T HE anticipated integration of parcels and sundries services of BR and BRS Parcels Ltd. as a precursor to the National Freight...

RE is no sign at present that the Minister of Transport is prepared THERE her mind on the principle of taking powers to enable...

A T a meeting of the Transport Coordinating Council for London at County Hall on Monday under the chairmanship of Mr. R....

'Li E EFFECT of the proposed mits on drivers' hours could be disastrous for the agricultural and horticultural industries, says...

THE first sophisticated transocean tainer terminal to be operational in Great Britain was opened at Felixstowe last week. A...

Freightliners By JOHN DARKER A MONG the first private hauliers to use the Freightliner service in London, J. Cosies and Son...

A CONSORTIUM of freight forwarding agents has been formed to carry out operations at the London (Stratford) International...

- 1 T IS REPORTED that lengthy negotiations between the two French companies, Citroen and Berliet, have resulted in an...

A NEW South Western and South Wales division of the Traders Road Transport Association will come into being in January next...

M FETING the need to transport foodstuffs economically and hygienically, Mr. J. P. Macdonald, controller of transport for the...

1" 1 HE international group of the RHA at - L a recent meeting received a report on the negotiations in June which led to the...

"T HAVE never heard a worse case 1 and presumably a GV9 imposed in February has not been discharged —the vehicle may be on the...

Scottish Licensing Authority has Tdecided to offer Duncan Barbour and Son Ltd. (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, July 7) a grant of three...

Consult CM Cost Tables, says LA T FIE West Midland LA, Mr. J. Else, told an applicant in Birmingham last week: "I notice that...

REPRESENTATIVES of the British and Swedish Governments meeting in Stockholm have agreed the terms of two AngloSwedish...

T N ORDER to offer a better service to its customers, John Clines (Surfacing) Ltd., of Greet's Green, West Bromwich, sought B...

T HE Transport Tribunal, in a written judgement published last week, has ruled that it would be wrong to refuse to grant a new...

EMBERSHIP of the standing committees of the Road Haulage Association for 1967-8 has now been announced, as follows: Commercial...

Act! Scene: North Western Traffic Court. Time: before September 1963. The Heap family three brothers, one sister and their...

A rm organization, the Passenger Transport Vehicle Operators Independence Committee (VOICE) was launched in London on Monday by...

series of squalid conspiracies to injure the appellants in their business, in which not only her brothers-in-law, but also the...

T HE FIRST 10 buses of a special order for 20 designed throughout for one-man operation went into service with Lancashire...

A DISPUTE between two Fife bus companies over which should be permitted to run services for workers travelling to and from Lyle...

PTA s General manager reports on detailed examination D RIVERS' hours changes would have a more serious effect than PTAs, could...

DRIMROSE MOTORS of Leominster, Herefordshire, has been authorized by the West Midland Traffic Commissioners to run an...

A N experimental vehicle—a bus which can operate on railway tracks as well as on highways—was shown publicly for the first time...

F OUR new models on the Commer Maxiload chassis in both tipper and platform versions can be offered with a new York trailing...

IN a 17-page document resembling in appearance and content an official White Paper, the Public Transport Association has told...

THE Minister of Transport proposes that local authorities, both within and outside Passenger Transport Authority areas, should...

T HE PTA's "White Paper" arguments 1 —and others— were put to Mrs. Castle when she met representatives of the Association and...

FTER THE fairly straightforward approach to Preventive Maintenance, it may seem that our previous article rather put the damper...

r r HE first of a new model of Leyland Badger tractive unit to be built was an important exhibit on the stand of Gilbraith...

7 HE Dennis Maxim 30-ton-gross tractive unit tested by COMMERCIAL MOTOR (May 5 issue) completed a demonstration run to Italy...

has been announced by C. A. Norgren Ltd. They are fully automatic and feature a variableorifice venturi section that...

Justifiable Suspicion TT is now clear that the chief peg on which Mrs. Castle intends to hang her plans for quantity licensing...

"S OMETIMES one gets the impression", said Maggie's brother, Cromwell, "that Mrs. Castle and her counsellors deliberately set...

A LTHOUGH HAULIERS generally and many own-account operators are apprehensive about the enforcement of weight regulations with...

Haulage on the scrap heap? VOLIA request for letters of opinion on the proposed confiscation of hauliers' livelihood is most...

how BEA meets the chall C VERY TIME an aircraft lands at London (Heathrow) Airport it is met by a fleet of 20 vehicles of...

H ENRY JOHN BOLDEN is a tall, cultured 30-year-old family man who runs his transport business from his extremely pleasant house...

(COMMERCIAL MOTOR, June 16). These are my views and the views of many heavy drivers whom I have spoken to. I would like to...

to the editor series. In the case of the FL700L, front brakes are standard equipment and brakes are required on both axles. In...

carrying capacity and would like your advice. Having collected all available manufacturers' literature I note that only one...

in the guide to weights and dimensions published in COMMERCIAL MOTOR on July 7. This is the vehicle-trailer combination which...

office manager which includes responsibility for two light vans operated on C licence. Is there a reference pamphlet which...

A We suggest you write to "Bus and Truck Transport", Maclean-Hunter Publishing Co. Ltd.. 481 University Avenue, Toronto, 2,...

comparable with the 100-mile journey limit and restriction on the operation of goods vehicles with an unladen weight of over...

A These proposals have been circulated to '• all interested organizations and the" Minister has asked for comments by July 31...

"O FTEN WHEN I have looked at a set of accounts I have told the client that he would be better off to sell his business, buy a...

\Mli AT COULD BE the most important step forward along le route towards "professionalism" in road haulage is contained in the...