrow, September 1, the control of the Transport...

IT has been drawn to our attention that I the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, Major F. S. Eastwood, did not...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A LL-DAY talks between the London Transport Executive and leaders of its busmen failed last...

EiROM September 2, Hull passengers using long-distance buses for short journeys into the city centre will have their fares cut...

L'IVF. double-deck buses on Thames Trader chassis have been prepared under Ministry of Transport auspices to carry cyclists and...

A PPLICATIONS by 33 operators I -1 designed to give greater " interchanceability " and allow for flexibility among operators...

IN a written decision, the Minister of 1 Transport has rejected appeals by Kent County Council, the City of Rochester and the...

A FTER hearing how a Seaford (Sussex) operator had to use a 1,250-cu.-ft. furniture pantechnicon to collect and deliver a box...

F ROM September 2, fares on many stage carriage services operated by Oldham Corporation and their five joint operators will be...

TF an air licence was granted to Wallace I Arnold Tours, Ltd., they proposed to seek a road service licence to carry passengers...

A LARGE application appears in the Northern "As and Ds this week. J. Millican (Penton), Ltd.. ask to vary their A licence by...

A NEW type of 6 by 2 commercial veh icle conversion has been announced by Primrose Third Axle Co.. Ltd., Blackburn, Called the...

'TWO new battery-electric delivery vehicles are to be exhibited by Smith's Electric Vehicles, Ltd., Gatesheadon-Tyne, at the...

A SEMI-TRAILER designed for use with their articulated Land-Rover conversions for transporting oversized caravans up to...

N EW items of braking equipment to be exhibited by Girling, Ltd., at the Commercial Motor Show will be a range of brake units...

DES1DES their well-known Cary Laininaire system of progressive suspension, William E. .Cary will be featuring two other...

PA A NEW 6 by 4 conversion on a NEW model KGLC.8 chassis is to be exhibited by Reynolds Boughton Engineering Services, Ltd.,...

rA. A DEVELOPMENT of their wellknown five-speed constant-mesh gearbox will be displayed at the Commercial Motor Show next month...

A N entirely new low-priced lightweight turbocharger will be displayed by Simms Motor Units, Ltd., at the Commercial Motor Show...

A LARGE-SCALE United Kingdom . 1-1 expansion project, including a new factory in North-east England, is planned by the Perkins...

MELBOURNE ORDER FOR A.E.C.: A fleet of 100 A.E.C. Regal Mk. VI underfloorengined. single-deck bus chassis has been ordercd•by...

VV ORKING to close dimensional limits, a specialist vehicle for bulk cement carrying has been produced by the Ulster Transport...

1 LK -FLOAT bodywork for B.M.C. al 30-cwt. FC, models is now available from R. W. Osborne and Son, Ltd., Saffron Walden, Essex....

Chadderton U.D.C. invite tenders by September 14 for the supply of one Perkins diesel-engined gully emptier and offer in...

Three special numbers of our associated weekly journal The Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News are being published to cover...

P ROBABLY the most important development in the small electric tool field in recent years has been that of Black and Decker,...

T HE latest accessory introduced by Key-Leather Co., Ltd., 5 Urswick Road, London, E.9, is the K-L Dash Controlled Mini Bonnet...

T HE sole selling rights in the U.K. for the full range of Wix oil, fuel and air filters, for replacement purposes have been...

TABLE P-1B, pages 2-15, of the 1961 I edition of the Tyre and Wheel Standards of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders...

A NEW spraying outfit has been introduced by The Aerograph-DeVilbiss Co., Ltd., Ringwood Road, West Howe, Bournemouth, Hants....

N 'ELTY in valve mechanism forms the subject of patent No. 892,415, which deals with the scavenging of multicylindered...

IN TENDED mainly for industrial tnicks. a resilient wheel is shown in patent No. 895,169. The wheel is tyred with polyurethane...

the Midlands area and branch office manager for the Birmingham depot of Aerialite, Ltd. Mr. P. R. Scutt has retired as...

1310ATENT No. 891,197 comes from Simca," 5 Rue Beaujon, Paris, and discloses a simple centrifuge for cleanine the lubricating...

Eight-wheeler with Automatic Gearbox and Air Springs T ODAY E.R.F.. Ltd.. announce details of a new eightwheeler goods chassis...

for Commercial Vehicles B ASED on an original concept of the War Office, Fighting Vehicle Research and Development...

If • • A MIDLAND HAULIER REVIEWS HIS _WORK ON M5 AND GIVES SOME GOOD ADVICE A CCORDING to Mr. Jack Male, of Male and Son...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS ON THE ROAD A PAYLOAD of 17 tons can he carried by a new 24-ton-gross articulated outfit developed jointly...

T HE Hawk has spread his wings! Discerning readers, this bird feels, will be in transports of delight over this particular...

p R EPARATION of an answer to the recent campaign against the lorry driver is helped by a knowledge of the factors that give...

W HAT the sergeant-major said to Bill Roberts stayed in the latter's mind for a long time. In fact, right until that gentleman...

A NURSERYMAN states that he is thinking of buying a trader to tow behind a small goods vehicle which he already operates and...

Capital Cities Transport, Ltd. Cap. £2,000. Subs.: D. L. Jones, C.A.. and H. M. Gwydier, CA., 2 Baneswell Road, Newport. Mon....