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Hauliers May Lose Special A Licences
H AULIERS operating under special A licences arc risking almost certain revocation if their vehicles are heavier than the weight specified on the licences. This is clear from......
Old-fashioned Ideas Stay A Special Sitting Of The...
Commissioners to hear plans for varying bus services covering the Borrowdale Valley, in the Lake District, was cancelled last week because the applications were withdrawn. The......
Dartford Tunnel Progress Lialf The Under-river Part Of...
tunnel had been driven and the remaining works were proceeding satisfactorily, Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said last week. There......
New Road-air Goods Service Begins
I -1 A NEW road-air freight service between London and Lille was inaugurated last week by Silver City Airways. As most loads are expected to originate in France, there are three......
Oil Company Retain Support Of P.v.o.a.
A N independent oil company, which stepped into the breach when London coach operators' supplies were threatened during the bus strike, is continuing to get support from the......
B.r.f. Attack Ban On Abnormal Loads
" A N astonishing decision" is how the British Road Federation have' described the Minister of Transport's announcement that vehicles carrying abnormal loads may not use the......
" Not Merely Is There No Justification For This Ban, Even...
" T.T. CATTLE, SO LONGER HAULS REQUIRED" EtECAUSE Wiltshire had now turned completely to attested cattle, livestock haulage for longer distances was required, Mr. S. W. Nelson,......
Licences For Eire
H OLDERS of commercial-vehicle triptyques must now obtain road transport licences from the Department of Industry and Commerce, Kildare Street, Dublin, before taking commercial......
Fewer Fire Stations
F IRE brigades will be among the first to feel the effects of new roads and road improvements, according to Md. H. Lumby, chairman of Lancashire Fire Brigades Committee. He said......