T HE issue of supplementary fuel allowances has razed any hope for the New Year that commercialvehicle operators may. have...

T HE parlous position of our supplies of petrol and oil fuel resulting from recent events has shown, even to the most...

More Shale Oil Wanted w HY is it that so little encouragement, in fact, none at all, is given to the Scottish shale industry?...

Of some Who fear that the New Year, like many another modern young thing, will be a problem child. That some atomic reactors...

MUMBERS of C-licensees, including II priority users, had received no reply to their applications for supplementary fuel...

No Uniformity of Policy Among Commissioners : Operators Not Told Whether Issues are Interim G OODS-VEHICLE operators who have...

reported that many members were now receiving an advance of supple mentary allowance approximating to half the basic, although...

U NDER the proposed title of Transport Vehicles (Warrington), Ltd., Manchester Road, Woolston, Warrington, a company is being...

"TT is clear that the machinery for handling fuel applications and allocations is quite unable to cope with the situation,"...

A T their meeting on Monday, Wolverhampton Town Council approved a proposal of the transport committee to raise fares. If the...

Q N Monday many member companies of the West Midland Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association were inquiring about...

A SCHEME for block allocations of supplementary petrol to concerns whose employees cannot travel to and from work by public...

were on Tuesday introduced into service by Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., on a further 12 country routes. The 12...

"to Benefit of Another Body" A REPLY to critics of the Road Haul I - 1 age Association's action to diminish the harmful...

THERE has been an important increase in the use of road transport in East European countries, although the carriage of goods...

A DEFENCE that the addition of side and tail boards, double rear wheels, helper springs and front bumper had not altered the...

"S UDDENLY, unexpectedly, you have been offered a great opportunity. I appeal to you with all the force at my command to grab...

0 new conventions providing for P I the exemption from taxation of road vehicles engaged in international passenger and goods...

A RRANGEMENTS have been made for the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., to provide the English road link of new coach-air services...

D ESIGNED primarily for overseas visitors, a three-day EdinburghLondon coach service is to be introduced by Scottish Omnibuses,...

R ATIONING and the higher cost of fuel are among the reasons for a reduction in opposition by employees E o plans of the...

A WARNING that the applicant would lose his licence unless properly certified fi g ures were prepared was g iven to Mr. J. A....

CRITICISM of the extra Is. tax on ‘.--• fuel was voiced by Mr. R. P. Beddow, chairman, at the annual meetin g of the East Kent...

T ° improve the undertakin g 's finances, Newcastle upon Tyne Transport Committee are considerin g usin g conductors to collect...

1 HAT PAYS O NE of the more interesting vehicles among the commercial exhibits at the Italian Motor Show, held in Turin last...

WAR. G. J. LOFTS, who has made philatelic history by In buying from Dartford Post Office a sheet of 240 unperforated 2d. stamps...

By Sir William Rootes, G.B.E. I MUST admit right away that my view of 1957 at the time of writing is not exactly clear and...

in Practice By a Transport Manager THE amount of fuel that can be saved by the pooling of C-licence operators' traffic may...

T HERE are two hard facts which the keenest advocates of tramway retention and expansion find themselves up against today. The...

the problem of getting a quart into a pint pot. A way of achieving at least a partial solution of this difficulty is to...

By S. C. Bond, M.Inst.T. W HEN I was invited to express my views upon the special problems that were likely to be particularly...

Says H. Bottomley, F OR those who have looked for relief from the ever-pressing problems created by rising costs, 1956 has...

By Harold Elliott A S the New Year commences, and with the Transport Act of 1953 and the Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage...

D EC1SION was reserved by the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority last Friday after hearing a case in which allegations of...

I A . BULLION van based on a Morris LD2 chassis has been purchased by the National Provincial Bank. Wadham Bros., Ltd.,...

T HERE seems to be a general assumption that the Road Haulage Wages Council, when they meet on January 15, will be asked to...

T HE accurate control of the air-fuel ratio with respect to temperature, is the aim of a scheme meant for petrolinjection...