An Unhappy Year Draws to a Close: 1958 Calls for Resource by Operators F EW operators and manufacturers will mourn the passing...

Latest in Foundry Practice IT is claimed for the new Ford Thames Foundry that in A design, mechanization and the standard of...

That Stenor Spire fasteners are not intended for church towers. That a beam-setter might be useful to amateur portrait...

T HE first application by a haulier to be disputed mainly on the question of rates was heard last week by Mr. W. P. James, West...

A NEWLY developed system by means of which the positions of r - k individual buses can be made known to route controllers as...

THE grant of sliding-scale inclusive fares for excursions is extremely 1 dangerous to express-service operators. This was...

A PROTOTYPE 7-8-ton goods vehicle has been produced by Cornwall Motor Transport, Ltd., Helston, Cornwall, and is likely to be...

MR. C. S. LOCK, the British Transport Commission's Press officer, is retiring after 36 years' service. MR. SIDNEY A. WALE has...

A N application by A. Sanderson (Great Broughton), Ltd., for the addition of a 7-ton vehicle to their A licence, to replace one...

T HE disastrous" balance sheet of East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., was mentioned at Bridlington last week, when the company...

F OR the first time in their history, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., are unable to pay a final dividend. Mr. J. S. Wills,...

T Osay that falling asleep at the wheel of a vehicle was any defence to a charge of dangerous driving would be disastrous, the...

COMPARING tonnages being carried at present with those for the corresponding period of 1956, it was estimated that British...

S INCE establishing a depot in Birmingham in January, the turnover of the Atlas Express Co., Ltd., in the Birmingham area has...

A SUBMISSION that no case, had been made out was accepted by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, when Hull...

W HEN' a 15-16-ton cruiser was carried from DagenVY ham to Olympia, London, last week, by Dallas (Kingston), Ltd., a specially...

A LTHOUGH fines totalling £170 were r -1 imposed last week on Hanson's Haulage (Leeds), Ltd., the Leeds Stipendiary Magistrate,...

(-LAMING that British Railways pro vided inadequate storage facilities for the distribution of feeding stuffs and fertilizers...

NAORE than 1,000 commercial vehicles al which were stranded overni g ht at 13eattock Summit, Scotland, on Dezember 10, could...

T HE bi gg est sin g le commercial export consi g nment ever to be shipped by the Transport Ferry Service was handled last week...

A T least two rear-view mirrors must be fined as from January 1, 1958, to every g oods vehicle, dual-purpose vehicle and...

A IR suspension is very much in the news and particular emphasis has in recent months been placed on the advances that are...

" W ITH commercial vehicles the United Kingdom can under-price all its Continental competitors in the larger type of vehicle,"...

A Step-by-step Introduction to the Stages Through Which an Application for a Carrier's Licence is Taken, With Advice on...

A N interesting feature of trailers used by the National Coal Board for use as emergency pithead winding gear is the fitting of...

By R. E. G. Brown, F.C.I.S., M.Inst.T, Secretary, London and Home Counties Division, Traders' Road Transport Association I T...

VEN the obvious seems to take on a sinister aspect when it is pointed out by authority. Major F. S. Eastwood, chairman of the...

p ANTOMIMES were providing a form of surrealist entertainment long before that particular epithet was invented. The people, the...

nESIGNED specially for use with the Caltex 7 c.c. starting fluid capsules marketed by the Regent Oil Co., Ltd., an oil-engine...

T HE delightful and witty article by Janus must have been joyous reading to all of your readers, and he deserves our grateful...

Any Form of Publicity Must Not Only Be Accurately Aimed But Also Show Knowledge of the Peculiarities of Individual Trades :...

in running vehiclet is the foundation of any " sales-promotion" activity by n haulier, and for this purpose 'The Commercial...

rt A SWASH PLATE unit for inclusion in the transmission of a vehicle is shown in patent No. 785,846. (Socidte de Fabrication...