4 AULIERS who hold more than one special A licence expiring on different dates is year and later, have to • cide whether to...

IVO vehicle maker would consider producing a standard goods chassis of the heavier type for longdistance work in this country...

An American on British Advertising I T is not often that references to advertisements are made in the editorial section of...

Of dogs worrying sheep, but seldom of sheep worrying Licensing Authority. That "improvements in nozzles" do not necessarily...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I ONDON hauliers engaged on the London-Glasgow trunk route view 1 - 4 with some scepticism the...

THE proposed expenditure of £24,000 on new vehicles to undertake a 4,000ton pipe haul from Scotland to North Wales came in for...

O PERATORS of unremunerative services must generally be protected against abstraction by newcomers from their existing...

pDASSENGERS carried by London Transport's buses and coaches last year were 19.3 per cent, fewer than in 1957, and mileage...

P ROPOSALS for banning the loading and unloading of vehicles during specific hours in congested areas of Newcastle upon Tyne...

A NEW A licence for eight vehicles was granted to Mr. T. H. Rowe, a Salford haulier, on Monday, by the North Western Licensing...

I N an appeal decision released this week, the Minister of Transport confirmed that Traffic Commissioners were entitled to take...

Id E necessity of the greatest care in eating with forms was again illustrated at Stockton on Tees, last week, when the...

LANS by James Banks (Carriers), Ltd_, Dundee, to take over the Northern tor Lorry Co., Dundee, who hold a r-vehiele A licence,...

THIRTEEN Scottish bus operators I were last week granted fare increases by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners to bring their...

MR. J. J. O'DwyEit, commercial superintendent of Coras Impair Eireann since 1951, has retired after 47 years' service. MR. A....

aatain is Europe's Biggest Exporter EAT BRITAIN exported more ommercial vehicles than any other aean motor manufacturing...

WHEN Swindon Corporation applied irv to the Western Traffic Commissioners for fare increases, this week, Mr. S. W. Nelson,...

C HARGES that the Ministry of Transport deleted proposals for the drainage of the Preston motorway were refuted by Mr. Harold...

A TEST case to decide whether a lorry driver can drive home by car after completing his permitted hours of driving away from...

T HE latest free bus service to be started by a local Liberal party is in Shoreham, where fares have been increased. A hired...

A FIER 13 years' service with the company. Mr. J. R. Privett has been appointed works manager at the Basingstoke factory of...

WITH increasing prosperity in the VI' industrial district of Shropshire, more people are becoming interested in extended coach...

SWEEPER T EWIN sweepers are to be made under licence by the Macchi concern, of Varese, Italy. This arrangement follows...

THE tight by Pleasureways (1955). I Ltd., for a new seven-day tour to Margate was continued at Manchester on Tuesday (The...

to be Published A SPECIAL notice is to be inserted in 1 — ithe next issue of the Yorkshire Area's A pplications and Decisions...

A N agreement between Chrysler International, S.A., and Atkinson Oates Motors, Ltd., South Africa, has resulted in the...

T HE acquisition of D. J. Morrison. Ltd., bus operators, Tcnby, by W. L. Silcox and Son, Pembroke Dock, was approved last week...

the 613 new lorries registered in ganda last year, 442 were from the I Kingdom—and Bedfords were top list, with 178 units. Next...

is so intense that are being cut despite rising costs. was slated by Mr. Michael Moore, nan of Jonas Woodhead and Sons, Leeds...

PA. A BUS station capable of handling the I.50 vehicles serving the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire valleys from Tredegar has been...

L'OLLOW1NG the unconditional withdrawal of British Transport Commission objections; additional A-licensed vehicles were...

[EN Barber Turnock Transport, Ltd., Stockport, put in an A licence cation to the North Western Licensauthority, Mr. F,...

T O combat what they term " the aggressive bid of Continental crane manufacturers for world markets," Steel and Co., Ltd.,...

In A MESSAGE of greeting from the Traders' Road Transport Association was read at the opening session of the two-day conference...

Save Fuel" " IF we could divert some of the L tremendous capital expenditure that is going into the fuel industry to building...

B ECAUSE a former associated company is now an entirely separate entity, Hunter's of Hull (Transport), Ltd., were at...

To enable them to standardize their I fleet, Allison's (Transport). Ltd., were last week granted a variation of their A licence...

Accrington Transport Committee wish to buy four Guy double-decker chassis. Barrow in Forma Corporation seek to borrow €4.421...

B ECAUSE they had a much smaller field to cover for passengers and fewer picking-up points than large operators, R. H. Harrison...

MAN who injured his wrist trying to start a 1933 lorry was unsuccesswhen he claimed damages from his oyers at Worcestershire...

7 the new cars which are taken each 'ear to A. and C. McLennaa at), Ltd.. 95 per cent. are driven by McLennan's own men,...

T HE spur of free-enterprise road haulage had caused the London Midland Region of British Railways to streamline their freight...

A LTHOUGH the Labour Party have /-% said that they may shortly publish more details of their plans for reflationalizing iron...

A FALLING off in the sale of commercial vehicles will be reported by the chairman of the Braid Group, Ltd.. Mr. Robert Braid,...

Pickfords Move: The Bedford branch of B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd.. has been moved to 75 Harpur Street. A.E.C. Order: The...

F URTHER tests with oil engines are to be made by the Post Office before thcy decide whether tc replace all their...

A NEW design of power drive has been devised by Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., for the Nubian sixwheel-drive fire...

n UBLIN'S cross-channel dockers, by an overwhelming majority, have rejected the recommendation of the Labour Court that they...

T "proposal to raise the speed limit for buses and coaches outside builtup areas to 40 m.p.h. has brought a protest from the...

T HE use of safety belts would reduce fatalities and the seriousness of injuries to drivers and passengers of vehicles by 50...

ON an application by the defence, the trial of three men and a woman accused of conspiracy and income tax frauds was put over...

T HE number of vehicles on the road should not be allowed to increase at a fantastic rate without adequate parking facilities...

THE much-publicized proposal for recruiting a corps of traffic wardens in Nottingham has received a body-blow —from Nottingham...

from fish auliers when Link Road Transport , Ltd., applied at Bridlington, last for a new B licence to cover a e of 2* tons...

deliveries have been ed by British Railways. Resined glass fibre will be used far the ends, floors and roofs of the units, :hey...

rISFACTORY progress has been nadc by the Road Research Laborainto electrical heating of roads, Mr. ticholls, Parliamentary...

L'OR many years two Somerset coach 1 operators shared business between them, carrying miners to local pits. Then came the...

D ESTINED for the Amsterdam Commercial Vehicle Show, a Scammell Highwayman 28ULQ680S144 12-ft.wheelbase left-hand-drive...

in the House of Commons last week that he did not think there would be any further delay in introducing a vehicle testing...

A CCORDING to the latest figures. Bedford is one of the four major towns in England and Wales which have had the most rapid...

r APABLE of supporting loads of up to 10 tons when laid It is primarily intended for use on muddy ground so that vehicles can...

(ANDY forward-control van version of the .edford TJ normal-control 25-cwt., 35-cwt. 3-ton models has been produced by H.C.B....

E VER since the 1957 Frankfurt Show, air suspension has been the chief talking point at most European commercial-vehicle...

R. JOHN BARBER is now a school master mariner. Apparently he still has some surplus energy left after :tioning as a director of...

IREE out of four appeals by James Smith and Co. (Wigan), Ltd., coning Continental tours have been 4ssed by the Minister of...

H OW seriously hauliers regard the increase in !hefts from lorries is shown by the transmission to the chairman's committee of...

By a Special Correspondent ,RITISH RAILWAYS seem to be abandoning the role of objector to applications for the renewal of A...

I F circumstances force a substantial change of normal user on a haulier there appears to be no reason why he should not apply...

an article published in your issue dated January 16, 2.a1ph Cropper asked why the Road Haulage Association ered into the...

ECAUSE total distribution costs depend on many variable factors, their study must inevitably be complex, particu larly as the...

THERE are many advantages in a I polygonal layout of cylinders of which the Napier " Deltic " engine is an example, but such...