I T is hard to imagine a series of uncontrollable circumstances which can have been more adverse to any industry than those...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT N EARLY everyone, it seems, wants to get in on the Beeching act. Inspired no doubt by the new...

used for collection and delivery services are in future to be co-ordinated and controlled by a newly formed Road Motor Division...

THE Minister of Transport has pro• posed to London County Council an( other local authorities concerned a One way traffic...

coming to light of rear accesses and service roads being nullified because of their use for long-term parking. This was the...

LASGOW CORPORATION has ruled that the new Clyde Tunnels cannot be used by vehicles carrying " dangerous substances ". These...

THREE of the 10 exhibits on the 1 Leyland Motors Ltd. stand at the forthcoming Brussels Show will be new single-decker...

A POLICY of "aggressive expansion" is announced by the Lloyd's Packaging group, whose 10 transport and travel companies include...

A T the 46th annual general meeting of rA the East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd. last week, it was announced by the chairman Mr. R. P....

ISSUING a special New Year message A to the 76,000 staff of the new London Transport Board which took over from the L.T.E. on...

D EFERRING to the new Transport Holding Company, while presenting the annual report at the 34th annual general meeting of East...

V jARIOUS difficulties had been caused V to operators by the shorter working week, stated Mr. D. McClean, a director of Swains...

T HEappeal by Jones Transport Services (Liverpool) Ltd. against the North Western Licensing Authority's refusal, after a...

A N appeal by Happiway Tours (Manchester) Ltd. against the decision of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, refusing to grant a...

D AVID ZAVARONI of Rothesay was successful last week in an application to convert a contract A licence into an A licence for...

I N a reserved decision, the West Midland Traffic Commissioners have granted a reshuffle of assisted-travel services by...

I N a reserved decision, Mr. D, I. Muir, the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, has refused an opposed dual application, which...

B ECAUSE of the alleged attitude of I.C.I. Ltd. in refusing to send a witness to the hearing to support an application, a West...

board of directors of Martin Walter Ltd. Sir Reginald reeently retired as deputy chairman of Vauxhall Motors Ltd. Mr. W. A....

IVIEMBERS of the Transport Users Consultative Committee for the London area have been appointed by the Minister of Transport,...

THE operating and manufacturing sides of the road transport industry received recognition in a number of directions in the New...

W ITH the approach of Christmas, the Minister of Transport considered that the moment was opportune for bringing into force the...

out that Party H.Q. had misfired on some aspects of transport policy last summer, the thinkers of the Party have been...

Broadly, these directions place the Holding Company on a similar footing to the other new undertakings set up by the Transport...

C OMPLETELY removable and interchangeable load decks in the form of roller-mounted pallets are used on a new fleet of Dennis...

engine and an all-synchromesh fourspeed gearbox are announced today by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd., for its 10/12and 15-cwt. vans....

of six-cylinder diesel engines is now being undertaken at the British Motor Corporation's plant at Bathgate. The development of...

nA1MLER-BENZ AG, the Stuttgart, El Germany, producer of MercedesBenz road vehicles, announces an -estimated 1962 production of...

distributors to main. tain a Tyre Trade Register in Great Britain comes up for hearing at the Restrictive Practices Court on...

is to be installed for the Essex Fire Brigade by Pye Telecommunications Ltd., of Cambridge. The new system, which covers Essex...

group has started to use a new type of welding equipment of American manufacture in the production of heavy-duty steel tipping...

designed with continuous operation in mountainous areas in mind, has been developed by Graf und Stilt, Vienna. It is called the...

for eight Willowbrook 70-seater 30-ft.-Iong double-decker bus bodies to be based on A.E.C. Regent Mk. V chassis has been placed...

A N AIR SPRINGING system for tandem axles is described in patent No. 896,181 (Cranes (Dercham), Ltd., South Green Works,...

A N oil engine combustion head, aimed at eliminating diesel knock and reducing the maximum cylinder pressure is shown in patent...

BY A LEGAL CORRESPONDENT E VERY prudent person should carefully read every document which he signs, and he should understand...

A NEW workshop heater, the Ho-Lei . 1 - 1 W.20 has been introduced by E. F. Allchin and Co. Ltd., 253 Bordcsley Green,...

A NEW 12-volt Dagenite battery primarily intended for tractors, industrial plant and special vehicles has been introduced by...

T HAVE a theory that drivers who habitually wear gloves at the wheel are often found to be above average in skill and...

Expanding U.S. express company uses modern methods in handling air cargo traffic FROM OUR NEW YORK OFFICE W HEN Yale Express...

A NEW U.S. Army truck engine I — % featuring a new combustion principle has been developed by Continental Motors and U.S. Army...

A GREAT deal—perhaps too much—has recently been written about operating to Europe. The technical Press in particular has...

By A. A. TOWNS1N, A.M.I.Mech.E. p ERHAPS the most remarkable result of the road test recently carried out on a Dennis Loline...

O NLY rarely is there to be found a member of the House of Lords who is prepared to put forward proposals on behalf of the road...

A N adequate costing system is a basic essential to the economic operation of a fleet of commercial vehicles. The use to which...