I N many respects, the 15th annual report of the National Committee on Road Transport Education is the gloomiest yet. The great...

Day rovvn HAT do you regard as the qualities most needed in the chairman of an international organization directly concerned...

T ALKING to a well-known haulier this week, I mentioned I the possible danger (in my view) from the introduction of private...

EXCISE LICENCES COST MORE FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT R OAD users will have to find another £25m. plus as a result...

A S forecast in The Commercial Motor, last week, the National Council for the Omnibus Industry decided to refer the dispute...

The Road Haulage Association " strongly protested" against the increase in licence duties for commercial vehicles. which, it...

L ORD CAMERON, at a vacation sitting of the Court of Session last week, granted an order of interim interdict to a Renfrewshirc...

L ORRIES could be away from the docks in the time it took to get the ;oods loaded if Customs lethargy could 3e overcome, said...

T Y"performance was primarily a matter for the manufacturers, said the Minister of Transport last week, when he was asked in...

MR. FRANK LIMB and MR. IAN APPLEYARD have been appointed joint managing directors of the Appleyard Group of Companies, Ltd.,...

k N appeal to drivers to do all in their "k power to combat the lorry thief, is Lade this week by Mr. G. K. Newman, :cretary...

A ' Glasgow on Monday the Cumbernauld firm of Inter-City Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., was granted permission for three...

Running of Tractor WHEN B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., TV Stockton, on Tuesday disclosed to the • Northern Deputy Licensing...

71.1-1E Transport Tribunal, in Edinburgh I on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by the Dundee firm of Allison's Transport...

From our Industrial Correspondent B RITAIN'S comm ercial vehicle industry should benefit from new Government aid measures,...

A STRONG drive to step up training I - 1 schemes for every class of road user in this country began on Monday with the...

C.A.V. Success Story . A TRIBUTE to a modern engineering triumph was paid in the ancient Medway town of Rochester on Monday at...

DLANS for rolling-stock replacement are being held up by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., because of the Ministry of...

A HOLD-UP in the replacement pro1 - ' 1 gramme until a decision is reached about increasing the permissible overall dimensions...

14R. ERNEST MARPLES, the Minister M of Transport, last week rejected the idea that minimum penalties should be laid down for...

OEWPORT (Monmouthshire) magistrates last Friday rejected an appeal ly a former bus driver against a decision the South Wales...

A HAULIER was told by the North tn. Western Licensing Authority, Mr. F. Williamson, last Friday that if -he did not take steps...

Premier Travel Joint Applications D ECISION was reserved by the chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Mr, F....

nESPITE a debt of about £40,000 an LI the loss of. thousands of passenger on its bus services, Newport council ha decided not...

EICESTER'S Corporation buses will travel an extra 100,000 miles each year if and when the proposed gyratory system of traffic...

rHE hearing of a three-day appeal by South Wales local authorities into icreased bus fares ended at Cardiff last riday. The...

D ESPITE maximum penalty points on the final test of the day, Leonard A. Stacey, driving a 1961 Cormier 8-cwt. van, won the...

Ford's Impressive New School at Langley TT is tacitly admitted by the Ford organization that, although traditionally they...

The Construction of a Servicing Bay and Maintenance Workshop Adjacent to the Bus Station Opened Last Year by Ribble Motor...

Trolleybuses Continue? The General Trend is Away from Trolleybuses, But in the Welsh Capital a Well-run, Financially Sound...

Fi OW much progress is being made by the advocates of a Channel Tunnel is difficult to estimate. Their chief advantage is that...

by Kenneth Bowden NE imagines that the installation by a road-haulage concern of something as. up to the minute and as...

General Manager Relates Current Outlook to Training and Opportunity . i.ERE is no doubt that passenger 1 transport as a career...

Hardening and Melting Furnace A PROPANE-BURNING furnace, the rA. Sievert 3800. is now available in the United Kingdom from Wm....

ing of all types of radiator pressure cap. and also complete cooling systems for leaks, has been introduced by A.C.Delco, Ltd.,...

When Traffic Conditions Beyond Operators' Control are Increasing Journey Times and Costs, it is More Than Ever Necessary to...

A HORIZONTAL two-stroke engine rI forms the subject of patent No. 861,769. It is of the type in which two side-by-side...