A LTHOUGH fuel tax is always uppermost in the minds of transport operators, they are indirectly and inescapably affected by...

I N a recent article entitled , " What the Railways Ask," Sir Reginald Wilson, a member of the British Transport Commission,...

Seat Belts Save Many T HE heavy mortality on some American roads seems to be encouraging the use of safety seat belts, and...

Of those who feel that even unsightly lamp standards are preferable to road accidents in the dark. That according to Russian...

WTHEN it was announced on Monday V , evening that dery would be derationed on April I, the National Organizing Committee of the...

C OUPON rationing of oil fuel will end on April I. Announcing this on Monday, Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, said...

A FTER admitting using tractor vaporizing oil as fuel in his lorries, William Harry Holden, Rose Villa, Branch Road.. Lower...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 1 T is unlikely that a settlement on terms for the operation of the 30 m.p.h. speed limit for heavy...

T HIS was a unique "consent " application put in a remarkable way, .Mr. H. Backhouse, for the South Lancashire Transport Co.,...

T "great problem of increasing restrictions of loading/unloading times is still with us, a menace not yet fully recognized by...

SIR HARILEY SHAWCROSS, Q.C., has joined the board of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. MR. E. A. COOKE has been appointed scientific...

A PETITION has been lodged by the Scottish Area of the Road Haulage Association against the Clyde Navigation Order, under which...

• BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE Minister of Transport is to be pressed to end the dispensation A under which C-licence...

H AULIERS were not afraid of competition because they realized that fair competition brought -efficiency, but it was time the...

-/ -1 A N appeal by H. Bedborough (Trans port), Ltd., Twickenham, Middx. against the Metropolitan Licensine Authority's...

A N inquiry into allegations that dilapidated 'coaches and unsuitable drivers were used on a North Wales works service, is to...

A N appeal by Silver Roadways, Ltd., Dock Road, London, E.16, against the refusal of the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing...

A RE hauliers prejudiced when they are in art area different from that • of an applicant who relies on evidence of traffic...

A COACH firm who started with in. horse - drawn wagonettes in 1 910 , and held excursion licences until 193 9 , were refused a...

IN spite of opposition from Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., a newcomer was last week authorized by the Western Traffic...

QPECIAL measures are to be taken by the London Transport Executive to combat the effect of traffic delays on the regularity of...

Larger Premises: Cords Piston Ring Co., Ltd., have moved to larger premises at 75-77 Scrubs Lane, London, N.W.10. More Comets...

O NE of five Operators who have been. granted permission to pick up pas sengers for east coasrsesorts at Boreham Wood is George...

THE North Western Traffic Com m is sioners reserved decision at Chester, last week, when Mr. L. G. Phillips, Glyn Ceiriog,...

A NEW dumper based on • an Austin 701 chassis of 10-ft, wheelbase, -and suitable for site as well as road work, has been built...

O NE of the largest tippers ever built in this country has gone into service with F. Wardell (Haulage), Ltd., 133 Eighcr Lane,...

How L.C.C. Derived Ideas for Making Plastics Bodies for New. Ambulances D EVELOPMENT of a -plasticsbodied ambulance, a...

T HREE more special purpose vehicles—two semi-trailers and a drawbar trailer—have been produced by Carrimore Six-Wheelers,...

W HEN the credit squeeze began to restrict home• operators' demands for new vehicles, Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., diverted part...

New Fire Extinguisher With Doubled Output A LARGER-CAPAC1TY fire extinguisher is now available from the Bradville Trading Co.,...

• By G G. Mackenzie Junner, IVI.I.Mrech.E., M.I.R.T.E. C OMING so soon after the Amsterdam Show, many of the commercial-vehicle...

S PONSORS' tests were carried out last week on a new Bedford 7-ton platform lorry fitted with a Gardner 41.W oil engine. The...

CARRIED on Dyson trailers, a 132/33 kV. mobile sub-station has recently been supplied for the Damodar Valley electric scheme in...

TRAFFIC apprenticeships for -youths between school-leaving age and the age at which they could become bus conductors were...

THE first of two similar ambulances based on the Dennis AV.1 forwardcontrol chassis has been supplied recently to Southport...

D ECISION was reserved by Mr. C. E. Scanlon, inspector of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, at an inquiry at...

"Pirates" in Bodybuilding T HE state of affairs described by The Hawk" in his paragraph "Cut-price Bodybuilding" (The...

(IN April 1 the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) 1, --. 1 (Amendment) Regulations: 1957 (Stationery Office, 6d.) come into...

14ER MAJESTY'S Ministers are atrifle touchy about their I 'health. Consequently. the toast:to them proposed by Mr. M. F....

M OUNTING curiosity about the significance of the new railway charges scheme may have helped to stimulate the latest wave of...

W - HEN a vehicle is off the road for maintenance purposes it is losing money, and if it desired to calculate how much, the...

DOWER-ASSISTANCE for steering is I the subject of patent No. 767,075 (General Motors Corp., Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.). The...