I N common with all businesses, road transport operators will suffer under the general taxation restrictions of Mr. Callaghan's...

O N Wednesday the Road Haulage Association recommended members to increase road haulage rates by 5 per cent with effect from...

week if or so of further acquisitions by United Carriers Ltd. of Wellingborough. The company—which has over 150 vehicles run by...

By S. BUCKLEY, Assoc Inst T "1 THEREFORE propose a general increase of 50 per cent in all the rates on goods I vehicles and...

excise taxation imposed in the Bruhn Mr. G. K. Newman, secretary-general 1 the Road Haulage Association, said Nottingham on...

BY NORMAN H. TILSLEY nIJTCH auction " specialists, the prac tice of local authorities in calling for tenders every 12 months,...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT -1-1HE proposal to set up a new negotiating system for haulage labour relations. I which was...

nES1GN ED to have a dualpurpose character to suit the operator's particular needs, this ERF Carrimore articulated outfit...

A RETAIL dairyman and newsagent of White Roding, Essex, Mr. T. E. Howells, has just had this modified Morris 12 built to his...

CORTY-TWO Boden 26-ft. tandem-axle TIR semi-trailers have recently been delivered to British Road Ferry Services Ltd. and one...

ARBON DIOXIDE is used to discharge the contents of this stainless steel tanker L■ (above) made by W. P. Butterfield (Engineers)...

) RIVERS of lorry-mounted cranes (in the category of light or heavy loconotivcs) are covered by section 73 of he Road Traffic...

1 - 1 A RECENT survey conducted by 1REJ shows that Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Western Germany maintain a complete...

By Alan Havard WE YMOLITH once again this year provided the opening round of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition. By the...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A s one of his last major acts before he relinquishes his job as chairman of the British...

REE men and a company, alleged to have conspired together to defraud Hill and Sons (Botley and Denmead) Ltd. of a sum of £15...

'JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON' From our Industrial Correspondent T HE Industrial Court, in a "judgment of . Solomon " last week,...

THE Minister of Transport finds " most disturbing" the Automobile Association's report showing that only about 62 per cent of...

WARNINGS that the dearer comrnerYV cal vehicle licences would result in increased costs came from Tory MPs in the Commons....

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT P E Government hopes to be able to lift the manufacturing restrictions from all the...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T WO ways in which the wages of 100,000 company busmen might be determined were suggested by...

M ANY interesting points were made in questions put to a panel of CAV Ltd. executives at the company's annual conference held...

Ride Gets off to a Slow Start Despite Meters 'THE experimental park and ride I scheme introduced by Leeds Corporation on...

' M ODERN methods and thinking applied to bus operation will troduce more economic and efficient vorking ", says Mr. Norman...

the following officers were included in those elected for thc ensuing year: Mr. H. T. Outfield, national president; Mr. K. B....

Transport Association as ordinary members: Mr. L. V. Hanscomb (John Dale Ltd.); Mr. L. J. Keen (Belling and Lee Ltd.)....

A TANKER driver, 39-year-old Mr. i""t Charles F. Hayes, was presented with a Royal Humane Society testimonial on parchment by...

WHEN Adjuvil Ltd., of London, WI, 11 appeared before the Metropolitan Licensing Authority Mr. D. I. R. Muir on Tuesday, seeking...

A T a sitting in Bournemouth last week the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners reserved their decision on an application by...

T HE Transport . Tribunal rejected the appeal of Frank Mackay Ltd. at Edinburgh on Tuesday, upholding the Scottish Licensing...

THE Transport Tribunal, in Edinburgh this week, dismissed the main part and allowed re-hearing of the " delivery " part of an...

A FTER hearing how an applicant had for fourteen years represented that he was working in partnership with another man, and had...

TURNERS (SOHAM) LTD., whose I main operations are at Fordham, Cambridge, were this week granted an additional collection and...

Stockport, to add six vehicles to an existing B licence for one vehicle, was granted on Tuesday by the North Western deputy...

next week. Appeals listed for hearing are as follows:— Tuesday, April 13: J. Wharton and Sons Ltd. and others against a...

A LLEGATIONS by Motor Vehicle A n Collection Ltd. that an associated company of Anglo Scottish Car Deliveries Ltd., had...

DAKERS TRANSPORT (SOUTH AMPTON) LTD. were given "the strongest possible warning" against operating trailers at weights in...

Monday . esulted in an easy passage for an appli=ation by Haworth Schofield Ltd., who ought a new B licence for six vehicles,...

decisions were lodged with the Transport Tribunal compared with 123 in the previous year. Of the 84, 16 were withdrawn. Of the...

Not Wanted in the Transport Business, says Defendant THREE men were fined a total of £107 at Romford (Essex) Magistrates'...

to -1 A licence was granted to S. Jones, f Aldridge. by the West Midland Licenng Authority in chambers last week. fter...

BY NORMAN H.TILSLEY T HE recent spate of Contract A licence hearings in the Western Traffic Area has been followed by...

r OR some time now, at protracted I intervals, a battle has been taking place before the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr....

nNE of the most ambitious vehicle endurance runs to be carried out by a British manufacturer is due to be started by the Ford...

offered by the Institute of Transport. A CMUA Road Transport Research Fellowship, of value up to £1,000, is offered to enable a...

QEEN in an accompanying photograph is the first Minitran semi-trailer, a ne development by Highland Engineering Ltd., of...

T HE first paper read at the CAV Ltd. annual conference held at Harrogate on Monday for agents in the northern areas was...

T HE National and Local Government Officers' Association favours three separate boards for road transport industrial training....

THE latest traffic census (1964), which is taken periodically by the Metropolitan and City police at various points in London...

Development, the Government agency. Vickers-Armstrongs has been asked to produce a mock-up for an air-cushion vehicle which...

a new £50,000 roads depot at Eaglesfield to replace the Eastriggs plant. Garage space is provided for 12 lorries, two tractive...

information Service (With Thirteen Case Studies)" has been published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and...

L AST year Japan again produced twice as many commercial vehicles as she did passenger cars, according to the Japan Automobile...

Shrink Fits are Secure WHERE considerable nip or tightness VV is required, as when fitting a starter ring to a flywheel, the...

and Publications Plastics Hazard Marker A PORTABLE plastics hazard marker is now being marketed by J.A.L. Plastics The...

By A. J. P. Wilding A M I Mech E MI RTE ROAD TEST: Ford D.800 Four-wheeler T HE Ford D series has been worth waiting for. The...

S ITUATED at one of the highest points in Glamorgan, some three miles from Merthyr Tydfil, the South Tunnel maintenance depot...

EYE By The Hawk VIEW Profit and Loss In our last week's issue caustic comment was made on the foolishness of unecomonic...

A LMOST casually and in terms which imply that commercial operators are receiving a favour, the Minister of Transport has...

A ST week comment was made on some of the con siderations that have to be taken into account when deciding whether to purchase...

Haulage Wages Council Proposals RH 81, a reader asks for the variations which have occurred over the past 10 years, Dealing...

Examiner's Viewpoint 2. Planning to Gain Marks CAREFUL, detailed planning of each question is always the background to really...

THE latest batch of announcements to come from companies is unanimously cheerful. For example. BARR AND WALLACE ARNOLD...