T HE Minister of Transport : has not promised to raise the speed limit on heavy goods vehicles in the spring. Whether he does...

G OVERNMENT restrictions on credit do not appear so far to have reacted harshly on the road transport industry. Some coach...

Big Business at the Show? TN a few weeks' time many traffic lanes will converge 1 on Earls Court, and the curtain will rise on...

From Shakespeare, that "it is the bright day that brings forth the adder and craves wary walking." That nowadays, with our...

E FFORTS are being made by the Road Haulage Association to arrest the decline in long-distance haulage rates. That is one of...

on Breaches of Rules _ S UCCESSFUL competitors in the Slough eliminating round of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition are...

A FULLY automatic version of the Leyland Pneumo-Cyclic gearbox has been developed. It will be fitted on a Leyland double-deck...

A SCHEME whereby Standard commercial vehicles may be rented has been devised by the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., and Industrial...

D 1V1SION of work in connection with the new scheme of the Metropolitan and South Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association...

A BONNETED Albion Clydesdale, I - I developed for the export market, will be one of the new vehicles to be shown at Earls...

THE passenger vehicle operators' associations are understood to be protesting strongly to the Minister of Transport against...

A FTER hearing evidence by 10 witnesses in support of an applica tion by Messrs. J. B Caulfield, Garston, Liverpool, to add...

PA A DEC1SION that the torward view from the driving cab of an S.D. Freightlifter fork-lift truck was inadequate and that,....

A N experiment by A One Transport (Leeds), Ltd., 136 Jack Lane, Leeds. 10, involving a direct road service by A-licence...

F OR the year ended May 28, Edinburgh Transport Department had a net deficit of £34,416. In his annual report, the general...

T EN hauliers, British Road Services and the railways withdrew their objections to an application by Econofieight Transport,...

British Trailer Move: The London office of the British Trailer Co., Ltd., has been transferred to 39 Chanel - house Square,...

W HEN Mrs. E. Gannon, Oldham, was called before the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority at Manchester, last Friday, to...

L ONG-DISTANCE drivers who save on lodging allowance by sleeping in the cabs of their vehicles will have to take care following...

A N applicant who tried to jump the road-rail fence was last week refused a B licence by Mr. 3. A. T. Hanlon, Northern...

vARE increases are being sought by . East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd. Mr. C. R. H. Wreathall, general manager, said last...

THE application by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., for 34 additional excursions and tours from Bradford, Farsley, Horsforth, Leeds...

T WO versions of the Daimler 650 10.6-litre 150 b.h.p. oil , engine are being made available on the open market. With basically...

H E had applied for a B licence because he had been advised that emergency work done on C licence was illegal, Mr. M. Harbron,...

New Guy Warrior Passenger Chassis for a cross Load of 10 Tons .• Equally Suitable for Coach or Single-deck Bus Bodies MONG the...

T wo new models will be seen on the Seddon stand at Earls Court next month. One is a completely new 6-7-tonner and the other a...

New Perkins P.6-powered 6-7-totiner and a Six-wheeled Version of the Mark 12 Chassis : Minor Changes to Other Models The...

By Ashley Taylor, Railways Provide Valuable Excursion Traffic for Coach Operators: York a Focal Point A SUBSTANTIAL amount at...

W ITH the increasing attention which is being devoted to air pollution, the oil engine has been criticized in many quarters.....

F ORTY-ONE makers of earthmoving and mechanical-handling equipment, based on Fordson industrial tractor units, are being...

Investment for Future Success Says Andrew Seacombe A HAULIER. to whom I was speaking last week looked at me aghast when I...

A N ingenious new type of hoist has been produced by Spencer Motor Engineers, Ltd., 36 Bloom Street, Manchester, l, which...

A S from August 27, changes have been made in the law relating to the use on the roads of combine harvesters, tractor-mounted...

All for a Splash By the Hawk A TRANSPORT manager who used a 24-ton-gross Scammell, similar to the vehicle tested this week by...

Sets the Pace Leyland 150 b.h.p. Oil Engine in ScamMelt. 24-ton-gross Articulated Lorry • Gives High Road Speed and AutOmatte...

A COMMER Cob van has been equipped for the installation of vehicle radio sets by Rootes, Ltd., and put into operation in London...

Clearing Houses Defended T OUR article, "Unscrupulous Clearing Houses the Biggest Menace" (August 17), has made my blood...

The Giddy Limit By JANUS " NCLE," said Maggie's niece Charlotte, "why , is there a figure 20 on the lorry in front?"...

An Outline of the Servicing Tasks that May Conveniently and Easily Be Performed By the Small Operator to Keep His Vehicle in...

primarily for lifting crashed aircraft, which can equally well be used for other heavy duties. The patentee is H. Bernaerts, 97...