A RE we likely to see, in the foreseeable future, a practical gas turbine for commercial vehicles? The answer, strangely...

Transport Don . esham Stokes D O NOT, I beseech all young men with their eye on summits, take your cue from those...

y OU can expect at least one British manufacturer to show a . 36-ft.:Iong public service vehicle on a stand at the Scottish...

THE need for more money to provide "much-needed publicity" was stressed by Mr. J. B. Mitchell, national chairman of the Road...

F IRST reactions to the Jack Committee report on rural bus services among M.P.s of all parties would seem to indicate that...

T HE Transport Tribunal on Wednesday issued their long-awaited written . decision on the Arnold Transport (Rochester), Ltd.,...

From Our Industrial Correspondent I - 1 A SERIOUS stoppage of provincial buses and long-distance coach services any day now...

THE chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, sitting at Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday criticized...

MR. PETER 5. WRIGHT has joined the marketing division of Massey-Ferguson (United Kingdom), Ltd., Coventry, as general sales...

refuse to issue a new licence disc when the form of licence had been changed. pending the surrender of the old disc. This was...

HE standard of maintenance of goods vehicles—a subject which the :nsing Authorities have consistently cized over the...

An upward trend in . the number of summonses and convictions is apparent, mainly iri respect of drivers' hours and maintenance:...

Illegally B ECAUSE it was thought that the grant of short-term B licences was purely administrative and automatic, tipping...

THE first Freighter 'refrigerated van with Perkins-engined Transieold equipmen J. has just been put into service in Australia....

i k NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS coach 1 -1 proprietor said last week he intended to beat the ban of the Traffic Commissioners and...

From Our Parliamentary Conespondent THE Minister of Transport is to conI stilt the transport unions about ways of ensuring...

CLAIMED to cost about £500 less than N . , ' its nearest competitor, a 4 x 4 tipper with ail-steel 5-cu.-yd. body is announced...

Be Reliable" A DISCREPANCY between account I — I ant's certified figures of earnings for 1960-61, and the total shown on...

bus chassis have been ordered by Cape Town City Tramways Co., Ltd. TEN MORE FOR BRADFORD: Bradford City Transport, who will be...

A T an informal meeting held in PA London on Monday and organized by the lubrication group of the Institution of Mechanical...

HE total of C-licensed vehicles in I operation in December, 1960, was 1,204,399, an increase of 66,502 on the total at...

A DRIVER who was hurt when two 1 - 11orries crashed is claimin g £l0.000 from Cusick Transport, Ltd., Baltic Street, Glas g ow....

rUEL cells and electric motors offer far 1 greater potential than any conventional power unit in meetin g future requirements...

S PEAKING at the annual luncheon of the Mansion House Association on Transport last Friday, the president, Mr. R. A. McNeille,...

A NEW after-sales service organization. to be known as Equipment Maintenance, Ltd.,will commence operation on April 4. The...

)EPORTS from America indicate that vehicle production has started to screase again, following a recent fall-off orders. The...

O FF to Cyprus shortly is a Commer 15-cwt. van fitted with a new type of Hobbs 4-speed fully automatic epicyclic gearbox...

Vivid Performance of Velox-engined Bedford JOP Pick-u1 A GAINST the current tendency of some manufacturers to fit their...

Many Good Points, But Some Fundamentals Have Been Missed A LL 12 members of the Jack Committee on Rural Bus Services agree...

5 Says B.O.C.P.R.0 T HE Jack report is described by the British Omnibus Companies Public Relations Committee as " manifestly...

says Mr. M. Marco of Marco Transport Operators who switch to A.E.C. frOm other vehicles suddenly find a whole new world of...

DMPREHENSIVE testing of vehicle brakes is possible when the Don ke Meter is combined with a new rument—the Pressometer. he...

ENGTHS of up to 500-ft. are available with a new hose recently announced, by Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain),...

EXPENSIVE and effective protection for loading banks, fork-lift trucks similar vehicles is possible with " D " ion M.10 rubber...

Ferodo, Ltd. The data section contains full details of models and recommended Ferodo materials for brake linings, clutch...

of maintenance manuals were published recently by The Sunday Times. They deal with the Renault Dauphine and VOlkswagen car and...

laboratory staff of Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd., Hammersmith, London, W.6, discusses the formation and control of...

Polco " dashboard Compass which was featured in The Commercial Motor dated October 14, 1960, has been reduced from '2 9s. 6d....

have been proVed under stringent testing to be ideal for the resurfacing of area's subjected to heavy wear .and spilled...

E LEVATION to the House of Lords is supposed to enrich that body with specialized knowledge at the highest level and with the...

Austin Development of 250 b.h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine Represents Lower Limit Efficiency as Applicable to An Automotive-type...

" OAD transport is playing a major part in one of Britain's fastest. growing industries—the broiler chicken )usiness. Typical...

;YSTEM: A Fast-growing, Fast moving American Haulier The Story of An Enterprise Which in 25 Years Has Built Up a Fleet of...

Large Country-wide Licence Application A LFRED BELL, LTD., the Newcastle /al upon Tyne hauliers and warehousemen, seek a new A...

N EARLY 300,000 new commercial vehicles went on the roads of this country in 1960. This is a record, and is mainly attributable...

Swings and Roundabouts The Commercial Potentialities of a Goods Vehicle Must Always Be Its Ultimate Criterion, Particularly...

DATENT No. 859,360 refers to heavy 1 vehicles of the type having a short axle on each side, each of which carries a pair of...