A TRANSPORT consultant complains, in this issue, of the discourtesy and arrogance of the Road Haulage Executive in lodging...

London Cabby Talks CHATTING with a taxicab About the Latest driver recently, we were in Models trigued by certain of his obser...

That any "staggering" crusader would need to be cognisant of "cogs." That the brake's drum might be more important than...

EiROM last Friday, all open-cast coal is to be transported by road, because of the shortage of railway wagons and congestion at...

In the past, operators had had to supply detailed lists of their vehicles and had been put to a great deal of work on that...

TWO resolutions demanding further restrictions on road transport by I free hauliers and C-licensees were passed unanimously,...

E IGHT meetings are to be held next week by the Passenger Vehicle Operators Association to enlist the support of independent...

I N open court; last week, Mr. Montgomery :White; K.C., chairman' of the .TranspOrt 'Arbitration Tribunal,. complained that the...

A N application for what Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, K.C., for the applicant, Annis and Co., Ltd., described as an A licence with...

CLLR. H. HOLMES, a Rubery haulier, has been elected chairman of Bromsgrove Urban District Council. MR. E. G. CLEMSON, general...

R EQUIR IN G further information before granting in full the application of Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., the East Midland...

T HE policy to be followed by Governments in the co-ordination of transport and the need for avoiding discrimination by means...

a deficit of £21,000 had been incurred, contrasted with surpluses of £12,400 and £3,600 in the comparable two months of 1948...

introduced on the routes of the Mexhorough and Swinton Traction Co. Weekly 12-journey tickets and the prepaid workmen's tickets...

T HIS week, 174 crates containing components for 40 Leyland Comet and Beaver chassis and cabs were loaded at South West India...

"L IKE operators, the Association must now have its ' fares increase,'" says the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association, in...

A T a meeting of North of Scotland public health officials, at Inverness, last week, the Ministry of Food was accused of...

at the age of 51, of MR. H. M. Swirl . , M.I.R.T.E., transport manager and chief engineer of Ushers Wiltshire Brewery, Ltd.,...

of heavy'. duty vehicles to be delivered to the home market, Leyland Motors, Ltd., is to increase its output of forward-control...

QTATE transport was condemned as a failure, last week, by 600 delegates at the annual conference of the National Chamber of...

i LEND-LEASE scheme for spare parts is to be started in Coventry to assist members of the local sub-area of the Road Haulage...

B IR MING HAM road transport drivers, dissatisfied with their unions, have formed their own committee to "safeguard ourselves...

A ' " ultimatum" from a bus . company's staff that they would not run • a service between Woodseaves and Wolverhampton, because...

E VIDENCE the effect on the cost La of living of the increase of 41d. per gallon in the tax on fuel, has been collected from...

The Ballast, Sand and Allied Trades Association declares that the transport of ballast within the customary delivery radius of...

A PPLYING to the Metropolitan Licensing Authority for eight additional vehicles of 21-ton capacity, Gayfew Transport, Ltd., 14,...

THERE appeared to be no burning I desire on the part of free hauliers to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for the Road...

S PFAKING at the annual general meetings of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., and B.E.T. Omnibus Services,...

By L. J. COTTON, m.i.R.T.E. I WAS sorry when the test of the °Big Bedford coach was ended and I had to leave the comfort of...

reverse side. The batteries are mounted transversely behind the cab, and, because of the frame shortening, the compressed-air...

I T is often said, and I believe ,rightly, that the design and performance of a 'motor vehicle closely reflect the environment...

D1TED by and written primarily for the Purchasing Officers' Association, "Transport in Industry," by H. R. Caulfield-Giles,...

D .. you know that irregularities in the rate of the earth's rotation make it difficult to say how long a second lasts? Did you...

ks W. C. Wilson, I.R.T.E., Assoc.! nst.T. A FTER years of haphazard practicetice in bus-shelter design, the variety of ugly...

Asks E. H. B. Palmer, O.B.E. cult, troublesome and costly. I have had metal shelters, strong enough for normal service,...

A LTHOUOH 1 have been a regular reader of your I -1 journal for over 20 years, 1 have never before written to you. However,...

A HAULIER'S fight for recognition 1 - '1 of his claims, which had been considered "at the highest possible level" of the Road...

was to operate long-distance services at night, so that the vehicles were available for deliveries in the morning and...

J. Payen, Ltd., Slough, has' increased the prices of its gaskets by 7i per cent. Next Monday, the executive offices of Blaw...

I T has been pointed out to me that, in the previous article, 1 made no reference to that allegedly persistent ratecutter, the...

A N automatic semi-trailer coupling operated by the backing action of the tractive unit is the subject of patent No. 651,654,...

Stable viscosity is the quality that enables a lubricating oil to maintain its body under all running conditions, including...