A DECISION that cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged was given last week by Mr. H. I. Thorn ; South Eastern Licensing...

I T has been suggested that the Road Operators Safety Council—the new body born of disagreement between the bus operators and...

" His(s)tory" Repeats itself A READER of this journal, impressed by the story of the German firm and the plate with a hole in...

Q PERATORS or authorities in the market for new vehicles would do well to be most specific in their requirements, if they hope...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WITHOUT withdrawing their opposition to the principle of halting " denationalization, the Road...

THERE . will be 39 objectors, includ ing at least 33 local authorities, to the application for higher fares on'stage services...

MR. D. GrasoN has become works superintendent of South Shields Transport Department. MR. IAN T. STRICKLAND has been appointed...

D OUBT as to the wisdom of large-scale capital investment in longdistance general road haulage was expressed on Monday by Mr....

0 "of the first matters to be considered by the standing committee on the Road Traffic Bill when they resume on January 26...

operators was the big petrol companies' tendency to shed • their distribution responsibilities and sell through agents, who...

"IT is necessary to establish that there 1 is a sufficient number of people wishing to go on Continental tours, and who have...

T HE increaSingly important part that coach operators would play to satisfy the greater leisure of industrial workers was...

IN a reserved decision, the East I Midland Licensing Authority has refused applications by Barton Transport, Ltd., Chi'well,...

T HE Yorkshire Licensing Authority on Monday granted the application of the Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield municipal bus...

DM AND ORDER By Aucourant who represents the views of a section of users Welcome for Neiv Bill to Bring the Pendulum Back to...

When this lever is fitted to the rear • bogie the trailer can he accurately steered by hand, withvery little effort,. to assist...

Passing of a Peace-maker MR. R. P. :BAILEY . [whose, death was reported in The Commercial Motor last Week]. was destined to...

WITHIN the past Nw months, 1 haVe been more than " a little puzzled to find three vehicles of two nationally known...

LTHOUGH it was his opinion that the application ought to fail " because a case had not been made out, Mr. H. J. Thom, South...

A N indication of a forward-looking policy is given by British Road Services' experimental operation of four Austin oil-engined...

Charged With Meaning M AKING the best of what they consider a bad job, hauliers will now have to promote amendments to the...

By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. T O many a layman the term "butter factory" is something of a puzzle for, as butter is a...

Outpost Passenger Transport in Herefordshire and Worcester—Part 2 By D. Randall The first part of this .article, published...

A NEW dealer in ex-British Road Services vehicles has emerged in the Home Counties. He is Mr. FL Neave, Rush Green, Langley,...

. .Deanscales Haulage Co., Ltd. Cap. £4,000. Dirs.: Hugh W. Lowe, 67 Fitz Road, Cocker mouth. Cumberland, and Alfred Crowe,...

Grimsby's Freeman Street trolleybus service is to be converted to motorbus operation. British Road Services are planning to...

By John C. Gillham 0 N January 7, 1856, the first General buses appeared in London. From then until July I, 1933, when the...

T DMORROW is the opening day of the 39th Brussels Salon, which continues until January 26, and there will again be a large...

In Addition te3 Acknowledged Items of Operating Cost, Sums Should Be Set Aside by PrOvident Hauliers for Overtime Working,...

P ATENT No. 740,459 (Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lancs.) describesthe hand-control member of a large epicyclic gearbox in...