S ONIE months ago we stated in a leading ---/article that, to our mind, taxation by unladen weight is an entirely wrong...

their cheap-travel facilities is, perhaps, the biggest blow yet struck by the four main-line railway companies at road...

T HERE is still considerable inconsistency amongst traffic-control police in various towns in respect of the signals which they...

That while rails rust In Ulster the tyres are turning. Pleas for dazzle control which reveal lack of practical experience....

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

which appears to be practical, has just been put on the market in France, by the Apex Shock-Absorber Co., 4-6, Rue Duheame,...

At the monthly meeting of the National Council of the Road Haulage Association, recently held in London, a further batch of...

Birmingham Orders 110 New Buses. We recently intimated that Birmingham Corporation was in the market for 110 new...

SOUTHGATE Urban District Council is buying a Leyland fire-engine. PONTARDAWE Rural District Council is to buy a new light...

The highways committee of Sheffield Corporation reports that as a result of further proceedings under the Road Traffic Act, in...

A T a joint meeting of the Institution ' of Mechanical Engineers and the institution of Automobile Engineers at Leeds on March...

A NEW and practical road sweeper and collector has been protected and is being manufactured by Mr. W. J. Lewin, of Lewin Road...

A New Model on the Lines of the Recently Introduced ..M.tonner Now Available with Four Body Lengths. The Ricardo type Engine...

LORRY-TRAILER OUTFIT tested on the road 0 UR standard road test of the new Armstrong-Saurer model described in brief in this...

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Figures of Oil from British Coal. T "Secretary for Mines, upon...

development of the Micheline pneumatic-tyred railI_ car which aroused so much interest on its visit to Bngland, is proceeding...

Oil-engine Interest in U.S.A. The Editor, THE CoitmEactAL MOTOR. [4026] Sir,—I wish to take this opportunity of telling you....

Following an Accident An Interesting Automatic Mechanism that Switches off Current and Turns off Petrol in the Event of a...

to the seemingly unavoidable power wastage caused by converting the inertia or momentum of a moving vehicle into heat by the...

as the cause of most Breakdowns T HAT most commercial-vehicle breakdowns are nowadays of a kind easily avoidable, was the...

Interesting Points from a Rotary Club Address by Mr. 0. C. Power, IP., M.Inst.T., of the Birmingham and Midland Omnibus Co.,...

GREY COACHES LOSES CASE AGAINST MINISTER High Court Discharges Rule Nisi with Costs A A CONSIDERED judgment was given, last...

Complementary — not Corn. petittve—Transport Essential S TJGGESTIONS for overcoming London's traffic problem were made by Lord...

REDCAR versus AUTOCAR SERVICES: MILEAGE TRANSFER. RECENTLY, Redcar Services, Ltd., appealed against the variation of...

Bids of Bristol and Red and White Concerns Fail MHE offer of the Bristol Tramways 1 and Carriage Co., Ltd., to take over...

By C. Dexter Watts (Camping Editor of "The Hiker and Camper," and Hon. Press Secretary of the Camping Club of GB. and I.) T...

- AUseful Spring Tester and High-pressure Lubricating Plant Introduced by the Miller Concern T HE range of hydraulic appliances...

Motive Power from the Grid System, by Means of the High-pressure Electrolyzer and the Erren Internal-combustion Engine, an...

The Heston-Cowes Service. Airwork, Ltd., Heston Airport, Middlesex, intends to operate from April 14 to May S an air service...

G RAPHITE has, for many years, used in various ways for purposes of Jubricaticrn, but the natural product, even when powdered...

A FTER experimenting for some months, G. Scammell and Nephew, Ltd., the engineering and bodybuilding concern of Fashion Street,...

Clothing and Drapery Trades Provide Indications of Being Busy. Numerous Small Orders for Wool and Rayon Goods. Boot and Shoe...

MENDERS are invited by the follow...1_ ing (latest dates given in parentheses) :—Swanscombe U.D.C., for granite and clippings,...

HAULIER and CARRIER I HAVE shown, in the previous article, that a haulier commencing in business and buying a 2-ton van— l one...

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications I N patent No. 388,262, A. W. Wiseman, Ltd., 89, Glover Street,...