A FTER three years' experience of the working of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, it might reasonably be assumed that the road...

A A N extraordinary poster, which is reproduced l',.elsewhere in this issue, has been issued by the authorities of King's...

le\ GREAT service to the industry is being rendered by the British Road Federation in its efforts to direct attention to the...

A FLYWIIEEL of normal weight does not, at low engine speed, rotate at what is, strictly speaking, a constant velocity. The...

Of apathy aiding monopoly. That the M. of T. prefers figures to fanatics. That tyre twins shall be of the " identical " type....

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

A GREAT many important traffic routes throughout the country will be closed to thousands of commercial vehicles if the railways...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS Special Vehicle for Weight Testing. Manchester Watch Committee proposes to put into service...

VOR some years past the motor horse' box has been steadily gaining favour, so that to-day there is hardly a stable in the...

are not alone in their difficulties. Similar conditions apply in Belgium, where an Act was passed in August last which imposed...

REMARKABLE M.S.A.F. INTENTIONS. Midland and Scottish Air Ferries, Ltd., intends to start on March 1 a London-Belfast service,...

ROAD AND AIR TRANSPORT T EAN SPORTATION difficulties of one kind or another have put more shows out of business than have any...

VAN BODIES Methods of Constructing and Decorating Bodies of Vans, Particularly Those of Traders, So That the Maximum...

The Seventh Article of the Series in which We Answer Typical Questions on Different Subjects Resulting from the Passing of the...

Forming a Private Company The Various Points for and Against the Conversion of Businesses into Private Limited liability...

N . one can visit the Portslade maintenance works of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., without being impressed not only by the...

New Method of Cooling Poppet Valves Enables Higher Compression Pressures to be Used. A Device That Eliminates One of the...

Commercial 3-tonner . T O take a new vehicle from a factory and to investigate the roadperformance characteristics ' in such a...

A PAPER on gas as a fuel for road vehicles was recently read by M. Andre Pignot, research engineer to the Paris Gas Co., before...

T HE outlook in the drapery and clothing industry is most hopeful,. and many concerns are making preparations for the spring...

T TENDERS are invited by the following lowing (latest dates given in parentheses) : —County Borough of Blackburn for haulage....

THE NEED FOR DESIGNING FOR LOCAL CONDITIONS ABROAD. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4237] Sir,—I am indeed glad to see...

T - N R ING the progress of the Loch L./Eck road scheme it was found that the services of an excavator were requinxl, and with...

T HERE is a regret table tendency among engineers to confuse stainless steels with specifically heatresisting steels. This is...

A Range of Air and Water-cooled Engines from h.p. to M h.p. for Driving Tractors, Cultivators, Airrcompressors, and Light...

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS ' T.G.W.U. OFFERS TO TAKE OVER LEICESTER TRANSPORT. IT is reported that the Leicester...

T N dealing last week with the air ser vice which Mr. W. L. Thurgood has commenced between Portsmouth and Jersey, we referred...

Haulier and Carrier The Road and Rail Traffic Act in Its Relation to Hauliers Who are Displacing Horses by Motors. Selecting...

A Resume of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published rrHE necessity of synchronizing the speeds of two...