T HE Commercial Motor Show opens at Earls Court this morning against a background of relaxed credit, keen competition and the...

- VIRTUALLY no tax is less justified and more V reprehensible than that on the purchase of commercial vehicles built for the...

Comfort For the Driver A N interesting development in this year's Show is the attention which is being given to the comfort of...

Coal Hauliers BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HAULIERS who have been carrying coal for the Central Electricity Authority are likely...

T HE £200,000 new bus station built at Whitson Street, Bristol, by the Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd., was officially opened on...

E V1DENCE presented by Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., when they sought a substantive A licence for Continental operation at...

A DERBYSHIRE coach operator Who had been running an illegal service to Derby County Football Ground for four years was warned...

A Napplication by G. Hill and Son, Crewe, was adjourned for the fourth time at Manchester, on Tuesday. Hill's wanted to. vary...

MR. J. L Fitt , rr has been appointed an area sales supervisor for the commercialvehicle department of Stewart and Ardern, Ltd....

QUITABLE for 5-7-litre oil engines, the Ps-) CA45 is a 44-in, diameter co-axial starter produced by C.A.V., Ltd., London, W.3,...

rAN a company which warehouses and packs goods for other concerns be permitted to carry these goods on C licence? This...

D ESPITE a strong protest by the defence, fines totalling £54 were imposed at Newcastle upon Tyne, last week, on T. T. Walker,...

QINCE the Hesketh decision, many Li hauliers are in trouble over their normal user, because it is difficult to gauge the...

A LLEGATIONS that goods sent by B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd., from Asfley, near Manchester, to Leeds and Sheffield, had taken as long...

A N. accusation that he had deliberately gone outside his normal user by hauling goods to the South of Scotland and England was...

A LL drivers should be given the benefit of a bonus scheme, according to Mr. J. Delicate, general transport manager of...

A NEW company is to be forme( I -1 immediately by Duple Motor Bodies Ltd., to provide spares and service facifi tics for...

THE modernization and expansion by L Bristol Industries, Ltd., of their road transport, warehousing, cold storage and other...

A N appeal by Seamarks Bros. Ltd. (The Commercial Motor, May 23 and June 6) against the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner's...

A NEW road motor engineers' work shop is being built at Garrison Street, Birmingham, for the maintenance of 579 prime movers...

A SHORTAGE of vehicles in the Arl. Bolton area for carrying scrap metal was mentioned at Manchester, last week, when J. Gleeson...

IMPROVEMENTS to the bus station at I Consett (Durham), estimated to cost £3,000, are expected to be delayed through a dispute...

P ROVISION of better lighting on roads has resulted in a reduction of 30 per cent, in accidents involving personal injury, say...

IT was revealed last week that the Ford Motor Co., of U.S.A., have been conductin g experimental tests for the past 18 months...

A FTER modifyin g the proposed normal user, J. Williamson (Haula g e Contractors), Ltd., Stockton, were granted an additional...

B Y the use of thrust pads, each about 5 in. lon g and 11 in. deep, held in position on each side of the worm wheel, Leyland...

By Sir Henry Spurrier, • Chairman and Managing Director, Leyland Motors, Ltd. Good After-sales Service, Suitable Purchase...

A MASS-PRODUCED vehicle is of necessity a compromise which is, or should be, acceptable to the majority of users. The sales...

Out for Blood • By The Hawk THE railway intelligence system is bucking up. I have heard of several instances recently in...

By Our Political Correspondent M R. HAROLD WATIUNSON, the Minister of Transport, who is to open the Commercial Motor • Show...

—But Not These! E ANING on my spade, like any professional gardener, and idly watching the unending stream of traffic bowling...

By a Special Correspondent W [MOUT the ordinary user's being fully aware of the fact, a major battle has developed in the tyre...

D UE to make its first appearance at the Dairy Show next month is a new Morrison Electricar dairy vehicle. Known as the E.H.20,...

A IR suspension and disc brakes have been fitted experimentally to a Foden KETU 6/25 tractor, which is to be seen in the...

1TH a great ovation from the wet and chilly spectators, and besieged by Press and newsreel photographers, W. T. Haywood, of...

C ONFUSION rather than clarity could well be the outcome of a prospective purchaser's visit to the Commercial Motor Show if the...

I F the Road Haulage Association were deliberately determined to damp down all enthusiasm among their members, they could...

Lt EARLS COURT M ORE than 50 new British vehicles can be seen at the Commercial Motor Show at London's Earls Court, which opens...

— 'XHIBITS from 14 manufacturers are — detailed in this stand-by-stand review of the trailer section of the Commercial dotor...

QEVERAL makers have new driving and auxiliary lamps on display at the Commercial Motor Show. Joseph Lucas, Ltd., Great King...

Hotter Heater T HE F376 is a new cab heater with an output equivalent to over 3 kW. produced by S. Smith and Sons (England),...

F RESH development problems have been posed to tyre manufacturers by the heavier payloads which goods vehicles may carry,...

S PECIALIZATION, which is daily becoming increasingly evident in road transport, is clearly reflected in the exhibits shown by...

Britain's Most Advanced Models V ISITORS to Earls Court who have planned a day's browsing round the stands will not have seen...

I N addition to the exhibits on their stand at the Commercial Motor Show, the Rover Co., Ltd., are holding a display of...