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CLLIL M. F. BARNARD, MinsLT., President, Mansion House Association on Transport.

I N congratulating you on the splendid attainment of completing 50 years' service to those engaged in the road transport industry. may I pay a special tribute to those features of The Commercial Motor which are so valuable to industrial transport managers. They keep them abreast of the times in such matters as improvements in vehicles, fleet costing, traffic problerris, regulations, case law and the incidental information which is so vital.

That the journal may continue to serve us in the future as in the past is my sincere wish.

JAMES BARRIE, National Chairman, Road Haulage Association.

AS supporters of independent thought in road transport, road hauliers will join with me in congratulating 7'he Conunercial Motor on completing 50 years' service to the road transport industry. I have always appreciated your journal's presentation of differing views on haulage matters and the support it has given to a strong, independent haulage industry.

Hauliers are indebted to The Commercial Motor for its guidance on technical matters. I hope that your journal will continue to hold the high place it now occupies.

SIR GEORGE BEHARRELL, President, Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. I N congratulating The Commercial Motor on attaining its Jubilee, I feel it is fitting also that its editor, Mackenzie Junncr, should receive our congratulations on his 41 years' association with the journal. It is certain that the standing of The Commercial Motor in the industry today is due in no small measure to his work..

The journal deserves well of its readers and of the industry for the many useful services it has provided in the past; and for the future, it is my earnest hope that it will continue to develop and in so doing reflect the constant progress of the industry it serves.

DR. RODOLEO BISCARETTI, President, A.N.F.I.A.A. (Italian Society of Motor Manufacturers and Allied industries).

ROAD transport, in its general form, is only a little over 50 years old, for its real service began soon after the c32

birth of the internal-combustion engine —a means which marked the beginning of a new civilization. it is around this most important branch of economy that so many collateral problems of a fiscal, technical, commercial, social, urban, road and legal nature are set.

It is with particular pride that The Commercial Motor can now celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation, as well as recall its record of continued service to road transport—indeed a Jubilee that very few technical publications can boast of. not only for its longlasting tradition but also for having carried through its difficult job so brilliantly and so completely. Even we abroad. who for years have been readers of the journal, can, with the greatest of pleasure, bear witness to this fact.

A. S. BISHOP,

Managing Director. Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Gt. Britain), Ltd.

IN adding my personal congratulations to the many you will be receiving, I well recall the associations and interests that I have personally shared with The Commercial Motor for nearly 40 years. I remember, too. the help and encouragement received when it was my task to introduce the giant pneumatic tyre to this country, for your journal has consistently supported progress and advancement within the British motor industry during the 50 years of history that have been recorded since the first issue.

There is no doubt that The Commercial Motor has played its own important role in contributing towards that progress.

W. R. BLACK,

Chairman, A.C.V. Sales, Ltd. rONGRATULATIONS to The Com

onercial Motor on its Golden Jubilee. It can claim to have grown with the British motor industry, and. there is no doubt that this owes the journal a debt of gratitude. Its technical reviews of vehicles and their performances have become an accepted standard. Its fearless comments on vital problems of the day have made great contributions to guiding public opinion, and, as an advertising medium, assisted by its very large circulation, it is excellent.

May the next 50 years be equally successful, and may it continue to render even greater service to our industry.

DAVID BROWN,

Chairman and Managing Director, The David Brown Corporation. Ltd.

Phave survived for 50 years implies no special merit, even in the highly competitive sphere of technical publications To have pioneered in this specialized field and to have acquired over the past half-century such an enviable reputation as that deservedly enjoyed by The Commercial Motor, is a great achievement indeed, on which we heartily congratulate the editor and his staff.

LE COSQUINO DE BUSSY, Chief Engineer-Director, Rijkewaterstaat, The Hague, Holland. DUR1NG your 50 years of existence. road motor traffic has developed from a very small beginning to become one of the most important economic activities. Even in my country, where there is considerably less motor traffic than in yours, the employment of energy from liquid fuel is greater than that afforded by electricity (including that for our railways, which are largely electrified) or gas.

The horse-power represented by automobiles is two or three times that provided for the total stationary equipment. The commercial vehicle,„ probably accounts for half the fuel consumption and half the horse-power of all automobiles, thus showing its enormous importance.

I congratulate you most heartily on achieving your Golden Jubilee.

E. L. CADWALLADER, Consulting Director, C.A.V., Ltd.

IT is of special pleasure to me to be able to congratulate The Commercial Motor on the attainment of its Golden Jubilee. for I have closely followed its progress through the years. The advance in road transport in this period has been remarkable and this great industry of ours has much for which to thank you. Your many helpful campaigns and articles, your constant watchfulness on restrictions and legislation, your very real help to all sections of the trade. as well as to the users of transport, have merited success.

The trade Press of this country is something of which we may well be proud. and 7'Ite Commercial Motor is a front-rank example, brilliantly handling the news, wise in its approach to many difficult problems, ever helpful with its technical information.

B. R. A. HOMERAY DAVIES, Managing Director, MetropolitanCantmell-Weymann Ltd.,

THIS journal has been a friend of I. mine for over 30 years and I have most pleasant recollections of those who have been associated with its progress. The Commercial Motor stands out, not only as a pioneer supporting the interests of the commercial motor industry, but I believe it was the first of its kind ever published in the world.

You have achieved and are well maintaining a very high position which I sincerely trust will continue ad infinitum. and I would like to express my thanks and good wishes to all those associated with this excellent journal.

LORD DERWENT, Chairman, British Road Federation.

DURING your lifetime the commercial motor vehicle has become a vital piece of equipment in Britain and we are now promised roads which will give it an even better chance to serve the community.

The Commercial Motor long ago established itself as invaluable, but it would be wrong to say that you have now passed middle age. There is a great future ahead for the road transport industry and the journal that so ably serves it; I send you my heartiest congratulations and best wishes for continued success in the years to come.

SIR BERNARD DOCKER, K.B.E. Chairman, Transport Vehicles (Daintier), Ltd.

MY congratulations to Temple Press Ltd., on the 50th anniversary of The Commercial Motor. In the field ofroad transport for both goods and passenger services, your publication has assumed a .pre-eminent position by virtue of its up-to-date coverage, and its authoritative and brilliant technical articles.

To users and manufacturers alike, The Commercial Motor has been a most reliable source of information. May you long continue to occupy the unique position you have so ably earned in this field of specialized technical publications.

THE EDITORS,

"Der Motorlastwagen," " L'Autocamion," Berne.

ro the occasion of the 50th anniversary of publication of your journal, we would like to congratulate the publishers and editor. We have read it for many years and always with the greatest interest. It is not only presented with good taste, but it is also well edited and, above all, extremely well documented.

As a result we are able to bring before our own readers many economic and technical problems touching on the use of commercial vehicles, notably in Britain. We can also give them information on the fight, which is being conducted with success, to assure to road transport services the place which is due to them in the economy of the country.

Our best wishes will accompany you in the new period which will take you towards your centenary.

SIR JOHN ELLIOT, Chairman, London Transport Executive.

I-1 A LETTER to The Commerical Motor in 1905 began: "I have often read in your valued journal that

the public service motor vehicle would prove a great boon.... it is one thing, however, to believe a statement because it sounds true and another because the truth of It has been forced upon 'you. .. ."

For half a century, your journal has continued to " force the truth on us all; by its enlightened editorial policy and technical articles it has rendered invaluable service to the industry. In offering my congratulations, I wish The Commerical Motor all success in its next half-century.

W. FISH,

Deputy Chairnunt, Dennis Bros., Lid. rONGRATULATIONS to the directors, editor and staff of The Commercial Motor on half a century of successful publication. With pride, I look back to find that we at Dennis -were making news in the journal in its first year. Throughout this long association we have witnessed with pleasure the preservation in it of the very high standards of reporting and integrity set in those early days. Only good can come from the freedom of speech exercised by the British Press; it is my sincere belief that The Commercial Motor will long continue to provide us with forthright comment onour industry. Best wishes for the future.

WILLIAM FODEN, Governing Director, Fodens,

THE interesting and instructive information always to be found in your journal has, we believe, been the cause of a large number of commercialvehicle manufacturers availing them

selves of your valued pages. It is nearly 50 years since we commenced advertising in it, and it has certainly been a means by which our products have found their way throughout Great Britain and to many countries overseas.

I welcome with pleasure the publication of a special issue to mark your 50 years of unbroken service to the road transport industry, during which time the journal has itself grown very considerably. We wish you continued success.

H. W. FULTON, BSc., Managing Director, Albion Motors,

Ltd.

HOWEVER many doubts we may have on the wisdom of some of the matter dealt with in our national Press, we can have no doubt that our technical Press not only has a vitally important task to perform, but that it is performing that task admirably.

The Commercial Motor, on its completion of 50 years a technical service, can look back with pride and can look forward to the future with confidence. Progress is achieved by scientific development, by interchange of information, and by the matching of wits; to all of these The Commercial Motor has made, and we feel sure will continue to make, a major contribution.

HUGH GARDNER,

Joint Managing Director, L. Gardner and Sons, Lid. (IN the occasion of your Golden

Jubilee, we tender to the editor, and past and present staff, Our congratulations and best wishes for the future. Looking back to just about the halfway mark, we see the introduction of the high-efficiency compression-ignition engine as an automotive prime mover— an event which has since proved a landmark in history,and one in which Briiish engineering enterprise has earned great distinction. .

• Since my 'company have been interested in this development from. their earliest days, we WelCome this opportunity of placing ' on "record our appreciation of what we consider to be

sterling service rendered to British industry by the presentation of accurate world-wide publicity in The Commercial Motor during this period.

MORRIS H. GLAZER, Editor, "Transport Topics," Washington, D.C.

FlFTY years is a long time in the life of any publication, but to have survived in the automotive field is truly an indication of sound planning, able craftsmanship and exemplary enterprise. My sincere congratulations to the editor and staff. It has been my pleasure and privilege to have read your publication for many years. and I look forward to receis ing it for many more to come.

ARTHUR GOLDMAN, Editor, "Commercial Transport," Johannesburg THE 50th anniversary of The I Commercial Motor is a celebration not only for this excellent publication, but for commercial road transport as well. The fact that the publishers are able to produce a lively, well-informed journal every week is plain tribute to an industry which, during the past two or three generations, has expanded enormously, and today—besides its value to the nation's economy—provides a living for hundreds of thousands.

From 6,000 miles away, we who use The Commercial Motor as a mirror of British road transport development offer you our sincere congratulations and our hopes that you will keep the wheels turning as steadily and as smoothly as in the past.

WALTER E. HILL, Managing Director, Vauxhall Motors,

Ltd.

AN efficient trade and technical Press, informed and vigorous, is essential to the well-being of a large industry. I am therefore delighted to pay a tribute to one of our most prominent journals as it celebrates its Jubilee. The Commercial Motor, by full and accurate reporting and by wise comment. has undoubtedly helped the commercialvehicle industry to achieve its present stature. In 50 years The Commercial Motor has acquired something of the authority of an elder statesman, but it has also stayed young in heart. The combination of zeal and wisdom is good for us, all, so—long may it continue.

G. ITHIER,

President, International Union of Public Transport, Brussels

I AM happy to congratulate The I Commerictd Motor on its Golden Jubilee. Petrol and oil engines have largely contributed to the revolutionary progress which has taken place since the days when trams and buses were drawn by horses. In a shorter time than is usually expected, gas turbines may make obsolete today's internal-combustion engines.

The Commerical Motor, which has lived through this historic period, has always exactly informed its readers Jaf the latest developments of the roadtransport industry. I tender to your journal my most sincere wishes that it may continue to do so for at least another 50 years.

M. IGLESIAS,

" Motor Mundial," Madrid

THE review, Motor Mundial, of Spain, sends to that great English publication The Commercial Motor, the most important of its kind which we receive in our editorial office, its most hearty greetings for its Golden Jubilee. We hope that for many years the journal may continue, as it has done until now, to give the essential periodical information concerning transport by road of passengers and goods.

SIR GILMOUR JENKINS, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C„

President, The Institute of Transport VOLTA proud record covers prac1 tically the whole period of commercial road transport,. from the days when motor vehicles were few and not too reliable, to the present day, when great quantities of goods needed by industry, commerce and the public, and vast numbers of the public themselves, are carried by lorry, van or bus.

As you catered for the needs of the pioneers, so you continue to serve the great industry of the present day. May the second half-century be as successful and as useful as the first.

G. E. LIARDET, Chairman and Managing Director, Simms Motor Units Ltd.

HALE a century of service to a great industry—how proud and pleased you must be to look back on so many years of achievement. During this time The Commercial Motor has been a focal point for operators, vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers. and you have done much to foster a spirit of mutual trust and respect between all concerned. Without this, life loses a lot, particularly with the trend towards powerful combinations and exclusive controls.

E2 As an industry, we often look to you for inspiration and guidance. Congratulations on the past and good wishes for the next half-century.

SIR LEONARD LORD, K.B.E., Chairman, The British Motor Corporation Ltd.

I OFFER The Commercial Motor my I congratulations on the attainment of its Golden Jubilee, and with them the good wishes of all in The British Motor Corporation for its continued success. Your journal has for long been the authoritative link between the industry which makes, and all industries which use, commercial vehicles.

It has, to my knowledge, fought the cause of road transport with great vigour and consistent integrity. We thank you for a staunch job well done and wish you an even more powerful future.

W. CURTIS MATON,

President. The Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Mann facturers

r-IN behalf of the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers I would like to congratulate The Commercial Motor on achieving its 50th year.

We of the Institute always appreciate help given by such publications, in that they do give a mirror-image of public opinion, together with criticisms of our shortcomings which you, as a technical journal, see more objectively than we do, and this is all to the benefit of the trade as a whole.

STEN MELLGREN, Editor, " Lastbilen," Stockholm itlIAY a small Swedish transport IVA journal congratulate you, not so much regarding your 50 years, for it is no use being older than 50—you could not be wiser (or could you?), but for your good journalism and the manner in which every issue of The Commercial Motor is composed. Your combination of seriousness, technical matter and humour makes a perfect blend.

ALDO MORGANTI, Editor. " Trasporti Pubbik.0 Rome THE journal Trasporti Pubblici sends a hearty greeting and the most sincere good wishes to The Commercial Motor which. during its long existence, has acquired an ever-growing energy and vitality. For this reason, its voice has been able to make itself heard by those concerned in the consideration of the delicate problems of transport.

COL. SIR JOSEPH NALL, KL, D.S.O.,

Chairman and Managing Director, Joseph Nall and Co. (B.T.C.) Ltd. I T must give considerable satisfaction to the publishers of The Commercial Motor that they had the enterprise to produce and establish a trade journal

for road transport almost simultaneously with the appearance of the first motor lorries and omnibuses.

The blending of technical and commercial news which has been achieved by The Commercial Motor down the years is especially a matter of congratulations and makes your production doubly acceptable.

J. B. NICHOLLS. Publisher, " Road Transport and Contracting," New Zealand

AS a kindred publication half-way across the world in New Zealand. we have seen and admired the way your journal has fought for the benefit of the road transport industry as a whole. The influence of The C'ontottercial Motor extends over much of the English-speaking world, and it plays a valuable part in keeping British transport equipment in the foreground of the world's markets.

FRANK PERKINS,

Chairman and Managing Director. F. Perkins Ltd.

I WOULD like to take this opoortunit of congratulating you and your stall. and your publishers, Temple Press Ltd., on arriving at the Jubilee year of your paper. I appreciate tly work that it has done for the road transport industry in all its forms during the past 50 years.

My company, F. Perkins Ltd., then less than. 12 months old and an exceedingly small one, published its iirat advertisement in The Cmnntercial Motor in May, 1933, This pleasant relationship has continued ever since. I know that your paper has been of considerable help to the oil engine, and has assisted it to attain the justifiable position it now holds in the world of road transport.

1 think the words I have written will express to you, perhaps better than in any other way, how much the road transport industry and my company value the work of you and your staff.

* E. RENAUD,

President, Feddration Nationale des Transports Rotaiers, Paris

WJE send The Commercial Motor, as VI' well as all others concerned in the British road transport industry, the best wishes of our Federation. Through your journal we are able to follow closely the progress of British cornmercial road transport and legal. matters affecting it. also the efforts that are being made to modernize your roads.

Certain Problems of law and road policy are common to both our countries and we believe that a comprehensive exchange of information would be to our mutual benefit.

SIR WILLIAM ROOTES. K.B.E., Chairman, Rootes Group; Chairman, Dollar Er ports Council; Joint Chairman, International Road Federation.

DUR1NG 50 exciting and eventful years The Commercial Motor has earned a distinguished name in the transport industry, so much so that its Jubilee is a motoring milestone which . cannot be passed unnoticed. I am delighted to pay my tribute to a journal which has done much to help our comparatively young industry over its teething troubles, into the strong position it bolds today.

It has always maintained the highest standards of journalism and I have no doubt that it will continue to play as valuable a role during the next 50 years as it has during the past.

W. E. PEARSON, Managing Director, Scammell Lorries, Ltd. Scammell Lorries, Ltd.

rONGRATULATIONS to The I..., Commercial Motor on the remarkable achievement of 50 years of loyal service to the road transport industry. Looking back over the years, you may well be proud of the valuable support your publication has given to the industry in its progress from pioneering days and humble beginnings to its present position, so vital and essential to the national economy. May The Commercial Motor continue this most important role for many years to come.

NORMAN G. SHIDLE, Editor, "S.A.E. Journal," New York.

THE .5". A.E. Journal, published by the Society of Automotive Engineers, takes pleasure in congratulating The Conunercial Motor on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. We have long been familiar with this fine publication and have always considered it one of the really great publications in the automotive world.

FRANK SHENNEN, • Managing Editor, "Truck and BUS • Transportation," Sydney, Australia.

HEARTIEST congratulations to The Commercial Motor. Here, in Australia, where so much British legislation provides the pattern for local regulation, your stand against nationalization of road haulage was warmly applauded.

• Our publication, serving in Australia identical ideals and classes of readerhip, has often advocated the antinationalization measures urged by you. The Privy Council's judgment, last ovember, freeing our interstate truck nd bus operations from bureaucratic control, is expected to bring unparalleled expansion of road services.

Your emphasis on essential overseasOassis modifications gives Britain unexcelled opportunities to compete for this big additional market.

R. GORDON-SMITH, ManagingDirector, Smiths Group.

DURING a span of 50 years. you have well served the interests of all those concerned with the transport of goods and passengers on our roads. In making known our gratitude for this service, may we expreis the hope that the new era, now dawning, of broad, straight highways may open everwidening avenues of usefulness for your estimable journal. MRS. SARAH SHRAPNELL-SMITH NAY late husband, the first editor of lif.1 The Commercial Motor, always had the welfare of the industry at heart and he never lost interest in the journal which he nursed through its teething troubles and the difficult war years of its youth. My wish for the journal on its anniversary is that it may go from strength to strength.

SIR ROWLAND SMITH, Chairman, Ford Motor Co., Ltd.

I N offering my warmest congratula tions on your Jubilee, the most practical tribute I can pay you and your staff is to say that there can be few journals with a more avid readership throughout my own organization, and doubtless the same is true of the whole of our industry,

This has been an exciting half-century for all of us. and it has always been a particular source of pleasure for those in this industry to be encouraged by an informed and friendly Press.

With 75 per cent. of the nation's goods being moved by road, and with road transport established as a vital factor in our national economy, you are celebrating your Jubilee at a most auspicious time. You have helped to bring about many improvements, and 1 ..am sure that the next half-ceniury will owe no less to your foresight.

SIR HENRY SPURRIER, Managing Director, Leyland Motors, Ltd.

FROM its beginning, 50 years ago, to the present day, The Commercial Motor has always run " true to form." It has catered for the special needs of commercial-vehicle manufacturers and road transport operators and has never allowed itself to stray from that main objective. On that account we know that each new issue will be filled with reading matter and illustrations that are entirely our own concern, and therefore of particular interest. May I offer my congratulations to the journal on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee and my best wishes for its continued success in the years to come.

SIR JOHN E. THORNYCROFT,

K.B.E.,

Life Governing Director and Chairman, John I. Thoritycroft and Co., Ltd, WOULD like to express my appreciation of the help you have given to both makers and users of road transport vehicles during your 50 years' work for the industry. I have been pretty well acquainted with your publication since its earliest days, but the first journal thatj studied was a French one, La Locomotion which was published before the 1896 Act and from which one was able to get some idea of the developments that were taking place on the Continent.

Those who played some part in the development of the industry in this country will be grateful to The Commercial Motor for the help it gave them. A. B. WARING, President, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

YOU possess the distinction of having been the first journal of its kind in the world, and this special Jubilee issue marks 50 years of service to the road transport industry of this country. The contents will recall to many the triumphs and trials of the early pioneering days of an industry which now takes a prominent place in the country's economy. The Commercial Motor has done much to forward the interests of British road transport both at home and abroad, and I am delighted to add my congratulations.

ALD. R. WEIR, LP., President, Municipal Passenger Transport Association. DURING the past 50 years, we have witnessed a phenomenal revolution in road passenger and goods transport. Throughout it, your journal has been guide and philosopher to the industry, and has contributed in no mean manner to the progressive and

economic policy of road transport.

The present and past editors and staff have maintained a high standard appreciated by all. Nothing remains static. and no doubt there will be greater changes in future transport facilities and management, but we expect that The Commercial Motor will keep ahreast of the times, as it has done consistently since it was first published.

SIR GEORGE KENNING, LP., Chairman, The Kenning Group of Companies.

CONGRATULATIONS on attaining your Golden Jubilee! In such a young industry as ours the fulfilment of 50 years' journalistic service on behalf of road transport is an achievement of which you may feel justly proud.

In my own none-too-few years in this industry. I have always held a high regard for the standards set by your journal, for the way you have endeavoured to advance the cause of the commercial-vehicle user,for your reasoned and enlightened editorial comments on all forms of legislation, and for the help which, through your co/umns, you have always afforded.

R. E. STUBINGTON, Chairman and Managing Director, Meruweather and Sons, Ltd. T HAVE often wanted to compliment I The Commercial Motor on the good work it does. This, the occasion 01 your Golden Jubilee, gives me an excellent opportunity not only of congratulating you on The Commercial Motor of the past (we have taken it from the first issue), but also to send you every good wish for the future. On many important controversial matters .your journal has campaigned with notable success for the benefit of road users. You maintain a high standard of informed comment. Your technical articles are read and valued by everyone.