A FREQUENTLY LEVELLED criticism of past Road Haulage Association conferences has concerned the triviality of many of the...

CLUE to the way in which the Socialists might. if elected, implement r intention to let British Road 'ices expand was given by...

LIVELY debate scents certain to develop at the first working session the Road Haulage Association Connee at Brighton on October...

THE report of the R.H.A, licensing I study group, with its controversial plans for a much-modified system. is to form the basis...

E Government has decided that the Mited Kingdom should accede to the ention on the Contract for the Internal Carriage of Goods...

RGO services between Londonderry and Liverpool and Heysham are to on October 12, nnouncing this, Coast Lines Ltd. said els...

THREE men accused at Harlow Court last week of lorry stealing were alleged to be members of a flourishing ring of lorry...

MERICA spent 112,000 m. dollars (£39,300 m.) on transport in 1., reveals the Transportation Associaof America. This huge sum...

NEW association—the Bradford and District Hauliers' Federation—has n formed by 21 hauliers with the aim "stabilizing the...

tariff cornies came into effect on Tuesday. The - eases, ranging from 12 to 17 per cent, ■ ly to new policies taken out from...

MEITHER the Bosch-Dunedin nor the B.?.-Hartridge smoke meter provides a permanent record of diesel smoke that would be...

A NUMBER of butane road tankers ri for Shell-Mex and B.P. Gases Ltd, has recently been completed at the Greenwich Works of G....

response to representations from users, including the Traders Road nsport Association, the Port of idon Authority has increased...

HE Lorry Driver of the Year competition continues to grow, the national council was told on Wednesday, and there may be four...

Q1NCE resolutions put forward for cussion at the Clean Air Conference at Scarborough next week include proposals which . would...

THE. highways and vehicles committee of the Road Haulage Association, and representatives from the Traders Road Transport...

our issue for September 13, we published a report of a hearing before A. H. foliate, the North Western uty Licensing Authority,...

N appeal by British Railways Board against the grant of three vehicles to aster Ferry Transport Ltd.. of Preston, the North...

QUBIVEISSIONS that the North Western iJ deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. folliffe, had granted an A licence Which was...

HE difficulties of a Wibsey (Bradford) haulier with three Contract A ieles working on London trunking for Bradford Dyers...

)ST substantial application to be notified this week is in the YorkArea "As and Ds" where J. H. linson Transport Ltd., of Leeds...

DACK-LOADS which were really out Ii loads brought a comment from Mr. A. B. Birnie. Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, when...

dinburgh, last week, the Scottish tfic Commissioners reserved judgm an application by Scottish OmniLtd. to carry passengers on...

Yarmouth to t 20 of the company's vehicles from B licences (The Commercial Motor, - nber 20) has been refused. . W. P. S....

application by Scottish Omnibuses .td. to run bus services across the road bridge was described as "a premature" by Mr. W. F....

Barkers Traffic 1-3 -Services Ltd-, of Alderton, nr. Newark, Notts, for one additional A-licensed vehicle and one additional...

A . DECISION has now been given by I - 1 the North Western Traffic Commissioners on the application, by Scout Motor Services...

CA A NEW quick-release seat fastening to facilitate rapid changes of seating plan is being offered as an optional extra by...

THE Municipal Passenger Transport Association has issued an eight-page memorandum, "The Public Service Vehicle in relation to...

T HE Astrocoach. the Commander, the Marauder and the Dual Purpose: these four new coaches form part of an enlarged range of...

ig Coaches THE building and repair of coach I bodies by W. S. Yeates Ltd. of Loughborough is to cease, it was revealed this...

C OMPLA1NTS of misleading statements and misquotation, and a flat statement that Government policy on bus replacements for...

T HE Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alderman E. J. Loy Wooter, unveiled a commemorative plaque on Monday to mark the reopening of the...

- WHEN new premises for Scottish VI' Omnibuses Ltd. were formally opened at Linlithgow, near Edinburgh, last week, the...

LOWING a study of five forwarditrol ambulances taken into use ; 1962, Lanes County health corndecided against this design on...

PRODUCTION of commercial vehicles 1 in August showed a considerable drop compared with the same month of 1962 but exports of...

P LANS are going ahead for what promises to be one of the most important exhibitions devoted to all aspects of transport and...

F INAL figures released by the organizers of the Turin International Motor Show, which will take place between October 30 and...

XTENSIONS to Dunlop's proving L. ground at Erdington, Birmingham, announced this week, will enable certain types of tyre...

INTER-CITY coaches now going into service in Russia are fitted with air suspension and telescopic dampers in place of steel...

tyre services. From Monday, its associate company, Tyre Economy Ltd., assumed responsibility throughout the United Kingdom for...

by the Hazlemere Motor Co. (Waltham Abbey) Ltd., of Waltham Abbey, Essex, this Pilotbodied Bedford TIC is intended primarily...

Transport operators have to think hard these days. Costing must be keen if profit margins are to be maintained, and a slight...

IT was announced on Thursday that a I joint manufacturing and marketing agreement had been drawn up between the Rootes Group...

1120,000 DT..1MPTRUCK ORDERS: Of 31 Aveling-Barford SR 11.25-ton dumptrocks, worth more than £120,000, recently ordered, 27 are...

WITH THE increase in permitted road speed to 40 m.p.h., certain heavy goods vehicles are suffering premature gearbox damage,...

are the Compact Lantern No. 1001 and the Car Parking Lamp 508. The lantern has been designed to perform three main lions,...

Dry Centre. King's Norton, Birmingham, 30. It contains of sizes of the comprehensive range of standard oil seals e by the...

British Tap and lie Co. Ltd., Montagu Road, London, N.9, contains several features, One is a Stronghold Bolt-die Identification...

test set which is designed specifically for use on vehicle electric systems has been extended by including as standard a 900A...

is to be shown by U.S. Industries Inc, Engineering Ltd. at this year's Motor Show. It can be operated by one man to raise a...

A N American-style cab is used on a new range of forward-control models to be built by Dodge Brothers (Britain) Ltd. Payload...

By W. C. WILSON M.Inst.T., M.I.R.T.E. T HE first two articles in this series were concerned with the mechanical maintenance...

I THINK it will be a safe bet to say that, provided they I can get the accommodation, the R.H.A. (West Midland Area) will try...

By F. K. Moses increase of 23 buses in municipal service can be recorded Us year, bringing the total to 19,212*. Taking into...

BY JOHN F. MOON, A.M.1.R.T.E. DAY the Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenham, becomes le second British manufacturer of high-production...

MO fewer than 35 standardized bodies, some of them avail able in several varying forms, are listed in this year's detailed...

A.E.C. A.E.C. Ltd., Southall. Middlesex. THIS company, for long known as "Builders of London's Buses ", makes a wide variety...

us account of Buxted Chicken Co.'s icillary fleet emphasizes the modern flrtand for 0-licence vehicles provide vital links...

TOWN-PLANNING authorities had J. not thought enough about the problems of traffic noise, said Professor E. J. Richards...

. A LMOST certainly one of the speakers at the Labour Party conference in Scarborough this week will have repeated the...

FIE overall flexibility of road transport is largely dependent dal its freedom from the restrictive influence of a specialized...