O NF potential source of fatalities to lorry drivers—indeed, to any road user—arises from the need to change a punctured...

THE next two weeks will see the first I. exploratory meetings between repre sentatives of the Ministry of Labour and of the...

PA A WIDESPREAD fish distribution scheme involving over 120 vehicles, 400 Grimsby fish merchants and countless fish retailers...

A T yesterday's (Thursday) meeting of the highways and traffic committee of the Traders Road Transport Association, the need...

A LTHOUGH Scottish Pulp and Paper Mills will haul a small proportion of the necessary supplies for their new plant near Fort...

been lodged with the Road Haulage Wages Council by the transport unions, and a copy of the claim has been sent to employers'...

carried on the Transport Ferry Service was delivered by Pickfords Ltd, to its destination in Bedford on Wednesday.'it is a...

T HE Pointer Group of Norwich has introduced a welfare scheme for nonalaried employees (hourly paid) that will vovide them with...

THE Tate and Lyle group are not going to enter for the 1965 Lorry Driver of the Year competition. Normally they enter about 200...

week the I haulage firm of H. G. Harrison and Co., London, S.E.1, was being taken over by Swift Bulk Haulage Ltd., the Essex...

From our Industrial Correspondent THE British Railways Board took particular care to point out this week when announcing the 4...

at yesterday's (Thursday) meeting of the vehicles committee of the Traders Road Transport Association was the question of...

1-3 . A NEW ferry service between Hull and Rotterdam, starting about the autumn of 1965 with one vessel and offering three...

A COMPREHENSIVE parcels service ri from Great Britain to many of the principal cities in Europe and all destinations in the...

T HE take-over of Alfred Bell Ltd., of Newcastle upon Tyne, and branches by Drake Carriers Ltd. is imminent. Alfred Bell...

PI A NEW system of yellow kerb marks to indicate where the loading and unloading of vehicles is prohibited, either continuously...

Conference course held for foremen this week at Knuston Hall sets the pattern for the industry by S. BUCKLEY WITH the...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT British Coach Rally T HE 1965 British Coach Rally—the 11th in the series—will be held during...

P ASSENGER transport problems created by the introduction of the 41-hour working week for engineering and shipyard workers have...

r ONTRACT and private hire opera tions which carry workmen and schoolchildren and which, technically, do not come under the...

T HE threatened ban on overtime by London's busmen over the proposed cut in schedules was called off a few hours before it was...

THE municipal bus undertaking of Rochdale, Lancashire, has been threatened with expulsion from the National Federation and the...

J. Richards (secretary) and Mr. G. J. Lynch (group chief engineer) become full directors of Duple Motor Bodies Ltd. Mr. E. T....

po LANS for closer co-operation between Coras lompair Eireann and the Ulster Transport Authority were disclosed by Mr. A. G....

following have been admitted to membership : Mr. W. Alcorn (South of Scotland Electricity Board); Mr. S. Burrill (Thomas Usher...

A N application by J. W. Hodgson (Transport) Ltd., of Carlisle, for an A-licence variation to include six additional vehicles...

W ITNESSES from Judkins (Coated Macadam) Ltd., of Nuneaton, told the West Midland deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. R. Hall, at...

A SATURDAYS-ONLY stage carriage I -1 service between Edinburgh and the new town of Glenrothes is proposed by Scottish Omnibuses...

was the reason given by A. L. S. Harman Ltd., of Wolverhampton, for applying at Birmingham last week to switch six contract...

THE West Midland Traffic Commig sioners, in a written decision, have granted applications by Kendrick Transport Ltd., Dudley,...

I NSULATED versions of their Van guard range of frameless semi-trailer vans are now being produced by Crane Fruehauf Trailers...

L OW-LOADERS with knock-out axles have mostly taken the form of having four wheels in line. it is unusual to see a low-loader...

" WHATEVER else happens in British VV industry this year, one thing is certain-1965 will go down as industrial training year."...

MORE HUNGARIAN VEHICLES FOR. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Under the trade pact recently signed between Czechoslovakia and Hungary more...

F OLLOWING strong representations to the Ministry of Transport by the Lorry Mounted Crane Association, the addition of a...

engineers of Clapham, S.W.9, have been appointed distributors for the postal districts south of the Thames for trailers and...

A N exhibition of public service mini1 - 10. coaches is now in progress at the showrooms of the Williams Motor Co. Ltd., Knott...

A A FIRM which already supplies and converts more than 3,500 Ford engines a year to meet customers' spec;fie needs (recent...

T ir,IS big Luton van (above) is being cperated by Bevan Funnell Ltd. of Nemhaven on their Swedish and Italian direct furniture...

to exceed the old Construction and Use max ma is this Hazlemere " long Luton whit h is 31 ft. 9 in. overall and has a main body...

Three Recent Luton Types for Very Different Work Two-tier Transport E IG1-111( bicycles can be carried in this two-tier Luton...

Clutch Trouble After Overhaul MOTHING can be more annoying to II the hard-working motor fitter than to find the clutch he has...

O UR prize-winner this week is Mr. H. Sutton, of Leeds. He says that he has experienced difficulty in obtaining replacemept...

and Publications ront-end Winch for Land-Rovers k NEW front-end winch for use on the Land-Rover is being produced by...

VIEW By The Hawk Fluid Situation A new spirit of competition is, I understand, likely to be seen in the fuel supply field in...

A, Assoc. Inst. T. Green for Go SCIENTIFIC guidance of traffic movement is one of those things that seems certain to be...

BY NORMAN H. T1LSLEY H AVE you had an application refused lately? Have you been up before your Licensing Authority armed with,...

Is this casual judgment on a driver's skill enough? Those who test potential staff surely need their own standards of...

BY ASHLEY TAYLOR, A.M.I.R.T.E., Assoc.Inst.T. CONSISTENT interest riot only by a chief executive, but also by the individual...

another viewpoint By R. E. G. BROWN, F.C.I.S., M.Inst. T. IT was difficult to tell from Mr. Titsley's account (in "Licensing...

L IKE explorers in space gingerly testing the atmosphere and environment of a new world, road transport operators have taken a...

ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS by S. BUCKLEY, ASSOC. i NST.T. T HE provision of an efficient service is the universal objective...

Good Company Resul . • ighten Gloom HE announcement of some good company results I helped to brighten the gloom of stock...

The Diesel Engine Controversy • I HAVE been following with interest the correspondence in this column regarding the sudden...