W ITH a bark decidedly worse than its bite, the long awaited, much-feared report of the Transport Advisory Council has at last...

W E were rather surprised at the attitude towards road improvements taken up by Lord Kenilworth, C.B.E., President of the...

A CAREFUL perusal of this issue of The Commercial Motor will indicate the manner in which the manufacturers of commercial...

T HE problem which has been set our contributor, S.T.R., of finding a suitable formula for the value of a vehicle if and when...

Boat Holds up Large I T is not often that road traffic Number of Road is held up by a boat, but this Vehicles recently occurred...

Of Leyland producing an interesting Gnu vehicle. The question, "How can one cure a rate-cutter?" The answer, "He usually kills...

O NWednesday, • a King's Bench Divisional Court heard an appeal by Mr. L. F. Spittle, an examiner for the Metropolitan Area,...

MEITHER leakage nor spa. hug are normally included in the usual form of transit policy. As regards leakage, this is obviously...

passed at Nottingham, last Friday,' on a Mansfield haulage contractor, 15 of whose vehicles, it was stated, had had to be...

T.A.C. Report T HE Transport Advisory Council's recommendation that a Road Rates Tribunal for the whole country, with Area...

WITH the object of setting on foot IT a movement to secure some standardization of pneumatic tyres for farm tractors and...

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

In outlining, recently, the 1938 plans of Fodens, Ltd., we stated that on all models Lockheed brakes would be used. We now...

DROUGHT with the object of 1..) securing an authoritative interpretation of Section 7 (1) of the 1933 Act, the appeal of Mr....

And Let's Have the "Get Together Spirit," Says S.T.R., "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert and Lecturer, in Describing the Kind...

ttutory Rates Control F REE right of choice of transport by the trader. . . . Establishment of Statutory Rates Committees and...

By the Four Main-line Railways " . . . the railway companies do not ask to be exempted from these obligations (regarding...

-T-HE Transport Advisory Council was appointed J. as the result of a recommendation in the final report of the Royal Commission...

By R. P. Bailey Secretory, National Road Transport Employers' Federation, and London and Home Counties Haulage Contractors...

Unique Vehicle with Many Ingenious Features Built by Cranes Concern A T the request of and in collaboration with the War...

F ULL marks are merifed by the manufacturer with the courage to depart from orthodox practice to pursue the path to progress....

QEVERAL striking facts emerge s..)from a study of the figures relating to the registrations of new commercial vehicles in...

J. Beckett, F.S.A.A., Late General Secretary of the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association, Looks at the Future of Road...

There is No Room for Both Road and Rail, and Road Transport Must . Inevitably Win Through in the End says Walter Gammons...

Twelve Vehicles Not Used at Base and Whereabouts Unknown QEARCEIING inquiry is being made 1.–) in the North-Western Area into...

[N NEW LEYLANDS Twin-steering Axle Passenger and Gods Models, a Light 5tonner and a New Petrol Engine. Offset Radiator...

Frame of Box and Tubular Members Gives Greater Strength and Rigidity. Bendix-Cowdrey Brakes Standardized O UTSTANDING amongst...

A User Who Contributed His Experiences to"TheCommercial Motor" Nearly 30 Years Ago Compares Conditions of 1909 With Those of...

Three Single-decker Chassis, Two Maximum load Fourwheelers, and a 12-13-tonner. Four and Six-cylindered Oil and Petrol Engines...

ScammellSuspension. Mechanical-horse Oiler "r WO new models have been introduced by Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford. One made...

L AST week we gave a short descripLation of the new Maudslay Marathon light chassis for 39:seater buses or 32-seater coaches....

A u-z5-cwt, Battery-electric Added to Existing Range of Trolleybuses A BATTERY-ELECTRIC 12-15-cwt., IA vehicle was announced in...

New Four-wheel-drive Tractor of 85 b.h.p. and with Ten Speeds A N interesting new tractor is the chief item among the latest...

The Motor Show from the Commercialvehicle Viewpoint By . Laurence Pomeroy, Junr. D ESPITE the title of this article, it is...

Echo of Big Appeal Case in Hearing of A-Licence Renewal Application. Railways Press for Deletion of Four Vehicles " I MOST...

and QUERIES A STRONG PLEA FOR TRAFFIC COURTS. [5173] The subject matter of an article entitled "Is the Employer Always...

Simple New Lifting Gear for Containers Speeds Up Loading and Unloading A SIMPLE and inexpensive form of lifting gear for goods...

BRICK HAULAGE NOT FOR CONTRACT LICENCES. Brick haulage is, contrary to the views of some Licensing Authorities, definitely...

A REPLY to an alleged attack by A.R.O. on the C.M.U.A. was made by Mr. F. F. Fowler, chairman of the C.M.U.A. London and Home...

Extensive Improvements and Modifications in Design of Existing Models. All Models Fitted with New Lockheed Hydraulic...

Simplicity of Design and Ease of Manipulation Outstanding Features of New and Unusual Tipper Body A N interesting last-minute...

rather than trolleybuses, says Mr. Ben England, Leicester Corporation's , transport manager, in a report on the future of the...

"Show Cause" Case T H si A o T, n a i n n d 16 tour, a M e r a a n t o c h r e s h taedr pi e c c c k u r up passengers at an...

P ROPOSALS by Rotherham Corporation, involving the use of one bus on two services, were challenged before the Yorkshire Traffic...

T HE fight of the North Western Road CarCo., Ltd., to protect its rights in Stockport against further encroachments by the...

S ECTION 16 of the 1933 Act, does not enable public prosecutors to summon drivers for false entries in their log books, but the...

Managers Praise T.A.C. Report S ATISFACTION with the Transport Advisory Council's report was expressed by speakers at Hull...

M OUNTING arrangements for multiwheeled vehicles form the subject of patent No. 471,621 by G. Mackay, 10. Queen Anne's Grove;...