been quick to realise the benefits of the low cost running and higher profit margin that goes hand-in-hand with Leyland...

H OW many contract-hire transport units have really been sold by the British Transport Commission? As The Commercial Motor...

T HE success, or otherwise, of a conference depends to a considerable extent upon the quality of the papers presented, and the...

Alpine-type Coach Bodies A NOTABLE feature of many coach bodies mounted on vehicles operating abroad is the great amount of...

As a warning to those who like to stand idle, that even a bearing may find it wearing. That the only person inclined to think...

L ARGE-SCALE organization in meat transport is to continue when meat rationing ends on July 3. The Meat Transport Organisation,...

A PROTRACTED dispute between Wright Bros. (Wolverhampton), Ltd., Wolverhampton, and the British Transport Commission on the...

T HE new Highway Code, which will be issued before the Parliamentary summer recess, will be accompanied by a guide for all road...

" T HE British Transport Commission do not confirm the report that Mr. George Dawson. has had discussions with Sir Brian...

T HE replacement of early-morning return fares by special single fares by Nottingham Transport Department has been approved by...

A N appeal by a C-licensee who had sought a B licence to enable his vehicle to operate for hire or reward and to be fully...

H ALTLIERS in the Northern Area who arc convicted of failing to keep records, working drivers for excessive hours, exceeding...

A NOTHER purchase, this time of five vehicles (27 tons 16 cwt.), from British Road Services 'has been made by Messrs. R. and...

P LYMOUTH magistrates decided last week that a dual-purpose vehicle used for carrying goods needed a carrier's licence. Cook,...

The office of the certifying officer at Plymouth is to be moved to Government Buildings, Alphington Road, Exeter. The Minister...

THE March figure of 11,458 com mercial vehicles exported brings the total for the first three months of the year to 34,102, the...

vp-IEN the inquiry into Nottingham rY Corporation's development plan as resumed last week, Mr. L. W. A. ,:hite, on behalf of...

• yr is inescapable that we cannot I is adequacy on the roads of the United Kingdom, or Scotland, unless we earn a great deal...

Ban on Transmission Brakes on Buses Should be Lifted : Effect of Centre of Gravity on Braking S 0 great are the advantages of...

Typical Arrangements for the Interior Appointments of Garages and Nine Layouts for Stations I N opening his paper, Mr. Jackson...

T HE important question of the influence which rates may have on the consideration of licence applications by the Licensing...

A LL the financial stops come out when the question under review is lo find ways and means for building and improving roads....

T HE 3d.-piece is a nimble coin in Dundee, that being among the reasons why the special one-manoperated bus, described in The...

N upper deck of sliding trays on to % which kitchen and bathroom equipment loaded by a Burtonwood hydraulic tailLard lift is a...

N OTHING could stop the Land-Rover in over 250 miles of road and cross-country trials in which it carried a full load, and...

is known that a number of operators fear that the scheme propounded by Meat Transport Organiion, Ltd., recently published,...

T HE use of auxiliary braking systems on coaches engaged on Continental tours is a subject about which Mr. Eric A. Pillon, of...

L S a result of the recent pay I increases, which will cost the arthern General group of companies out £100,000 a year, another...

One Cheshire Concern Now Has More than Twice the Number of Vehicles Run Before Take-over : A Carlisle Business is Returning to...

A RANGE of filters having sintered porous-metal discs has been developed by G. and A. Firkins, Ltd., 84 Darlington Street,...

A S the result of an offer made on behalf of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., which remained open until last week, the...

A DISTINCTIVE forward-control cab has been produced by Messrs. G. C. Smith (Coachworks), Long Whatton, Loughborough, for Austin...

B EFORE showing a method of assessing rates for small mileages, I want to deal briefly with a cost-recording book recently...

Better Engineering.You get more work out of a Bedford truck because more is built into it . . ." Extra Duty " petrol engine for...

T HE usual solenoid-operated signal operative position. On the frame is arm has little power to spare mounted a turntable (1)...