rr HE news on page 87 of this issue about firm proposals within 1 the European Economic Community concerning maximum weights...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A WORKING committee of the European Economic Community Council, charged with the formulation of a...

B RITI . SH Customs and Excise investigators in Northern Ireland have launched a campaign to trap fuel " doctors "—the owners...

a customer, Brown and Poison, Ltd., have started regular deliveries of li q uid glucose in bulk to a factory overseas." The...

retreading process— will give you all the mileage and all the performance of a new tyre at little more than half new tyre...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE privately owned road haulage industry, and C licensees in particular, came under heavy...

I N Edinburgh on Monday, Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, adjourned an application by John Russell (Grangemouth),...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A RENATIONALIZATION propaPlganda campaign among commercial road transport workers is being...

A MEETING to consider the forma tion of a branch of the Transport Managers' Club to cover the North-East of England, will be...

I N Glasgow last week Mr. John Geurts applied to the Scottish Licensing Authority on behalf of John Geurts and Co., of...

THE national secretary of the Traders Road Transport Association, Mr. H. R. Featherstone, speaking at Glasgow on Wednesday,...

I N a written decision, the Minister of Transport has dismissed appeals by the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., against an...

T HE rigid policy of the War Office in refusing to send witnesses when coach operators granted contracts for conveying ordnance...

rOR what is believed , to be the first time since the 'twenties ,: a full-sized . coach entirely of forei g n manufacture is...

ESULTS of the 1962 . e s sayco m peti tion or g anized by-the Municipal Passen g er Transport - AsSociation,' have been...

\V/I-IEN . Manchester Corpor a tion and joint operators applied for permission to introduce hi g her bus fares last Thursday,...

OAN rises for clerical staff on the Scottish Omnibuses Group, Lancashire United Transport,. Ltd., Rhondda Transport Co., Ltd.,...

A HAULAGE • contractor heard him1— k . self described as "not a fit and proper person to be in the industry," when ha appeared...

R. Muir, last week granted an application by George White (Dagenham), Ltd., to carry newsprint for Odhams Press, Ltd., and to...

A A s FOKE-ON-TRENT garage proprietor. who was alleged to have told a Ministry of Transport official that he was fed up " with...

r_LASGOW'S new satellite town of Cumbernauld, which would soon have a population of over 10,000, had no excursion or tours...

A N application by Thames Weald Travel for an express coach licence to operate between Dartford and Ferryfield was adjourned...

in support of their applications at the traffic court held by the South Wales Licensing Authority were given a warning last...

Education Authority were criticized by the Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, for not sending a representative to give...

sfer Approved TN Glasgow on Friday, Edgar (House Furnishers). Ltd., of Coatbridge, applied successfully to the Scottish...

A N application by a haulage company. to transfer the public A licences of two vehicles in the name of another company to their...

on hire a special van designed to give simultaneous release to 60,000 racing pigeons. Mr. W. D. Griffiths, who provided the...

has been appointed chairman of Fleet Deliveries, Ltd., the Mirror Group transport company. The Tilting Group of Omnibus...

EVEN MORE!! PICK FROM 47 BASIC MODELS! CJORMAL CONTROL MODELS. For those operators who hold a preference for this type of...

Eight-wheelers "Banned" by 22-ton Limit? FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT iROPOSALS for maximum weights and dimensions for...

1-1 . A S anticipated when their four cylinder engined normal control Traders were announced in February, the Ford Motor Co.,...

IT has been announced by the Ford ',Motor Co., Ltd.„that the Eaton 13802 two-speed axle is now available as optional equipment...

year, U.K. oil consumption totalled 25,705,606 tons, and the demand for dery fuel increased 8.1% to 1,497,956 tons, according...

Show at Earls Court from September 21 to 29, this journal will occupy stand number 12, in the main exhibition hall on the...

A LL-STEEL-BODIED delivery vans r - 1 based on B.M.C. 1.5and 2-ton forward-control chassis have been developed by H. C. B....

nUTPUT of commercial vehicles for the month of June amounted to 42,082. Total output for the first six months of 1962 was...

E)ESULTS of the 1961/62 Pul I' Service and Commercial Vehi Body Design Competition, sponsored the Institute of British Carriage...

supply Of two LDO vans converted carry passengers, tine Ford Thames 15-cwt. van v Kenecoach conversion, and one 4-ton box...

Indicate Important Trends Rear-wheel anti-locking device from Lockheed and a Dunlop self-servo disc brake for frontwheel...

T HE latest addition to the range of loading equipment made by H. C. Pope, Ltd., 8 Elm Street, Northampton, is the Hipope Dual...

ipsy Legfer the Best FTER a detailed technical discussion with Austin technicians on the leaf-spring suspension fitted to the...

T WO papers were presented to the Municipal Passenger Transport Association's annual conference at Brighton this week. The...

Revenue and Spending Need Constant Watching M R. FRANKLIN'S paper might be summarized by saying that the only way that bus...

representatives, who had been kept informed as the alterations proceeded, was highly favourable. The modified vehicle entered...

The M.P.T.A.'s Place in Negotiations THE transport worker has not only maintained the value of his wages but has, indeed,...

W ITH the wide open road as their territory, the statisticians of the Ministry of Transport must often run into trouble. For a...

At the heart of a new power station, this stator will help to provide additional electricity for homes and factories. But now...

[WILL the R.A.F. make it a double? By VV next Sunday, afternoon we shall know who is Lorry Driver of the Year For 1962. but...

Comparisons of the operating costs of two-, threeand four-tonners show savings to be made by maximum utilization E FFICIENT...

WHAT an amazing thing it is that in these days when " the emphasis on all aspects of security is a key topic for discussion and...

I F Great Britain does eventually enter the Common Market, I foresee one real danger of the scheme. What is the reason, ask...

B UT for the accident of . birth Lord Derwent, who . resigned .this .week. as chairman of the British Road Federation; on being...

N EXT Friday, September 21, Earls Court opens its door to the many thousands of people who will visit the Commercial Motor...

O FFERED as an alternative to the 3A-litre diesel engine on Austin and Morris 2-, 3and 4-ton chassis;. and to be seen fitted to...

with rigid axles and leaf springs A RANGE of Austin Gipsy 4 X 4 utility vehicles with leaf springs and rigid axles at the...

design for the Continent A T the Commercial Motor Show the York Trailer Co., Ltd., are introducing a new range of...

S EMI-TRAILERS to be exhibited by Hands (Letchworth), Ltd:, at the Commercial Motor Show will include two 12-ton straight-frame...

I NDEPENDENT trailers and semi-trailers with twinoscillating axle arrangements were made by J. Brockhouse and Co., Ltd., for...

S OME people have seen it; lots a people have talked about it; The Commercial Motor has eyen dropped hints about it; but at...

A RUN as a passenger over roads varying from unclassified lanes to MI motorway, followed by a very brief spell of driving gave...

NOT TO BE MISSED I N the course of the next few hours, the first vehicles will start entering Earls Court ready for...

VAL twin-steer passenger chassis, which is suitable for use with 36-ft.-long bodies, will provide the greatest interest for the...

I N recent years, there has been a considerable improvement in semi-trailer design. The 1960 Commercial Motor Show featured a...

Many New Items on Accessory Stands N ECESS1TY is the mother of invention. It is also the lifeblood of component and accessory...