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D URING the next three months the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be bombarded by representations by trade organizations for...
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LIORTIFYING their case for a shorter working week, the T.U.C. declare: "Work is not an end in itself: it is the means to the...
Georg( feville Russell S ILLY questions, it is said, merit silly answers. During my first few minutes with Maj.-Gen. George...
The Working Man's Institute By the Hawk â M R. PATRICK THURSFIELD, one of the joint secretaries of the new Road and Rail...
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Punishment by Mr. James for Ignoring Official Warning: "No Reasonable Excuse" B ECAUSE Oswald Transport, Ltd., Trabboch,...
DORTUGAL, one of Britain's tradi tional markets, proposes to establish her own commercial vehicle industry. Licences to...
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T WO vehicles were deleted from the four-vehicle B licence of Mr. J. T. Pennington, Liverpool, by Mr. F. Williamson, North...
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A MONG those recognized in the Queen's New Year Honours List are Dr. W. H. Glanville, director of the Road Research Laboratory,...
MR. H. H. CHANDLER has been appointed a director of the Regent Oil Co. Ltd. MR, R. WALTON BALL has retired from the board. MR....
IN a B.B.C. recorded interview last week, .L Mr. R. J. Ellery, chairman of East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., fortified his...
Adlovil, Ltd. Cap. £100. Subs.: S. H. Lucas and F. A. Dean, 6 Surrey Street, London, W.C.2. Sec.: S. H. Lucas. Reg, office: 6...
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WHEN Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., and YV Baxter's Bus Services, Ltd., Coatbridge, both applied to the Scottish Traffic...
⢠A N applicant was advised by Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority. last week, to have a lawyer rather than make...
D ESPITE the withdrawal of opposition by British Road Services because they could not cope with extra work, an application for...
D ECEIPTS of the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., in the year ended September 30, 1959, were disappointing, particularly when the...
ERMISSION was granted lay . Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, to Messrs. Morgan's Transport, Bristol, last week...
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A PPLICANTS who told Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, that they had ploughed back profits for 1959 into their...
We Ignore Dec i s ion, ' Say Operators TT was alleged - before Ashton borough 1 magistrates, last week, that a firm of coach...
T WO new types of bus have been designed by the Canadian Car Co.. Montreal, Canada, and both are fitted with A.E.C. AV690 oil...
Big Land-Rover Order: The Swiss Army authorities have ordered 240 Land-Rovers costing £160.000. New Address: The Lincoln...
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W HEN the Humberdale Transport Co., Ltd., applied to Maj. F. S. Eastwood, Yorkshire Licensing Authority, at Bridlington on...
TWO serving members of the Forces 1. were granted licences by Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, last, week to...
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A COACH owner with a private-hire PA business who applied for an excursion licence to the North Western Traffic Commissioners,...
A FTER having threatened to ,run "pirate" buses over the 102 bus route in north London, Mr. Frank.Davis, leader of seven...
A 'application to carry schoolchildren on a weekly fares basic was made to the West Midland Traffic Commissioners by Glideaways...
A PARTNER in a haulage concern, who had 10 previous convictions for criminal offences, pleaded guilty to possessing two forged...
A ' 1958 A.E.C. Reliance coach with Willowbrook 41 seat bodywork, operated by the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., has been...
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COMPLAINTS about the non-collec tion of parcels by Collins Express Parcel Service, Ltd., Birmingham, were so numerous that some...
ik ANUF ACT U R E and marketing of IVI A.E.C. vehicles on the European mainland will be undertaken by a new company, A.E.C....
IT was stated at Leeds last week that 1,840 gallons of milk delivered by tanker did not appear to be fit for human consumption,...
DEVICE which automatically records information about bus passenger loadings has been fitted to an RT doubledecker on country...
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Transport as Important as Production " UTOVEMENT is as big a factor as iv I processing," said Mr. E. W. Hancock, director of...
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Removing Lead from Batteries A COMPOUND which, it is claimed, r - 1 will remove lead sulphate from the plates of an apparently...
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Weight Jugglers In Jeopardy H AULIERS who have gained advantages by juggling with figures of unladen weight, and submitted...
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A DISC brake in circuit with the engine 1 - 1 cooling system has been developed by the Wagner Electric Corporation, St. Louis,...
A RANGE of forward-control dumpers has been introduced by Scammell Lorries, Ltd. The vehicles are nominally rated for 6-cu.-yd....
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A LTHOUGH a late entrant for the 15 - cwt. forwardcontrol van stakes, the range of 1-ton models announced today by Commer Cars,...
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( IN appeal, the Minister of Transport has decided that Traffic Cornmissioners are entitledto prohibit smoking in buses. In...
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1 T is time the existing excise licensing system for goods vehicles was replaced by a completely new one designed to assist...
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Brief Visit to Russia Reveals Variety of Road Conditions: Wide Deserted City Streets : Vehicle Production Vigorous but Entirely...
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T w° petrol engines are used to power a new 120-passenger city bus developed in the U.S.S.R. Known as the Ziu-6, it is 39 ft....
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W HILE the London to Birmingham motorway was still under construction, the Ministry of Transport were developing special...
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A STRADDLE carrier which can be driven over a semi-trailer, lift the container and carry it away, is now in service in...
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Extra Work Caused By Non-productive Delays Can Exercise a Depressing Effect on Revenue W HEN comparing the operating costs of...
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air suspension system and particularly with an air control valve for levelling which prevents continual correction of small...