S a people. Britons are self-depreciatory. This is not to say that we suffer from an inferiority complex, but we frequently...

" F ROM behind the serried ranks of despondent men arrives—a ,woman; confident and inspiring." Rarely can that powerful...

Will Coaching Trips to WRITING in "The Obserthe Continent become " ver " of October 6, Mr. S. Popular ? . . Adams, chairman of...

Of many British homes rejoicing in food parcels. Of an offer by an American to buy the I.R.T.E. Presidential badge. That "...

PUBLIC AND C-LICENSEES WARNED A DDRESSING himself particularly to the general public and C-licensees, Lord Teynham, chairman...

T HE first annual general meeting of Associated Road Transport Contractors, Ltd., The House of Transport, Tower Hill, London,...

MR. H. HOLLIDAY, managing director of the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., is to retire in December after completing nearly 50 years'...

T HE proposal that every vehicle should be fitted with efficient direction indicators was raised in a question put to the...

A BILL to exempt from the driving test those who, at the date when the Bill becomes law, have held a provisional driving...

" yyr, , have found that the use of IV salvage trailers, attached to refuse-collecting vehicles, has served us well, and until...

WINTER ROUTINE OF ASSOCIATED MOTORWAYS A WINTER-SERVICE time table is forthcoming from Associated Motorways, Cheltenham. It...

PA A MEMORIAL SERVICE for the 1,262 members of the staff of London Transport who fell in the 1939-1945 war was arranged to be...

A T Goteborg a short visit was paid to the garage of AB J.P. Bergkvists. This is a small haulage company owning 30 lorries, all...

COUNTER-ATTACK by "Tantalus " W HEN, in the issue of " The Commercial Motor" dated August 23, I first made the canto "scrap the...

E XCEPT in isolated instances, the poster publicity put out by road passenger transport undertakings is not comparable in...

R OAD transport in Canada is a highly organized and essential industry. Five per cent, of the population is engaged in it,...

I N his paper entitled "The Lubrica tion of Pre-selective Gearboxes," which he read before a meeting of the Institute of...

Although Organization was Good and Social Functions Excellent, Many Operators Felt that Subjects for Discussion were Remote...

A S reported in "The Commercial Motor" last week, Crossley Motors, Ltd., Manchester, has started to supply to the Netherlands...

THROUGH the steeply cambered. I narrow, twisting, cobbled streets of Lisbon, and out into its rapidly expanding suburbs, will...

Does MAINTENANCE Take? W E are considering equipping a workshop for the servicing and maintenance of our fleet of 40 lorries...

p ARADOXICALLY, a prominent part of the reconstruction work of this country is demolition. The many street surface air-raid...

A DEMONSTRATION of the Teler't hoist SL 1 hydraulic tipping gear, briefly described in our issue dated August23, was staged at...

F ROMthe Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., and J. Rodway, both of Titanic Works, Lincoln, comes, in patent No. 578,314, an improved...