H ERE we go again! The current topic is once again pay and, with every respect to the employees and their union...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT IN spite of some 300 objections the proposals for higher pay for Aand B-Licensed drivers...

I N reply to a question regarding the goods traffic in the Channel tunnel at a meeting of the Institute of Traffic...

S PEAKING at the annual dinner of the Colchester sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, the chairman of the Eastern Area,...

the Forth Road Bridge follows a meeting called by Fife County Council and attended by Kirkcaldy, Dunferrnline. Midlothian, West...

THERE was no room for complacency I among local authorities and officials with regard to cleanliness and quietness in the...

T HE position within the six members of the European Economic Corn=May as. regards the application of the Treaty of Rome rules...

European Coal and Steel Community has been urged by the transport committee of the European Parliamentary Assembly to work out...

T HE Metropolitan and South Eastern area of the Road Haulage Association may still organize next year's London (Woolwich) round...

A MAN who took a British Road Services vehicle and went touring England, Scotland and WaleSswith it for a month, aPPeared at...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE . Government has decided that I transport planning shall take its place in an overall...

PA A CALL for a "Dr. Beeching of the Roads" was made on Wednesday by Lord Stonham. " I regard such an appointment as an urgent...

A HAULIER whose application to rm. the deputy Metrripolitan Licensing Authority was said to have been conducted in an...

T HE question of whether or not an applicant with an almost equal number of A and B vehicles should be allowed to add vehicles...

A N application was made to vary the conditions on three express carriage services operated jointly by the North Western Road...

11.2 used as a back door method for obtaining additional vehicles, said the chairman of the North Western Traffic...

a/IONICS INTERNATIONAL TRANS IVI LTD., of Uxbridge, successfully applied to the Deputy Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr. C....

A TOTAL of 24 vehicles were trans ferred froni contract A to B licence by the deputy Yorkshire . Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H....

S OME disquiet and disappointment are felt, I understand, at the way the Transport Tribunal, under its new president, Mr. G. D....

Return load evidence causes difficulties 1% AR. NORMAN CARLESS, appear ing for a number of objectors in the Granary Haulage...

THIS week's North Western publication I contains a substantial contract A to B licence " switch ".• R. Moorfield and Sons, of...

APPLICATIONS (November 14, 1962) P. C. Howard Ltd., Kings Clifle (Peterborough), A var., add 2 veh. (1.010, J. H. Pegg Ltd.,...

APPLICATIONS (November IS. 1962) G. H. Nixon. Wolstanton, A var., add 1 T. (610. G.g. within 25 miles: goods as required for...

APPLICATIONS (November 14, 1962) • B.R.S. (Parcels) Ltd., Cardiff, A var., add 2 veh. (81) (Vans). Carriage of parcels and...

TWO express licences and one excur sion licence held by Everton Coaches Ltd., of Droitwich, Worcs, were revoked by the West...

IMPORTANT questions arising under Reg. 66 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1955, and the Motor...

L ONDON fares are almost certain to go up early in the New Year. In fact, consideration of how to raise new revenue is likely...

Blue Motors Ltd. in the Road Operators' Safety Council Competitions for 1960 and 1961 were presented last week by the Mayor of...

T HE long-established terminus used by Southdown Motor Services Ltd. at Pool Valley, in the centre of Brighton. is threatened...

Electriques de Charleroi (A.C.E.C.) has announced completion of trials on a prototype 100-passenger diesel-electric bus, to be...

D 1.1 R I NG development work on hydraulic governors, Simms Motor Units Ltd., East Finchley, London, N.2, has devised a method...

D URING the discussion on "Automotive Transmission Lubrication" presented by Mr. W. H. Patrick, of Lubrizol (Great Britain)...

is now available as an option for S,carnmell M.H.3 and M.H.6 mechanical horse units. Guy Distributor: Woodside Garage...

specially I designed for operation in Central Africa, have juSt left Leyland Motors Ltd. for the Rhodesian United Transport...

A NEW design of ambulance for the transport of wheel-chair patients has been announced by Martin Walter Ltd. It is based on the...

P ATENT No. 895,996 shows a pneumatic suspension system that does not need separate torque rods or other bracing devices, (R....

r\NE of the disadvantages of torsion rod suspension systems is that the rods have to be of some considerable length to avoid...

P ATENT No. 895,801 deals with heavy low-loaders such as are used for transporting cable-drums, road machinery and other...

A s was emphasized by Pickford's Mr. W. Ingham, when speaking to the I.R.T:E. recently, road transport of large indivisible...

I T can now be revealed that the use of a patented arrangement of master levelling valves, located at the centre of vehicle...

I N recent years take-over bids have undoubtedly hit the headlines. The more spectacular the bid, the more likely that...

A GROWING demand for glassfibre cabs and wings is reported by Scammeil Lorries, Ltd., these now being fitted to the standard...

T HE main attraction on the stand of J. Brockhouse and Co. Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show was undoubtedly its new 4-15...

Unscheduled repairs cost more than id per mile IN a paper entitled The Cost of Wear and Tear " presented to a meeting of the...

L EARNED economists and other experts here and abroad insist so often on the need for road users to pay for the tracks they use...

W ITH reference to the two articles appearing in The Commercial Motor of September 12 on the topic of smoke. Whilst we agree...

to operators' revenue G REATER productivity must seem somewhat distantfor road transport operators confronted with mounting...

rates in respect of garaging the vehicle are assessed at 115. 10d., whilst insurance adds 7s. Id. a week, based on an annual...

Rossmar Transport Co. Lid. Cap. £100. Dirs.: R R. 0. Grandison and M. I. Grandison, Monier,, Hullbridge Road, South Woodham,...

retreading process— will give you all the mileage and all the performance of a new tyre at little more than half new tyre...