O N November 1, new controls over the movement of large and awkward loads come into effect and the range of loads that are...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT mo firm progress towards establishment • of a common transport policy or igreed maximum weights...

independent road hauliers to encourage quicker turnround and increased productivity is to be announced next Monday. The...

Home Counties Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association conference to be held at Bournemouth at the end of next week....

the British School of Motoring to provide a conversion course for drivers whose work takes them onto the Continent. Designed tO...

Reginald Biddle, chairman of the International Road Federation London office, will attend the fourth World Meeting of the...

Transport Association will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, W.1, on Monday, October 29. The reception...

adviser to the board of Unilever, Ltd., will deliver his presidential address to the Institute of Transport at the inaugural...

introduced by Commer Cars, Ltd., at the Paris Show which opened yesterday. Known as the Series 2500, it is an addition to the...

A NUMBER of prominent past and in. present figures in parcels and smalls transport by road attended a reception in London on...

From John Moon, Paris, Wednesday. A LTHOUGH in a complete state of confusion within 24 hours of the appointed opening time,...

by the Alvis Stalwart exhibit at the Commercial Motor Show and inquiries were made by representatives from Basutoland. Canada,...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HERE are definite signs that the coming upheaval in public transport is going to be...

MEW powers came into effect last 11 Friday under the first Commencement Order of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 including new...

on roads in the period 1963-68 than was allocated for the five-year period 196267. This was revealed by the Minister of...

A S expected, the Labour Party Con ference on Monday unanimously carried a resolution by Mr. Sydney Greene, general secretary...

THERE were strong objections from I several operators when an adjourned pplication for an articulated low-loader vas resumed in...

B ECAUSE he did not appear in person to make his application, a haulier, werating two vehicles under a contract icence, failed...

farmers to places within a 100mile radius of his business was granted to Mr. D. W. R. Pengelly, of Ashill. Cullompton, by the...

WHEN South Shields Corporation were VV granted permission by the Northern raffle Commissioners to raise their bus fares, the...

H. SPARSHATT AND SONS, LTD., J. body builders, engineers and repairers, of London Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, were cleared last...

A N increased demand by the farming community for animal feeding stuffs prompted an application by D.B.O. Transport, Chinley,...

president, Mr. G. D. Squibb, Q.C.. will sit in Edinburgh next Tuesday to hear appeals against decisions given by the Scottish...

P. S. Ormond, the Eastern Licensing Authority, has granted British Road Services permission to switch the base for two l2-ton...

P RESENT licensing conditions were such that it was impossible to operate a small coach business without any assistance, said...

A T Lincoln last week, an application by a Grimsby haulage contractor. Mr. J. Kitching, to " split" a B licence was refused by...

A N application by P. J. Ayres and Son, Ltd., of Wallingford, to vary their B licence by Idding one vehicle and one trailer...

C. Batshi as road freight manager (operating), in succession to Mr. R. L. Streight, who retired on September 29 after 45 years...

T HE Smiths magnetic-particle fan coupling has been specified by the British Electric Traction group of companies for all of...

by Dundee Corporation transport department for the year ended May 15, 1962, but the bus account showed a deficit of over...

Mr. R. E. Bottrill, in a report to the transport committee, said that despite a recent increase in fares, West Hartlepool...

LTHOUGH operating revenues of Coras lompair Eireann for the 196162 year showed an all-round improvement, any advantage was more...

new range of Comet goods vehicles with direct-acting air-pressure brakes, Leyland Motors, Ltd., are now offering a Comet 12C6RP...

the Ministry 1 of Nationalized Services, the Ceylon Transport Board states that nearly 3,000 buses which were taken over by the...

ACTOR Y APPROVED York sixwheeler conversions are announced fir the new Bedford TK 8-ton model hich was introduced at the...

A membership, to a total of 2,468 at CONTINUED steady rise in ne 30 this year, is recorded in the I stitute of Road Transport...

HREE special numbers of our associated weekly, journal The Motor a being published to cover the Motor S ow which opens at Earls...

secured orders worth over £1,750,000 at the Commercial Motor Show. • Two - thirds of this was obtained by Leyland, whilst...

year's Commercial Motor Show have dropped compared with attendances at the 1960 Show, there was an increase in the number of...

15 dump trucks were held last week at the British Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd., Wouldham Works near Grays, Essex. They...

hydraulic brake-torque eliminator exhibited at the Commercial Motor Show by Henry Boys and Son, Ltd. Fitted new to any Boys...

out to The Commercial Motor that there was an ambiguous beading to a story in last week's issue, dealing with the negotiations...

vehicles, "The Faithful Carrier," was given its premiere last week. " The Faithful Carrier" is based on the first-ever London...

THE annual general meeting of the Diesel Engineers and Users Association will open on Thursday. October 18, at the Institute of...

A NEW display vehicle recently constructed for The British Aluminium Co., Ltd., is now engaged on a twomonth tour of Britain's...

N alternative to conventional grom et s is provided by Flexiform m ets introduced by the cable accesie division of HeHermann,...

ULDED rubber bumper overriders itable for a number of light vans e been introduced by Tudor Accesie , Ltd., Beaconsfield Road,...

A N illustrated brochure giving full details of the civil engineering and industrial plant hire service from their depots has...

OVERNOR for an injection pump i shown in patent No. 895.612. ✓ ng on the centrifugal principle, the er or is claimed to be...

P ATENT No. 895,673 refers to exhaust brakes and in particular the method of sealing the butterfly valve spindle....

F ROM Scammcll Lorries, Ltd., Tolpits Lane, Watford, comes patent No. 898.839. This covers a rear-light fitment that can easily...

P ATENT No. 897,498 shows a tyre in which the tread portion is removable. The tyre itself is provided with upstanding pins...

H [RING a new-style transistorized radiotelephone for El a week is the latest service offered to operators of small vehicle...

A LEAFLET on chassis lubrication fittings, has been published by Simplifix Couplings, Ltd., Hargrave Road, Maidenhead, Berks....

A COMMON complaint concerning recent shows, which 1-1 .has become much sharper this year, is the lack of space for p.s.v....

by JAiVUS his announcement at the end of March, 1961, of le appointment of a committee under Lord Rochdale ■ inquire into the...

I By A. A. Townsin, _THOUGH the A.E.C. Reliance 590 coach chassis for 36-ft.-long bodywork is large, its versatility is such...

HE need for better road transport facilities inside and outside docks . and on the way to them—is a salient feature of the...

C OMMENTING on the Rochdale Committee report, the secretarygeneral of the Road Haulage Association, Mr. G. K. Newman, told The...

T HE Rochdale Committee report is now under detailed study by the Traders Road Transport Association and the Association's...

by adapting vehicle dimensions to pallet sizes N THE CONTINENT, the problem of maximum dimensions and weights for commercial...

D N Thursday of last week, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development...

k READER states that he finds the use of old vehicles for inter-depot transport unreliable and expensive. Moreover, they are...