R ELIABLE intermediate and final inspection is the essential ingredient of any system of quantity production which tends to...

A LTHOUGH road haulage has been licensed since l933, there is still widespread misunderstanding of the basic requirements of...

A COMMON but depressing sight in many commercial-vehicle factories is row upon row of otherwise completed chassis resting on...

r I NE of Britain's leadin g commercial-vehicle desi g ners told me the other day that he retired to bed every night for a...

B ROADLY speaking, there are two schools of salesmanship—the brashly aggressive and the factually persuasive. I am happy to say...

minutes early rather than k being late. Is this another case where an industrial cornfly has altered working hours without...

A THREAT to reopen a case concerning Edwards Transport (Frome), Ltd. (The Commercial Motor, July 22), was made -by Mr. S. W....

B RITAIN'S C-licence fleet continues to 1 - 1 grow. In the 12 months to June this year. 8,362 new ancillary users came into...

T HE application of the fuel cell to road vehicles has been brought closer by a new type of cell developed by the Thornton...

A GRANT of 11 additional vehicles was made to Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport), Ltd., Aberdeen, by Mr. A. Robertson,...

f 4 UGE building undertakings were projected in the west, and it was prudent to make transport arrangements in advance. This...

• MR. P. A. .WHITE has been appointed a director of Aldershot and District Traction Co., Ltd. • MR. H. I. MATTHEY and MR. J....

Ilkeston Health Committee wish to obtain n Thames --cwt. van. Harrogate Corporation are recommended to buy two .S. D. refuse...

A PETITION containing 100 sigPA natures which asked for a special Saturday football coach to P reston North End matches was...

A N applicant, who told Mr. G. W. Duncan, Northern Deputy Licensing Authority, that he had experienced difficulty in the north...

A LORRY owner who carried goods for a concern to discharge a debt with them was still plying for hire or reward. This was...

Traction Co., Ltd., was opened at Walley Street, Biddulph, Staffs, on Tuesday. It can accommodate 40 buses, 24 of which are...

rUT-PR10E competition by British Railways with Southport Corporation's buses continues to irritate Mr. Jackson Hoggard, general...

'THE submission, by Mr. A. Wrottesley, 1 for the British Transport Commission, objectors to a case at Bristol on Monday, that...

T HE directors are of the opinion that this is the proper time for further development in other parts of the country, and...

Petrofina Office : The new headquarters of Petrofina (Great Britain). Ltd., are at York Road, London, S.E.I, in a 13-storey...

T ESTS carried . out by Birmingham Transport Department with a new lubricant, for worm - driven rear axles could result in a...

IF the application before the Traffic Corn1 . missioners were granted, picking-up points on excursion and tour licences would...

DERMISSION granted by the West Midland Traffic Commissioners to Walsall Transport Department to run a bus service along Park...

'THE threat of enforcement action was I. not sufficient ground for the grant of a short-term road service licence, Mr. F. W....

Rival Operators at Manchester R IVAL applications by three companies were submitted to the North Western Traffic Commissioners...

r'ITY bus services of • Manchester \--• Transport Department are being " stretched to the limit" because of an acute shortage...

S HOULD the owner of a dual-purpose 12-seater personnel-carrier type of vehicle, who uses it without adaptation to carry goods,...

T HE value of , commercial vehicles exported in May was the highest monthly figure ever recorded, exceeding the £10m, mark for...

A N unusual design of opposed-piston internal-combustion engine has been patented by a Mr. V. N. Norton, Salt Lake City, Utah,...

[WHEN bus fares throughout the VV country are being raised to meet extra costs, a north Oxfordshire concern plans to lower some...

" DO-1T -Y OURSELF " subsidy scheme to keep branch-line railway tations open, conceived by Mr. Walter Broadbent, traffic...

A MIXTURE of concrete and plastics rt by which light, strong and durable slabs for the laying of roads can be made has been...

A MONG the Guy exhibits to be disPA, played at Earls Court next month there will be three complete Wulfrunian double-deck buses...

trams were due to he abandoned in October. 1962, Cdr. James Bennett. chairman of the transport committee. said on Monday.

Its Causes and Cure A Reduction in Engine Tolerances to Eliminate Vibration Entirely Would be Extremely Costly, and it is...

IT seemed strange that the British 1 Transport Commission should allow one part of their organization to take traffic from...

A LTHOUGH bonded brake linings are coming into wider use for commercial vehicles, their advantages are not greatly appreciated....

T HE comparative ease with which vehkles under contract-A licence can be switched to public-A licence has reached a stage which...

I T has been suggested that it is easier to obtain grants of licences in the Western traffic area than in neighbouring South...

EE XPANSION within the motor industry should take second place to security of employment for existing workers. This opinion is...

bility for Sm Operation S OUTH and West Wales are contrasting areas. To the south there are the bustling cities of Cardiff and...

Versatile Vacuum Cleaner A LREADY in use on a number of car production lines, the Air-O-Flow industrial vacuum cleaner can be...

;pecialize Regular Nightly Trunk Services Between Hull and Glasgow have Grown from a Business Which Started in 1933 and Now...

QUIPPED with leaf-air front suspen sion; a Leyland Atlantean Gay Hostess double-decker coach has been operated by Ribble Motor...

WHEN Slaughter Deep Freeze. Ltd., YV John Penn Street. London, S.E.13, appeared before the Greenwich magistrate last week for...

There's only one way to prove the or weight saving seem obsolete—and I worth of a trailer axle—and that's they have achieved...

O NCE people have made their minds up on a subject, they may forget the reasons and have to invent new ones. For a long time it...

Unsuitable Vehicles Employed for Work at Short Notice Can Mar the Overall Economy of a Fleet : Expenses for Light Vehicles with...

MORE than 500 wharves and docks lining the River Thames I I between Teddington and Gravesend are listed in London Wharves and...

A STEERING gear in which slack between the worm and sector is taken up automatically, is covered by patent No. 836,682....