R OAD transport breeds tine, resounding nouns whenever attention is turned (by itself or by outsiders) to its organization....

L ONG-TERM political influences are resulting in a hardening of conditions in the road transport market in the North East, a...

From Our Political Correspondent IN wharseems to have been little more I than a passing reference in a weekend speech, Mr....

" IT is no exaggeration to say that we I stand on the threshold of a transport revolution," said Mr. H. R. Featherstone,...

vehicle observer corps to combat lorry thefts, on the lines of the one operating successfully in London. This was agreed at a...

The prototype of a new range of heavy vehicles 120.1 ,fast been completed by Scammell Lorries Ltd. To he known as the...

A N expansion of approximately 70 per cent in COras Torrmair Eireann road freight business during the past five years is...

of our case I do not suppose I shall be disclosing any secret if I say that We have used this freedom intelligently and...

has bought the eight-vehicle generalhaulage business of W. D. Tucker (Haulage Contractors) Ltd. and the petrol filling station...

T HE point that co-operation in the transport world, though mutually beneficial to the co-operating parties, should be on a...

Mr. Stanley Markland intends to retire at the end of this year. Mr. Markland, who is 60, is managing director of...

UarY W E regret to record the deaths of Mr. C. F. Dareh, Mr. H. Fenwick and Mr. Frank F. Fowler. Mr. Darch, director of Darch...

TWO-VEHICLE LICENCE REVOKED A FTER an all-day hearing at Man ft on Tuesday, the North Western Licensing Authority, Maj.-Gen....

in the Midlands, denied at Birmingham last week that they could not obtain sufficient vehicles for their needs because they...

packers and carriers, of London, '1.15. was described by Mr. R. M. nke, for the Transport Holding Cornny (B.R.S.), at the...

4 agreeing to hear the observations of a haulier who was not an objector, the ottish deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. B. Birnie,...

/ -1 licence were granted to both Edwards Transport (LydbrOok) Ltd. and G. Read (Transport) Ltd., of Mitcheftican, by the...

THE Northern Traffic Commissioners last week issued their decision not to han 36-ft, single-deck p.s.v. , from Kirkstone Pass,...

Western deputy Licensing Authority. Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, has granted C. N. Catherall eight B-licensed tippers out of 10 applied...

L'IVE sizeable licence applications are listed this week. In the North Western Area, Liverpool Warehousing Co. Ltd. seeks eight...

APPLICATIONS (November 13, 1963) T. Brady and Sons, Barrow.in-Furness. A var., add 6 art. (510. R. Pattinson and Sons,...

IGNORANCE if the law was the explanation given to the South Eastern Licensing Authority', Mr. H. J. Thom, at Southampton on...

'THE Government's promis e to "encourage the provision of a modern transport system" took the first prize for impudence,...

Lords this week how far tl 1962 C. and U. Regulation amendmen had been effective in reducing or elimii ating smoke emission...

THE Government is setting' up a,con mittee of inquiry into London's IN services. Announcing this in ti Commons on Wednesday,...

Three Granted: Three B - licensed vans with 70-mile operating 'radius were granted to H. Cornick and Son.Ltd. by the South...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TWO - GUINEAS a ton. This—the I' average cost Of hauling freight through a Channel tunnel—was...

IS the bus industry making the best use of new knowledge, and using operational 1 research and computers in its planning and in...

From our Industrial Correspondent THE Government is being forced to I take a hand in the pay dispute between the London...

T HIS week Sir William Lysons, chairman of the Jaguar group, handed over to the Lord Mayor of Belfast the first of 63 new...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT P AY talks on behalf of 70,000 municipal busmen nearly came to an abrupt end last week....

I MPROVED lubricants, design and more accessible layouts had done a great deal to meet the requirements for longer engine life...

Better Year for Plaxton's: In the year ended August 31 last, Plaxton's (Scarborough) Ltd. made a gross profit of £161,587...

from Lawson Pigott T W tractive-. 1 unit versions of Bedford TK 3-ton chassis have just been supplied by Lawson Pigott Motors...

ORE SE MI-T-11 AILE RS FROM ASKERS: Orders have been received by iskers of Andover for a total of 25 of their , 10and 12-ton...

Looking After Hand Tools Properly THE ENDLESS chase for quicker hide turnround, having the correct ols for maintenance is most...

, THE following idea has been submitted i by Mr. P. G. Mark, of Mark Transport, who will receive the usual prize of three...

and Publications Drum Up-ending Tailgate T HE latest addition to the Hipope range of hydraulic vehicle loaders is the Drum...

_IOW the Welsh love an occasion for celebration. The I Wynn family (Wynn the heavy haulage, that is) on riday rounded off the...

By E. J. MILLEN T HERE are more drivers of motor vehicles in this country today than el before. Many are private motorists who...

18-ton-gross articulated outfit D ESP1TE all that has been said in this and other journals for a number of years regarding the...

DODGE CHOOSE THE BORG & BECK CLUTCH When you are choosing a clutch for a new vehicle—what do you look for? A. reliable and...

New Coach Standards Are Needed J O express coach services need new standards? My ." answer is--yes, without any doubt. When...

F OLLOWING the series on smoke emission by W. C. Wilson, and the considerable interest aroused by his research into the problem...

WHY THE DELAY I P CORRESPONDENT T HE Ministry of Transport first announced its intention to increase the maximum permitted...

I N opening the recent conference of transport organized by the Export Council for Europe, Sir William McFadzean, the chairman...

D CIE allowance for wear and tear is a necessary provision which every business has to make if it is to remain in being. But...