W HAT is the reason for the paucity of British vehicles at the Geneva International Motor Show? Admittedly, the few makers who...

Delivery Hazards T HE work of delivering the thousands of chassis which leave the motor industry's factories every day of the...

Hears— That boots are soled and heeled, but tyres are soled and healed. That mobile police stations are not for chasing...

n iSSATISFACTION with negotia tions with the Road Haulage Executive was expressed on Monday by Mr. C. E. Jordan at a council...

T HE year started well for the British commercial-vehicle industry. Exports in January set up a new record and the weekly...

A " SURPRISE " proposal among the Government's denationalization plans may guarantee the railways -a • proportion of the more...

T HE Minister of Transport told the House of Commons, on Monday, that new regulations governing the speed of trolkybuses would...

A N unsuccessful plea that the hire of a coach for Servicemen's week-end travel was for a "special occasion" was put to 13edale...

WHEN, in the House of Commons V1' last week, Mr. Hector Hughes moved that transport charges for essential commodities should be...

N ews MR. JOHN BLACK has joined the board of Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd. • MR. C. C. BATESON, northern manager of Guy Motors,...

F UNCTIONAL groups of the Road I Haulage Association have elected the following officers:— Agricultural Hauliers: Chairman,...

" A RE we right to keep our railways for ever or should we consider that in the end the roads must do the job better?" asked...

F OLLOWING a petition by the National Road Transport Federation on behalf of its three constituent organizations, a seleCt...

nECTSION was reserved by the 1 .-/ Scottish Licensing Authority, last week, after he had heard the application by Northern...

The spring meeting of the Institute of Welding will be held in Glasgow from April 24-26. Vehicle exports in February were...

inECAUSE there had been a change of 1 - , Government, many C-licensees thought that all their troubles were over, said Col....

W HEN 12 West Midland hauliers appeared as respondents to . an appeal by A. Fletcher and Co., Ltd., Burton-on-Trent, to the...

" BELIEVE every Government in this country has got a vested interest in the railway system. After spending large sums of money...

A N inquiry is to be held into the financial position of GlasgoW Transport Department. The transport committee decided last...

A NEW garage with 10,000 sq. ft. of I -1 . floor, space has 'been opened by Wright and Co. (King's Cross), Ltd., a big London...

By A. E. Sheriock-Mesher W HEN the Transport Act restricted his haulage activities to a 25-mile radius, Mr. H. Hounsomc, of...

C LA1MED to be the narrowest mechanical wheelbarrow made, and to have exceptional tractive characteristics because the drive is...

T HE introduction of Tomlinson battery-electric vehicles and a specially designed trailer has considerably eased the work of...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. I N 1921, Mr. J. Worthington, founder of Worthington Motor Tours, Ltd., Birmingham and...

KES HAY AT GE :VA By G. Mackenzie Junner, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.R.T A LTHOUGH by no means the largest Continental show, that which...

A BOUT a quarter of the total expenditure of London Transport Executive goes to maintenance. Lord Latham, chairman of the...

Landmarks HEY say that London fares may go up yet again," said Maggie. " When is it going to stop? First fares, then petrol,...

of passenger vehicles than some people will readily believe. I suppose that we can all think of towns where, for no reason of...

r ENERAL compactness, a com plete absence of frills, a feeling of lightweight efficiency . subtlety of detail, the sleek effect...

Orders for fire-engines for five overseas cOuntries, Were being executed from the new factory of James Whitson and Co., Ltd.,...

I T is almost true that the " average " does not exist. You may reckon average figures for the weekly cost of operating a...

'WHILE the Budget is still fresh in W mind, it is interesting to look . back a century or so to see how our forerunners in the...

T HE latest progress in the design of magnetically clutched gearboxes is shown in patent No. 665,425, by H. Chatelet and H....