last week, drew attention to various methods which have been put forward with the object of alleviating traffic congestion in...

Road Service Licences to War Crimes T HE announcement of the death of His Honour Judge Backhouse, 0.B.E., T.D., which took...

rr HE transport officer of an important under' taking tells The Commercial Motor that he is instructed to be a "willing buyer...

That automatic fan control would be very unpopular with movie stars. That it is a pity how some people's ability is chiefly...

'THE Minister of Labour has been asked to appoint, a conciliation board to assist in securing a settlement in the pay dispute...

rTh• A NEW subsidiary of a passenger undertaking in the north-west has been formed to engage in haulage. It is the Zenith...

INSTEAD of making a profit of 1. £221,700 as expected, Glasgow Transport Department lost £74,563 last year. Increased wages...

A PROPOSAL to form a joint r - 1. passenger transport committee in Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall and Haslingden has been reopened by...

T HE Minister of Transport has reappointed Sir John Elliot, Mr. A. H. Grainger, Mr.. L. C. Hawkins and Mr. B. H. Harbour to be...

MR, HENRY J. Brou has been elected an additional director of Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd. MR. J. BOYD-CARPENTER, Minister of...

A LTHOUGH British Road Services 1-1 . said that they could do the work and two customers of the applicant admitted that they...

A SPOKESMAN for two associated bus companies who applied to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority for permission to raise their...

THE Scottish Deputy Licensing L Authority last week granted permission to Mr_ J. P. Burgess, Boat of Garten, to withdraw his...

" V ERY scant respect" had been paid by the West Midland Licensing Authority to documentary evidence, Mr. K. Mynett told Sir...

TOINT applications by Barton ,J , Transport, Ltd., Chilwell, near Nottingham, and Robin Hood (Coaches), Ltd., Nottingham, to...

matter of the supply of electric batteries to the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission. The Commission are to report...

O NLY 13 resolutions will be discussed at the Road Haulage Association's conference in Harrogate next month—less than half the...

T HREE more applications for permission to carry building materials came before Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority,...

T RAFFIC signs are to be improved I and in some instances will be brought more closely into line with Continental practice. The...

The Union Tyre Co., Ltd., have opened a depot at Ash Lodge, Temple Back, Bristol. The Clayton Dewandre Co.. Ltd., Lincoln,...

T WO narrower Tiger Cub models have been added to the homemarket range manufactured by Leyland Motors, Ltd. The new vehicles...

A S foreshadowed in The Commercial Motor last week, a settlement has been reached in the dispute involving coloured labour...

rr Es - rs carried out by the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., over the past four 'years. in which 24 vehicles operated by the Oxford...

T HE fare for airline passengers travelling by coach from Prestwick airport to Glasgow terminal may be raised from 7s. 6d. to...

uOLID.AYS in July brought down the weekly average output of commercial vehicles to 5,295, compared with a weekly figure of...

S OME 400 drivers competed at Portsmouth, Coventry, Slou g h and Leeds, last week-end, for the title of "Lorry Driver of the...

the narrowest space into which they could drive forward and in reverse. A number of competitors v.hose vehicles had protruding...

T ANCEUVRABILITY tests were preIn ceded by a 10-mile run on the road, during which the drivers were halted for three minutes to...

TWENTY years' experience went into I a sterling performance by Bernard Burgess, of British Road Services, Leeds, who, with a...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. A LTHOUGH weight of opinion rather than originality of thought gave substance to the...

By Andrew Seacombe p OSSIBLY at no other time in the history of road passenger transport in Britain have public transport...

EMBERS of the same family do not always get on well together. Observers have noted from time to time that there are differences...

M ANY people seek my advice as to joining a trade association and, invariably, I am strongly in favour of their doing so. The...

A FURTHER version of the Land-Rover was announced this week by the Rover Co., Ltd., Solihull, Birmingham. This is a 10-seat...

2 Hours Saved at Coventry S OME two hours were saved by taking the entrants in order of arrival, instead of by classes. A...

A LLEG AT1ONS of overloading were discussed during an appeal hearing before Mr. J. M. Glen, Ministry of Transport inspector, at...

A MOBILE exhibition unit comprising a Dennis Pax and a Dyson trailer was put 'on the road this week as part of the campaign for...

B.R.S. (Parcels) to be Offered Next Month N O decision had yet been reached on the future of the meat-transport unit of...

N my previous article I commenced to tell of a discussion I had with an experienced haulier. We were talking about haulage in...

A LTHOUGH the makers of Leyland and Dennis vehicles appeared in the list of exhibitors at the all-British Exhibition to be held...

A GREAT advance in damper design is claimed by Newton and Bennett, Ltd., Valetta Road, London, W.3. Their latest type of shock...

A NOVEL design for a compression1— I ignition engine is shown in patent No. 733.928, by P. Stanwell, 24 Redbridge Lane,...