T HE year closes on a brighter note than it began. It was ushered in with rigorous financial restrictions and a decline in...

Do ODYBUILDING is a precarious occupation and . peach year sees the departure of a number of its practitioners. If Mr, A. L....

Cooling High-efficiency Engines THE American Army has recently made a most complete A survey of the literature in the field of...

That high wages do not always make industry more industrious. That good drivers of the old days should be able to adapt...

T HE first appeal decision to turn upon the question of rates was given in writing last week by the Transport Tribunal. The...

THOUSANDS of buses operated in Greece are to be replaced by new vehicles, and it is thought that many orders will be placed...

1-1 A STRONG protest was put forward by the objectors in a licensing case at Caernarvon, last week, after they had heard the...

I N his report for the year 1957-58, Mr. E. R.• L Fitzpayne, general manager. records a further drop in the number of...

T HE Government spent £200m. per year on research, whilst the motor industry provided only £150,000, said Mr. Aubrey Jones,...

I MPOSING a four-month suspensi , o n on a 13-licence vehicle operated by . Cook and WOod, Park Crescent, Portsoy, Mr. Alex...

MR. M. C. PEARCE and MR. R. 1. ROGERS have joined the tyre sales organization of Pirelli, Ltd., in the London' north district....

I N addition to an M.P. and five local authorities, 30 members of the public supported a Middlesbrough coach operator's...

rOMPLETE freedom from political interference in transport was first on the list in a set of five wishes for 1959 made by Mr....

RI URAL transport difficulties in Snowdonia were described at Bedgellert, Caernarvonshire, last week, when Mr. J. R. .Lindsay,...

B ECAUSE of frequent re-routeing in newly developed areas of Hartlepool. bus drivers of United Automobile Services, Ltd., were...

nEVELOPMENT of vehicles in the Li existing B.M.C. range specially for C-licence operation on delivery services was disclosed...

E'XPENDITURE an roads in England and Wales totalled £121.6m. in the year ended March 31 last. The figure for the previous year...

S o that service testing of Routemaster units can he carried out in advance of the availability of production buses, two slave...

A _HAULIER who applied for an additional B-licence vehicle at Beddgelert, Caernarvonshire, last week, heard an objector...

A DD1T1ONAL A-licence vehicles sought by the Intercity Transport and Trading Co„ Ltd., Cumbernauld, were refused last week by...

A FTER a four-day hearing, the YorkI - 1 shire Traffic Commissioners last week reserved decision on an application by the West...

F OR using buses without Excise licences and for other offences, Dolphin Motors, Ltd., Appleby Lane, Broughton. and William...

By John F. Moon, A DVANTAGES in fuel economy that theoretically can be derived from the use of a relatively low-powered engine...

T HE development of devices, perhaps electronic, to provide continuous accurate information of loadings or receipts on...

Principles to Follow— And _What to Avoid— When Devising Livery and Lettering for . Vehicles By Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. I N...

Clumsy Cane Skeps Have Been Ousted by the Use of Specially Designed Aluminium Bodies p ROVIDING a daily link between...

A WOODEN platform stillage is being employed by the transport department of C. Bryant and Son, Ltd., 65 Whitmore Road,...

A THREE - POINT attack on Government policy was made last week by 1-1 Mr. John Spencer Wills, chairman of East Yorkshire Motor...

P LANS for extended tours of Norway, put forward by Jones' Coachways, Ltd., Market Drayton, were rejected by the West Midlands...

E XCLUDING cars and motorcycles, . 1 —i 18,927 new vehicles were registered in September, compared with 15,797 in August....

Sales and Service By Tom Walkerley I T must be a good many years now since I first came across Wm., the sales and service...

a Year Harold B C ' hampion In Every State of the American Continent, Gray Lines Offer Inexpensive Standardized Touring...

INSTEAD of increasing fares to meet 1 an extra £183,000 a year in running costs, Manchester Transport Committee have decided to...

Road Transport Benefits from Latest Handling Fish Used at Tyne Commission Quay, North By G. Duncan Jewell °CI(' delays are...

Leeches for Anxmia By The Hawk M R. J. S. WILLS excelled himself last week in his address to shareholders of East Yorkshire...

E XPORTS of 8,466 commercial vehicles last October compared with 10,673 in the same month of 1957. Details are given in the...

Party Piece M 66 Y Christmas pint has been well and truly earned," said Maggie's brother Cromwell, ordering the same again....

One of the Objects of" The Commercial Motor' Tables of Operating Costs" is to Enable Vehicle Owners to Check their Expenditure...

A DETACHABLE discharging unit for 1 - 1use with a standard tipping body is shown in patent No. 803,891. Its purpose is to...