T HOSE who hoped that the New Year would bring better relations at national level between private enterprise and British Road...

TT is frequently said that New Year resolutions 1 are made only to be broken. It is to be hoped, however, that all users of the...

A Blind Man's Gift A SURPRISE presentation was recently made to the bus crews of Hull Corporation Transport department. The...

Of a headline in a provincial newspaper: "Shoe Factory Objects to Bus Service." That a recent advertisement in a local paper...

A T a meeting on Tuesday afternoon of the National Joint Industrial Council, the unions clarified their claim on behalf of...

A S this issue closed for press, the Ministry of Transport's plans for the extended use of road transport in the case of a...

A T the first of a series of public meetings, held on Monday, to attract support for his campaign against Birmingham...

in the Monte-Carlo rally this ear, carrying competitors' baggage in advance to hotels, as well as officials and wives and...

A FU - RTHER six vehicles (l91 tons), based this time at Gateshead, have been acquired from British Road Services by N.M.U....

L. Collins, who has joined Ashok Motors, Ltd.. in India. the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have appointed Mr. M....

1-1 A CONFERENCE on vehicle and road lighting will be held by the automobile division of the Institution of Mechanical...

A FORMER managing director of Renold Chains, Ltd., Mr. R. 0. Herford, died in Buenos Aires last week while visiting the...

F OLLOWING the example set by Birmingham, Coventry City Council decided on Tuesday to promote a Bill to legalize concession...

IN the New Year's Honours, a barony I is conferred on Sir William Fraser, chairman of the British Petroleum Co., Ltd., and...

QHORTLY after The Commercial 1 -- ) Motor closed for press, a joint conciliation committee of the National Council for the...

being offered by the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., during the coming season. One new tour has been-planned in this country, and...

THREAT to the industry," was how Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, described...

I N a body speciall y built for carrying bread and confectionery, fibre-glass is used to insulate the sides and doors. Dagenham...

O o the advice of the town clerk, Huddersfield Transport Committee have cancelled over 5,000 free passes for old people on the...

1 N answer to an appeal by thousands of housewives living in rural com munities in Northumberland to reduce the fuel tax in the...

A MONG the first operators to take advantage of the abolition of the 25-mile radius limit on hauliers were Essex Carriers,...

oil and petrol engines. It is Sidney Diesels, Ltd., 26 7 28 Hallam Street, London, W.I.

T HE latest addition to the range of sprayingmachines produced by Thomas Coleman and Sons, Ltd., Alfreton Road, Derby, is a...

I -1 A MAXIMUM penalty of £50 was imposed on Thomas James Homer, haulage contractor, of Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, at...

A NEW A.E.C. passenger chassis will be exhibited to overseas operators at the Brussels Salon, which opens on January 15. It is...

A NEW architectural lighting system has been introduced by Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd., 4 Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C.3. It...

C OMPULS O RY use of cycle tracks, where provided, is proposed by Viscount Esher in an amendment to Clause 3 of the Road...

A GROSS profit of £967,844 is expected to be shown by Birmingham Transport Department on March 31. The net surplus, after...

P ROPOSALS to increase fares are to be considered at an early meeting of Morecambe and Heysham Transport Committee. At existing...

I F the current pay claim by busmen employed by private companies were successful in whole or in part they would have to seek...

T HE accident rate for vehicle transport in factories showed a marked and steady increase in 1953, because of its greater use,...

and double-deckers, the B.E.S.T. undertaking in Bombay has taken over from private operators services in the eastern suburban...

L'INES each of £3 were imposed on I 13 convictions of breaches of Blicence conditions by William Bradley and Co. (Coal and...

United Dominions Trust. Ltd., have opened a new branch at 2 Spencer Street, St. Albans. The efficieney of passenger transport...

T HE British Transport Commission expect that before making provision for the enhanced cost of replacing assets, a loss of...

r - k A NEW tyre for commercial vehicles operating on normal road surfaces has been produced by the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd....

P 'is possible that the l956 models of Some ot the leading American commercial-vehicle manufacturers will have Firestone...

bY facilities to get away from their everyday surroundings and be able to see the great big world," said the Western Licensing...

A PROPOSAL that id. be added to Inall bus fares was rejected by Newcastle upon Tyne Transport Committee last week. Instead,...

T HE day before the 25-mile limit was lifted, J. Dowker (Sheffield), Ltd., Ivy House Farm, The Dale, Sheffield, were fined £10,...

rl A NEW fares scale designed to increase revenue has been recommended by Sheffield Transport Committee. The proposed new rates...

1 by Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd., are saving drivers' labour and up to two-thirds of the time required in making a...

NAEMBERSHIP of the Mobile Radio ILL Users' Association 'wasnow about 300, representing 75 per cent. of land users of mobile...

A PARLIAMENTARY Bill which seeks to merge the Chatham and ' District Traction Co. with Maidstone and District Motor Services,...

T HE annual dinner-dance of the Metropolitan and South Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association will be held at Grosvenor...

tudi Easy Way nal Jo the T OADING gear now being produced .1-4 by R. A. Neaverson, Ltd., Abbey Lane, Leicester. can be fitted...

Licensing Authority, granting permission to Denton Coaches, Ltd., to operate a group of excursions and tours from Huddersfield,...

L ONG-TERM credit facilities for the purchase of trolleybuses by Colombo have been offered to the mayor by British...

T HE Government of Kutch have decided to place a corporation in charge of road transport in the State. Initial capital required...

A S from January 1, British Road Services are accepting responsibility for goods destroyed or damaged by fire or explosion...

S UMMONED for permitting a lorry to be used with a defective tyre and without a carrier's licence, Harris Williant Winstanley,...

for repairs to roads near milkstands, and the provision of areas for collection vehicles to pull in? This question was...

A SIMPLE battery grab has been introduced by The Elms Garage, Rednal Road, West Heath, Birmingham, 31. When once a grip has...

THE thanks and admiration of the North Western Licensing Authority are being conveyed to all operators who sent vehicles to...

THE action of the directors of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd„ in selling "without reference to the stockholders" their...

A N annual prize of £5 5s., to be known as the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Prize, is to be awarded by the Chamber to the most...

T RAMS are to be abolished on the Walkley-Intake service of Sheffield Transport Department at the end of this year. Tenders...

A SPECIAL sub-committee has advised Rawtenstall Corporation to proceed with a joint transport committee scheme with the...

says Andrew Seacombe London Users Resent Break-up of National Road Transport Set-up : Hauliers. Being Kept Busy. Little...

E FFICIENCY has been well maintained by the transport department in the year under review, and costs compare favourably with...

Seven Municipalities -and 10 Companies Provide Bus Services in the Liverpool-Widnes Area by D. Randall N O fewer than seven...

by John Savage, A.I.R.T.E. Reduction of Pipe Failures Makes an Important Contribution to Reliability : There are Many...

by John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E Trojan-Tasker Outfit Rated for 35-mt. Payload has Perkins P.3V Oil Engine HE operator who has to...

A TANKER of Shell-Mex and B.P.. • Ltd., has been fitted with a 40gallon fuel bunker tank, a delivery pipe and a pair of...

Perils of Co-existence By JANUS T HERE is a difference between saying that transport should be freed from politics and acting...

New Landlord and Tenant Act Brings About Farreaching Changes Affecting Occupiers of Leasehold Property and Increases Their...

• J. R. Mundy, Ltd., Who Operated Nearly 100 Vehicles before Nationalization, to Bid for Former Premises : Ex-B.R.S. Man Forms...

T HE discovery of photographs of motorbuses operated by the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, now part of British...

How an Operator Was Advised to Quote for Carrying Goods from One Point to 26 Different Destinations, Leads being from One to...

PA A PISTON provided with an oil circulating system for dissipating the heat is disclosed in patent No. 718,612, by...