A T this time of the year the thoughts of many turn to the various conferences with their venues in different parts of the...

L ITTLE has been heard lately of the position of the clearing house in the general scheme of road transport as it is being...

T HERE seems to be something unsatisfactory in the methods adopted by some municipal-transport committees in making their...

Our body designer treats with the building of laundry vans to provide accessibility. Page 506. Résumés are given of two...

Of fights for independence in Ireland. That the proportion of accidents to children in That the Mayor of Hove startled the...

•• The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

We attended the annual dinner of the Furniture Warehousemen and Removers Association, which was held on May 17 at the Grand...

During March, 1,290 commercial vehicles were sold and registered in Germany, bringing up the total sales for the first three...

On the occasion of the first meeting of the Licensing Authority for the Western Area, under the Road and Rail Traffic Act,...

Municipal Haulage Rates Raised in Northants. Northants Highways Committee has accepted quotations for haulage as follow...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS Malvern Urban District Council has further considered the refusal of the Minister of...

Important Claims Made for Centric Blower—A Novel Design That Appears to be Thoroughly Sound According to Mechanical Principles...

IN PARLIAMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FINANCE BILL, A MONG the amendments of which 1 — Inotice has been given for the...

TESTS FOR NEW DRIVERS. T HE Committee proceeded to consider Clause 5 of the Bill which imposes tests for competence to drive...

German Gas Producer A SIMPLE and ingenious gas generator for commercial motor vehicles, known as the Wisco, and to which we...

Arrangement of the Throttle Valves. The carburetter throttle is connected with the gas throttle in such a manner that the one...

SOUTHEND CONFERENCE THE 24th Annual Congress of The Tramways, Light Rail' ways and Transport Association opened at...

B ALL and roller bearings are of interest to operators cf road transport, because the fundamental principle of their operation...

THE introduction to Mr. England's paper refers to a I remark made by a certain gentleman to the effect that those undertakings...

on an OPERATOR'S FLEET T HE Road and Rail Traffic Act of 1933 has provided an opportunity for the transport department of...

A SCHEME for the technical education, examination and certification of motor-repair mechanics has for some time been considered...

HEAVY WHITSUN TRAFFIC ON BRITISH LINES. Practically all British air lines report heavy traffic during Whitsun. Imperial...

.1DRY VANS for accessibility T HE load of the laundry van is carried in hampers, parcels and bundles of various sizes....

SCOTTISH PASSENGER TRANSPORT CONFERENCE The Influence of Legislation AAR. BRISTOW'S paper is divided into three sections, and...

THE second paper of particular interest to our readers is that by Mr. R. B. Herbert, A.M.Inst.T., general manager of the...

COMBATING EXCESSIVELY LOW HAULAGE RATES. The Edator, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4313] Sir,—I am local secretary of the Barnsley...

/A A NEW 4-5-ton articulated six wheeler conversion outfit, which falls within the £35 tax category, has been introduced by...

the transport of which is a fairly simple process, as the stages between its arrival in the country and its purchase by the...

PASSENGER TRANSPORT P ROOF of the virility of the coaching industry, despite fierce competition from the railways and...

"MAIDSTONE AND DISTRICT" PROFIT HIGHER. P RELIMINARY figures of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., show that the...

A COMPANY with the title of Blackpool •Omnibus Stations, Ltd., was registered last week. The company has a nominal capital of...

C ONSIDERATION of the London Passenger Transport Board's trolleybus Bill was continued on May 16 by a Select Committee of the...

The " Northern General" Celebrates Its 21st Birthday E ARLY this month the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd.,...

T HE drawing competitions, arranged annually by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in conjunction with the...

A MONGST the heavier industries, which do not, perhaps, make a considerable direct demand upon road transport, but which, in...

HAULIER and CARRIER T HE prospect of an amendment to the contract-carriage section of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, is reviving...

T HE design of torque-converter, or turbo-transformer, as it is called in the specification, described in patent No.. 408,635,...