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N EXT Monday Mr. Selwyn Lloyd will reveal his Budget intentions for the current year. One presumes that he will not need a...
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- cough Middleton T HE chimes of the ice-cream van sounded across our village green on one of the coldest evenings of the very...
L' OR those who think the use of the electric vehicle is limited in the commercial vehicle field, two items of this week's...
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PA A NEW B licence for 28 vehicles was granted to Slaters Transport, Ltd., Caulkland Quarry, Thornton-le-Dale, by the Yorkshire...
QPEAKING last week at the annual general meeting of Jaguar Cars. Ltd., the chairman. Sir William Lyons, said that the...
I ACK of action on the Jack Report has led Mr. Raymond Gower (Cons., Barry) to seek Commons' permission to introduce a Bill to...
Continental Link "Could Restore Railways' Eminence" "WITHOUT adequate transport and a VY Channel link which must cater for...
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range of 1.5to 5-ton goods chassis, first exhibited at the Amsterdam Motor Show in February and fully described and illustrated...
FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT P AY talks are due to reopen today, Friday, between London Transport and leaders of its...
FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT R OADS1DE tests with portable smoke meters and policemen equipped with tinted glasses . . ....
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T HE National Coal Board, who have obtained a contract to supply pulverized fuel for the boiler plant at the General Hospital,...
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QPECIALLY equipped coaches, on L) which three-course meals will be served, are ready to go into operation with the Ribble;...
InRITISH ROAD SERVICES told the Metropolitan Licensing. Authority, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, on Tuesday that, because of a general...
T HERE was no point in a haulier thinking that willingness to surrender a contract A licence was an easy way of obtaining a...
T HE re-hearing of an application by Archibald Ferguson, of Ardrishaig (Argyll)—he was criticized by the Transport Tribunal...
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Charges Against Contractor Withdrawn A FTER a three-day hearing, Taunton magistrates last week awarded Douglas Fear, managing...
M ORE than two-thirds of his cornpany's routes, and two-fifths of their stage carriage mileage were being run below the average...
A FTER a three-day hearing which commenced in January, Orange Luxury Tours, Ltd., of London, N.16, were last week granted a...
LISBON ORDER A.E.C. AGAIN: Already operating over 350 A.E.C. singleand doubledecker buses, Lisbon Electric Tramways have...
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F OLLOWING a transport debate (The Commercial Motor, March 23), the European Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg last week...
A NEW heavy-duty four-wheeled goods model has been introduced by the French manufacturers, Automobiles M. Bertiet,...
'T'HE first •36-ft, by 8-ft. 2i-in. coach to go into regular long-distance daily service in this country left Victoria Coach...
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Applicant's Evidence Praised by Tribunal r ONCEALED questions of principle were not involved and the appeal turned solely...
rOMMENTING that the multiplicity of traffic regulation orders has put the subject of traffic at the forefront of matters...
• Tribunal " in a fog" about . customer's business AORE particulars should have been 'VI given by a witne s s at a public...
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FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT THE new State-transport Holding I Company will not be compelled to consult with trade...
Pl. A . NEW type of metallic. brake lining, named Met-l-loy,. has been .developed in the IU.S. for heavy-dutycommercial...
2s. 6d is one of the conditions of a new . wage agreement for drivers of S.P.D., Ltd., acting as full-time vansalesmen for...
THE Home Office, in the person of I Mr. David Renton, . Minister of State, turned doWn a suggestion that the offence of failing...
type carried by a vehicle which recently exploded in West Bromwich were being carried out, and when the Home Office had a...
warning signs can be put out at night when a vehicle has broken down on the road, Lord Chesham, Parliamentary Secretary to the...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT 44 HE business world has sought the cheapest haulage, not the best, and is now complaining...
A CASE which relates to drivers who take friends to and from work has been won on appeal by the R.A.C.. acting on behalf of a...
L ICENSING occupied the minds of two, of the speakers at the annual dinner last Friday of the Western area of the Road Haulage...
T HE first three-year full-time training course for those seeking administrative positions in the distributive and maintenance...
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A A NEW type of container system, called . the ExpressPak, has been developed in the U.S.A. by Ryder System, Inc., Miami. The...
By FRANK BURRAVOE THIS is being written before the 1 Budget, and the writer makes no claim to forecast Budget secrets. But...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A WARNING to Mr. Marples and Dr. Beeching to keep railway branch line closures in proper...
C ONVENTIONAL bonus schemes have the serious drawback that they operate to the advantage of the less conscientious worker,...
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decided to purchase 5 gallons for test purposes on a 1955 Fordson Major Tractor, he performance of which had reached a stage...
I would like to congratulate you on your latest product, Autol-Desolite. Some few weeks ago I purchased a trial order from your...
opinion on the question of "Black Smoke", we took advantage of experimenting with Autol-Desolite. We felt that to improve on...
Having used your product Autol-Desolite for the last four months, our Mechanics and Drivers report the following: I. Injection...
2 Ncals Cranes fitted with Ruston 3 Cylinder Engines were given the initial treatment of Autol-Desolite. Before running, one...
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E , VEN if most people are aware that the railways earn more than twice as much money from freight as from passengers, the...
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The Advent of Packaged Fuel is Having Bask Repercussions on Traditional Methods of Coal Delivery as Made by Maurice James...
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C HA1RMEN and vice chairmen appointed in recent area and sub-area elections of the Road Haulage Association include the...
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E IGHT years have passed since the Ford Motor' Co.. Ltd., introduced their 4D four:cylinder diesel engine and offered it as...
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WOULD like to support Mr. Hall in his letter published in your issue of March 9: the Road Test reports have also proved of...
T HAVE been constructing models in Meccano for the 1 past 10 years, using scales of 1 in. and LI in. to the foot, and I enclose...
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H.M.W. Case Could Reach the Court of Appeal T HE result a the recent appeal to the Transport Tribunal by H.M.W. Transport,...
THE North Western Deputy Licen Ising Authority, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, was putting it very mildly indeed when he said—giving his...
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'TWO substantial licence '' switches " I appear in publications received in the past week. In Scotland, Road Services (Forth),...
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The cost of repair or replacement of a vehicle following an accident, fire or theft is not necessarily the only loss thereby...
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"TWO new lighting units for commercial vehicles have been added to the range of Rubbolite lamps which are made by Flexible...
A HEAVY-DUTY windscreen washer 1 7 1 kit intended for commercial vehicles is now marketed by• Tudor Accessories, Ltd., Hayes,...
TO enable operators to modify their L vehicles to comply with the amended regulations regarding excess-fuel devices on 'diesel...
NAOLYBDENUM disulphide in a 12-oz. IVI Aerosol container is now being marketed by John W. Miller and Son,
TUST published by Sawall Publications, Ltd., 4 Ludgate Circus, London, E.C.4, is the 1962 edition of the Finishing Handbook...
A NEW nylon yarn for industrial use is being introduced by British Nylon ' Spinners, Ltd. Because of its improved resistance...