T HE paper, summarized on page 51 of this issue, given to thc Institute of Transport in London on Monday by Mr. G. F. Fiennes,...

GOODS Assistance in formulating EEC. transport plans has been offered by the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Rail freight...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT F ULL co-operation based on the trans-. port experience of the . U.S. Interstate Commerce...

'THE National Road Transport Federa1 lion is, as had been expected, definitely to be dissolved. This was made clear in a joint...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT 'THE British Railways Board had dis heartening news this week to start off their campaign to...

IT seemed rather hard to approve the reasons for the proposal by the F.E.C. Commission to publish rates tariffs for transport,...

lkfiR. H. R. FEATHERSTONE., national LV.I. secretary of Traders' Road Transport Association, speaking at Reading on Tuesday,...

FIESPITE oft-repeated advice from the I.C.I. organization_ that they should stock up with adequate reserves of ground rock...

Franz John F. Moon, Brus,sels, Wednesday T "E first Japanese commercial vehicle to be exhibited in Europe, several Russian...

THE decision by Thornber Bros. Ltd., poultry breeders of Mytholmroyd, Yorks, to switch from rail to road transport in February...

London opened its eonsideration of the agreement between tyre manufacturers and distributors to mainta:n the Tyre Trade...

R.H. (74), was published last week and came into effect on January .16, and already the 1953 edition . of the familiar "Wage...

R EFRIGERATED tanks for bulk collection of milk are now being installed on farms at the rate of about 50 a month. This was said...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE long-awaited results of the joint I expert study of the chances of a new Channel link are...

agent, has abandoned his plan to run a bus service to Pakistan. He was granted a road service licence to run the proposed...

A S foreshadowed in The Commercial Motor last week, the Tilling Group passenger undertakings have been admitted to membership...

A N YONE interested in the early 1-1 6history of the bus can obtain remarkable value for money in the form of two outwardly...

at Mitigate, Cupar, has been officially opened by Mr. George Sharp, Thornton, county vice-convener. in 1948, he said, it was...

cations for new licences resulted in objections by British Railways and several road operators being withdrawn at Darlington on...

A N appeal by Mr. J. R. Matthews, a Three Bridges, Sussex, haulier, against a refusal by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority...

the personal attention and it is rriore difficult to pinpoint delays when they are involved, said Mr. Robert Cunningham,...

T HIS week there are substantial appIications concerning car transporters, tankers and vehicles for furniture haulage. In the...

APPLICATIONS (January 9, 19631 P. G. Walton Lid., Gateshead. new B lie., 2 veh. 0510, 3 art. i221 17c). Goods for Consett Iron...

APPLICATIONS (January 11, 1963) Brewer and Turnbull (Grecnup) Ltd., Hazel Grove, new A tic., 10 veh. (270. G.g., mainly...

APPLICATIONS (January 9, 1963) A. and W. Alitione Ltd.. Moulton (Northants). A var„ add 2 veh. (6t 14c). Building mats., farm...

APPLICATIONS (January 10, 1963) Sergeant's Transport. Stourport-on-Severn, new A lie., S vest. (1St). Mainly goods for Joseph...

APPLICATIONS (January 9, 1963) Prices Transport (Dines Fowls) Ltd., Dinas Powis (Glam.), new A lie., I veh. (41). and 1 trl....

APPLICATIONS (January 3, 19631 G. E. Wheeler, Catcou (Som.), new A lie., I veh. (510. Mainly stone and concrete products...

APPLICATIONS (January 10, 1963) T. Griffiths Ltd., E.2, new A tic., 2 veh. (4t). G.g. mainly wallpapers, plastics (raw mats,...

B.R. and B.R.S. being separately represented when Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, heard applications at Bristol...

about delays and lack of transport from customers, Robert Drummond, of Armadale, applied last week at Glasgow for one vehicle...

Durham bus routes have been granted by the Northern Traffic Commissioners. Described as " modest " by the chairman of the...

his position as road transport manager (operating) of the Ulster Transport Authority. He became passenger manager of the U.T.A....

I NCREASING use of low-profile tyres as replacements for twins on lorries was predicted last week by Raymond C. Firestone,...

A C.M.U.A. Road Transport Research Fellowship, value up to £1,000, to enable a British subject over 30 years of age engaged in...

Road Services 1 is now specifying both air and vacuum trailer-brake systems on all new tractive units designed for use with 10...

Motors Ltd., including the profits for Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd. for the year ended September 30, 1962, showed, at...

of Edinburgh Ltd., the largest Ford dealer in Scotland which has held the Ford franchise since 1905, has been bought by Mr....

.QTRIKING figures in support of the 1, -- 7 Birmingham dipped headlamp campaign were given on Monday. These show that during...

Ltd. has received an order for 25 12-ton straight-frame semi-trailers through Doger de Speville, Mauritius, who has also...

Gosport Borough Council invites tenders by February 2 for inter alto " motor haulage" for the year ending March 31, 1964....

purchased for 079,550 all the shares of the Normeir Tyre Co. Ltd. and, with minor exceptions, all the shares of its associated...

B.M.C. Exports Set New Record: Overseas sales of B.M.C. cars and commercial vehicles in 1962 continued to rise and at nearly...

Renault vehicles of 566,000 represents an increase of 44 per cent over 1961, and constitutes a record in French automobile...

tember 30, 1962, home sales of Hanomag goods vehicles continued to increase while export turnover fell off. Total goods vehicle...

of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles, has increased from 50 per cent to 95 per cent its holding in the Argentine vehicle...

1 (DAF) concern, of Eindhoven, Holland, announces that over 1962 its home market share rose from 34 to 37 per cent in the case...

A SCHEME by which the compression it ratio of an engine can be made to adjust itself to prevailing speed is shown in patent No....

I F a diesel engine should completely empty its fuel tank, air is drawn into the pump system and a complicated bleeding...

. 1-1 A SIMPLE piston ring, capable of exerting an expansive force upwards, downwards . and outwards, forms the subject of...

A METHOD of transporting liquids is the subject of patent No. 901,753 which suggests using specially designed tyres for holding...

p JRNITLIRE removers and warehousemen will be interested in a novel goods-handling vehicle shown in patent No. 902,344. The...

!MOW available in the U.K. is a rotary 't gear positive-displacement pump made by the Albin Motor Co. of Kristinehamn, Sweden....

nURING the past year, The Exhaust Ejector Co. Ltd., 11 Wade House Road, Shelf, Nr. Halifax, has been producing kits of...

A NEW twin-cylinder stationary air compressor, the VR65, has been introduced by B.E.N. Patents Ltd. (Division of Broom and Wade...

A RANGE of plastics fittings designed I - I-for use with semi-rigid piping, and the addition of double male adapters to its...

L'OUR new publications have been issued by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd., Rochdale. One gives details of the company's...

A RANGE of modern-design commercial vehicle exterior mirrors is now being produced by Burrafirrn Ltd., Vincent Works, Croxstall...

IN addition to its aluminium solder, Soldalum 121 Industrial (Metallur g ical) Services, 138 Hi g h Street, Waltham Cross,...

TIME changes all things, I know, but it doesn't stop me feeling rather sorry that the British Railways Board has decided to...

IT is not all that long ago since mileages of a quarter of . a million without lifting the cylinder head were looked upon as...

Group Members JOINT REPRESENTATION IN THE TRAFFIC COURTS AND IN NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS HAS STRENGTHENED THE BARGAINING POSITION...

Mr. G. F. Fiennes, chief operating officer of British Railways, speaks out in favour of transport co-ordination T HE voluntary...

by JANUS F OR some reason there has been considerable speculation about whether British Road Services, in its new-found...

ONE facility which most people in Britain take for granted is the ready availability of a wealth of books. In recent years...

44 URN out a good-looking lorry; keep it up to scratch, and you can then demand the highest standard of driver." That, in a...

of Transport L AST week I emphasized the importance of selling a transport service as distinct from operating one. Whilst many...