0 UR news regarding th e amalgamation, last week, of the Commercial Motor Users Association and Associated Road Operators came...

those who run one or not more than a few vans for the transport of their own goods—there are many who have practically no...

Enlisting the Sy m path THERE is no doubt that etic Consideration of a the road-transport group Politicians , .• in the Uouse...

More complaints of slow-going taxicabs obstructing faster traffic. 'Mat Glasgow is to have Belisha Beacons at a number of its...

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

T HEquestion whether drivers' records are admissible as evidence in a prosecution against an employer was argued, on Monday,...

days—believed to he a record on the road-haulage side—the application of Convoys, Ltd., for A licences for three vehicles (two...

charge of the sale and development of Leyland trolleybuses,' has resig ned his position with Leyland Motors, Ltd., to become...

At Hamilton Sheriff Court, last Friday, Sheriff Brown gave a decision of " not proven " in a case in which a haulage firm were...

T HAT restrictions on 73 licences have, in the past, been wrongly imposed was the contention of Mr. H. 13ackhouSe (C.M.U.A....

I F efforts which are now being made be successful, attention will he drawn in Parliament to the disputes concerning the wages...

Objection to the use of the Road Fund for purposes other than roads improvement was expressed by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen,...

UNIFICATION OF SCOTTISH TRANSPORT. T " question of unification -of Scottish transport having been raised by Mr. Kirkwood, Mr....

T O meet a demand for a machine of larger capacity than its 7-cWt. threewheeler, the Reliant Engineering Co., Tamworth, has...

D ESCRIBED as model V6, a new light roller, expressly designed for playing fields and sports grounds, has been introduced by...

confidence in the Merger IT was singularly fortunate that the annual dinner of the C.M.U.A. North-Eastern Division, at Leeds,...

The completion of the merger between A.R.O. and the C.M.U.A. was referred to by Major the Hon. Eric Long, J.P., T.D., at the...

T HAT the report of Sir Josiah Stamp, at the annual general meeting of the L.M.S. Railvkay Co., represented a direct attempt to...

" T HIS is the beginning of a tremen1 dons orga,thiation," said Major R. A. B. Smith, M.C., announcing the merger with the...

the Lincolnshhc Transport Association was held at Lincoln on February 27, when Mr_ C. P. Ablett, president of the goods...

OUR NEW COSTS RECORD I LLUSTRATED on this page is a sample sheet from The Commercial .4.1otor Operating Costs Record. Figures...

T WO men, both owners of mixed ;fleets of goods vehicles, were exchanging views, when one of them, a Mr. Price, remarked: "What...

and QUERIES OBJECTIONS FROM OPERATORS WITHOUT SUITABLE FACILITIES. [47601 As regards the letter from Mr. R. W. Sewill,...

rACED with the problem of selecting a tractor to tow a I' trailer having a gross weight of 10 tons, Messrs. R. J. Weeks,...

Latest Morris-Commercial 31 xi Lorry T HE high power-weight ratio of the Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. lorry makes it, even when...

U TNITY in the road-transport industry—for some years one of the chief aims of The Commercial Motor —has been achieved, in the...

) Co-OP SHOP 0 PERATING about 120 vehicles, the United Co-operative Baking Society, Ltd., of Glasgow, may be classed as one of...

O PERATORS are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the administration of Section 11 (3) (b) of the Road and Rail Traffic...

Ltd., High Street, Burtonon-Trent, for a - rule nisi to the West Midland Traffic Commissioners was granted by Justices Talbot,...

D 1.110,NG the pit nine months, Thomas Tilling, Ltd., has approached Southend Corporation with a view to forming a joint...

MESTERDAY (Thursday) Mr. W. G. • I Marks, Liverpool Corporation's transport manager, subniitted to the city council a report...

YV committees of similar bus undertakings and plans are being fotmailated for co-ordinated action." This significant paragraph...

T "• proposal of the Western National Omnibus Co., Ltd., to Plymouth Corporation, that their transport undertakings within a...

by London Transport, ' in which the company holds stock, was expressed by Mr. John F. Heaton, chairman, at the 39th annual...

L.M.S. AIR POLICY DEFINED. A T -the 13th annual meeting of the L M S . Railway Co., last Friday, the chairman, Sir Josiah...

A NUMBER of interesting trailers, constructed expressly for a variety of specific types of work, has recently been built by...

A Resum4 of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published DATE.NT No. 441,4% shows a trailer I coupling whiCh serves...