D ESPITE the fact that road transport is being subjected to restriction amounting almost to persecution, it has turned the...

F OR several centuries Britain—due to its territorial isolation and the strength of its Navy— has been practically immune from...

HowDangerous WalkTHE jay walker in Budapest ing is Discouraged in I does not have such a free Budapest and-easy existence as...

Of Mr. Hore-Belisha as Hastings' new Dante. Of those who think Cockneys are right when they speak of " rileroads." That...

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

MR. P. W. MCGUIRE, who, a short time ago, resigned his Position as managing director of Armstrong' Saurer Commercial Vehicles,...

O WING to a remarkable increase in traffic, Messrs. W. E. Evenly, haulage contractors, of Frome, were granted an additional...

The House of Lords decision with regard to B licences being prima facie unrestricted was again called into use when Mr. C....

the Appeal Tribunal with an appellant who wrote to say that he was unable to attend a recent sitting, at Harrogate, as he could...

sought by Mr. W. Davies, of Cheadle, Cheshire, at a Manchester inquiry. It was refused, although it was pleaded that, had he...

A SUGGESTION that the atf ntion of local authorities should be drawn to the provisions of the 1933 Act regarding contracts was...

Walsall Corperation has accepted the tender of Mr, E. C.Paskell for the supply of a Morlson-Electrio van, Douglas (I.O.M.)...

That the enforcement committee of the Yorkshire Conciliation Board is making close investigations concerning the wages paid to...

VORKSHIRE hauliers have gained their first victory in their fight against railway applications for addifloral road vehicles....

Road Transport's Offer to Government S.T.R. Makes His Mark in the Potteries N EARLY 800 persons attended the first—and...

principles to be observed in connection with applications by independent operators to London Transport for consents, under the...

A MENDMENTS to certain new regulations have been suggested by A.R.O. Under the Public Service Vehicles (Equipment and Use)...

PROBLEMS " HE furnishers in the Broad T way. Stiles and Co., want a couple of special bodies," said Mr. Ashcraft, the...

New Phase of Railway Attack Based on Latest Licences and Prohibitions Regulations Ak REGULATION which was made 1 Th presumably...

S INCE we last described the range of James Handyvans, a number of important improvements has been incorporated in the chassis...

and QUERIES THE PARLOUS STATE OF THE INDUSTRY—HOW IT CAN BE SAVED. 14817] Congratulations to S.T.R., Walter Gammons and...

L'OR the first time this year a slight setback has to be recorded in the number of new commercial vehicles registered, for...

A . VALUABLE feature of the annual . conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing is the exhibition and demonstration staged...

"I N the use made of water lie the novelty, unorthodoxy and very essence of the patent, the practice of which .seems...

To-DAY I N a recent issue of this journal (June 5.), I reviewed the pros and cons of present-day types of goods vehicle in...

T "'possible effect upon road hauliers of the setting up in the coal industry of co-operative selling associations, under...

I N opposing applications in Yorkshire for permission to replace Nebkles in possession by new machines giving an increase of...

Costing in SAND HAULAGE A MONGST the letters which I have received during the past week are two which, taken together, form a...

Passenger Transport WHO SHOULD TAKE OVER SERVICE? T HE hearing of an interesting appeal by the Birmingham and Midland Motor...

T HE 26th Annual Congress of the Tramways, Light Railways and Transport Association was opened at Brighton on June 10; an...

S ALESMANSHIP, whatever form it takes; is an art. .."Whether it be the selling of the vehicle itself or - the service it can...

"Merchandising Passenger Transport Conic. F. LEACH said that the fundamental requirement for drivers and conductors is good...

MR. W. MARSH opened the discussion. He said that enormous advances had been made in the trolleybus. Successive Governments had...

comes, in patent No 447,004, a design of power unit claimed to combine oil-engine economy with the high-speed characteristics...