N OW that the period of notice has expired, the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union is no longer a member of the National...

BY JOHN DARKER T HREATS of guerilla strikes against selected road haulage employers to encourage early pay negotiations are...

M ORTON'S (Coventry) Ltd., the Coventry haulage firm, is playing a vital role in the movement of Triumph 1300 bodies from...

officialdom' to a halt FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT maintenance advisory committee. He revealed that the TRTA had learned that...

FruE Ministry of Transport is still consulting with the operating industry on the question of I whether vehicles incapable of...

N IGHTLY use of Freightliner services from Manchester to Glasgow is being made by Kay, Goodfellow and Co. Ltd., of Queen...

By JOHN N. FRIEDMAN IN the words that preface each of 1. the 11 Licensing Authorities' reports to the Minister for the year...

O NE in six of nearly 26,000 lorry drivers whose vehicles were stopped in the three-day enforcement "blitz" by Ministry of...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Government is to clamp down on "wide boys" who try to escape maintenance requirements on...

THE CURRENT holder of the title of Lorry Driver of the Year, A. J. Stanaway, is competing in the 1967 contest on Sunday (May...

Walker TF Transport Minister Mrs. Barbara -I- Castle is heard to roar "Off with his head" the next time she sees her Tory...

M ISS Margaret Herbison, the Minister of Social Security, this week turned down a plea in the Commons that lorry drivers who...

CONURBATION Transport Authorities will have extensive powers to provide public transport services and promote the construction...

6 Or HESE objectors based their case on the fact that the Saturday rate was unattractive, that they had to queue for loads,...

A SCOTTISH haulier who was alleged to have threatened a MoT vehicle examiner who refused to pass his vehicles as roadworthy...

VITALKER Bros. (Cowdenbeath) Ltd. V have had about 50 per cent success in their series of applications to the Scottish...

" THE aspersions cast upon the applicants . by the Licensing Authority were without foundation and it is regrettable that the...

M cALPINE is one of the biggest contractors in this country and there is no exemption in the Act absolving it from coming here...

J r was that redoubtable and forthright admiral, Lord Fisher, who once used the above nononsense terms. But he was not...

DASSENGER transport operator associations met the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on January 16, 1967 and again submitted...

nN Monday Carlisle became one of the first cities in Britain to have its own comprehensive timetable covering all public...

CHAIRMAN of Midland Red Mr. John Spencer Wills last week called for more information about Conurbation Transport Authorities....

M ANY bus services in the country areas which were paying for themselves now would not be doing so in a few years' time and...

A NEW safety option was introduced to p.s.v. manufacturers and operators at a recent demonstration in...

L AST Friday a delegation from the Rumanian bus industry visited the Elmdon works of Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd., to...

THE belief that private enterprise no longer had a part to play in providing public transporL was strongly criticized by Mr. F....

have been so successful on the city Centre-Pollok route that the transport committee is to order 14 more. Global's New Fleet:...

A N important three weeks' experiment in closing off the shopping area in part of Commercial Road, Portsmouth, to all vehicles...

the Spurling Group board, has been appointed transport manager of the CWS. This week he took charge of the Society's transport...

BY PAUL BROCKINGTON B Y using a Fram by-pass filter with a fine element in conjunction with a standard full-flow filter, a...

THIRD axle conversions are already being offered by the Primrose Third Axle Co. Ltd. for the Ford D1000 16-ton gross...

I NADVERTENT selection of a lower gear ratio while travelling at high speed in top gear can cause damage by "overspeeding" a...

IT could be fair comment that where Method A has applied, there has been little other method in any true sense. Spares will...

TO meet rapidly increasing demand for bio-active animal feeds, Pattullo Higgs and Co. Ltd., Hayes, Kent, operates a new Foden...

and publications Dual-purpose heater and ventilator. T WO new low-price heaters, the "800" and "1000", giving 800,000 BTUs...

THE HAULAGE INDUSTRY, in common with most others, has its giants, but 85 per cent of all hauliers have five vehicles or less....

the "Bridesmaid" 'THREE times a competitor, three times a runner-up, three times to the same man. Such is the unenviable...

30-ton-gross ark By A J. P. Wilding, AMIMechE, MIRTE W HEN the Dennis Maxim was introduced at the 1964 Commercial Motor Show...

S COTTISH island removals, braking regulations and the training of office staff were three of the Wide range of topics...

A Word For It M Ps are growing restive about what they consider the slow progress of working parties considering technical...

Fr 0 influence people without necessarily making friends might be a fair description of the aims of the Prices and Incomes...

EWER since Daimler introduced the Roadliner in 1964 fitted J - Li with the Cummins V6 200 diesel engine for single - decker...

I T was a relatively simple exercise to set out a training programme, produce training manuals and run courses. But none of...

short course of instruction to familiarize themselves with television interviewing. Bearing in mind the importance of the...

the makers recommend should be operated at a maximum gross weight of 17 tons 17 cwt although it has been operated successfully...

independent vehicle inspection service designed to offer the services of a transport engineer to all the smaller light van...

cause many problems, particularly to service industries like transport. What steps can management take now to assess the scope...

A We are not aware of any exempiion to legal restrictions on drivers' hours applying to a public utility. As a result it would...

of liquefied propane gas for road vehicle propulsion published in the March 24 issue of COMMERCIAL MOTOR is somewhat ambiguous...

tion how does one estimate such items of operating cost as tyres and maintenance before one has had practical experience? A...

cern with interests overseas and propose to apply for a transfer to a branch in East Africa. Do you know of any short courses...

A A description of trailers must be given at the time of application for a licence or when seeking a renewal. This is because...

J APAN has made fantastic technological strides in the past 20 years and transport development has been a key factor in what...

E lengthy run of annual profits expansion achieved by Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust—the Leeds-based coach operators —came to a...