W HEN Mr. Graham Page raised the question of heavy lorries in the Commons last week, reports were carried in national...

F OLLOWING the introduction of their City-Van semi-trailer into the British market two weeks ago, the York Trailer Co. Ltd....

rr HE mammoth size and performance of the commercial road transport industry I in Britain is underlined by the latest figures...

A LL the functional groups of the R.H.A. have now held their a.g.m.s and the following appointments will take effect after the...

NAEMBERSHIP of the Road Haulage lvi Association, at 17,234, was the highest since the Association was formed and showed a net...

A HAULIER with a fleet of, say, 50 t A, vehicles engaged in long-distance work will find be has paid something like £50,000 a...

T HE Traders Road Transport Association took no sides in political affairs, but was prepared to fight, without compromise, any...

going a result of an insurance comny 1-1 -going into liquidation and his employer disappearing, a lorry driver faced a claim...

LTh. A VEHICLE observer corps covering the Medway towns—including the Isle of Sheppey—came into operation on Monday. This move...

THE Ulster Transport Authority had a 1 trading loss of £514,520 in the year ending September 30 last—compared with £306,736...

Devon Trading Take-over : The Devon Trading Co. Ltd. has acquired for cash and shares the whole share capital of Blatchfords...

Economics of Transport I N the preface to the second edition of . The Economics of Inland Transport by A. M. Milne and J. C....

T HE p.s.v. operators' and manufacturers' standin g joint technical committee hopes to discuss with Mr. H. Perrin g , the...

last week approved the transport committee's recommendation that the town's bus services should be subsidized from the g eneral...

emains Steady NAORE than 129 m. passengers were IVI carried by the Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. in 1963—about the same...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT U NION leaders and members of the London Transport Board are expected to get together...

Tilling Pay Rises : Clerical and supervisory staff employed by the Tilling group of bus companies have been awarded increases...

TW 0 Americans, Mr. Thomas T. Lambie and Mr. John T. Lynch, members of a leading firm of traffic consultants, are in Glasgow to...

Vehicles Trades, Mr. C. J. Calderwood, chairman of Spurting Motor Bodies Ltd., was elected president in succession to Mr. H. J....

T the end of last September there ..1 - 1 were 90,852 A-licensed vehicles, none on Special A, 30,110 on Contract A, 76,846 on B...

loads moved by road over the past 15 months was given in the Commons by Mr. Marples. He said that 1.736 applidations for...

T HE Home Office and the Ministry of Transport are considering the way in which driving charges are issued by the police....

IF the Government would not change 1 the law so that local authorities could grant concessionary fares when they wanted, an...

1 present there were no adequate alternatives for long-distance travel, and there were not likely to be for some years,...

Tr King's Lynn haulier handling ansport for Campbell's Soups Ltd. had done so at a financial loss, Mr. M. H. Jackson-Lipkin...

'THE Transport Tribunal, sitting in London on Tuesday, reserved its judgment in an appeal by H. and A. Trotter, of Penrith,...

A COACH operator pleaded at Birmingham last Friday that unless he was granted a three-day tour to Blackpool he would lose his...

SS, Out-of-season Tours Bid Adjourned: An application by Hastings Coachways Ltd. to operate seven-day tours exclusively for...

LTHOUGH convicted a number of r times in the past few years for offences concerning the condition of the company's vehicles, L....

Commissioners have refused the application of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd. to increase fares on 124 routes. The company...

D URING 1963, a total of 123 new road haulage appeals was lodged with the Transport Tribunal (compared with 107 in 1962, 78 in...

A FTER a day-long hearing at New castle upon Tyne last Friday, the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, granted...

BY NORMAN H. T1LSLEY NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS TANKER APPLICATION THE licensing system came under heavy fire in the House of...

CHIPPING and forwarding agents I– ) will be wise to consider whether they are operating strictly in accordance with the law if...

IN giving its reasons for quashing I the North Western Licensing Authority's revocation of the twovehicle A licence of A. T....

A NEW suspension for tandem-axle semi-trailers, announced by Charles Pitt (Barton Stacey) Ltd., has been designed specifically...

'THE American Cummins C-160 7-6-litre I six-cylinder diesel is to be fitted in 21 E.R.F. goods vehicles to be built for use in...

Automotive Symposium last year, convened by Petrofina, a second one has been organized by Labofina S.A., the research and...

Based on Karrier Bantam chassis, a 20-cu.-yd. Ramillies refuse collector has been added to the 35and 50-cu.-yd. existing models...

Change of Name: Bound Brook Bearings Ltd., of Lichfield, Staffs, will, from May I. be known as Bound Brook Ltd., as the...

N EXT week's issue of "The Commercial Motor" will be much larger than usual and will contain full specifications of British...

A COMPLETELY new design of sus-. riLpension has been developed by the York Trailer Co. Ltd. for its Transfour twin oscillating...

An example of the German Vidal chassisless bulk-handling semitrailer, this particular one having a Mercedes-Benz tractive unit....

Arc Welding Hints— Copper and Bronze T HE advantage of good conductivity permits many welding applications with copper or...

THIS week's prize-winner is Mr. D. V. I. Brown, of Tottenham, N. London. He says that when fitting a replacement exhauster, the...

painting equipment made by The Aerograph-DeVilbiss Co. Ltd. is the TGA gun which weighs only 16 oz. Two light-alloy suctionfeed...

made by Rozalex Ltd. is a liquid industrial hand cleanser, which is said to remove grime and contaminants from the hands...

Wrigley Union, has been introduced by Wessex Industries (Poole) Ltd. There are six models with load capacities of 2,000 lb.,...

of sound levels have been introduced by Dawe Instruments Ltd. The Type 1400F Sound Level Meter is intended for sound level...

Watch Manufacturing company of Switzerland is now being marketed in this country. Costing between £20 and £100, the instrument...

rUNDAMENTAL problems of urban development and traffic planning were I discussed at the British Road Federation's first regional...

B.E.T. TAKE TOP CONCOURS HONOURS AT BRIGHTON THE British Electric Traction group ran I off with many of the honours at the...

T HE lith Internalional Congress of Public Cleansing held in Vienna last week was widely attended by representatives from all...

Original thoughts in paper to S.R.P.T.A. Conference E NTRANCES and exits on both sides of buses, with the driver positioned...

As announced last week, Dr. A. Fogg, who has been director of the Council of the Motor Industry Research Association since its...

By The Hawk Spare a Thought Professor Colin Buchanan, on his own admission, must be one of the most wined and dined men in...

rOLLOWING the usual pattern, two 1 technical papers were read at the C.A.V. Ltd. annual conference, held at Torquay on...

W HATEVER proposals the Geddes Committee may put forward it is becoming more and more evident that they will not command...

• one tractor and two trailers e unlicensed contract vehicle H OW to set up in haulage is the gist of many inquiries. A...

An ancillary user has so far contracted his fleet maintenance out to a local distributor and asks for guidance as to what...

Not " Used Enough which appeared on page 40 of your • issue of April 17, I think you will find that the main reason why heavy...

possible about the undermentioned lorry and any information you could assist us with would be greatly appreciated. We found...

The Hawk's item "The Only Girl ", which appeared in your issue of April 3. He may well wonder how long it will be before "the...

Barr and Wallace Arnold Maintains Dividend IN a recent reference to BARR AND WALLACE I ARNOLD TRUST, the Leeds-based coach and...