M ANY people in this country have advocated the building of toll roads as a method of financing an improved and enlarged...

of tipping vehicles with normal control is about 5 tons. It appears, however, that the need is showing itself for tippers of...

Stainless Steel for Trim and Bodies E NCHIRIDION, the journal published by FirthVickers Stainless Steel, Ltd., contains much...

Of a partners' welfare scheme—they take it in turns as to who goes out for luncheon. That many say a refusal to accept neutral...

B.R.S. Basic Rates Up: Recommendations to Hauliers: Bus Operators in Difficulties R EMOVAL of the Is. a gallon extra duty on...

NCREASES in wages proposed in R.H. (61) were agreed last week by the Road Haulage Wages Council after • an unusually large...

pETROL rationing must stay for the time being, Mr. Reginald Maudling. Paymaster General, told the House of Commons on Monday....

A LTHOUGH C. Alexander and 1-- IPartners (Transport), Ltd., were granted a B licence for an articulated outfit for collection...

MR. KENNETII HILL has been appointed a director of Judella Castings, Ltd. MR. IVAN DORR, accountant to Nu-Swift, Ltd., has...

T HE railways had wasted the court's time by persisting in an objection which they could easily have discussed with the...

MO fewer than 210 buses. or 421 per cent. of the fleet of the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., were used for only about...

D ESTRABILITY of publishin g applications in Applications and Decisions not only in the area of the applicant, but also in...

T O link the industrial areas Of Lancashire and Birmingham and, by way of the southern part of the LondonYorkshire motorway,...

V ALUABLE conditions on the applicant's B licence had become ineffectual, because of the attitude of British Road Services, the...

nNE of the most important develop1, 1 ments in the Budget remained hidden beneath the Chancellor's bare announcement, writes...

DRIVATE-PARTY organizers who engaged a licensed operator to take them on extended tours should seek a written assurance that...

T HE Western Traffic Commissioners last week refused an • application by Mr. B. M. Marshall,'. Fishponds, Bristol, to run a...

before Mr. 3, R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy-Licensing Authority, at Manchester last Friday, on carrying capacities of rigid...

K NOWING the nature of the application, Halifax Corporation and the officials responsible for pursuing their objection should...

C ERTAIN British manufacturers of commercial vehicles will benefit more than others under a new import licensing system for...

W HEN Messrs. Frank Galloway and Sons, 80 Main Street, Stane, Shotts, Lanarks, applied to the Scottish Traffic Commissioners in...

T HE Transport Tribunal, sitting in Edinburgh last week, rejected an appeal by the British Transport Commission against a grant...

A LL Big Bedfords for both home and overseas markets are now available with the Leyland 0.350 six-cylindered 105 b.h.p....

T HE number of vehicles, other than cars and motorcycles, registered for the first time in February was 13,812, bringing the...

What Is "Loose Equipment"? S ECTION 26 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act, 1949, is responsible for some interesting and knotty ....

/ M PROVED in appearance, economy, performance and comfort, the new Austin -1-ton van is an exceptional vehicle. One reason is...

Hot Water on Tap in Mobile Shop jni MOBILE grocery shop operated by Mr. Frank Bunce, of Reddish, has recently been fitted with...

C HI"feature of a 43-cu.-yd. bulkrefuse transporter supplied this week to Liverpool Engineer and Surveyor's Department by...

A N experiment with double white lines for the guidance of drivers Starts in earnest this Easter. It was initiated four months...

Suggested Index for Costing M AY a complete outsider venture some comments on the ton-mile? The trouble seems to be that the...

£10m. to Burn By The Hawk I CANNOT imagine that the citizens of Birmingham will I take kindly to a proposal under which £10m,...

" IF owners of laundry vans had to go out and operate them themselves, there would be radical changes," said Mr. H. G. Payne,...

- L " A LEYLAND Octopus eight-wheeler with 125 b.h.p. oil engine and a rear-axle ratio of 6.5 to 1—a ratio employed for fast...

T HE huge and growing sales of British-built Ford vehicles and tractors throughout the world, and the fact that there are some...

A MONG large industrial organizations, the practice is on the increase of producing occasional or regular publications for...

B.R.S. Engineer's Experience with Tyres, Differentials, Frames and Governors R EMED1ES for tyre and mechanical troubles...