D ESPITE the verbiage and platitudes which seem to be inevitable in official publications, the White Paper dealing with the...

Willi 'minas James 0 NE conference I would have given much to observe took place at 8.30 one warm West Indian morning in a...

Maritime Tale nID you bear the story of the truck sideboard delivered to a consignee on the Isle of Wight during the recent...

CONTROL over road and rail competition will be exercised by the Minister ."-' of Transport under the new State transport...

A NORTH WALES haulier's use of an A-licensed vehicle with a normal user confined to the Isle of Anglesey, for regular journeys...

I T is unlikely that the decision of the Restrictive Practices Conn against the motor vehicle distribution scheme will make any...

A MONMOUTHSHIRE man who I - 1 thought he could make a fortune by hauling shale to the site of the Spencer steelworks at...

THE Northern Traffic Commissioners made it known last week (hat they wished to ensure that every encouragement would be given...

MR, F. JceaEs has resigned his appointment as chief buyer of Clayton Dewandrc Co., Ltd. He is succeeded by MR, A. CORTHORN....

'WORK study in public cleansing will be the subject of a symposium at the annual conference of the Institute of Public...

AL THOUGH the one-day strike Z — Ithreatened by provincial busmen, who were asked to work on December 27 without a day off in...

OVERAGE to almost all the United ' Kingdom in the distribution of such 3cls as foodstuffs and electrical ?fiances was now being...

L AST week saw the conclusion of a 1–.1 tong drawn-out contest between two coach operators who were at one time partners...

THE Minister of Transport has announced plans for an experimental scheme to speed traffic between Central London and the...

A N order. for 80 buses, worth nearly 1320,000, has been received by Leyland Motors, Ltd., from Compania Urguaya de Transportes...

fillE growing practice among American L industrialists of using their own ;hides to carry their goods, coupled with e newer...

A N appeal by a Middlesbrough roadhaulier, said to be serving a threeyear prison sentence for receiving, against the Northern...

meter scheme, said Mr. R. J. Evans, of Manchester surveyor's department, at a meeting of the Manchester and District Centre of...

18, bus operators in the area had been seriously affected, it is learned. In the first week of the electric service there were...

H AULAGE contractors who are operating 40-ft.-long trailers are in "a specialized field and need some form of protection," said...

A ' application by Mr. J. In g leby, a former miner, of Ann itsford, Northumberland, to use a 12-seater minibus to carry...

Alba Motors (Delivery Services), Lid. Cap. :1,000. Dirs.: Douglas A. H. Smith. 20 Willmott toad. Little Sutton, Warwicks;...

A N appeal to drivers of vehicles carryin g wide loads and abnormal indivisible loads to by-pass St. Albans by usin g the M1...

THERE is a steadily increasin g interest 1 amongst British exporters in the advanta g es offered by air transport, used in...

by John Spencer Wills S TARTING with the short-term part of my terms of reference, it is heartening to note that for many...

Increased Exports by The Hon. Geoffrey Rootes A S the new year opens, prospects are good for higher I -1 production,...

by S. C. Bond D URING the past four years, apart from the normal pauses for breath, the economy of this country has continued...

by J. B. Mitchell L ICENSING is more than likely to hold the key to the future of road haulage. This may seem an unexpected...

Modern Four-acre Yorkshire Depot Begins Operations this Week-end VERATIONS from the new main depot of Hanson Haulage (Leeds),...

New Pooling Arrangements Involving Three Local Operators Will Bring Considerable Benefit to Both Public and the Undertakings...

HEAVY LING HT Latest AtkinsonHeavyduty Six-wheeler has Cummins Oil Engine and can Operate at 50 tons Gross Train Weight: Z.F....

Less Than a Fortnight After R.11.(70) Became Operative Many Hauliers Are Faced With Demands for Increased Insurance Premiums;...

Political Commentary By JANUS C OLD and businesslike in tone and contents, the White Paper on the reorganization of the...

A Thousand Tons of Rock Salt a Day are Moved by a Fleet of Fodens at the I.C.I. Mine at Winsfbrd, Cheshire WORKING on a motor...

A REFUSE-COLLECTING vehicle operating on the vacuumr1. cleaner principle is shown in patent No. 852,853. It is intended to...