A THOUGH the Government's decision to issue coupons for a second period of fuel rationing does not necessarily imply that...

p ARLIAMENT has now approved a speed limit of 30 m.p.h. for heavy rigid.and articulated goods vehicles. Thus, a battle begun in...

A II/feed of Praise TRAVEL is said to broaden the mind and even a short journey by bus can bring one into contact with...

That when stuck in a traffic block, you can't go like clockwork—except in a taxi, then you have to. That the parking of cars...

I NCREASES in wages varying from 3s. to 16s. a week were agreed on Monday by the Road Haulage Wages Council. They now have to...

terday opposed an application by United Automobile Services, Ltd., to place their fares on a mileage basis. They claimed that...

" IT is now clearly accepted that, first, no employee would be worse off as a result of the introduction of the higher speed...

A SUCCESSFUL appeal against PA rating assessments was made by Messrs. J. A. Piekthall and Sons, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, to...

MR, W. H. ROGERS has been appointed industrial sales manager of British Oxygen Gases, Ltd. MR. ROBERT PAXTON, transport...

D ESPITE the shortage of fuel, a normal programme is planned for the annual international coach rally which, this year, is to...

" T HE whole stage-carriage network of the company uses threequarters of our fleet and produced a loss of £71,000, while the...

A NEW Albion-Yorkshire gullyNEW based On the claymore chassis has been produced. The new appliance has• a total capacity of...

New Jeffreys Works: Jeffreys Commercial Motors (Swansea), Ltd., are building a new works at Port Talbot, Romac Move: The export...

and Co. (Transport). Ltd. Cap. £300. firs,: T.. C. Blake, 31 York Street. QueensburY, Yorks: R. W. E. Jones, 2 Greenland...

D ESPITE fuel rationing, the organizers of the Scottish Commercial Vehicle Driver of the Year Competition have now decided to...

B ECAUSE of difficulty in obtaining immediate transport for spares for modern underground coal face machinery, delays had cost...

"THE Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners L granted fare increases to Halifax Corporation and Joint Omnibus Committee at Leeds, on...

THIS was not an application to carry I passengers, and if there were a need to carry goods in the GainsborOugh area the...

BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT • T HE Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limit) Regulations, 1956, were last Week passed...

WIHEN Mr. I. H. E. Randolph, YorkVV shire Deputy Licensing Authority, granted a II licence for a vehicle of 1 ton unladen...

O NLY nationalization would make the motor industry really efficient and able to compete with foreign manufacturers, said Mr....

V EHICLES which could carry long loads were currently in demand, particularly by steel and motor works, the Transport Tribunal...

engineers have been able to produce an increase of 16 gross b.h.p. without heavier fuel consumption. , The result is that...

and brake-fade tests. It is thre•-quarters of a mile long and has an average gradient of 1 in 10/. Its steepest section is 1 in...

By Our Legal Adviser THE present dreary system of dealing with minor motoring offences which results in the •choking of the...

S AFE loading requires experience: securing and sheeting-up demand a degree of forethought and skill not possessed by every...

A BULK cement carrier capable of discharging cement at the rate of a ton a minute was demonstrated on a building site in London...

T EN countries will be represented by commercial-vehicle exhibitors at the Geneva Show,from March 14-24. There will be 52...

.Basic and Supplementary Issues to be Compounded : Allowance for Seasonal Needs rOUPONS are to be issued for a second period...

Application forms will not be available from post offices, but will be issued by the Regional Transport Commissioners to all...

T HREE years ago James Duke and Sons, Ltd., agricultural merchants and suppliers of animal feeding stuffs, Abbey Mills,...

Changes in Aplin and Barrett's Transport System Reflect Increase 1w Output INCREASED use of hauliers' services is being made by...

W HAT is beyond our comprehension frightens us . less if we can persuade ourselves that some of its characteristics are...

I WAS. interested to learn from the Ministry of Transport I last week that not as much use was being made by C-licensees of the...

'THE interpretation of the words "tramway track" in a tripartite agreement between Leigh Corporation, Lancashire United...

I T was not disputed that since the closing of _the railway branch line there was some demand for a bus service between...

T HE degree to which vehicle engines are responsible for atmospheric pollution in towns and cities was discussed last week at a...

Basis Sought for Incentives to Drivers Engaged on Miscellaneous and Varying Traffics A NY bonus scheme to be successful must...

A N air-cooled, opposed-piston oil engine, intended for mounting in an under-floor position in a vehicle, is shown in patent...