bad old days" of, perhaps, a century or so ago, the main causes of strikes were the payment of wages so low that many workers...

T HE commercial-vehicle industry in this country has not accepted to any really considerable degree on the goods-transport side...

Growing Success of an Additive G REAT enthusiasm marked the 16th annual con vention of United Lubricants, Ltd., held at...

That road transport is not going to be satisfied with crumbs and sweepings. That the problem of standardizing lorry light...

w urvi the removal, on Tuesday. of the emergency ls: a gallon increase in the fuel tax, coach and bus operators who, under the...

By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WITH only 2-1weeks to elapse before the 20 m.p.h. speed limit for " heavy goods vehicles is raised...

T HE Minister of Transport has ordered the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners to cancel increases in fares which, last...

SHORTAGE of fuel had helped many b--. 7 transport managers to stand up to their departmental heads and to decline to send out...

MlNETY-ONE PER CENT. of people 1 . 1 who work in central London come to. work by public transport, This is stated in "London...

A N unsuccessful application was made last week by Mr. J. A. Gordon, Bolton, for an A licence for two vehicles now under...

MR. LEONARD HALSEY, sales manager of the Nationai Benzoic Co., I.td., whom he joined in 1923, has retired. MR. K. ST. JOHN...

T HE board of management of British Road Services have agreed to an improvement in payment for night work by maintenance and...

F t.JEL rationing had forced more economical running on to the read transport industry. At the same time, traffic had been...

year for five passenger vehicles, used on miners' services., in the Wrexham area, was out of proportion to their value, and...

• A N application by Mr. T. A. Milburn. Gaerwen, Anglesey, to increase the frequency of an express service from the R.A.F....

ra A FOUR-SPEED constant-mesh dogengagement gearbox is now standard on the Commer Superpoise 2-5-ton range. The synchromesh...

rising costs, it would be a serious matter for Crosville Motor Services. Ltd., if they were faced with a reduction in excursion...

A EL return fares on the services operri ated by Blackburn Transport Department will be abolished on Sunday under a decision of...

S PIRITED reaction has been registered by the Traders' Road Transport Association to proposed waiting restrictions, including...

MANCHESTER dance-hall PA. licensee had hired two coaches a night, three times a week since January, to give his customers free...

Mr. Samuel Anderson, Wilson Road, Newhouse, Motherwell. against the Scottish Licensing Authority's refusal of an A licence for...

n LIRING the debate on the Budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Crouch (ConsNorth Dorset) urged that purchase tax on...

THE battle between two local opera' tors as to who should provide excursions and tours for the Holywell area of North Wales was...

Cleansing Diamond Jubilee: The Institute of Public Cleansing will hold its Diamond Jubilee conference at Morecambe from June...

F UEL rationin g caused an 18-per-cent. drop in the amount of traffic in Central London at the be g innin g of January, as...

AEMBERS of the light and medium al commercial-vehicle section of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders are willing to...

T HE Traffic Commissioners were being asked to clutter up the roads of North Wales on Sundays with potential drinkers, and to...

1 "`" reports on the traffic-congestion problem will be among the subiects considered at the international congress at Hamburg...

H OW the transport of a group of companies was or g anized to secure both flexibility and economy was described by Mr. S. J....

H AULED by a Thornycroft Trusty tractor, a 40-seat chassisless semitrailer bus has been developed by Mulliners, Ltd., Bordesley...

By John F. Moon, A S announced exclusively in The Commercial Motor on March 15, Seddon Diesel Vehicles, Ltd., are in...

New Loader Has Four-wheel Drive A NEW 2-cu.-yd. front-end loader known as the TL.20D Tractoloader, manufactured by the...

Work Study Little Used in Transport, But has Shown Remarkable Results, Passenger Operators are Told at Scottish Conference...

Review of Five Bus Stall, By a Special Reveals Few Common Des Correspondent Features: Interesting Adapiat of Railway Station...

Tipper Pool ? By The Hawk W. NELSON, Western Licensing Authority, has joined the advocates of interworking among hauliers....

The Eleven Plus L AST week, I suggested that inter-working among hauliers ought to . proceed by stages, and that the first...

New Legislation for Manx Coaches? A ' you may have observed from the Press, a Private Members' Bill is about to be introduced...

Although Turbo-chargers have been Subject to Development, Mechanical Blowers Probably More Suitable for Small Power and Vehicle...

R. TRYHORN said that it was iVi possible to provide more oxygen for combustion, by pressure charging an oil engine and so...

O PERATING in a hilly district in the Dorking area, a Wales and Edwards three-wheeled delivery vehicle, powered by an Enfield...

S UGGEST1ONS for easing the task of men engaged upon delivery of coal to flats are contained in a report published this week by...

Bumper Crops for Hauliers When There Is a Heavy Demand fir Transport, an Operator Can Raise His Charges, But It Is Surprising...

modern vehicles are making it more and more of a problem to dissipate thc heat generated during braking. Patent No. 769,182 (P....