O NE of the most extraprdinary utterances ever made by a supposedly responsible Minister was heard in the House of Commons,...

Ideas Win £350 UTHORS of the best three ideas submitted during 1-1 1955 as part of the suggestions scheme of Leyland Motors,...

I N spite of a contention by British Road Services and British Railways that the grant of such a transfer, if it became...

M EADOWS engines are to be made in India. After negotiating for a year, Mr. A. D. Mackay, deputy chairman and managing director...

T HE National Council of the Road Haulage Association decided last week to support the principle of a competition for drivers...

T HE seventh annual report of the Ulster Transport Authority for the year ended September 30, 1955, reveals a trading loss of...

MR. L. C. MILLER, director and works manager of Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., has retired after 47 years' service. MR. P. N....

B ECAUSE the company's drivers - 1 - 3 were engaged in agriculture and worked within 25 miles of depots, there was no need for...

U NCERTAINTY on the part of the South-Eastern Licensing Authority as to the need or desirability of a direct service from...

A FTER an inquiry at Kendal last week, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, decided not to revoke or suspend the...

for Artco? S HQULD Associated Road Transport Contractors, Ltd., be activel y developed by a special highly paid manager, or...

I N the face of opposition by more than 40 bodies, including local authorities and trades unions, five bus companies in the...

F OUR operators in the West of England have been given permission by the Western Licensing Authority to increase by 12!r, per...

IT is understood that British Road i Services' charges are likely to be affected by the pay rise granted . to operating grades....

B Y appearing in court, a lorry .driver accused of speeding had put himself in a worse position than if he had not appeared,...

'F. 3. Davies, 56 Chepstow Road, Newport, Man, and W. I, Adams, 268 Cardiff Road, Newport, Mon. Reg. office: 49 Windsor Road,...

A S forecast in The Commercial Motor, no tender has been received for the business of B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd. The Road Haulage...

week by the new organizing committee of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition went a long way towards meeting the views...

A S from February 27, much of the traffic in cut flowers which travels from Southampton to London by rail will be transferred...

By Our Parliamentary Correspondent A N attempt to revise the 1933 Act, to prevent employers being held responsible for...

T O encourage young people to study methods of increasing productivity, the British Productivity Council, 21 Tothill Street....

The British Road Federation have moved to 26 Manchester Square, London, W.I. Wolf portable electric tools manufactured in...

O F all people, those with an interest in transport would have been least likely, one would have thought, to describe...

New Handling Methods Extensive Use of Pallets and Fork Trucks with Special Attachments: Electronic Apparatus Aids Load...

Ninety-three Coaches and Buses Employed by A.E.R.E., Harwell, Daily Serve 41 Routes Scattered over Wide Area T HE remote...

THE Venturer coach body built by Plaxtons (Scarborough), Ltd., has now appeared in a modified Mark III form, suitable for...

1"0 suit the latest Austin I - -ton and 14-ton forward-control chassis a new range of bodies and cabs has been developed by B....

THREE sizes of torque converter for L use with oil engines from 60 b.h.p. to 600 h.lap. will shortly be in production by...

N INETEEN vehicles (25 tons) have been taken over from British Road Services by Mr. J. Bradley, Albion Mill, Brantley Street,...