A MOMENTOUS year for road transport is ending as it began—in a blaze of political controversy. There is, however, this...

" THE question of the future relations between rail and road transport was raised by Mr. H. L. Boyce on the motion for the...

Of nightingales singing. That a "bottle jack" on a whisky tanker is not an aspersion on the driver. That some South Wales...

nECISIONS have been given by the Minister of Transport on two 1-" appeals concerning express services from Royal Air Force...

R EPRESENTATIONS from members of the motor industry concerning the uncertainty of the future of purchase tax on vehicles have...

/ X FIVE-POINT pro g ramme to ensure it the success of denationalization was outlined by Mr. R. Morton Mitchell, chief...

A T a sittin g of the North Western Licensin g Authority at Blackpool, last week, Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., received...

T HE Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission, 3, Cornwall Terrace, London, N.W.1, has been asked to submit a report on...

1 -- NESPITE all possible economies, a Li third application for increases in fares was being made by East Midland Motor...

A PPL1CATION forms are now available from the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association for carnets de bord for British coaches...

S TRAIN-GAUGE tests carried out on a Commer-Harrington Contender chassisless coach at the Motor Industry Research Association's...

W HILST exports for the first 10 months of the year showed a drop af 1,289 units, their total value, states the Society of...

A STATEMENT was made in a 1 - 1 written answer by the Minister of Transport, last week, clarifying the taxation of Land-Rovers....

B IGGLESWADE magistrates decided last week that a British Road Services lorry was not subject to speed limit when travelling...

E XPERIMENTS with a maximum-capacity single-deck trolleybus are now being extended to a motorbus of similar type by Glasgow...

A BOUT till ee years ago, Mr. Rodney Butler, of Kirkstall Forge Engineering Ltd., Leeds. 5, went to Australia, to investigate...

I 1' is understood that many British, German, Dutch and Swedish makes of heavy chassis will not be shown at the Brussels Salon...

I N the course of his Henry Spurrier memorial lecture earlier this month, Mr. James Amos committed himself, although a little...

End of year Thoughts by Leaders of Makers, C-licensees, Hauliers and Company and Municipal Bus Operators By Henry Spurrier...

Report Stage Lengthened By Our Parliamentary Correspondent T HE committee stage of the Transport Bill was concluded in the...

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. B ECAUSE of its high pei formance and sturdy build. operators will be tempted to carry on the...

A DAIRYFARMER'S or greengrocer's sales unit is only one of the many trailers being manufactured by Jerry Wadesworth and Son,...

by road says C. S. Dunbar, M.Inst.T. —Who Surveys the Geophysical Problems to be Tackled in Such an Endeavour and Reviews the...

NAOUNTED on a Guy Otter chassis of 14-ft. 9-in. tY 1 wheelbase, powered by a Gardner 4LK oil engine, a special Jennings body of...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. O PERATING over 600 delivery vehicles of 10-cwt. to 3i-tons capacity, and 13 trailer...

Improving the Identity Disc IV-11LE we are putting our house in order for the New vv Year, how about suggesting to the...

P AST regulations dealing with special types have been consolidated and amended in the Motor Vehicles (Authorization of Special...

I HAVE recently received a number of inquiries concerning the procedure to be followed when a person is negotiating for the...

A CCORD1NG to patent No. 681,604, 1 - 1 the conventional differential always directs greater power to the wheel more unable to...

A SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S TRADING Widespread Field of Exports HIGH REPUTATION OF COMPANY'S PRODUCTS Mr. Sydney S. Guy on Taxation...