T HE low floor double decker is still regarded by many operators as an oddity, as a non-standard vehicle built for specialized...

A NEW publication of the Conservative Central Office, "Roads and Means," begins with a lucid description of road development in...

Plea to Minister for 30 m.p.h. A LMOST everyone in road transport is hoping that the new Minister of Transport, who appears to...

That many roaa travellers envied the " B. and K." traffic facilities. That a lottery run on " lucky number" bus tickets might...

From Our Parliamentary Correspondent THE Disposals Bill had a quiet passage through the Lords for its Second Reading on...

1 r an excess number of standing passengers is carried on a bus, the conductor cannot be charged with a substantive offence,...

A RC.iUMENTS over the use of a C-hiring margin were made when the British Transport Commission and two Wisbech haulage...

MR. WILLIAM W. WATT has resigned from the board of the British Oxygen Co., Ltd. MR. WILLIAM E. DUCK, chairman and managing...

THE Road Haulage Association will continue to Oppose the Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage Property) Bill, affirmed Mr. James...

A CARLISLE horse-trainer, Mr. 1-1 . Joseph Mulholland, was last week granted by the Northern Licensing Authority permission to...

was still not r - k too late for him to reconsider the road passenger transport industry's case for a reduction in fuel tax and...

THE Scottish Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals has purchased a new horse ambulance with bodywork by John...

THE Isle of Wight commercial' vehicle tally, forecast in The Commercial Motor on April 13, will be held on May 19. It will...

Upon Appeal THE Northern Licensing Authority last week granted a variation to the conditions of a B licence held by J. and W....

A SHORTAGE of haulage facilities In. was complained of by farmers in the Pitney, Somerset, -area, stated Mr. W. J. Higgins,...

Albatross Weight: TheAlbatross scooter transporter described in the issue for Last week has an unladen weight of 4 tons 13...

K NOWN as the Palletizer, a machine has been produced to build up unit loads on pallets. it is American and is being made in...

D ESIGNED for use in confined areas such as markets and town centres, a new Harbilt articulated refuse collector built by the...

UBLIC relations was more than I putting one's point of view before the public. There was another side to the picture: this was...

DRIORITY was given by Commer Cars, Ltd., and Thomas Harrington, Ltd., to the construction of a new mobile telegraph vehicle for...

Runcorn Bridge A BRIDGE which will cost £2m. and incorporate the largest steel-arch span in Great Britain is to replace the...

B.U.T. three-axled trolleybus chassis are to be supplied to Johannesburg Transport Department. They will be similar to 60 sent...

Air-cooled Engines A IR cooling is featured prominently in Czechoslovakia's latest lorries and buses. The four-wheel-drive...

nETAlLS are now available of a Somua gas-turbine-engined goods chassis which is reported to have been running experimentally...

R OBUST constructipn and pleasing appearance are two of the features of a new stop-tail-lamp set made by Wingard (M.A.), Ltd.,...

By C. S. Dunbar, m.inst.T. Leicestershire Still has a Few Independent Bus Operators : The Biggest are • Brown's Blue Coaches,...

Latest Morris 1-ton Van is a Direct Descendant of the 1939 P.V. Model : Changes are Mainly in Body Design, but New B.M.C....

trailer is a U.S.L.M. model with a well 17 ft. long. A TIPPING lorry which within five minutes can be converted into an...

Trade Rises After Bristol Metal Merchants Introduce Scheduled Delivery. Service : Need for Speed Delayed Oil Conversion,. but...

T O meet the special requirements of the Department of Irrigation of South Africa, Cranes (Dereham), Ltd., Dcreham, Norfolk,...

O RIGINALLY designed as a chassis for coach operators overseas, the Dodge 87AP6 forward-control model was recently made...

Although Vehicles Must Have Two Rear. Lights By as from October 1, a Defence is Still Possible if Our Legal Adviser They Become...

Is Saturation Point Approaching? IS vehicle saturation point likely to be reached in Britain I in the near future? If so, how...

Just Around the Corner M Y spies tell me to look out for a new version of a popular small oil engine. It is, they say, likely...

EW leaders of the road haulage industry may is q reveal themselves next week, when the Road Haulage Association has a series...

TWO interesting vehicles, one a horsebox and the other a semitrailer for the recovery of carcasses, have been built for...

of the Carrier Don't Work for No Pay Owner-drivers Are Cautioned Against Ignoring Wages in Their Rates Anessment, and...

P ATENT No. 742,323 (Thomas Ash and Co., Ltd., 19 Rea Street South, Birmingham and the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd.,...