A PROBLEM of steadily increasing size is spotlighted in a letter on page 845 of this issue. It concerns the parking on streets...

in Scotland • I N a recent industrial report, the Scottish Office says that the Scottish motor vehicle industry's output...

V ISITING this country a few weeks ago was 51-yearold Harold Graham White, a transport personality who may reasonably be...

By NORMAN H. THSLEY T "Ministry of Transport's statement about diesel smoke spot checks carried out recently as part of a...

T HE new 46th edition of "The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs" was published on Wednesday this week and is now...

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT F IRST steps towards the use of instruments in the exercising of tighter control over the...

Transport Association is to hold a conference at Bournemouth from October 11 to October 13 this year. Although there will be a...

A WEEK after A.E.C., Ltd., introduced the Renown low height double-decker bus chassis, they announced the production of full...

T HEton-mileage worked by road in 1961 was about 50 per cent, more than British Railways' freight train traffic (.;„,' 17,600...

Mr. J. W. Wh:mpenny has been appointed managing director of the engine components division—overseas, of Associated...

A T the annual general meeting of F. Perkins, Ltd., Mr. F. Perkins, having reached the age of 73, did not offer himself for...

N ET profit of the Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust, Ltd., and its subsidiaries last year was £93,112, as against £89,016 for...

THIRTY MORE ORDERED: A further 30 A.E.C. Regent Mk. V double-decker buses have been ordered by Bradford City Transport, making...

T HE Transport Tribunal, sitting in London on Tuesday, criticized the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlcin, for...

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT A NOTHER attempt to ensure that nationalized transport provided services "adequate for...

for Europe A SPECIAL 16-ton-gross four-wheeled forward-control chassis has been developed by Atkinson Vehicles, Ltd., to form...

QCAMMELL LORRIES, LTD., have Is-di introduced a device which provides two kingpin positions and can be fitted t-3 Scammell...

W HILE the roads and town planning committees of the London County Council have welcomed the principle of a London lorry route,...

A T the end of December, 1961, there were 185,200 A, Contract A and B-licensed vehicles in Great Britain. This was an increase...

Floist Agents in Eire: Coachbuilders. J. vIcArdle, of Quay Street, Dundalk, have been Ippointed agents in Eire for the...

A PPLICATIONS to increase fares were made to the Scottish Traffic Commissioners in Glasgow last week by Scottish Omnibuses,...

DELFAST'S experimental 2d. flat morn"-, ing fare scheme will end on Sunday, July 15, after an eight-week period in which, it is...

P ROPOSALS to increase the fares of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and their 16 joint operators were considered by the chairman...

A N application by Norfolk Motor I - 1 Services, Ltd., of Great Yarmouth, for an express service from northern East Anglia to...

initially opposed an application by Lep Transport, Ltd., at Liverpool last week. The cornpany sought a new articulated outfit...

WITNESSES representing large industrial organizations attended the )pening of a three-day public inquiry at Manchester on...

aside by Mr. S. W. Nelson. Western Licensing Authority, at Bristol last week when referring to the fact that no legal...

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT mEW Regulations governing the trans1 portation of abnormal loads by road will come into...

T HE Government have decided that in future individual public service vehicles need not necessarily be examined by a certifying...

T HE Minister of Transport's plan for changes in the driving licence regulation should be known soon. Lord Chesham, Joint...

A POSSIBLE revision of vehicle weights and dimensions is now being considered by the Government "in view of the increasing...

\ DUAL-PURPOSE ambulance con version of the Thames 15-cwt., the ledford CA, and the B,M.C. 14 van has een developed by Kenex...

THE building has recently been corn": pleted of new factory premises for J. H: Sparshatt and Sons, Ltd., wellknown bodybuilders...

IF the lock of a multi-wheeled rigid vehicle is adequate, it should be possible for the driver to reverse his lorry into the...

CLASS A—Up to 16 ft.: 1, F. Morgan (Fisher and LiallOw, Ltd.), Morris, 70 penalty points; 2. N. Slater (T. H. Slater and...

at Portsmouth .orry Driver of he Year T HEY came from all over the South 1 to compete in the Portsmouth liminating round of...

T AKEN at its face value, Mr. Marples' statement last week that the Government are not hurrying their decision on a Channel...

been the feeling of resentment by householders against the commercial vehicle which parks . all night outside a private house....

ared Of By A. J. P. WILDING L OOKING back on the Ford London to Rome trip upon which I reported in our issues of June 22 and...

by NORMAN'H.TILSLEY A TTENTION has been drawn in this journal recently to an application by the German removals operators,...

'THE recent grant by the Northern 1 Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, to D. Tarren, Ltd.. of Thornaby-on-Tees,...

E news that Jacks Motors, Ltd.. of Blackburn, sponsored by the Road Haulage Association, are again to appeal against their...

QHOULD the existence of agree Ps- ) ments, or contracts, proper12 drawn up between hauliers--whethe they haul goods or...

("LO-AGE . PENSIONERS' tours kJ during off-peak periods are • common . enough, apparently, in the Yorkshire traffic area. But...

A SYMPOSIUM on vehicle ride was held on Monday and Tuesday at the Advanced School of Automobile Engineering, Cranfield,...

By Ashley Taylor A.M.I.R.T.E., Associnst.T. B ECAUSE the greatest distances involved there are short by English standards,...

A WELL - KNOWN Worcester haulier, Fred Taylor, likes twin-steer sixwheelers because they give a very valuable saving in tyre...

This week "The Commercial Motor" Tables of Operating Costs have been published in revised fortn, taking account of the several...

Michal Watson, Lid. Cap. £5,000. Dirs.: M. P. Watson and D. E. Watson, " Freabftelds." Loddington, Kettering. Northants. Sec.:...

PA A NEW range of lightweight, electrically driven, portable conveyors has been designed by G. Hunter (London). Ltd., Gumley...

TEHICLE electrical systems can be V analysed with a new AvoMeter, the Model 12 Test Set, developed by Avo. Ltd., 92-96 Vauxhall...

A NEW flasher lamp, Model L678. has Plbeen developed by Joseph Lucas, Ltd., for use on fire, police, ambulance and public works...

A MODIFIED version of the SIF ./Demon cutting torch, the SIF Demon Mark II, has been produced by Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920),...

A LTHOLIGFI usually made to suit individual requirements, Bolton Patent Shutter Doors are now available from stock in two...

A POWER-BRAKING scheme for 1-1 trailers in which the maximum operating force is controlled by the load carried is shown in...

P ATEN T No. 888,123 shows a vehicle having a lifting platform for handling loads on and off aircraft. The platform is able to...

tA A REAR loading platform for a lorry forms the subject of patent No. 889,631. The novelty resides in the linkwork used; this...

P ATENT No. 888,325 comes from Esso I Research and Engineering Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.A., and gives details of a...

A PISTON-RING having a multitude of slots is shown in patent No. 890,421. The design gives an even expansive force but is...