I NVESTIGATIONS conducted by The Commercial Motor show that vehicle manufacturers and operators agree that tyres are...

F.B.I. Examines Industrial Trends A FOURTH inquiry into the condition of British trade, " covering four months, is reported by...

That there are almost enough drivers' " log " cases to irt a timberyard. That the condition of flues may be largely...

Demand Licence Variation BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I ICENSING AUTHORITIES are becoming concerned about the effects 1 - 4 of...

T HE purchase of an A-licence vehicle by turning the business into a limited company, acquiring the shares and then operating...

WHEN Lord Rusholme retires from VV his position of full-time member of the British Transport Commission on September 30. he...

ETING payloads falling between those of the maximum-capacity .wheeler and the 20-ton six-wheeler, 1Ibion Reiver lightweight...

W HEN Mr. D. MacLennan, Main Street, Aberchirder, applied to Mr. A. Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, at Aberdeen...

MR. C. BAYLISS has been appointed a director of Ren old Chains, Ltd. MR. K. E. COMPORT, a director and general manager of...

WE regret to announce the deaths of VV MR. I. L. S. MELVILLE, MONSIEUR JULES PEUGEOT, MR. WILLIAM ARTHUR EWER, MR. JAMES A....

B ECAUSE British Railways, when they closed Rossington station, near Doncaster, to passenger traffic, failed to tell the public...

is now confirmed that a round of Lorry Driver of the Year Cornion will be held at Stoke-on-Trent, rably late in July, he...

D ECISION was reserved after the adjourned hearing before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, at Leeds on Tuesday, of an...

THE new bus garage at St. Albans Road, Hatfield, brought into use by London Transport on Wednesday, is the first of a...

HAVE to accept the evidence given by Colodense that the railway rate een Bristol and Leeds is nearly Os. higher per ton than...

A RT1CULATED units were not suitable for the collection and delivery of smalls in congested built-up areas. and Midland Parcels...

D URING an application, last week, by the Glasgow Hiring Co., Ltd., for the renewal of the A licences for their entire fleet,...

r - k A BUS conductor employed by the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd.. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Swansea...

application to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at Leeds on Monday he Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., to fares by not more...

CINES totalling £275 were imposed last I week on Leverington Transport, Ltd.. Station Road, Terrington St. Clement. for...

LTHOUGH, as reported in The Commercial Motor last week, the proposed scheme for Nottingham to have a corps of traffic wardens...

qcodE commercial vehicles with a gross laden weight of 20 tons have "-) a braking performance comparable with that of the best...

Chesterton Haulage Co., Ltd. Cap. £2,000. Dirs.: Frank Condon, The Coppice, Darlaston. Stoke-onTrent. and Victor Wild, Flat 2,...

Depot for B.R.S.: British Road Services plan shortly to build a depot at Hove. New Bus Station: Colchester Transport...

B Ygranting the B-licence variation sought by the applicant, capacity on his special A-licence vehicles would be set free for...

IF substantial alterations were made to I unladen weight, thereby increasing carrying capacity, the question must arise as to...

THREE YEAR OLD haulage company which now has 17 vehicles last week authorized by Mr. S. W. on, Western Licensing Authority, to...

COUR Leyland Comet 6 x 2 tippers, equipped with Eaton-Hendrickson rubber-suspension bogies, are stated to be returning 14-16...

By Roger Bell Care in the Selection and Training of Staff Improves Accident Statistics : Only 36 Failures Out of 1,614 Pupils...

Asks P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. " E shall have a honeymoon all right," said the operator, "but how long shall we...

E XPORTS OF 7,666 commercial vehicles in December brought the total for 1958 to 121,685, valued at £89,656,923. This was a...

SIGNED primarily for lubricating and fuel ails, distillates, paints and greases, three filters have been produced by Auto-Klean...

improvement has been made by Edbro-B. and E. Tippers, Ltd., bee Street, Bolton, Lanes, to the tail1:1 loader which they...

STATIC wheel balancer of the type incorporating a circular spirit level .ing marketed by Repco, Ltd., 59 Si cs's Street,...

blowpipe, the S.1.F. Colibri cutting machine operated by a clockwork motor is being marketed by Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920),...

which enable; setting-up to be done by unskilled labour has been invented by Mr_ L. A. Temple, 30 East Churchfield Road,...

and stated to be only half the weight of comparable steel products has been produced by Messrs. Powell and Co., Burry Port,...

Co.. Ltd., Aldwych, London, W.C.2, composed of cork particles enclosed in a special hinder is said to be highly resistant to...

Dodge 7-tonner Put Through Gruelling Three-day Test : Bad Conditions and Overloading have Little Effect Leyland Oil Engine...

, applicants had been systematic operating illegally to Margate for years, Mr. H. Baekhouse told the Western Traffic...

Happy Ships T h e Hawk QOCIALIST M.P.s would probably rather not be told that r.--) the drivers employed by Hart's Transport...

A SERIES of summonses against Silver Star Motor Services, Ltd., Porton, near Salisbury, was heard by Salisbury County...

T HE supply of shops is one of the major activities of the road transport industry. A trend in the food trade during the past...

R EFERRING to the article headed " Vehicle Stability Essential on Motorways" in your issue dated January 30, your comments in...

tied Commentary By JANUS EVOLUTION seems to be taken seriously by the regions of British Railways. To judge from recent...

L AST, week I discussed some of the factors which affect road transport charges. Basically, these are the 10 items of vehicle...

P ATENT No. 806,328 is concerned with the loading of sacks. It describes apparatus for loading such items by employing movement...