I T was suggested by one person at the Institute of Traffic AdminiIstration Conference on Saturday that the Road Haulage...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A s exclusively forecast by The Commercial Motor on April 19. the E.E.C. Commission has made...

B Y establishing five new haulier depots in England and Northein Ireland, Polycell Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, has...

P ROPOSING the toast of the National Tyre Distributors' Association at its annual dinner last week, Mr. D. 0. Good. chairman,...

bus 1-1, operators engaged on a world-wide study tour were entertained at the Road Haulage Association's head office last week....

been disbanded because of lack of support by the trade, fired a parting broadside at the careless handling of produce in its...

A SILVER-PLATED model of an r -1 Albion Reiver tanker has been presented by the Leyland Motor Corporation to the National...

earth moving and demolition contractors, of Bishop Auckland. Co. Durham, has sold the whole of its share capital for £32,000...

T HE possibility that the National Coal Board might withdraw facilities for traders to move their coal by road to their own...

NAORE stolen vehicles in the Metro1 V 1 politan police area ar'e being recovered by the Road Haulage Association's Observer...

A LTHOUGH the prosecution con tended that the carriage of stone in a lorry was concerned with the business of a builder rather...

A LMOST m. tons of ballast are being transported in 26 weeks for the foundation works of the new Kingsnorth Power Station, near...

of industry regarding transport problems associated with heavy and abnormal loads of large engineering equipment, the...

THE international Road Transport Union, meeting in Hamburg, has decided to make a new approach to European governments and...

0. G. Barnard & Sons Ltd., Stowmarket, at Mendlesham airfield last Sunday, attracted 72 entries and proved a great success....

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT T HE changes which will follow when pedestrian-controlled vehicles are no longer treated...

MOST of the protests voiced to him against the " totting up" of convictions for road offences leading to disqualificat:on were...

in built' up areas, snow clearance and methods of expediting road repairs are among items which members of the Highways and...

would otherwise have been transported annually by road will now be carried in a water slurry through the first cross-country...

ciation is renewing its appeal to commercial-vehicle drivers to leave a sufficient gap on open-road journeys to help car...

road signs are expected to be in use in Britain soon. Mr. Marples will announce in the next few weeks the details of a ES m....

duty on dery would cost about £31m. in a full year—and it would go much wider than that, said Mr. Reginald Maudling, Chancellor...

Commons last week when seven Private Member's Bills, including Mr. Edward Short's measure to widen travel concessions on...

" THE general impression left with the 1 Commissioners . . . was that too many vehicles were chasing too few passengers and...

J. Else, has granted an application by Progressive Deliveries Ltd., of Coventry, to vary a B licence by the addition of 10 car...

WHEN considering applications the IN need of the public and other haulage operators must be taken into account before those of...

BY NORMAN H. TILSLEY A closer look at the Progressive Deliveries application C AR transporters have been in the news lately,...

R ECENTLY I had an opportunity I% of speaking to Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the Northern Licensing Authority, about his action at...

A N application to vary an A licence by substituting a heavier vehicle and converting a contract-A vehicle to open A licence...

rr WO express service 'licences, between Skipton and Llandtldno and Colne and Llandudno, were ismalgamated at Manchester last...

the licences covering four vehicles of 12 tons and one trailer of 1 tons, Mr. J. Eckersley of Bolton applied for one B licence...

Mr. Victor Goodhew, M.P., Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Thomas Galbraith, M.P., Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the...

R DESPONDING to the almost unanimous opinion of local authorities in their operating area, Ribble Motor Services Ltd. and three...

A FTER 41 years of public service the r't Silver Star Motor Services Ltd., of Porton Down, Salisbury, Wilts, is to cease...

THE 26-coach business of Charlie's 1 Cars (Bournemouth) „Ltd. has been bought for a sum believed to be just over 06,000 by...

A TRADING loss of 006,736 for 1962 is reported by the Ulster Transport Authority in its fourteenth annual report. This was a...

L EASING facilities for periods from _ three to ten years under plans arranged by Scammell Lorries Ltd. with the Equipment...

' Minister of Transport will open

Trucks Inc. of America and the Government of Pakistan reported in The Commercial Motor of January 11, goes much further than...

primarily for the Australian army, it is hoped to develop an overseas market for a new vehicle by the International Harvester...

D ELIVERED last week to The Cedo Tyre Co. Ltd., Chichester, a 250-cu.ft. all-metal alloy-bodied van is the first of a series of...

recommended the City Council to place a contract for the supply of 63 Daimler Fleetline doubledeckers with 77-seat bodywork by...

Ltd., at Dumfries has been acquired by Thermotank Ltd., the Govan, Glasgow, firm of sheet-metal fabricators and...

T "principle of one union for one industry was support0 at the annual conference of the National Union of Vehicle Builders in...

EE XPORTS of commercial vehicles from the United Kingdom during the first quarter of 1963 were 36,944, with an additional 1,882...

by the International Harvester Co. of America is designed to meet the needs of users connected with the building industry and...

endowed at the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield by the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London....

to invite tenders for the supply of two 7-cwt. vans, two existing vans to be taken in partexchange; also a Merryweather...

A DDITIONS to the Hipope range of tailboard loaders made by H. C. Pope Ltd., 8 Elm Street, Northampton, result in there being...

P REMIUM grade and Supplement I lubricating oils containing colloidal molybdenum disulphide have been added to the range of...

T wo new upholstery cleaners have been introduced by Holt Products Ltd., Vulcan Way, New Addington, Surrey. They are sold in...

A NEW 0-125 in. diameter brazotcctic silicon-bronze flux-coated welding rod is now being marketed by the British Oxygen Co....

P -1 A NEW electrically operated fuel dispensing pump designed for commercial users has been introduced by Wayne Tank and Pump...

A NON-TELESCOPIC aerial with a Z --1 bracket for clipping on to a vehicle window is now marketed by Panorama Radio Co.. 73...

1 - 1 A BOOKLET has been produced by Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles Ltd., Morrison Works, South Wigston,...

A NEW range of traction battery richargers—named Slimline—has been introduced by Oldham and Son Ltd., Denton, Manchester. Two...

M Y recent comments about queues at Woolwich Ferry have brought a nice tale from Charles Hartrey, who will be well remembered...

ATLAS EXPRESS LTD. CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY THIS YEAR y OU cannot exist . in business for. 100 years unless you have got that...

QINCE January of this year, British Railways has employed three B.M.C. 3-ton prime movers in conjunction with six Abelson...

Gentle Tipper SMOOTHING the path of the seriously sick has now been carried a stage further by the Bristol; Coventry and...

N OT much reliance can be placed on conjectures concerning the recommendations of the committee of inquiry into roadhaulage...

A TOTAL of 87 competitors at the Coventry eliminating contest on Sunday represented a reduction of some 30 per cent compared...

'WITHOUT detracting in any way from 11' the honour due to C. Nelson (Montague Burton Ltd.), Leyland, who proved the overall...

T F any organizers of a Lorry Driver of L the Year round deserved good weather, those at Ruislip certainly did. The organizing...

A MONG the most noteworthy of the trends of opinion revealed by the Institute of Traffic Administration's annual conference at...

T HE increasing use of cars for business purposes has resulted in added responsibility for many transport managers of ancillary...