T HE question whether British Road Services • should be included in the • • Road Haulage Wages Council has again been brought...

M ANUFACTURERSare becoming increasingly conscious of the importance of enlisting the sympathy of drivers. In doing so they hope...

Firestone Party for Veterans nN a recent Saturday, special coaches brought 60 disabled servicemen from Queen Mary's Hospital,...

Of more and more " get-together " being needed. That many traders will probably "renounce the devil and all his works" and...

A REORIENTATION of -tanker rt policy was mentioned before Mr. J. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at...

To satisfy the demands of their older • drivers a n d conductors, the C.U.T.C.S.A. undertaking of Montevideo. Uruguay, is to...

Services, Ltd., to take over from Ripponden and District Motors, Ltd., licences for excursions and tours from eight points and...

T HE hire-purchase deposit for public service vehicles and goods vehicles of more than 30 cwt. carrying capacity was decreased...

THE following will form the West Midland Transport Users' Consultative Committee until April 30, 1959:— Maj. C. R. Dibben...

Ltd., Portsmouth, were taken over by Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., who have bought the whole of the share capital from the...

to be held by Nottingham Transport Department on October 16. Initial plans were laid at a meeting on Monday, when Cllr. Sidney...

THE new chairman of the Forest of, Dean Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association is Mr. R. A. C. Watkins. Mr. George Read is...

A STATEMENT made by Mr. H. F. r" Marks at the annual conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and...

TRAFFIC pressure on the south side I. of the Thames is increasing to a greater extent than on the north. This is indicated by...

after a meeting on Monday of representatives of the urban authorities of Rawmarsh, Swinton, Mexborough, Wath-onDearne and...

Rhodesian subsidiary. It is known as the Standard-Triumph Motor Co. (Rhodesia), (Pvt.), Ltd., and has headquarters in...

A N application by Fred Chappell, Ltd., Batley, to add to their A licence 10 special 3,000-gal. tankers equipped for injecting...

MR. W. ROBSON BROWN, M.P., has been elected a director of the Regent Oil Co., Ltd. Mn. E. A. SIMMONDS has joined the board of...

IIIDLEADING not guilty on behalf of a 1 driver accused before Seven oaks magistrates, Mr. Norman Irvin declared that the case...

B ECAUSE duplication was not authorized when the North Western . [raffle Commissioners granted, last September, a licence for a...

THE Transport Tribunal on Monday reversed a decision of the I Eastern Licensing Authority, who refused Mr. B. H. King,...

QTATING that one of the defects of b.— ) the company's case was that they knew practically nothing about their haulage...

D ELIVERY of spares and accessories from Britain to Copenhagen, Zurich and Vienna within 24 hours is being guaranteed by K.L.M....

I AST Friday Birmingham Transport Committee decided to apply at once to the West Midland Traffic Cornmissioners for increased...

TN the Queen's Bench Division on ATuesday, Bulwark Transport, Ltd., Chepstow, were ordered to pay £5,500 damages to a former...

B ECAUSE of the decreasing population in the centre of Sheffield, it was necessary to protect the interests of Sheffield United...

" L AM not going to have a queue of vehicles standing outside ready to cut each other's throats for the sake of getting a load....

'THE Minister of Transport has L announced that a flat rate of 2d. per vehicle per departure, will be charged for the use of...

T H E Cromwell Road extension, London, at present under construction, with its intersections and roundabouts instead of...

W HEN the Western Traffic Commissioners last week refused to permit Monarch Coaches (Bristol), Ltd., Speedwell Road, Bristol,...

coach-air service to France are to be operated between Beauvais Airport and Chantilly for two famous French races—the Prix de...

Y OU have got to put your house in order and I will take no excuses in future," Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing...

of NJ coal delivery vehicle by St. Cuthberts Co-operative Association in Edinburgh has led to a decision to convert further...

A N appeal by Priory Garage and Coaches, Ltd., against the West Midland Traffic Commissioners' refusal to permit picking-up at...

fl A CIVILIAN version of the aluminium ambulance body originally developed for the R.A.F. is being offered by Bonallack and...

A THIRD bulk-milk collection scheme began in Scotland last week. A 1,500-gal. tanker of Mr. D. Malloch, Coupar Angus, calls at...

FORDS A NEW type of six-speed fully automatic gearbox is now available on all American Ford medium and heavy commercial...

by Oxfordshire road safety authorities to give wider publicity to the dangers caused by overtaking and cutting-in. There is...

A N exhibition of prize-winning drawings and examples of handicrafts entered for the 1957 competition of the Institute of...

A REQUEST has been made by the t — k Committee for Staggering of Working Hours in Central London to 125 big concerns in the...

K NOWN as the Model X61V, a new radio set, suitable for installation in coaches, has been introduced by Phi lips Electrical,...

A LTHOUGH Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., had loyally abided by the decision of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, in...

'THE prototype of a new Dyson semiit trailer known as the Aeroride Haulmaster has been built and is under g oing extended...

3,000- g al. stainless-steel tan' semitrailers are to be added to the Greater London area fleet of United Dairies, Ltd....

THE wei g ht limit on Marlow brid g e may be reduced. This fact emer g ed before the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners at...

A N application by Windsorian Motor Coach Services, Ltd., to operate a feeder service between Old Windsor and Windsor, to serve...

S TATING that the circumstances of the application were unique, inasmuch as a camp accommodating 1,100 workers was concerned,...

DENDING the transfer of the whole of the Shrewsbury's Smithfield cattle market to the new Harlescott site, further moves are...

S IGNED by about 400 long-distance lorry drivers, a petition supporting the erection of a proper filling station beside the...

W E regret to record the death of Au). PERCY LOVELL. Aid. Lovell was a member of the Western Traffic Commissioners and of...

A N action for damages, arising out of the destruction by fire of a Leyland coach, brought by Messrs. J. T. Whittle and Son,...

Guy Warrior 8-tonner has Meadows Oil Engine and Five-speed Gearbox : Heater and Windscreen Washers as Standard in Part-plastics...

THE problem of providing satisfacL tory transport for men and equipment within the same vehicle has been given thought by the...

Talks on Widening Wages Council Removers Discuss Pay, Return Loads and Costing: American Delegate Likens Operators' Problems...

P RICES of most B.M.C. commercial vehicles have been revised, new prices having come into effect on May 15, 17 and 22. Specimen...

G OODS and passenger vehicles accounted for the major part of the export trade done by A. B. Volvo, Sweden, in 1956, states Mr....

The Development of Fish Distribution by Road from Grimsby, and the Methods Employed by Ross Group, Ltd. E VERY day 4,000 towns...

Younger Old 'Uns By The Hawk HEAR from Lord Montagu of Beaulieu that vehicles I built between 1931 and 1945 are to be...

Cut and Come Again R OAD users have for most of the time had a divided attitude towards Government taxation and expenditure....

r - k A SMALL mobile shovel for oper ation in confined spaces and having a lifting capacity of 10 cwt., is now being produced...

W E are concerned that the Government have retained the 50 percent. deposit on hire-purchase agreements for commercial vehicles...

Log Sheets, Although a Legal Requirement, Can Vary in Lay-out According to Use : Advantages of Daily or Weekly Sheets T HE...

H OW far is an operator of specialized vehicles entitled to recover costs when one of his vans is off the road as a result of...

" T CANNOT remember a year when I our difficulties were greater," stated Mr. W. T. lames. chairman of the South Wales...

from Standard Sections T O enable ..he floor of a vehicle to be built 4m from standard units is the aim of a scheme appearing...