W HO could have foreseen, when the licensing system was introduced, that A licence operators would eventually become restricted...

A RE we on the verge of a new era in roadmaking? This question arises out of the plan of the Lancashire County Council for an...

Improved Conditions L'ASIER working conditions Promote and Streng. 1 --d and increased wages now than Staff Goodwill ....

Of engines running on oil and stopped by oil—on the plugs. That "made to a hair's breadth" would be too coarse for an...

An appeal is to be lodged by Mr. Charles .Alexander, the Aberdeen fish haulier, against the Northern Scotland Licensing...

At an extraordinary meeting, on Septembtr 9, a scheme for the capital reorganization of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., will be...

The Yorkshire Licensing Authority is ,t3 hold an inquiry at Leeds Town Hall,. at 10.30 a.m. on August 30. to C011sider the...

In many quarters the opinion is held that rearmament may cause curtailment of activities in the export market. In this...

The Board of Trade returns for July, 1937, show that the value of commercial vehicles, cars, chassis and accessories imported...

An answer to the railways' constant complaint that they are not sharing the improvement in general trade conditions is...

MR.. R. T. ROBERTS, traffic superintendent of I3irkenhead Corporation Gas .Department for 25 years, has retired after 40 years'...

As a sidelight on the question of the speed-limit problem in relation to estate tenders, the experience of a reader of Tile...

High-pressure gas cylinders, weighing one-third the weight of those being produced in this country, were stated, in our issue...

The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and -jetties named, from August 20-28 inclusive...

We learn with interest that a number of centrifugal clutches, products of Newton and Bennett, Ltd., Valetta Road, London; W.3,...

The 1937 annual banquet of the Institution of Automobile Engineers will take place at the Dorchester Hotel on Friday. October...

Last Friday the famous Cunard White Star liner " Berengaria. " was delayed for three quarters of an hour. It was only by the...

Tributes were paid to Shetland motor-vehicle operators by Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, at a sitting...

The constitution of the German Roads Delegation has now been settled. It will include some 65 well-known Members of Parliament...

Chinese Using Natural Oils as Fuel.' A 12-seater bus has recently corn: pleted a 2,600-mile trial trip across . China, using...

is offset in the. fuel costs, which show a reduction of 80 per cent.

The death took place on August 14 of Sir MAO Arthur Rose, Bt., D.S.O., LL.D., late Commissioner for the Special Areas in...

The Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, who, as announced in The Commercial Motor last week, was to have commenced a four...

In future the London office of Partridge. Wilson and Co., Ltd., will he at Sentinel House, Southampton Row. London, W.C,1....

1934, approximately 560 tramcars have been taken . out of service, having been rephkced by motorbuses or trolleybuses. To-day...

The C.M.U.A, has now announced the names of the persons who wilt open the discussions on the four papers to be read at the...

At a recent meeting of the Council of the Institution of Automobile Engineers it was decided to raise the fees" ic respect of...

The Minister of Transport announces that drivers on the I3odmin-Derby road (A.38) will, in about two years' time, be able to...

In its efforts to prevent the loading of vehicles beyond the legal limits, Cheshire County Council stopped 653 vehicles over a...

So great was the demand for the brochure entitled "Roads," produced by the British Road Federation, that another 100,000 copies...

Cuprinol, Ltd., 27, Horseferry Road, London, S.N.V.1, has published an interesting booklet entitled " The Enemies of Timber,"...

Eastern Coach Works, Ltd., Laundry Lane, Lowestoft, has received a repeat order from Middlesbrough Corporation for eight of its...

_About a quarter of the accidents in Hampshire occur on roads which have not yet been modernized. As the mileage of these...

A suggestion that, in view of the country's Urgent need for scrap metal, coal merchants operating under C licences should he...

Some time ago Belgium founded a prize competition of 2,000 francs for the author of the most striking paper submitted...

The National Union of Vehicle Builders and the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists are to continue negotiations with...

Owing to the large number of entries already received for the vehicle parade to be organized by the C.M.U.A. Manchester Area,...

Although awrong, man was identi. fied in a case at Dundee. Sheriff Court, last week, the Sheriff held that identification was...

An improved•pressure cleansing tank has been introduced by Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., 5, Prince of Wales Road. Norwich, the...

Alfresco Garage, Ltd., Keighley Road, Frizinghall, Bradford, has opened a large extension. -which has been built specially as...

. An indication of time good trade situation In Sweden is to be found 'in . _ the increase in the number of ''motor 'vehicles...

One of the exhibits to be staged by the Mond Nickel Co.. Ltd., at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition, to be held from...

For the first time in the history of the motor movement in Australia, the 200,060 mark has been reached in the registration of...

This year, "The Motor Transport Year Book and Directory " celebrates its 21st anniversary. The 1037 edition, which is ..now on...

.A-n • attractive brochure, .. dealing pictorially. *WI the activities of the British . Aluminium .Co., • Ltd., Adelaide •...

New premises, which probably repMsent the most modern of the kind in the country, have recently been opened by E. P. Barrus,...

Municipal Section to be Removed and Garage Equipment to be Restored at Earls Court. Some 400 Stands to Interest Visitors THIS...

Are Doing C.M.U.A. APPOINTS MANY NEW OFFICERS. The following is a list of recent appointments and changes of officers in the...

Association has launched a campaign to extend the machinery: for the stabilization of local removal rates, which, on its...

Mobile Dual purpose Shovel with Road Speed of 26 m.p.h. Purchasers Given Choice of Petrol or Oil Engine rrHE Allen Super Duty...

The Hyject, an Inexpensive Apparatus for Boosting a Low-pressure Mains Supply OPERATING at a pressure of 100 lb. per sq. in.,...

A Well equipped Plant enables the Arlington Concern to Produce Highgrade Bodies at Competitive Prices H AVING over 28 years'...

Says a Timberman A Challenge to the Protagonists of Metal Body Construction. . Striking Examples of Longevity in Timber...

Linking Up Operating Costs with Establishment Expenses. Some Figures for Profit W E come now to what I think is really the...

Improved Sales. of Goods and Passenger Vehicles Show Promise in the Industry it:I registration returns of new des for June...

How They Travel in Morocco, Portugal and Gibraltar, as Seen by The Editor W E recently undertook a tour which included parts...

says Dudley A. Elwes, M.I.T.A. (Head of the C.M.U.A. Licensing Bureau) HE Appeal Tribunal has I once again distinguished...

L • IKE haggis and Scotsmen, tripe and north-country folk have been associated for long years in the public mind. This business...

How the Use of Alloy Irons has Overcome a Difficult Problem . O NE of the most important problems facing the operator of motor...

An Expert Gives Valuable Practical Advice on the Employment to the Best Advantage of this Important Modern Metallurgical...

By Means of Claytonrite Elevator Tailboard, • Goods May Be Raised and Lowered by Engine Power Between Plat form and Ground...

Position of Throttle Valve has Important Bearing on Physical Constitution of Mixture Charge S PEED limits, whilst intended to...

The Editor invites correspondowe on all subjects connected with the we of cornmercid motors. Letters should be written on only...

T i Ili largest of the remaining private operators in the north of England, and one of the oldest established, goes off the...

L- O R the construction and management of the bus station to be provided' at Otley, Yorkshire, the West Yorkshire Road Car Co.,...

T HROUGH the absence of municipal services , the public of Worthing serv enjoys the benefit of uniform fares and a completely...

THE Minister of Transport has ruled 1 against Leeds Corporation on an appeal by that authority concerning the issue of...

a difficult point of law concerning the conveyance of workmen in private cars to and from their employment was decided by...

NEW COMPANIES. Bylas and Eyler', 1„td.--Private company, Reg. Aug. 14. Cap. £6,000 In 41 shares 13,000 pref. and 3,000 ord.)....

P AT - ENT No. 468,740, by K. and H. Schreiter, 122, Gothaerstrasse, Wechmar, Germany, shows a scheme by which a normal...