VOLUME 127 No. 3279 JULY 19, 1968 This is a crisis period for labour relations in transport, which is now the arena for a...

nationwide strike from obr industrial correspondent • A national strike is threatened by 77,000 municipal bus drivers and...

from our political correspondent • Government Ministers, in an almost nonstop series of daily meetings under Mr. Wilson during...

Crew buses from Ford • Ford today introduces two Crewbus models into its Transit medium commercial range. Designed for...

• London Transport is to introduce 600 more one-man buses this year-250 of these buses will be on the roads in the next few...

• Following the lead of the Road Transport Industry Training Board other Boards have intimated that they are prepared to...

• Sir Donald Stokes, deputy chairman and managing director, British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd., will read the first paper...

• British Road Services drivers in Birmingham are threatening to strike from July 29 over the deadlock in their pay talks. The...

• An MoT technical school for training■ staff in readiness for the introduction of the goods vehicle plating and testing scheme...

• When a TRTA delegation met the MoT on Thursday of last week to ask for more safeguards in the h.g.v. driving licences scheme,...

• Practical experience and theory are carefully blended in the syllabus for the course for senior managers at Ashridge College...

another title by lain Sherriff • It was fitting that the last elimigating round of this year's competition should be held at...

from a special correspondent • The Hague Court has dismissed the appeal by the Dutch road transport organizations against the...

by John Darker • Commercial Coachbuilders (Hull) Ltd., which has its containers marketed under the name Leyland-Scammell (Hull)...

Good progress is reported to have been made towards finalization of the AngloFrench bilateral transport agreement (CM last...

• Roundwood, that is timber in the rough or roughly squared. is proposed for exclusion from the quantity licensing provisions...

• The new Freight Sundries division of British Railways on next Monday launches a special service which offers next day...

• Because of increasing congestion and delays at London docks, representatives of hauliers engaged on dock work in London are...

William Leese has been appointed to succeed George Brook as general manager of Ribble Motor Services Ltd. As previously...

appointed commercial officer (designate), to succeed S. R. Vigor who is retiring later this year. I.R. Patey has been...

• At the 1967 National and British coach rallies, Black and White Motorways' Plaxton-bodied Daimler Roadliner—which was voted...

• Nottingham Corporation is to take over the bus undertaking run for more than 50 years by the neighbouring West Bridgford...

• Edinburgh Corporation is to continue operating its own transport undertaking. A suggested take-over by the Scottish Bus Group...

• Following the 11-week strike of its municipal busmen, Liverpool Corporation transport department has found that friendly...

• Asserting that "once again the Government have shown a contempt for Parliament", Mr. Peter Walker, Opposition transport...

Tory Lords insist from our Parliamentary correspondent e The Lords have decided that the shorter drivers' hours proposed in the...

Applications and objections • An operator's licence in itself will not entitle the holder to carry goods beyond 100 miles or...

• Following an inquiry called under Section 178 of the Yorkshire LA, Mr. H. E. Robson, sitting at Leeds on Tuesday, suspended...

• An application for a coach service from the North to Harwich en route to Poland met with strong opposition from 14....

• A Graduate course for the examination of the Institute of Traffic Administration, which is expected to form part of the...

• In written judgments issued this week, the Transport Tribunal has dismissed two appeals against decisions made by the...

• Although they dealt in the transport of race horses, the respondents were not going to gamble on the outcome of an appeal and...

• Two prospective entrants into the haulage industry applied for B licences for their tippers in Liverpool last week. One had...

by Tony Wilding • As anticipated at the time of the introduction by Scania-Vabis of Sweden of the 110 model at the Amsterdam...

• All of the five factories of Leyland Motors Ltd. will be closed for annual holidays from Friday evening July 19 until Monday...

This week in CM a contributor poses some problems of local delivery work; next week in the second part of his article he puts...

CLAYTON DEWANDRE SUBMITS REPORT ON BRAKING PROBLEMS BY Paul Brockington OThe value of load-sensing valves in terms of...

This is the section to be moved as detailed on the left: We regret that a section of the guide to plating and testing in last...

and publications Container skeletals range of singleand tandem axle containerarrying semi-trailers has been introduced by...

Designing the layout of a workshop is a job that does not come the way of a fleet engineer very frequently. And unfortunately...

Powered pallet truck Rolatruc Ltd. has added to its range a sit-on or stand-on, electrically powered pallet truck for the...

:ismet Ltd. of I3edford, has announced the ddition of a headlight tester to its range of liagnostic equipment. Originally...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (1) • In Commercial Motor recently, a reader asked where the additional skilled...

Stripped after 368,000 miles, and inspected in the presence of Commercial Motor, a Cummins NH 180 proves in remarkably fine...

by the Hawk * In the front line Bus crews often have a tough time in certain notorious parts of Britain, and there have been...

No play at Lords IN CONTRAST with the somewhat leisurely progress in the House of Commons, where committee members sometimes...

BY A. J. P. WILDING, MIMechE, MI RTE ONLY A FEW years ago it would have been considered impossible to do the LondonEdinburgh...

Such moves seem to be essential. Shops and factories which have adequate staff and equipment to handle goods speedily are, in...

Depots workshops and vehicle maintenance Although written primarily for the cleansing officer and student "Depots, Workshops...

The third edition of Schumers' Elements of transport is now available from Butterworth and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 88 Kingsway,...

Just published. Steering, Suspension and Tyres comprises eight chapters by leading authorities on automotive practice and is...

luiet Revolution IT IS EASY to overlook the enormous improvements that have been made in the last 20 years in road transport...

A Vehicles initially exempt from both testing and plating include the following: Breakdown vehicles, caravans, dualpurpose...

for carrying a 5-ton payload. What are the new laws governing the braking of such vehicles? A The latest regulations covering...

cash grants by the RTITB to operators for management training. To whom does this apply and how is on-the-job and offthe-job...

virtually standard practice, how will employees fare under the Redundancy Payment Act? A This is a matter which is at present...

engine and a compound engine? Has the latter any advantages over a turbocharged engine or gas turbine? A In its simplest form...

produced by the "filamentwound - process. What is this process, what are its advantages and who produces filament-wound tanks?...

Co-operation in costing: an American revelation SINCE the first report of the Prices and Incomes Board three years ago, when...

The I RTE plans a staircase FORMED in 1945 to cater specifically for the needs of the fleet engineer, the Institute of Road...

11_ Zff by Les Oldridge AI RTE, AM I MI Trade licences TRADE LICENCES are a great convenience to the operator of a fleet of...