C ONFUSION there may be over licensing proposals; worries there may be about the Regulations; fury, perhaps, in certain...

wedded to today's facts, says Mrs C from a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A RESOLUTION calling for an overall authority to co-ordinate...

NO SOONER said than—undone. That is what appeared to have happened at Lincoln last week as a rumpus began to develop over that...

by JOHN N. FRIEDMAN F OR West German road transport operators this has been a week to remember—with, they say, regret. From...

by Our Political Correspondent DRAFT REGULATIONS to cover the reintroduction of h.g.v. drivers' licences are expected to go...

IN AN unprecedented venture leading London market hauliers have formed a consortium. They are: T. Barnard Ltd., Barnett Joel...

Thirty-Three resolutions headed by rejection of 'progressive nationalization' from Our Political Correspondent TRANSPORT...

ATLAS EXPRESS has secured a base in Malvern, Worcs, by taking over West Midland Haulage (Malvern) Ltd. The West Midland...

FINES totalling £304 were imposed on M. J. McAndrew, Oakengates, Shropshire, at Wellington magistrates' court last week for...

THE TRANSPORT HOLDING COMPANY has purchased from the Proprietors of Hay's Wharf Ltd. its subsidiary company Pickfords and Hay's...

C ONTINENTAL road haulage associations all criticize what they say is "excessive road tax" in the UK, according to an IRU...

by JOHN N. FRIEDMAN IN A "we-mean-business" move, British Railways this week set out to improve and strengthen its...

TO PERMIT vehicle registration plates to be constructed of reflective material the Minister of Transport proposes to amend the...

D by SAM BUCKLEY ESPITE over five years of frustrating talks EEC experts have failed to evolve an acceptable common transport...

A FTER an application had been amended, objection was withdrawn to a nine-vehicle switch from Contract to public A licence by...

TRTA's SCOTTISH division is to seek a meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland to discuss Mrs. Castle's licensing and...

A HAULIER had continued to operate four vehicles after they had been removed from his A licence and was only halted by the...

B LICENCES have never before been granted because an operator could not make his C licence pay, Mr. R. M. Yorke told the...

AFTER HEARING what A. G. Bassett and Son Ltd. had spent on vehicle maintenance in the first quarter of this year, Metropolitan...

WEST MIDLAND LA Mr John Else at Birmingham on Tuesday demanded assurances from Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. and two of its...

ELEVEN Yorkshire hauliers successfully objected in Bridlington on Tuesday to the addition of a bulk tipper to a farmer's...

E for the carriage of "excavated muck and rubbish" for two firms within 25-miles of King's Cross Station, London, were granted...

TEN YEARS AGO, the Ministry of Transport circulated a memorandum on behalf of the (then) Central Electricity Authority and the...

by H. Brian Coffee N 0 MINISTERIAL plot to buy up bus companies is involved in last week's £.1.9m bid by the Transport Holding...

"AN INGENIOUS" method of manipulating a conductor's ticket-issuing machine was disclosed to Bradford City magistrates last...

by ERIC WILLOUGHBY THE POSSIBILITY of a zonalfare scheme to replace Sunderland Corporation's flat-fare system, is being...

A BELFAST coach painter, who received severe face and head injuries when he fell while painting a carriage at the Ulster...

A NEW FLEET of 18 AEC Swift singledeck buses—some of which have the highest passenger carrying capacity for their type in...

by PAUL BROCKINGTON A PAYLOAD of 6,300gal of motor spirit is carried by a new Gloster-Saro light alloy articulated tanker...

AT A ONE-DAY seminar on "Human Relations" (held at Fanshaws, Brickenden, Herts) last week, Mr L. Boreham, education officer of...

A NEW 15-ton-gross version of the Pax V will be shown by Dennis Bros. Ltd. at the Scottish Show in November. A payload capacity...

by JOHN DARKER TRADE UNIONS in the municipal bus industry will withdraw from national wage and conditions agreements—as I...

RESERVATIONS and firm bookings are now being received from companies in many countries who wish to send delegates to the first...

containers by TONY WILDING y ET another American trailer and container manufacturer has taken steps to break into the British...

THIS SPECIAL 55/60-ton g.v.w. semitrailer has been supplied by Carrimore Six Wheelers Ltd. to Richards and Wallington (Plant...

ABOUT 70 members of the TRTA (Metropolitan) went on a one-day visit to Rotterdam this week. The first Continental visit under...

THE SHARE CAPITAL of the 13-vehicle haulage firm, Henry Lund (Otley) Ltd., has been acquired by the Kenric Group. Mr. K....

VVI EN our motorways were first opened, few transport engineers had any real yardstick by which to measure their effect on...

EDWARD G. A. DELLAR (above) has been appointed finance director of British Road Services Ltd. Mr. Dellar was formerly...

and publications Automatic washer MANUFACTURED and distributed by A.V.W. Equipment Ltd. is a fully automatic self-service...

M ANY of the exhibitors at the fourth biennial International Construction Equipment Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London,...

or SPRING BRAKE? A braking-equipment maker assesses the relative merits. By P. A. C. Brockington, AMIMechE Mt-1E relative...

View BY THE HAWK On speaking terms! "FURTHER EDUCATION" took on a new look last week when 90 members of the London Transport...

I READ with interest in COMMERCIAL MOTOR (September 22) the papers given at the Fleet Management Conference. I was, however,...

MR. FELIX WENTWORTH, in the paper he presented at your Fleet Management Conference, advocated the need for some national-sized...

ON page 32 of your 22 September issue is an announcement by one of our dealer friends concerning the setting up of a braking...

41 we feel that you may be interested to know how we cope with the problem of low oil pressure. On vehicles with gauges we...

MAY we be permitted to add to the Q and A answer(CM 15 September) on specialized packing for precision equipment? It often...

by JOHN F. CULLEN, MIATE A THOUGH air suspension has been offered as an alternative specification on AEC Reliance chassis, the...

BY ASHLEY TAYLOR AMIRTE, Assoc lost T Continuous Performance ALTHOUGH the necessary technical equipment is readily...

operators. When rail officials past and present cannot make up their minds whether hauliers are friends or foes it is not...

the year as a delivery van and for the remaining three months as a mobile showroom. Could you supply a list of names and...

Operating Costs, referring to standing costs, it is stated that the total annual cost of the five items is divided by 48 and...

tion with my own business and for pleasure but not for hire or reward. I should like to attach a two-wheel trailer under 2cwt...

Group Ltd. and how are these divided between the UK and overseas? A Obviously with a group of this size there are continuing...

A We presume you are referring to the COMMERCIAL MOTOR 24 Hours and Emergency Service booklet which is a reprint of articles...

A The Charnwood Publishing Co. Ltd., Coalville, Leicester, supply this type of farm. Their maintenance records (series No. 59)...

of Labour has reversed its previous ruling and now says that SET refunds may be claimed for workers in repair depots run wholly...

new methods of windscreen cleaning offer advantages, including simplicity and lower cost, over the conventional type of...

The AA's new booklet giving guidance on taking a motor coach to any one of 20 countries is reviewed here TN the special p.s.v....

Industrial studies (2): Fine chemicals CANDIDATES taking transport examinations at all levels are constantly asked to give...