NE of our many friends abroad is an all-round transport man, who has had a long and intimate relationship with road transport...

The Commercial Motor, but copies of most of the works dealing with matters within our scope are submitted to us and critically...

Someone saying that engineers are generally strong, silent men, more valuable than voluble. That we have known some become...

FIVE YEARS' TENURE FOR A AND C LICENCES. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Grant-Ferris asked the Minister of Transport...

A.R.O. Luton Sub-area on Tuesday, Major H. E. Crawfurd, president of the Association, said that rumours of a rationalization...

DAYS OF GRACE. fact that the insuring T ti petlic generally has grown accustomed to having 15 days' latitude in which to pay...

S AYING that he would not take any drastic action, but would let the proceedings stand as a grave warning, Mr. J. Farad - ale,...

Objection Late? WHETHER a railway objection was rf received within the statutory period was discussed at a Liverpool sitting...

Celtis, Lid., Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, which markets Tisit products, proposes to form a company to produce and...

to purchase four lorries, estimated to cost £2,000. Kettering Urban District Council requires a 2-ton three-roll motor roller;...

following (latest Jdates given in parentheses): Shipley U.D.C. for granite and limestone chippings, biturainized limestone and...

QTRLKING and clever both in e....lappearance and design is the latest addition to the ranks of lightweight vans which comes...

T HE ways of some haulage contractors are past all understanding. They are as incomprehensible to-day as they were nearly 20...

Outspoken Views From B.R.F. MrGaston Vincent, Public Relations Officer of the B.R.F., made a forceful sreech on Monday last to...

affect the future of the whole road-haulage industry were made on Tuesday night by Mr. E. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Transport,...

A N increase of 80 in the membership of the C.M.U.A. (Manchester Area) goods vehicle licensing scheme was reported at the...

'TRIBUTE to the amount of work I done for the C.M.U.A. in Manchester and throughout the country was paid by Mr. W. A. Winson,...

H OW the Construction and Use 'Regulations affect operators, particularly motor-haulage contractors, was explained by Mr. E. A....

It is understood that A.R.O. has approached the Exeter Safety First Council with a view to receiving a nomination from its...

scale would be extremely expensive," said Mr. 0. C. Power, speaking at the annual general meeting of the C.M.U.A. West Midland...

N EW purposes for which trailers may be employed are constantly arising, and the latest usage for which this form of vehicle...

and QUERIES DO NOT CONDEMN ALL TRAMWAYS. [5273] From various statements published in your journal from tithe to time, it...

T HAT a milk roundsman could save as much as an hour in a day's work, as well as much fatigue, is claimed by the manufacturer...

Two-stroke Vehicle Oil Engine WHILST the two-stroke compression. WV ignition engine is a highly successful type in marine...

T HERE is hardly a part of a motor-vehicle, chassis that is subjected to so many variable stresses or has to perform such...

of eternal paradox. Although it may lead the world in many branches of pure science and mechanics, practical application of...

Precautions Pl ant V jEHICLES and equipment specially adapted for anti-gas V defence purposes are now a feature of the...

N MEWS has come to hand of a range of novel vehicles of Mercedes-Benz make, constructed mainly for military purposes or use...

Monday last the Minister of ‘..-"Transport, speaking at a luncheon in London, left no doubt in the minds of his listeners as to...

Services Redundant A PRINCIPLE of importance to operators of public-service vehicles was restated and reaffirmed by the...

I T is revealed in the report of the 41st annual general meeting of Thomas Tilling, Ltd., held last week, that profits were...

H OWbus traffic, from outside Glasgow, will be controlled at the Empire Exhibition, which opens in Glasgow in May, was revealed...

A T a meeting in Glasgow last week, at which Messrs. Young applied for renewal of permission to use Gordon Street. Paisley, as...

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent TRANSPORT ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT ACCEPTED. A STATEMENT was made by...

A LTHOUGH the double-acting principle has for many years been standard practice in steam engines, it is as yet a novelty in the...