L AST Friday, he Minister of Transport bestowed his blessing on the finest investment that the British motor industry has ever...

A PART from the question as to whether or not the exhaust fumes of oil and petrol engines are dangerous to health, they can, in...

Bus Drivers Sent by Air T HE transport department of Edinburgh Corporation is sending a driver each morning from Turnhouse...

That in these thrustful times little, if anything, :omes to him who waits. That this is especially true concerning those who...

O NLY 18 livestock hauliers have definitely refused to participate in United Carriers, Ltd., the successors to the Meat...

B EFORE the Commercial Motor Show in September, the Minister of Transport hopes to issue draft regulations permitting goods...

A CLAIM by Aber Carriers, Ltd., Welshpool, for greater compensation than the British Transport Commission would allow was heard...

-1 1-1E number of passengers carried by Birmingham and Midland Motor mnibus Co., Ltd., in 1953 was lower an in the previous...

" D ESTINATIONS, fares and type of hotel accommodation offered are all matters which we must take into account in order to...

SIR GEORGE KENNING, J.P.. chairman of the Kenning Group, celebrated his 74th birthday last Friday. MR. CHARLES SINCLAIR, sales...

VESTERDAY Queen Elizabeth the I Queen Mother performed the opening ceremony at the Vacuum Oil Company's new refinery at Cory...

A NY recommendation that they might make for restricting coach &lc in the inner area would, even if stifled on purely traffic...

rOMPLETELY false records had been prepared to make it appear that vehicles were being operated within licence conditions, said...

T HE" unfairness" of a law that permits industrial concerns to usc vehicles built for public service purposes to carry their...

ri A NEW wave of applications for increased fares, no doubt encouraged by the wages awards of the past six months, has begun....

A N agreement on bus services between Edinburgh Corporation and Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., which clearly defines the respective...

F all tram services remaining in the country were abolished, about 1,100 ccidents involving personal injury rould be avoided...

TUDGMENT for £150 with costs was J entered by Mr. Justice Ormerod in the Queen's Bench Division on Meanday for Bellenden...

for La disposal was published last week. Tenders for units comprising vehicles only must be submitted by June 23 and bids for...

weighing 16# tons, with a diameter of 18 ft. 7 in. and an overall length of 47 ft., started on a journey last Sunday between...

['HE General Post Office is to experiI. merit with pedestrian controlled lectric trucks for parcel delivery serices to...

T ELEVISION, the growth of private L motoring, the improved housing situation and the transfer of population from inner London...

New Four-cylindered Oil Engine Provides Lively Performance in Thames 3-tonner and Uses About Half as Much Fuel as the...

A M. Walker, Ltd. Cap. £20,000, Subscribers: Gordon Horsey, 1 Park Valley, Nottingham, Bernard J. Webster, " Whyrnant." Priory...

Proving Ground New Centre for Road Vehicle Research Combines Laboratory Facilities with Proving Ground where Overseas...

Address by P.T.A. Chairman : Discussions on Two Conference Papers Concerning Brakes and Bus Garages and Stations I N his...

In the Forefront of Users of Modern Handling Systems, the Port of Bristol has Reduced Costs and Looks Forward to the...

Remarkable Eyesight DEFERRING to the letter from G. W. Irwin on rear " lights (The Commercial Motor, May 21), in the first...

Political Commentary By JANUS N OW that a year has elapsed since the passing of the Transport Act, it may be worth analysing...

T HE main question discussed at the annual conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers at...

Successful Research Overcomes Difficulties Associated With the Storage and Transport of Nearly Pure Sulphur in Liquid Form u...

A NEW Morrison-Electricar Model E,D.25 25-cwt. battery electric vehicle for dairy work was announced yesterday by Austin...

F ROM inquiries pursued by The Commercial Motor this week, it appeared that consignors had not made extensive efforts to use...

Many Repeat Purchases of Transport Units and Assignments of Vehicles : Pre-nationalization Hauliers Returning to the Industry...

THE conversion of a Morris". Commercial PV 15-cwt. van to oilngine operation has been carried out 1 the workshops of Suttons...

RATE-CUTTING or cost-cutting? Denationalization, Rateis being Practised by Some ?rs Who are Anxious to • Traffic Quickly and...

P ATENT No. 707,032 (H. Van Doorne, Stationsstraat A54a, Deurne, Holland), deals with the design of multi-wheeled vehicles...