T ODAY the National Joint Industrial Council for the road passenger transport industry are to hear the claim by municipal...

T HE refusal of the Minister of Transport to establish a principle on the question of different operators linking express...

Bright Future for Oil .THE current issue of the Esso Magazine contains I an interesting review of the probable future "energy"...

H IGHER pay claims for the 100,000 employees of provincial bus companies, as well as for the 55,000 bus workers employed by the...

IMMEDIATE Government interven1 Lion to prevent constant increases in fares will be demanded by members of the Trades Union...

T HE promotion of a new Parliamentary Bill designed to extend the scope of Birmingham's concession fares on the corporation's...

T HE Transport Tribunal , . in a decision issued on Wednesday, have rejected an appeal by Allison's Transport (Contractors),...

A HINT of possible 'expansion by the Provincial Traction Co., Ltd., is contained in the announcement that shareholders are to...

MR. A. W. BRACE has taken charge of the surface-finishing activities of the chemical division of Aluminium Laboratories, Ltd....

T RAFFIC regulation methods and the operation of the speed limit in the United States are being studied by a Ministry of...

vehicle to carry livestock was withdrawn by Mr. R. Gargett. Pen; uddock, near Penrith, before the Northern Licensing Authority...

T WO 50-gal. fuel tanks which will enable the vehicles to make a round trip of 700 miles without refuelling are to be provided...

T HE effect of the dock strike is shown in the export figures for June. The number of commercial vehicles sent overseas was...

A N early start in constructing a vehicular tunnel under the Rivet Tyne between Howdon and Jarrow could not be hoped for...

Buckinghamshire Fire Brigade Committee are to obtain a Land-Rover. . Coventry Transport Committee advise that 25...

T HE fi rst bus to be assembled by the newly formed company of Superior del Peru, S.A., was recently completed. It was a...

A DOUSLAND livestock haulier, 1-1 Mr. F. G. Trathen, applied to the Western Licensing Authority, last week, to extend his...

I N a report to the transport committee, Mr. J. Mackie, general manager of Belfast Eransport Department, has recommended that...

A N increase in orders from home and overseas operators is reported by A.C.V. Sales, Ltd. Twenty-five Regals are to be sent to...

THE British Exhibition, which is to be held in Copenhagen from September 29-October 16, will be opened by King Frederik IX of...

The Glasgow branch of Advance Motor Supplies, Ltd., has moved to 374-376 Argyle Street. Belfast Corporation are to be asked to...

F INES totalling £267 were imposed on a West Ardsley haulage company, Peter Slater, Ltd., at Morley, last week, on 89 offences...

nickel plating will be available in the 'United Kingdom — next :year. Albright and Wilson, Ltd, 49 Park I :Inc. London, W.1,...

A N appeal is being considered by Lancashire County Police against the decision of Manchester County Magistrates, who last week...

T HE Hyster concern of the United States are fitting the Perkins P6 engine as an optional factory Installation in three of...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. A FAST run from the Midlands to eastern Cornwall in the Standard oil-engined 12-cwt. van...

A NEW -range of pullers for the 1- "l removal of bearings, pulleys, flywheels and gears has recently been introduced by E. F....

Q NE of the most important factors in the even running and ease of steering of motor vehicles is a line degree of wheel...

Says Alan Smith N el Ppportunities L ARGE-SCALE car-hire is growing in popularity in this country, as customers are relieved...

D ESPITE prophecies to the contrary, drum brakes on Commercial vehicles are unlikely to be displaced by disc brakes within the...

A NEW tyre spreader for dealing with tyres from 13 in. to 11.00-20 in. is being manufactured by the Barwell Rubber Co., Ltd.,...

F URTHER to the instances quoted by your correspon dent, L. J. Chapman, in your, issue dated July 22, I believe that...

i‘ S INCE when have you taken to reading shorthand in your spare time?" asked Maggie. "This happens to be Arabic," I said,,...

A GROWING tendency for vehicles purchased from British Road Services to change hands, in many cases on more than one occasion....

A Newcomer Faced with the Problems of Fixing Rates and Finding Traffic Puts his Case to S.T.R., who Surprises the Operator with...

ROYAL TIGER 1270:MgEASILO in bus design for years to come.. . has made an instant appeal to European operators. Now operating...

,k SCHEME in which the fan can be PI , engaged or freed by a temperatureresponsive unit is shown in patent No. .732,044, by...