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T HIS week end is a memorable one for agri cultural hauliers. It marks the end of 14 years of meat rationing and a new era of...
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T HE ways of the British Transport Commission and the Road Haulage Disposal Board in the sale of contract-hire units become no...
Money For Jam D URING the past nine years, drivers employed by A and B licensees have been granted 16 increases in wages or...
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stage coach service. 0 That the familiar knock of oil engines seems far louder amongst Italian vehicles than is the case with...
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A SUGGESTION that bus companies PI, should be compelled to run uneconomic services in remote areas was made by a group of...
A T midnight tonight, United Carriers. Ltd., the successors to the Meat Transport Organisation, Ltd., will begin operations....
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nR1TICISM of Government policy on roads was voiced at the annual conerence of the Institution of Municipal 7.ngineers at...
AST week's meeting of Brighton Town Council decided to defer nsideration of a recommendation that c transport department should...
A DEVICE to obviate the restrictions of a C licence, whereby the licensee bought sand at Id. a cubic yard and sold it back to...
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MR. PERCY HAWIIN has been elected to the board of Cheswick and Wright, Ltd. MR. R. A. HAwRiNs, general manager of Newport...
The average tyre mileage of about 60,000 mentioned on page 685 of this issue should be 30,000-35,000. /Mar, Ltd_ 3 Albemarle...
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JARYING opinions about how many V passengers should be allowed to tand in public-service vehicles were xpressed last week when...
IN the modified scheme for raising I London Transport's fares, which the British Transport Commission have submitted to the...
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B ECAUSE of the width of existing roads and restrictions imposed by local authorities, especially in the north and north-west...
Development T HE company have been closely associated with the oil engine and have pinned their faith to the belief that...
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S TIRLING magistrates last week decided that a vehicle which was variously described as a shooting brake, utility and a...
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WAGE rises are blamed for increases V in fares sought by Edinburgh Corporation and the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd....
IS a gully emptier largely employed I for emptying cesspools subject to the levy? This question, following a decision by one...
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A N order has been made on the West Midland Licensing Authority by the Minister of Transport directing him to grant the...
I - 1 A UNIT for the conversion of International KB-8 vehicles to oilengined operation has been placed on the export market by...
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by Ashley Taylor, A.M.1.R.T.E. Scheduled Collections and Deliveries by Commer Fleet Operated byLancashirePoultry Farmer Speed...
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How a Mixed Fleet of 57 Vehicles Enabled a Farmer to Reduce His Costs to Meet Growing Competition : Long-distance Vehicles...
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Vehicles of a Big Midland Agricultural Concern Cover 900,000 Miles a Year : Acreage Under Cultivation Totals 2,000 and Creates...
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by a Special Correspondent I " F a load is due at market at 6 a.m. its arrival at 10 a.m. is absolutely useless. That is why...
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Medium-duty Pick-up is Tried Across country where Adequate Power is Found Available for Such Work : Suspension Provides Smooth...
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T ENTS are normally the only covered accommodation available at agricultural shows—not always the most sumptuous places where...
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Transport has a Big Part to Play in Bringing Perishable Produce to the Consumer in First-class Condition, and Farmers Demand...
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Why Pick on Roads? By JANUS O NE of the inexpensive pleasures of life is to advise other people how to spend their money. If...
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The Answer Depends on Whether a Farming Community is Close-knit or Widespread: No Arbitrary Mileage Limit Can be Set in Reason...
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L OADING and unloading of meat La carcases are relieved of much manual effort by a mechanical handling gear built into a...
A REFRIGERATED vehicle plays an important part in a turkeybreeding project run by Mr. T. H. Kennedy at Auldgirth, Dumfries....
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a " servant " industry, such as road haulage, always conform to a pattern dictated by the combined requirements of the...
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Tenders Offering E70 per ton and f80-£85 per ton Unladen for London Units have Recently been Accepted • T HERE is evidence...
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CT the Commercial Motor Show, 1952, the prototype of a special Aleybus chassis was shown by the nbeam Trolleybus Co., Ltd.,...
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- ansport Also Ran Horseboxes, Livestock Carriers and Special Types the only Representatives of Powered Vehicles: Wide Range...
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There Are Many Opportunities for Operators in Agricultural Districts ,• Vehicles of 5-ton Capacity Are the Most Popular and...
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EXPANSION OF OUTPUT AND PROFIT MR. LIARDET'S STATEMENT The annual general meeting of Simms Motor Units Limited was held on...
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A STARTER mechanism in which a flywheel is run up to a high speed and then clutched to the engine, is shown in patent No....