HERE is more connection than would seem at first glance between the earthiness of a Licensing hority's inquiry into possible...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T ABOUR'S national transport plan, so Li long awaited and so often predicted, may not be ready...

MEMBERS of the Road Haulage Association are being advised to open negotiations with their customers immediately for rates...

Last Year FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT B RITISH RAILWAYS yesterday came out fighting from behind their huge £132m. deficit...

A JOINT statement was issued this week by four trade unions and The British Oxygen Company Ltd., giving details of a...

WHAT is claimed to be the largest order for containers ever placed in Britain—an export order worth £350,000 has been won by...

EAKING at the annual general meeting )f the British Road Federation on Weday, chairman Lord Chesham said that mid be "ludicrous...

ItAKING systems which will meet the requirements of the Ministry of Transregulations with respect to articulated :rs fitted...

T HE latest results of research by Dunlop engineers into wet grip of giant tyres was released yesterday. Since skidding...

Glasgow firm of William Baird Invest nents, a wholly owned subsidiary of ham Baird and Co. Ltd., has acquired a 35 per interest...

The first of the main reactors for what will be Europe's largest acetic acid plankseen here en route to the factory at Salt...

. minal for XIAL computer system for the automatic ntrol of road tanker loading is a key feature ew oil storage terminal...

REE side-loading box vans have recently been built for British Belting and Asbestos Ltd. by The Duramin Engineering Co. Ltd.,...

Road Haulage Association this week . igly approved the proposals on Through NE to Europe published by the Economic lment...

E XPORT goods from the UK take an .L4 average of 10 days to deliver to European destinations. Part loads take up to 15 days,...

Walter R. Alexander, deputy chairman, Transport Holding Company. has been appointed managing director of Tayforth Ltd. and...

peed loft Drinks NAXIMUM-LENGTH articulated units 'I plated for operation at 30 tons gross now being used for carrying bottled...

4 ONCERN at the anomalies with regard to road transport contained in the ;ctive employment tax proposals has n expressed to...

MOVE to ban all-night and weekend parking of lorries and commercial 'ides on city streets is to be made by r. K. B. Barton at...

i k . N1 APPLICATION by R. S. Marchant, l of Cheltenham, to operate express services between Cheltenham, Gloucester, Clacton...

A T application by J. R. Taylor and Son, of Penrith, Cumberland, for a B-to-A switch for two tippers was granted last week by...

AT Aberdeen on Tuesday, Mr. L. A. Wells, deputy Scottish Licensing Authority, refused an application by Percy Finnie, of New...

COACH proprietor, Mr. Gordon Fussell, had "completely evaded his responsibilities" and had been merely content to "run his...

A WARNING has gone out to East Midland road hauliers that they must be in good time in submitting applications to run loads...

OAD transport services to and from • airports, with the cost included in ckage deal" holidays. were "completely Al" unless...

TRANSFERS of low-loading vehicles I from C to B licence at the expense of established low-loader operators was adding insult to...

[THEN granting an additional vehicle on V an A licence to Mr. I. C. Jopson, of pleby, Westmorland, last week, the Irthern...

AN application by Regent Haulage Ltd. to switch two licences from B to A was refused by Mr. G. Newman, the North Western deputy...

TAST week, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Le Co-operative Society Ltd. appeared before the Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr. A....

B us crews employed by the Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd. held emergency meetings last week to ventilate grievances over the new...

BUSMEN in the Luton area have said they are disturbed over the possibility that cuts last weekend in Corporation and United...

A DECISION by Coventry transport committee last week to proceed with a new wages plan which would give bus crews an average of...

AN experimental service for four weeks is being run by Hebble Motor Services Ltd. on Tuesdays and Fridays from the Bradford...

A I unusual experiment is to start very shortly in Yorkshire, where Reliance Motor Services Ltd. have closed their stage...

TN an effort to meet rising costs. Hull Corporation has pruned timetables for six Corporation bus routes serving North Hull....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT ELEGATE conference of London busmen is today (Friday) to consider proposals to pay them...

E IGHT luxury coaches for , South African Airways have been completed by Duple Motor Bodies Ltd. The basic Bella Vista shell...

E, annual report of the National nnmittee on Road Transport Edu: showed that in 1965 there was a decrease in the total number...

A FLEET of six new Leyland Atlantean buses with Duple/Willowbrook bodies were put into service last week by the Devon General...

A RANGE of three-axle semi-trailers has been introduced by R. A. Dyson and Co. Ltd. and the standard platform model, when...

W HILST the only commercial vehicle displays at the diamond jubilee exhibition of the John Bull group in Leicester last week...

A NEW model Roadranger gearbox, the RT-510 10-speed twin-layshaft unit, has been announced by the Fuller division of Eaton Yale...

BY R. D. CATER AMInstBE ITITH the introduction in the not too V distant future of yearly tests for timercial vehicles which....

A COVENTRY CLIMAX PF electric platform truck used by Verwo AG, of Pfaffikon, near Zurich, has been equipped with...

A novel design with only one moving part A NEW type of gas turbine operating on the ram-jet principle and known as the Tanjet...

Part 12 The Pressure Regulator W ITH more and more use being made of air pressure on the modern vehicle quite apart from...

4EW range of combined roof racks and signs has been announced by Hatcher (Framlingham) Ltd. Manufactured ;s reinforced...

I page 50 of the May 20 issue it was stated that Leedex Ltd. were the makers of Irvin cargo and handling slings. The makers I...

'FEW fifth-wheel coupling has been announced by Primrose Group Sales, The unit, of robust design and incorporating pie...

C OMPRISING a sizeable roll of absorbant heavy-duty paper thounted on a tubular-steel dispensing stand, a new cleaningmaterial...

H AVING a platform length of 22 ft. and a payload capacity of 3 tons, a new close-coupled four-wheeled trailer, designed to...

EVELOPMENTS in road and rail r transport with the emphasis on faster, r movement, not only in congested towns cities but in...

N OTWITHSTANDING the fact that the run-off was on medium weight rigid vans, the winner of the Newcastle upon Tyne round of the...

CIFTEEN competitors were disqualified I at the LDOY competition at Coventry on Sunday. There was disappointnient for N. J....

IVALRY between the Northern Ireland • cities of Londonderry and Belfast has wn rather than diminished over several tildes. In...

Appreciation of the Trade Associations would like to express our appreciation of the support which we received from the main...

Quick Group needs more capital THE chairman of H. AND J. QUICK GROUP—Mr. N. Quick' has made it known that "permanent capital...

V HETHER or not productivity in road haulage is increasing, there is no doubt about the rise in the production rate of arts...

t fit a 4-axle commercial vehicle with a set of Michelin's beless Giant X tyres and you can hit up another 31 cwt yload...

a look at this diagram. the right: The Tubeless Giant X !mbly. A tyre. A wheel with a droptre rim. Two pieces. the left: A...

Le Tubeless Giant X tyre reduces the ight of the unsprung part of a vehicle :le assemblies and wheels). Because of s there is,...

View BY THE HAWK rd the Trailer can be seen from the illustration above, the National Dairy Council is holding a dairy festival...

A review by the Technical Editor of tests carried out in the past year T HE past year has been reasonably good for COMMERCIAL...

Dick Hampton operates 130 rugged tipping vehicles, and las contracts this year which include site preparation for notorways,...

C OLLECTION and delivery of goods in urban areas is becoming increasingly complex. A prime difficulty is the aggravation of...

Rural bus services have been much in the news for some years now and a Midland reader now finds some confusion as to which of...

T AST summer the National Committee for Road Transport Education called a conference of lecturers teaching in courses leading...