T HERE is merit in the suggestion that the Road Haulage Association should call a conference of trade and industry to discuss...

TT is an obvious truth that no manufacturer of goods requiring after1 sales service should attempt to sell overseas before he...

F EW of Her Majesty's Ministers eau have had such a mixed reception as an after-meal speaker as Mr. Ernest Marplesour own...

p RACTICAL market research is a matter in which Burley Francis Caunt, managing director of Atkinson Vehicles, Ltd., has taken a...

Hailsham Humour H OW about, incidentally, the delightful sally from Lord Hailsham at last week's Society of Motor...

A SHEFFIELD transport firm which was granted a B licence for five vehicles after acquiring another business, must surrender its...

L ONDON rush- hour travel is g reater than ever, although fewer people are travellin g to work by road despite a big increase...

'TRAVELLING facilities between 1 Manchester and Butlins holiday camp at Pwllheli were criticized by fnernbers of the public...

driver, Mr. R. McKeeganey, of Consett, Co. Durham, with no supporting evidence other than particulars of 'work carried out...

'THAT research work on the fuel cell I was going on in their new research laboratories was revealed by Mr. Edward Powell, sales...

C. Templeman (Haulage), Ltd. Cap. £100. Dirs.: C. Templeman, 53 Prince Edwin Street, Liverpool, and S. Downes, 14 Coningsby...

MEWPORT'S traffic position—there 1 1 were 5,000 loads a' day going to the Spencer steelworks site during the summer—has not...

A N application by T. T. Walker, Ltd., of Newbum, Northumberland, to amend the normal user of 35 B-licensed vehicles and to add...

A SLEAFORD, Lincolnshire, haulier, 1-1 .• John William Moon, was given 'another chance by the East Midland Licensing Authority...

A T the finish of the 1,200-mile Army Driving Championship at Bedford last Friday (The Commercial Motor, last week), 166 of the...

Big Share Issue: Silentbloc, Ltd., are tc issue 5m. shares of 2s. each, Central Depot Plan: Fife County Council is considering...

D ELEGATES to the National Safety Congress of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in London , last week debated...

C OACH-AIR tours were the subject of a series of applications by Happiway Tours (Manchester), Ltd., concluded at Manchester on...

Rowley Regis Borough Council is recommended to buy from Shelvoke and Drewry. Ltd., a refuse co/lector for £3.380. Walsall...

L AST week, Manchester Transport Committee passed, with one dissentient, a resolution expressing support for the employment of...

Highland Omnibuses Warning ESPITE a threat that if fares increases were not granted, additional mileage and operating costs...

ON DON TRANSPORT would not pay 1 --4 for a man to risk his health; they would rather ensure that there was no • risk, said Dr....

A SIMPLE centrifugal oil filter of Continental origin is now available in this country from Vandervell Products, Ltd., Western...

TRANSPORT of wool, waste materials. I rags, animal products and allied goods from Glasgow to points throughout the United...

THERE seemed to he an increasing 1 tendency for witnesses supporting applications to indulge in generality when giving...

Political Commentary • By JANUS L ITTLE ITTLE harm should follow the somewhat unexpected intrusion of the controversial...

manager. ) ay With Every Vehicle Replaced at Two-yearly intervals, an Eye-catching Modern Fleet is a Valuable Advertisement...

by the British Railways' modernization plan likely to create a streamlined, dynamic system worthy of a great trading nation,...

THE following meetings have been arranged by the London Division of the Industrial Transport Association, to he held at the...

By a Special Correspondent CAR styling, as exemplified by exhibits at the Motor Show, is in the doldrums. But, nevertheless,...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R,T.E. 66 I 'LL be glad when the governor gets some of these: I know I won't be too happy with my...

Devon General's A tlanteans Have Allowed Reduction in Service Frequencies with Increased Seating Capacity By A Special...

THE Transport Tribunal have given their judgment on their decision to allow the appeal of the British Transport Commission to...

L ACK -of facilities for transporting LA caravans led to Mr. E. W. Espley, managing . director of the Earnley Caravan •Co.,...

Dipping by Electronics A ' TOMATIC headlamp dipping devices, already accepted in North America, have aroused little interest...

To the Enemy Camp W E read of the increasing struggle by bus companies to meet the burden of rising costs. Whilst no doubt...

A N application by Western Freights, Ltd., Alveston, Bristol, to vary the conditions of their B licence to read: "general goods...

Comparative Costs for Petroland Oil-engined Versions of a • i5-cwt. Van are in Favour of the Oiler 6g HAT are the comparative...

A SUSPENSION system employing 1 - 1 leaf-springs located by pneumatic units is shown in patent No 844,063. The object of the...