AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

30th June 1931
30th June 1931
Page 1
Page 1, 30th June 1931
Close

Page 35

Invention an Index of Progress

0 NE of the most important factors by which the possibilities of any particular industry can be gauged is by making a study of...

Page 36

Mobility in Municipal Passenger Carrying.

rpms is the time of the year when the pas-1senger-transport reports of local authorities are published, and although those...

LOOSE LEAVES

W E were guests last Tuesday of the President of the Royal Society, Sir Gowland Hopkins, at the National Physical Laboratory,...

Page 37

ONE HEARS

That Windsor residents are furious about certain road-servke licence refusals. That if tyres make much more progress it may...

Page 38

WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth will be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs...

Page 39

A Valuable Year Book.

Volume 15 of Garcke's "The Motor Transport Year Book and Directory," edited by Mr. Frederick C. Garrett and published by...

Page 40

East Anglian Co-operation.

At a meeting of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Road Car Co., Ltd., approval was given to the scheme for a new company...

In a Few Lines.

Bolton Corporation is to consider the provision of a bus service to the Heaton district. A police check at Warrington revealed...

Page 41

B.E.T. Increased Profit.

After payment of dividends, the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., expects to have a net surplus profit on the past year's...

Page 42

Fuel-production Experiments at Belfast.

Oil from coal-tar is being produced by the gas department of Belfast Corporation; the anticipated yearly output is half a...

Reducing Congestion in Romford.

Romford Urban District Council is to undertake a scheme for widening South Street at a cost of 172,000. Thia is said to be the...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

C. Melbourne and Co., Ltd., is supplying a Morris-Commercial ton van to WARRINGTON Corporation. A second Morris-Commercial...

Page 43

A NEW AUSTIN TRACTOR

for the British Market Sir Herbert Austin Decides to Re-enter the Home Market with an Up-to-date Tractor for Agricultural and...

Page 44

To be Seen Next Week at

The Royal Agricultural Show A Forecast of Vehicle and Appliance Exhibits which will be at Warwick (AN Tuesday, July 7th, the...

Page 47

A TRAILER SHOWROOM in a Business Campaign

T - NTJRING the past few years a number of vans fitted out If shovrivoms and shops has been put into service, but the trailer...

Page 48

How TO DESIGN A

DUAL PURPOSE VEHICLE T HERE are occasions when it is desirable to use a lorry as a passenger vehicle, such as when employees...

Page 50

EN AMELLING -IASSIS FRAMES

BY TOTAI MMERSION T HE works of Rubury, Owen and Co., at Darlaston, which specialize hi the manufacture of parts for motor...

Page 52

THE LATEST LEYLAND MODELS

The New Cub Chassis for 20-seater Bodies or Service as a 2 tonner I N the modern range of Leyland chassis, the Badger has...

Page 54

Efficient Air Compressors

A N efficiency as' high as 80 per cent. is claimed for the wide range of air compressors manufactured by Bristol Pneumatic...

Page 55

OPINIONS and QUERIES

A Reply to Our Trenchant Indictment of the Railways. An Oilengined Car Capable of a Speed of 100 m.p.h. The Railways' Case....

Page 57

Keeping Passengers Warm

T' 4 modern coach is in most ways an exceptionally comfortable conveyance, but there is one direction in which improvement is...

Page 58

THE BUENOS AIRES SHOW IN RETROSPECT

What the Exhibiting Companies Think of the Show Now That Their Representatives Have Returned Home R EPORTS which we have had...

Page 60

Fruit and Fresh

Vegetables— growing fields for transport BE transport of fruit and 'vegetables in this country has lately undergone...

Page 61

Interesting Homemarket Statistics

T HE Home Market Analysis (No. 5) published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., 83, Pall Mall, London,...

Page 62

New Medium-capacity International

Full Details of the AL3 21--tonner Which Will Be Seen for the First Time at the Royal Show Next Week I N time for the Royal...

Page 63

Road Transport Activities

in PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent The London Passenger Transport Bill. Tun joint committee on the...

Page 64

New Specialized Bodywork

A Fish-carrying Body on a Mercedes Benz Chassis and a Mobile Workshop Trailer I N the transport of fish, as in most other...

Page 65

THE COMMISSIONERS' FORTHCOMING PUBLIC SITTINGS

Details Extracted from the Gazettes Published by Area Traffic Commissioners During the Week rnHE following are the times and 1...

Page 66

THE ETHICS OF MUNICIPAL OPERATION OUTSIDE BOUNDARIES

Arguments Put Forward at the Lancaster Inquiry ,T HE first public inquiry to be held 1 under Section 91 (1) of the Road...

Page 67

STRONG OPPOSITION TO UNREASONABLE TRAMWAY PROTECTION

Companies' Buses Not to Pick Up Passengers Within 440 Yds. . of Leicester Municipal Services I T appears certain that the...

IMPORTANT PROTECTION ARGUMENT RAISED AT IPSWICH

Are Municipalities Justified in Spending Further Money and Asking for Further Protection? N EWS of struggles for the...

STANDARDIZING COACH FARES FROM THE METROPOLITAN AREA

Coach Operators Quickly Respond to the Commissioner's Invitation to Prepare a Common Schedule MHE meeting of coach operators...

Page 68

Problems of the

H AU LIER and CARRIER R EADERS should pay particular attention to the sub-title of this week's article, at least, in so far as...

Page 70

Collection and Delivery Services

by three-wheeler T HE motorcycle and sidecar combination or three-wheeler offers the cheapest form of delivery service where...