offences HE introduction, o n August 1, of radar equipment to detect speeding in Lancashire—with virtual certainty that this...

rr HE Industrial Disputes Tribunal's award of an extra us, a week to busmen has provided operators with potent material for...

Touring With Pensioners r i LD-AGE pensioners have a particular penchant ‘-` for trips by coach and quite a number of coach...

That obturation (exhaust braking) obviates much brake fade. _ Of those who are indignant when city fathers won't father a...

T HE merit bonus paid to drivers anU conductors employed by Glasgow Corporation may be retained, despite the wage award. The...

U NION officials in Birmingham have I- ) agreed to accept a rise of 9s. 6d. a week, instead of the national lls. award, for men...

T HE provincial busmen's claim for a time-and-a-quarter rate of pay for work done after 1 p.m. on Saturdays is still being...

A SECOND multigrade engine oil, Shell X-100 20W/40, has been introduced by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. It is said to cover a still...

RY turbochargieg a new Daimler 8.6-litre oil engine it has been possible to secure similar performance to that of a normally...

THE number of C-licence vehicles on 1 the road rose by 18,586 between March and June this year, and by 76,073 between .June,...

D URING the week commencing September 2, a shop-to-shop census will be taken to collect evidence about the effect of the...

B ECAUSE eight-wheeled vehicles cannot be unloaded within 15 minutes, the Glasgow fruit. trade is to appeal against proposals...

T HE autumnal conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers is to be held at Windsor on October...

U NDER a proposed new scheme to redevelop Covent Garden Market, up to 1,700 lorries can be accommodated simultaneously in the...

Darlin g ton Corporation have been taken off the road, to complete plans made 10 years a g o for the g radual replacement of...

RP-TO-DATE licensin g fi g ures issued ‘,..1 last week by the Minister of Transport showed that on June 30 this year there were...

T INCERTA1NTY about the allow ances to be paid in future by the Milk Marketin g Board was handicappin g the lon g -term...

T WO versions of a new Hi g hway sin g le-deck bus body have been introduced by Plaxtons (Scarborou g h). Ltd., Seamer Road,...

R EPLYING to a su gg estion by Viscount Monsell, in the House of. Lords, that some railways should be turned into roads, Lord...

A NEW division has been formed by Rotol, Ltd., Cheltenham Road, Cheltenham, to develop, manufacture and sell turbochargers to...

LA A BLANK refusal to consider introclueing legislation to amend the law on concessionary travel was given in the House of...

£240m. which the Exchequer is to provide in the next four years for road works. Mr. J..S. Maelay, Secretary of State for...

London-Brighton A23 trunk road came into operation last week. About .1 mile longer than the old route, it has two straight...

B IG bus operators had an obligation to provide services needed by the public, and any representations made to them should be...

of the most gruelling journeys ever undertaken by a passenger-laden coach, the nine-year-old A.E.C. Regal Ill, which left...

A NEW Mercedes-Benz light bus has recently been imported into Ireland. It provides comfortable accommodation for 17 passengers,...

S HOULD village carriers be allowed to run passenger services, with the same vehicles as those they use under B licences, to...

• platform staff may mean that Glasgow Transport Department will suffer a deficit in the current financial year. This was...

A N application by the British Trans:. port Commission for increased fares Was confirmed by the Transport Tribunal, on...

IF the proposed • acquisition of a I majority interest in the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., by the Canadian Massey-Harris-Ferguson...

T . AST week, Alfred Henry Bengry, J—■ prOprietor of 'Priinrose Motor'. Services; Leorffinster, wa"s" found guilty at the local...

W ITHIN a week of the provincial busmen's wage award being announced, many Operators have already put forward their plans for...

F ARES on all the Ulster Transport Authority's road and rail services will be increased by 5 per cent. from August 19. This...

T HE continual transfer of contract-A vehicles to A and B licences raised issues which sooner or later would have to be...

L 'ILITY for additional purchase tax may result from the fitting of non-folding rear seats in small vans, even if side windows...

of the railways, the Ulster Transport Authority no longer require a headquarters building of the size of that in Linenhall...

T HE cost of carrying goods by road, compared with using British railways, was mentioned in two licensing cases last week. At...

PA A WHOLE-DAY meeting of the longdistance hauliers' committee of the Road Haulage Association will,be held later this month...

A CUSTOMER'S letter, which stated that British Railways' charges for the carriage of lambs were too high, . was read at...

1% /TEN employed on coal deliveries by IA 1 James Emmanuel, Ltd., Newport, can now go to work in their everyday clothes,'...

THE dangers in purchasing a haulage b usiness without ascertaining whether there is any real goodwill were illustrated at...

A N increase of 9s. a .week in the wages of all adult road haulage workers within a 15-mile radius of Belfast and Londonderry...

T HE dispute between Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., and Llandudiso and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway, Ltd., over alleged...

U NDER an agreement with the General Motors Corporation, Hindustan Motors of India will begin manufacturing goods vehicles of...

A N aluminium-alloy bread-van body combining strength with lightness and suitable for mounting on an Austin Electricar 10-cwt....

continued to. rise in 1956-57, Mr. John Oldham, chairman, states in his annual report. The company's associates in South...

T "provincial bus strike is quoted by the British Employers' Federation as an example of why the existing arbitration machinery...

A N agreement has been announced between Clark Equipment international C.A., the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., and Crompton...

A FARMER who carried goods from neighbouring farms under a socalled F licence did not make cash charges for the service, but...

Ivy using a B.S.A. 100-200 turboLi charger. the output of a Daimler 8.6-litre engine fitted in a Daimler CVD.6 double-decker...

T WO A.E.C. Reliance crush-load buses which Reading Corporation placed in service last Sunday are designed for one-man...

T HE Road Transport Lieltitie Act 1957, which eonsolidates the law on the subject, received the Royal Assent last week. Other...

—And New Light-alloy Meat Van with ingenious Tailboard and Door Linkage A 33-SEATER bus based on a Thames 4-ton chassis will...

New Vauxhall Victor Engine and Gearbox are Latest Improvements to the Well-tried Bedford CAV Van, Giving Good Results By John...

.TIPPER? A Suggested Design with Air Suspension, Air-cooled Underfloor Engine and Hub Reduction Gear to Overcome Operators'...

Tribunal on Tribunals By JANUS Q UARRELS multiply as life becomes more complicated; and the machinery for settling them has...

THERE are frequently references to a shortage of manpower in the Metropolitan police force, and in view of the way in which the...

Spot Welding From One Side A DEVELOPMENT in spot welding, the / - 1 Argon= process of British Oxygen Gases. Ltd., Spencer...

S INCE its foundation at Holloway in 1860 as the temporary home for lost and starving dogs, the Dogs' Home, Battersea—to where...

should be made clear that in this context the word " bulk " is used to indicate the conveyance of a commodity in loose form in...

Nostalgia By The Hawk T HE rally of old commercial vehtcles at Beaulieu (The Commercial Motor, July 19), at which the star...

ARGE tyres, fitted to rims having one detachable sidewalt, are often very difficult to dislodge after the detachable ring has...