C 0 far as goods vehicle operators are concerned, one advantage of the Trades Union Congress "early warning" system for...

rR1TIC1SM of the interpretation some times put on the results of vehicle checks carried out by the Ministry of Transport was...

A REPRESENTATIVE section of road hauliers is to be consulted on ways of speeding up exports to Europe. The consultation will be...

A MEETING of the Western Maintenance Advisory Committee at Plymouth on Monday gave final approval to a list of commercial...

NEW FOUR-PART CLAIM IS READY FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT rA A NEW claim for higher pay and better conditions for...

T RADE union pressure for a revision of the pay structure for BRS white collar staffs has been largely met in the agreement...

HOT QUESTIONS DISCUSSED BY BRAINS TRUST -i'HE "rat race" of Birmingham wage rates was not started by the unions, said 1 Mr. A....

From our Industrial Correspondent A NEW undertaking that access to the railways' liner trains must be open to private road...

—SOME IMPLICATIONS EXAMINED BY JOHN DARKER, AMBOY! AR. TOM FRASER'S recent Parliamentary statement, reported in "The Commer11...

Anti-corrosion techniques for salt transport O PERATORS with contracts to move large quantities of fuel or raw material to and...

A NEW transport depot for L. V. Mays Transport Ltd. was opened last Friday by Ald. Cyril S. Marsh, the Mayor of Merton....

T HE following changes have been announced by North Sea Ferries Ltd., King George Dock, Hedon Road, Hull (Tel.: Hull 74106):—...

Ulster Transport's road passenger services. This section of the undertaking is shortly to be transferred to a subsidiary...

A T the end of the year Mr. R. P. Block is relinquishing his managing directorship of the contract-hire specialists, Blox...

Shocking Spot Check Figures pLAINS that when a Licensing Authority revoked licences of "cheese-paring companies" whose...

From our Political Correspondent T HE Government's Bill to introduce new road safety measures will, it is hoped, be presented...

A SURPRISED Commons heard from the Prime Minister this week that Lord Beeching did not carry out the Government's study of...

Revocation for Eight P.s.v. I -1 A TOTAL of 162 defects were dis covered in nine buses operated by a Monmouthshire family...

T HE Government is still giving full support for opening liner-train termini to all categories of road haulage vehicles. Mr....

IN the 12 months that ended on 1 September 30 last vehicles were removed or suspended from 123 carriers' licences for safety...

T HE Home Secretary had no reason for supposing that the regulations governing the conveyance by road of petroleum spirit and...

A T Birmin g ham last week Avon Car Transporters Ltd., Solihull, successfully applied to add five transporters to their...

THERE were far too many tippers in 1 Berkshire already, and the g rant of 2,000 short-term licences for tipper operations in...

A N appeal by the Transport Holdin g Company (BRS) a g ainst the decision of the Yorkshire Licensin g Authority to add three...

A N East London firm of hauliers, Pad Transport, was g ranted three additional artics by the Metropolitan Licensin g Authority,...

THE West Midland Traffic Commis/ sioners have been ordered to revoke the road Service licences g ranted to Kendrick Transport...

T 10ENCE applications by a company -1.-o whose vehicles had continued to work for a Mendip quarry during the strike by local...

THE appeals by Golden Valley Trans' port Ltd., of Stoke Gifford, Gloucester, a g ainst the refusal by the Western Licensin g...

plECAUSE the only lorry of Mr. Li Duncan Hill, of Crosby, near Maryport, Cumberland, was heavily employed, he appealed to the...

Son Ltd., of Tredegar, for a new express carriage licence to operate a holidaymakers' service between Brynmawr Square and...

THE rejection by the Transport Tribunal of the appeal of W. Keith and Son rejection (" The Commercial Motor ", November 5) will...

T HE partial success of Continental . Pioneer School Holidays Ltd. and an associated company in getting authority from the...

Ltd. against the decision of the Scottish Traffic Commissioners granting to Hutchison's Coaches (Overtown) Ltd. a variation of...

NORTHERN APPLICATIONS (November 24, 1965) 3. M. Ridley Ltd., Hexham, new A lic.. 2 yeti. (St Sc). Goods for Fourstones Paper...

A LICENCE for a direct service from London to Beirut, and three extended foreign tours employing special sleeper coaches (" The...

VTR. J. H. RICHARDSON, a director of the Rhondda Transport Co. Ltd., has been elected chairman of the company in succession to...

B US crews employed by Sunderland Corporation Transport have accepted a pay rise offered to them to operate 47-seat, one-man...

QERVICE 15 of the Southport Corpor ation Transport system is being worked by a single-deck bus in conjunction with a 3d. flat...

-rim experimental 70 m.p.h. speed limit 1 is unlikely to affect the schedules of the motorway express services operated by the...

G LASGOW CORPORATION transport department's "Park and ride' scheme made a slow start last week but there are signs that it may...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT B Y 47 votes to 10, delegates representing snore than 72,000 municipal busmen gave final...

S EVEN double-deckers ordered by L.) West Bromwich Corporation Transport include the department's first rearengined buses. The...

rA A NEW range of tipping semi-trailers is announced by York Trailer Co. Ltd. this week. A channel-section, castellated,...

TO help in providing workshop staff with a thorough grounding in preventive maintenance, AEC Ltd. is launching service training...

rA, A NEW type of bearing material has been introduced by Glacier Metal Co. Ltd. which, it is said, fills the gap between...

A NEW diesel smoke depressant additive, claimed to counteract faults such as lack of maintenance, incorrect adjustment of...

By R. D. Cater A DEMONSTRATION given by I -1 Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd. at the Co-operative Hall, Dartford,. Kent, last...

WHEN opening the Brentwood by-pass V V on Al2 in Essex last week, the Minister of Transport said the scheme to construct a new...

From our Political Correspondent H OPES for the quick production of a marketable engine powered by fuel cells have received a...

The Life-expired Vehicle and the GV9 ARL1ER in this series I used the words "growing old gracefully ", together with the...

and Publications Axle and Bearing Pullers P1 A NEW range of pullers is available from Millers Falls Co. Ltd: Made by Proto...

VIEW By the Hawk Help wanted I am told that the Road Haulage Association, either atone or in conjunction with other bodies,...

E VEN a paperback edition of the collected works of the Transport Tribunal would hardly succeed in introducing them to a wider...

By NORMAN H. TILSLEY A T 5.30 one fine July morning of this year an empty six-wheeled tipper pulled up to the gates of a...

C OMMENTING on the new Construction and Use Regulations regarding the design of rigid tippers, Mr. G. A. Govier, chief designer...

ANTHONY HOISTS LTD., Braintree Road, South Ruislip, Middlesex. Slant, underbody, link and front-ofbody gears; pumps of the...

By A. J. P. Wilding, AMIIViechE,MIRTE 0 NE of the most popular classes of goods vehicle in the UK is undoubtedly the...

T HIS survey of tipper chassis includes all models offered by British vehicle manufacturers specifically for tipping duties....

By A. J. P. Wilding AMIMechE,MIRTE 114 OST British tractive units available for operation at the higher gross train weights...

T HE movement of goods by road constitutes a basic factor of this country's economic life. Understandably to marry, movement is...

Duple Motors' Confidence T'HE latest annual report by the chairman of DUPLE MOTOR BODIES should help keep out a good deal of...

Transport Not All Theory W ITH reference to the remarks I made at the Fleet Management Conference at Dunblane, I would like to...

Is there an ideal transport examination system to test the many sides of a candidate's ability? As examinations are becomin g...