T HIS is an age of specialization. For every trade and industry there is an appropriate advisory board or council of,...

Welded "Channel" Side-Int:Others A N intriguing example of frame design on a heavy " vehicle was seen at the Swiss Show. To...

-Ofa coming shortage of natural rubber. That Mr. C. G. Vokes has been selling his bows, arrows and other weapons. That ....

FNELA . Y by the . British • Transport Li Commission in payipg compensa tion to a group haulage companies . resulted in the...

A N appeal by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd. North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., and Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd.,...

AHINT that the Road Haulage - Executive, which incurred a loss of about Lim. in 1950, had made a profit last year, was given at...

THROUGH' their associations, 1 passenger-transport operators have told the Ministry of Transport that 20 per cont. g. [unladen]...

Sta. BERNARD DOCKER, K.B.E., has been elected president of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. MR. I. W. Davws, a...

• in 40 Years" THE Transport. Act was the Worst piece of legislation he • had encountered in .40 years' experience, Mr. • J....

INCREASED costs were not regarded Ias necessarily having to be wholly passed on to the public, said Mr. W. T. James, chairman...

E only non-con - thine coach station in Birmingham has been opened by Allenways, ,Ltd., Moseley Street,. Birmingham, in a...

L AST week, Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd., received . permission to .raise charges m accordance with the applicatmn heard by...

A N attack on the "unfair criticism of public transport operators was made by Mr. Arthur Deakin, general secretary of the...

T HE effects on engine wear of using thin oils formed one of the main subjects of discussion following the reading of a paper,...

lt/lEASUREMENTS by the Road al-Research Laboratory of the braking distances of goods vehicles are the subject of comment in...

WHEN Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., YY applied last week to the Scottish Licensing Authority to operate its Manchester-Glasgow...

U NDER common law, if carriage, implying delivery, of goods was not effected, the carrier could not demand payment. Mr. 1. D....

that the Conservative party voted against the previous increases in the motor fuel duty in 1950 and 1951, the British Road...

T HE first of a new series of 15-cwt. trailers, incorporating several interesting features, has been put into production by the...

Lively — The M.T.N • Eagle By Lau rence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. W HEN testing the Eagle 6-7-tonner I was reminded of John...

O NE of the greatest difficulties encountered by a passenger. vehicle operating concern is to keep its rolling stock in good...

I N the spring, the operator's fancy lightly turns to what the coachbuilder has been worrying about all through the winter....

A HYDRAULIC hoist designed for fitting to a vehicle has recently been introduced into this country by J. R. Gordon and Co., 14,...

0 NE of the most striking postwar vehicle rehabilitation program - lays carried out by a public servi c e vehicle operator is...

B OTH the standard of work and th: speed with which it is carried out are largely governed by the facilities available and the...

Reducing Fuel Consumption VOUR readers should be indebted to C. D. H. Stead I for his data on fuel consumption, published in...

An Open . Letter to an M.P. Dear Member of Parliament, • T HIS letter is addressed to you and to every other Member who...

The Debate Continues T HE London fares dispute is a fascinating spectacle. It provides an outstanding example of Transport Man...

Wants to Know "The Commercial Motor Costs Expert Deals with an Inquiry from a Driver who has Recently Acquired the Business of...

T HE recent acquisition by Johasons of Hendon, Ltd„ maker of chemical and photographic equipment, of a mobile showroom; . has...

A UNIVERSAL joint said to give a riL constant-velocity output forms the subject of patent No. 666,046, which Oarnes from W. E....