IT is for the consumer to decide how he will send his freight, or what means of travel he will use," was how Mr.,. Ernest...

THE fitting of a roofrack to a " minibus " so that it could carry goods did not convert it into a goods vehicle needing a...

From Our Industrial Correspondent U NION leaders representing 24,000 men employed by British Road Services met the management...

Success of Security Measures THERE is now a tendency for thieves I to concentrate on standing vehicles at night, said Mr. J....

W ITH the coming of motorways and other improved communications it was to be hoped that those responsible for large indivisible...

D UBBLE from a demolished building, soil and tree roots being carried by lorry from a site to a tip were not " building...

P ROVISIONS governing the carriage by road of coal and other solid fuel, and of sand and ballast, are contained in the...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FORE research into the emission of fYI toxic substances by diesel and petrol engines and more...

A N application by James Reid, liquidator of the Dalkeith transport business of Richard Ayton Ltd., for eight vehicles on A...

D URING the three nationwide surveys this summer 83,000 diesel-engined goods vehicles were observed, and 9,800 of them were...

Transport Tribunal in London A N application made by Davy and Co. (Grange) Ltd., of Milnthorpe, Westmorland, would have...

A FTER Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, representing Robinson's Luxury Tours Ltd., of Barrow-in-Furness, had stated that a hearing...

B ECAUSE a locomotive drawing two . 1 - 1 trailers loaded with a 72-ton girder and attended by another locomotive had four men...

Case Adjourned B ECAUSE Granary Haulage Ltd., of 1 --) Burton-on-Trent, had not envisaged being asked to carry goods for...

THE South Eastern Traffic Commis' sioners at Hastings last week turned down two applications for licences to run coach...

A PPLICATIONS to switch vehicles from B to A licences have recently become more prevalent. Several publications this week...

T O meet the needs of the football fans in the Charley area, four local operators applied at Manchester on Monday, to run...

A N application by Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. for an express licence to run from Newcastle-underLyne to the R.A.F....

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT 1 ONDON TRANSPORT have been La forced to abandon their schemes— for the time being, at any...

T first vehicles built to the current 1 maximum permissible dimensions to be added to the fleet of Ribble Motor Services Ltd....

Transport .Co. Ltd. as a director of Bulwark United Transport Ltd., and managing director of Bulwark Transport Ltd., John...

WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. IN F. Allison, Mr. W. E. O'Shei, Mr. Standerwick, Mr. N. Stott, Mr. J. T. Clegg, Dr. H....

rrHE time had come for a panel to be set up to investigate the operational and development features of compressionignition...

It/TAKERS of truck air conditioners in 1 1 ' 1 Detroit, U.S.A., are expecting a substantial sales increase, thanks to aid from...

THIRTEEN FOR LYONS: Albion Motors have received an order from J. Lyons and Co. Ltd., for 13 Claymore 4-ton lorries. SIX FOR...

V AN DOORNE'S Automobielfabriek NV, of Eindhoven, Holland, maker of DAF commercial vehicles, announces that 20 per cent of its...

been added to the Lubrequipment range of equipment made by Castrol Ltd., Castrol House, Marylebone Road, London, N.W.1. It is...

P LACING an engine transversely at the rear has several advantages, but difficulties can arise in locating the propeller shaft...

A UNIT for assisting the loading and unloading of a lorry at a dockside or a works dispatch bay is shown in patent No. 895,713....

WHILE at the Turin Motor Show last week I met Mr. E. F. Gutfreund, who is the export manager of the' Lancia concern, and who...

O F some members of a rapidly disappearing generationof master mariners it is sometimes said, in a reverential tone: "He served...

By JOHN F. MOON, A.M.I.R.T.E. A S recorded in last week's issue, the European Common Market and its possible effects on...

N . OT many manufacturers, however much noise they made, would be given as much publicity as Dr. Beeching has received for his...

O N Monday the Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition opens at Olympia. The Exhibition is this year...

THE November 2 issue of The Commercial !dolor is very -I ' interesting, especially the municipal bus analysis. But please let...

D ISSATISFACTION with the image of road transport as presented to the public by some sections of the Press has recently been...