0 NE of the pleoges given by the Labour Party in their •elfction manifesto published last Friday is to take "firm action...

T HE extraordinary versatility of the new form of tower wagon which was demonstrated last week in the forecourt of the Royal...

Getting Home with the Milk I T was interesting for the editor of this journal to meet Mr. W. A. Nell, chairman of The Express...

Of a schoolboy's comment on an A.P.V. advertisement: " Wouldn't it be wizard if they got all those things mixed up in one...

THE Trades Union Congress have asked the Minister of Transport • I to halt the disposal of the assets of British Road Services....

I 1ST S.4 has been a failure. Of 160 I—I units (6,115 vehicles) offered for sale, only 19 units (436 vehicles) had been sold by...

T WO hauliers whose one-vehicle businesses were nationalized in 1949 applied to the Transport Arbitration Tribunal in London...

4-1 A SCHEME for decentralizing the reconditioning of Bedford engines came into operation this week. Local Bedford agents now...

• • and Scotland L'ARES on bus services operated in I the East Midland Traffic Area by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd.,...

MR, WALLACE HINCHCLIFEE is to become general line representative in south-west Essex for the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd. SIR...

R EPLYING to charges made against him by Mr. H. L. Walker in a letter published in The Commercial Motor on April 22, Mr. John...

THE Minister or •Labour has remitted to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, which will hear the contending parties on May 17 in...

Cr his return from a world tour, Mr. A. S. C. Chattey, managing director of A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., said that Australia, New...

A TOLL of 7s. 6d. a vehicle has been proposed by local authorities which had recently put forward a new Severn Bridge scheme...

value of £250,000 were delivered to Bolivia, tests were made by a field service engineer of Leyland Motors, Ltd., at an...

A PLATFORM length of 25 ft. 6 in. is an important feature of the production model of the new INSN 30-ft. lightweight 6-tonner,...

A FORMER. conductor of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co.. Ltd.. discovered a method of making his machine deliver...

N O action ut to be, taken by the West Midland Licensing Authority against Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall Corporations...

D URING the winter, the mobile exhibition team of F. Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough, has been preparing for its itinerary during...

O RDERS for goods and passenger vehicles to a total value of £544,687 have been received by Guy Motors, Ltd., within the past...

E Queen's Bench Division held, last week, that where a bus passenger alighting from a moving bus before it reached a bus stop,...

A WOBBLE -PLATE piston type PA supercharger has been designed and developed by Ricardo and Co., Ltd., for use on...

T HE increasing popularity of Devon as a holiday resort was mentioned by Mr. W. T. James, chairman of the Devon General Omnibus...

The address of Hydrosteer, Ltd., is Selboume Road Works, Luton. The new address of Almin, Ltd., is Alrrtin House, Stoke Poges,...

TAKING the man to the job is the I task of the Simon hydraulic platform, built by Thomas Adshead and Sons, Ltd., Queen's Cross,...

I N the face of a loss on last year's working, estimated at nearly £15m., and of continuing increases in expenditure, the...

H AULIERS are advised to watch A pplications and Decisions carefully for applications by British Road Services to substitute...

Machines at B.I.F. Latest Mechanical-handling Equipment a Valuable Adjunct to Fleet Operation :New Trailers for Varied Loads...