T HE action of six trade U nions in calling a • national strike of employees of provincial bus companies has brought to an end...

D RIVERS competing in the eliminating contests of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition have generally interpreted the...

From Bearings to Toasters . . T HE practical uses of tin are not confined to any particular field of commerce or the...

That the use of radar to trap drivers is an ultra radical scheme. "Will there be veteran and vintage commercial vehicle runs...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT E MPLOYERS and Union leaders involved in the provincial bus strike will study the findings of the...

CARE increases are thought to have I been responsible for the heavy loss in traffic which Leicester Transport Department...

BY MAI PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT A NEW £240m. road programme for 1958-1962 was announced by r - k Mr. Harold Watkinson,...

INAUGURATED by Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., Gildersorne, Leeds, about eight weeks ago, a tanker service to the Continent has...

MR. J. C. GARDINER and MR. L. SANER have been appointed additional directors of Shaw and Kilburn, Ltd. MR. J. McW.tuaam has...

DREMISES of Winwick Street Tan nery have been acquired by Transport Vehicles (Warrington) Ltd., who hold the world...

F ARE increases designed to bring in a total of £200,000 a year were sought by Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., and the South...

ATES charged by British Railways for the carriage of dangerous chemicals were "fantastic," whilst British Road Services also...

not allow sub-contracting for the carriage of cheese, Rice Bros. (Avonmouth). Ltd., Bristol, last week sought the addition of a...

DLEADING guilty to using a lorry for hire or reward without an A licence, John Thomas Wilberforce, Ganstead Lane, Bilton,...

Ltd., VV Hull, sought to add steel to the B-licence conditions of 10 vehicles last week, it was stated that they were the only...

B oe . using the majority of their vehicle journeys to popular destinations outside peak periods, Martin's Coaches, Ltd.,...

A PPEALING against the Northern Licensing Authority's refusal to grant them 10 additional articulated outfits and six platform...

T HE case against using 12-seat utilities as buses in rural areas was put strongly by the representatives of the four...

lUEMBERS of the traffic committee AVIofthe London and Home Counties DiVision . of the Traders Road Transport Association met...

I NDIVIDUAL motor manufacturers do not have to register agreements between themselves and their dealers, distributors and...

IN the face of keen competition from Germany, Leyland Motors, Ltd., have secured a contract from the Transvaal Provincial...

A S the provincial bus stoppage got r - Ainto its stride, guerilla tactics by strikers forced several companies not affected...

A PPEAL decisions by the, Transport Tribunal must not be regarded as establishing hard-and-fast principles for use in every...

T HE owner of a one-man haulage business lost between £600 and £1,000 as a result of his licence being suspended for a speeding...

11,4ANY front-axle failures in four1V1 wheel-drive cross-country vehicles, caused by overloading and fatigue, are attributable...

A LTHOUGH, judging by the list of those who gave evidence to the Committee on Administrative Tribunals and Inquiries, no...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.Mech.E. C LOSE on urn, commercial vehicles were registered in the U.S.A. during 1956—over 45 per cent....

T O meet the requirements of small service stations or garages, a fuelpump test machine has been produced by the Merlin...

A FUTURE Labour Government will return long-distance road " haulage to public ownership. This pledge is made in the Labour...

ADAR equipment will be used to detect speeding offences in Lancashire from August 1, but prosecutions will be fought strongly...

Not So Autocratic 'y \TO UR leader of June 28 hammers home what 1 have OUR saying for some weeks—that the increases in...

FOG OF INDECISION Specialist Forms of Service to Industry Give Some-Independent Hauliers Strong Goodwill but Campetitive...

Best Offenders A LTHOUGH more people were hurt on the roads of Great Britain in 1956 than in any previous year, the number of...

K EEN rivalry between the leading teams stimulated interest in the northern section of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition...

T HE Oxford depot of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., nearly made a clean sweep in the prizes awarded for the eliminating round of the...

T RE , standard _ of maintenance _seemed . to be .higher than the -general level of skill shown• by drivers in last Sunday's...

ONE DRIVER Calculating Rates for a Special Tipper Contract on which One Driver is to be Employed with Two Lorries T ERMINAL...

Short-sighted By The Hawk A PENNY-WISE policy is being proposed by the Govern ment in reducing transmissions of the B.B.C.'s...

A TWO-STROKE engine, having rtopposed cylinders, but with the two pistons moving together, is shown in patent No. 775,78L The...