T HE efforts of the Government to stern inflation, in other words to maintain the buying value of the pound, appear • to be...

A FACET of air-suspension layouts for commercial vehicles that has not received the attention worthy of it is the weight that...

Chaos Out of Order IN a town where certain large development plans have I been frustrated by the credit squeeze, the local...

That the higher earnings of our diminished exports are a warning against non-competitive prices. That the " higher-the-fewer "...

Conduct for Hauliers A CODE of conduct for long-distance hauliers was approved last week by the national executive committee...

N EW scope for Associated RoadTransport Contractors, Ltd. (Artco) is visualized as a result of changes in the company's...

THE long-distance fleet of Messrs. A. Mason and Sons, Engine Street, Smethwick, Staffs, has been taken over by T. I....

I F an off-duty conductress in uniform rings the bell on a colleague's bus, is she doing so as a passenger or as a conductress?...

A PLAN of campaign against the renationalization of road transport was outlined last week to members of Northampton Sub-area of...

•T HE question of discarding trolleybuses was discussed by representatives of municipal bus undertakings operating in...

and the John Bull Rubber Co., Ltd., for the acquisition of the John Bull ordinary stock have reached an advanced stage....

MOMINEES to membership of area and 1 1 other important committees of the Road Haulage Association will in future have to...

1 Haulage Association will be held at Grosvenor House, London, W.1, on May 13. e30

Altrincham Coachways, Ltd., has been acquired by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., the business will continue to function...

A FTER agreeing not to oppose an application by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd:, British Railways later changed their minds and put...

L'IGURES published by the British I Transport Commission showing the state of their finances were inadequate. It would be far...

a 70 - ton consignment 1. of Easielene washing ma - Chines was delivered to Southend Airport early on Tuesday by Trukair, a...

S TARTING with this year's sugar-beet season, the West Midland Licensing Authority proposes to publish all applications. for...

given to bus 'crews has been rejected by Newcastle-on-Tyne Transport Committee. CtIr. L. Scott said "bribery" of that nature...

MR. JONATHAN BACKHOUSE has joined the board of the Rover Co., Ltd. MR. K. B. HARRISON has been appointed manager of the West...

T HE applicant's brother was one of nine hauliers who objected at Kendal, last week, when Mr. H. Walling, Crosthwaite, sought...

WH ETHER increased fares can ever cover the costs they are supposed to meet is problematical, according to Mr. R. J. Ellery,...

intending• passenger finds that I an operator's - excursion seats are • bOoked,there is, nothing illegal in the Operator...

L EADERS of the Transport and La General Workers' Union on Wednesday asked the Minister, of. Labour to refer the London...

A S from October 1, it will be necessary during darkness, to carry an extra rear light not more than 3 ft. 6 in. from the...

WE regret to record the deaths of MR. ROGER WATERI.OW SEWILL, MR. BERTRAM DEAN STANLEY and Ma. ERNEST JOHN LEE. Mr. Sewill,...

A N application by Nottingham Corporation to increase from 3d. to 4d. the adult single fare for journeys covering four stages...

'Of Mr. W. Danks, Thornaby-onTees, on Tuesday, the Northern Licensing Authority told him: "I think you realize how near you...

I Hire, Ltd„ by Hertz International, of America, Lord Brabazon of Tara, chairman of Daimler Hire, is to make a statement today...

jT is understood. that the Ministry of I Transport is to hold an inquiry into the proposal of the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee...

Bus Profit Expected: Sunderland Transport Committee expect a surplus of £56,801 in the current financial year. Tunnel...

The question arose in a dispute between the workers' and employers' sides of the London Joint Council for Local Authorities'...

• F EWER orders were now in hand by Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., than a year ago, and a revival in home demand was...

VV ORK is soon to start on the building of the 12-mile-long St. Albans by-pass. Tarmac Civil Engineering, Ltd.. will be the...

W ELL known in America and many other Countries, Kelly-Springfield tyres were introduced to the British market on Tuesday: The...

O PPOSING an application by the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., to alter the summer timetable of their Kilmarnock-Greenock service,...

14EMBERS of the new Central TransY1 port Consultative Committee for Great Britain have been announced bythe Minister of...

A PLAN for Birmingham traffic drawn up by Birmingham Rotary Club is to be examined by a special sub-committee of the local area...

T " private hauliers, British . RailWays and. B.R.S.. (Pick lords), Ltd., were asked at Bristol, last week, why they had...

• told the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, that he was at present operating under contract-A licencefor the...

nRAFT regulations, to be issued under the Agricultural Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions Act, have. been withdrawn as a...

A HAULIER who was .refused four ektra B-licence vehicles by the Northern Deputy Licensing Authority. had his appeal dismissed...

A N appeal by Hill and Sons (Botley rt , and Denmead), Ltd., Botley, Southampton, was partially successful before the Transport...

A N order for 30 Tndian-built Leyland 1-1 . Comet passenger chassis has been placed with T. V. Snindram lyengar and Sons Pvt.,...

A N appeal by Mr. G. P. Warner, Bury Pi St. Edmunds, was partially successful after a four-day hearing by the Transport...

I new fares schedule by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., Jarrow-anTyne Transport Committee have been holding talks...

A N appeal by Bunny Hill Motors, Ltd., 1 7 1 Nottingharit, fOr six additional Alicence vehicles was dismissed by the Transport...

T HE addition of the words- goads any distance " to a haulier's B licence was contested by the British Transport Commission...

A N application by Shearings Tours (Manchester), Ltd., for a sliding scale of inclusive fares on tours to Devon and Cornwall,...

p LANS for a sliding scale of road fares for British tours, which were put forward by James Smith and Co. (Wigan), Ltd„ were...

rOLLOWING the East Midland Traffic Commissioners' refusal to grant Nottingham Corporation a 3d. minimum fare (The Commercial...

'VARIATIONS to tour licences from V Liverpool and Preston, held by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., were granted by the North...

LIIGH bus fares were seriously (Ns " rupting life in rural districts and making it difficult for rural councils to let houses,...

A N application for excursion-fare increases ranging from 5 per cent, to nearly 10 per Cent. is to be made to the East Midland...

rLAIMING that it was essential to have their tackle vehicles on B licence because they could not carry their own equipment on...

I Ltd., embrace the testing of engines at speeds in excess of 4,000 r.p.m. Engine testing is now performed by the company at...

L'IFTEEN Leyland-M.C.W. Olympic I 44-seat buses are to be added to the fleet of Jamaica Omnibus Services, Ltd. They will be 35...

the Co-opera five Wholesale Society, Ltd., Manchester, had dropped by £750,000 in the past few years, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph,...

A N epicyclie two-speed unit which can be built 'into and mounted integrally with the makers' five-speed gearbox, has been...

six-cylinder - et] engine, a Leyland Buffalo six-wheeler is to be sent to Australia for trials and demonstrations similar to...

D ESPITE opposition from British Raffways, Skegness excursion licences held by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., and the West...

THERE; has been a rearrangement I within the Serck organization. The parent company is now known as Serck, Ltd., and a new...

A STERN warning to C-hire operators was given last week by Mr. Alex Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority. He said...

),-) purchased from the London Transport Executive by the Ceylon Transport Board, because large numbers of the vehicles which...

DECAUSE the Western S.M.T. Co.. Ltd., had been pressed to provide stage services connecting Dumfries with Haugh of Urr and...

vehicles often arrived at colleries to find long queues of lorries waiting to be loaded, a haulier asked the Yorkshire Deputy...

.Commissinners were reluctant to deprive semi-rural areas of existing bus services, operators had to be given latitude to prune...

B ECAUSE the swaying of his present four-wheeled vehicle upset sheep being carried to market, a Kirkcudbright haulier was last...

WOMEN drivers in haulage? With power-assisted YV steering and modern vehicles they could certainly do the job, according to Mr....

/ -1 A MEETING between representatives of both sides of the vehicle-building industry last week was adjourned after a claim...

Swift Bros. (Sheffield), Ltd. Cap. f1,000. Dirs.: Norman H. Swift, 62 Eckington Road, Coal Aston. near Sheffield, and court...

S HOULD a newcomer who wants to institute a rural bus service over unremunerative routes partially served by a big company be...

/ T was often . emphasized by the Canadian Trade Mission which visited Britain at the end of last year that Self-criticism is a...

Bird's Eye View By The -Hawk I WAS curious to know why Mr.. G. Armstrong, general manager of Southampton Transport Department,...

T . . HE first of a new series of coaches '• being built by Plaxtons, Ltd., Scarborough, for Sheffield United Tours, Lid., for...

F OR the first time since it was established in 1948, Ulster Transport Authority last year made a net profit. I he report for...

r - I A NEW device, known as the Smoke meter, designed to measure the smoke density of oil-engine exhaust gases, has been...

ROOK transactions, which made C-licence operators the temporary owners of goods carried on their vehicles, were irregular and...

r MONTREAL T RAMS are to be abandoned by next year and no further trolleybuses are to be ordered by the Montreal Transportation...

Bogie for Pallets A WHEELEp low-loading framework for carrying empty or loaded pallets of up to 4,500-lb. capacity, which can...

THE letter from I. Marston concerning road haulage in the U.S.A. and Canada interested the considerably. 1 have spent 10 years...

built rA on a Dennis ambulance chassis, has recently been supplied to G. A. Harvey and Co. (London), Ltd.. by the Dennis...

R ESTRICTION has been the common lot of road transport operators, whether they carry passengers or goods. Their experience...

Organization of Internal and External Transport of Bristol Aero-Engines By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher 11 HERE are naturally strong...

n ESPITE a system of double and treble shifts, to obviate the need for extra lorries, Road Services (Caledonian), Ltd.,...

S OME most outspoken comments were made by Mr. Fe R. L. Fitzpayne, general manager of Glasgow Transport I .eartment, when he...

44 HERE are far too many vehicles running about empty" we are repeatedly told; yet the habit—if one can term it such—still...

A N independent suspension system in which the support links are used for additional duties is shown in patent No. 788,577,...