Lebanese Government Ban Oilers Because Operators Do Not Maintain Them Properly W HAT has happened in Lebanon could n o t occur...

p OSSESSION of a driving licence is not merely a passport to the use of a vehicle on the highway if the holder be challenged by...

Aspects of Life in the U.S.A. CERTAIN sections of the youth of this country have, at times, been subjected to fairly severe...

A NOTHER meeting between the employers, represented by the Road Haulage Association and British Road Services, and the unions...

FROM GILBERT LESAGE A CLEAN sweep was made by England's two representatives in the first international lorry drivers'...

T HE Northern 'Ireland Government have repaid bank advances of £2.3m. made to the Ulster Transport Authority. The sums were due...

LIAULIERS who bought transport 1 units from the British Transport Commission are being advised to guard against the...

MR. V. W. DALE, director and secretary of the British Electrical Development Association, is to retire for health reasons as...

I N the Queen's Bench Divisional Court last week it was decided that it was illegal if the hand brake of a twin-steered...

S IX 30- ft. - long, 8-ft.-wide Titan double-decker bus chassis are now offered by Leyland Motors, Ltd. They are...

putting forward an entirely new principle that there should be a new negotiating body between fare-paying passengers and...

T HE argument that new motor roads would solve the accident problem was described by Mr. H. Watkinson, Minister of Transport,...

A CONVINCING demonstration of Inthe safety afforded by dual-circuit braking was given on Tuesday by Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd.,...

A PPLICATION by Stockport poration to increase revenue by varying their fare structure, on which decision has been reserved...

THEY would require a great deal .I. more evidence from Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., to justify refusing the licence, Mr. F....

NTOTICE is to be served by the chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, on Stockton-on-Tees...

Plymouth Corporation arc advised to order 21 Leyland buses. Sunderland Corporation seek to obtain Main double-deckers. Barrow...

Department might have to take new action to combat falling receipts, was given last week by the general manager, Mr. W. H....

A QUESTION whether a Utilecon I2-seater, used by a party of workers at the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., to travel to and from the...

F ULL statistics concerning the output and exports of the motor industry last year are contained in "The Motor Industry of...

cAR travellers who shared the cost of petrol were criticized by Mr. W. P. James, chairman of the West Midland Traffic...

R UNNING concurrently with the Paris Salon, an exhibition showing the uses of aluminium in commercial vehicles has been...

D IFFICULTIES arising because a vehicle purchased from the British Transport Commission on a special A licence was said to be...

CD mpanies Paraffin Distributing Co., Ltd, Cap. £6,000. Dir.; J. I. Fitzsimmons, Kinsale, Deysrirook Lane, West Derby,...

F OLLOWING a court case concerning a Halifax bus driver who was accused of careless driving, Halifax Transport Department is to...

Simms Expansion: Simms Motiar Units, Ltd., have taken over the Industrial Fan and Heater Co., Ltd., Birmingham. Triplex...

WHEN Messrs. Appleby and Dowling VW South Bank Road, ivliddlesbrough applied to the Northern LicensinE Authority last week to...

THREE British Transport Commis]. sion companies have had 716 vehicles and 368 trailers transferred to them in the Yorkshire and...

February 28 last. At that date there were 1,071,700 goods vehicles licensed, compared with 1,002,600 a year earlier. They...

THE authorization of period returns on excursions and tours was exceptional and was not likely to be extended, said Mr. F....

t o Haulage Says a Special Correspondent The Transport Tribunal • Should have Second Thoughts on the Allison Appeal Decision...

A RANGE of medium-duty multi-wheel-drive vehicles has been introduced by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham. It comprises a 4...

Impressive Maintenance Centre to Meet Planned Future Needs of Expanding Paper-delivery Fleet A NEW depot has been built by...

T HE North Western Traffic Commissioners last week continued, at Liverpool, the hearing of applications by Liverpool excursion...

R EAD1NG between the lines of an article by Mr. Frank IX Coyle in the October issue of the Transport and General orkers'...

Commercial Vehicle Output Up: Weight Reduced, and Suspension and Braking Si improved: 11 Countries Represented at Show :...

(2111 , 1E misunderstanding may well be Opinions and SOME Queries by the article by " Janus " in your issue of September 28,...

BY A POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT W 1TH the completion of disposal, it is hoped that much of the political acrimony will be removed...

Return of U.T.A .'s Road Goods Services to Private Enterprise would Create Severe Problems : Passenger Transport being...

L ACK of statistics about the road haulage industry is a regular cause for complaint. There are no published figures on...

Losses Caused by Delay in Servicing Vehicles : Is Preventive Maintenance Worth While? Solving the Problems of the Carrier A T...

A Sreported in The Commercial Motor on September 21, Continental Trailways Bus System, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., have ordered...

A DIFFERENTIAL gear that will not permit full slip of one of the road wheels is shown in patent No, 754,237 (J. Lyeth, Jr.,...