A SUGGESTION by the railway protagonists is that, dating from the year 1933, the railways should be entitled to all the...

D RIVERS of all classes of vehicle will doubt-. less be amazed at the action of the Pedestrians Association, which, it is...

An Unusual Case Where Rain Started A WARNING to operators 1 - 1 who may have to carry quicklime in their vehicles is contained...

That fare warfare may be unfair. Check your heavy costs Or they'll cost you 'heavy cheques. That there were some " smashing "...

Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., Viscount Bearsted, MC., chairman and...

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

brewing concerning the question of future machinery for the regulation of wages and conditions in the goodstransport industry....

Following the suspension not long ago of two carriers' licences in Ycirkshire, in consequence of policezcourt convictions,...

" 'THEN I shall have to get my own 1 vehicle, that is all," remarked a trader witness at Liverpool, last week, when an...

Compensation? A N important point was raised before Mr. Justice Brown in the King's Bench Division of the Ulster High Court,...

At Ding - wall, Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, heard an application from Mr. George Williamson,...

MR. J. L. COLLYER and MR. H. L. KENWARD have joined the board of the India Tyre and Rubber Co„ Ltd. At a meeting of the...

Bolton Corporation is to purchase a van for the 'water department. Sheffield Corporation is buying 10 A.E.G. Regent...

"We need better roads, and I shall do my best to see that they are provided and that existing roads are made better," stated...

Sir William Hart, North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, ruled in favour of the railway companies being entitled to be heard...

At a sitting of the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority at Inverness, last Friday, a Sutherland man refused a haulier's...

IJ NUSUAL circumstances and novel pleas were associated in the application, heard in Manchester last week, of Messrs. M....

last week, BoutsPI Tillotson Transport, Ltd., was faced with the •' newcomer" question, when the company applied to operate...

So far this year there has been an increasing overseas demand for Ameri can. commercial vehicles. Official figures for the...

R EPRESENTING an addition to its range of goods chassis, a new 15cwt. model is announced by Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton. It is...

to eliminate starting difficulties with anti-ch w amber oil engines, and which became popular under the name of the Bosch...

IN his criticism (published on I June 11) of my recent article emphasizing that monopolies are a prey to strikes, " M.C."...

A PROMISING venture is being launched by Beech's Garage (Hanley), Ltd., Hope Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. It involves the...

induction pipes and said to give economy and improved engine performance by assisting vaporization of the petrol and...

H AVING as its centrepiece the Crypton portable engine tester, whichwas fully described in the issue of Thd ComMercial Motor...

L EEDS CORPORATION'S motorbus fleet has grown considerably during recent years, so that the city, which was at one time re g...

Brings Important Advances C AST crankshafts for transport engines represent a recent step forward in motor engineering....

COST VARIATIONS I AM continuing the discussion of the variation in individual items of operating cost, about which this is the...

P REVENTING the floor of the lorry from becoming sodden is a problem which sometimes has to be solved on such occasions as when...

C LEANSING officials from all parts of the country braved the elements on Thursday of last week to witness the annual...

BIG A.R.O. MEETINGS FOR YORKSHIRE. The demand for reforms in roadtransport legislation, which was vigorously put forward at...

Essential to Trade NAORE. publicity should have been IVIgiven to a recent statement by the Appeal Tribunal to the effect that...

affects the C-licensee, is to be discussed at a mass meeting of C-licence operators which is to be held under the auspices of...

the " Highlan_d" T HERE is a good display of tractors .I. and power implements at the Highland and Agricultural Society's...

B ACKED by the full resources of the General Motors organization in America, the Opel range of vehicles, produced in Germany,...

City and Suburban Life T HE importance of a careful consideration of means for transport is stressed in Mr. Frank Pick's paper...

By Our Special Parliarnentary Correspondent BRAKE-TESTING CONCESSIONS. W ITH regard to the amendments in the Regulations...

A N appeal by Durham Rural District Council to the Ministry of Transport to revoke or modify the decision of the Northern...

T HE Minister of Transport has announced his decision on the question of new trolleybus routes for Bournemouth, and powers to...

T HE transport convenor of Glasgow Corporation is to put before his committee a proposal to abolish the tramway system, which...

T HAT the change-over from trams to buses had been the salvation of the transport undertaking in Wigan was asserted by...

F tfRTHER reports of varying fortunes on the part of municipalities are to hand, and below we publish results received from the...

i T is reported that the Mansfield District Omnibus Co., Ltd., has provisionally accepted an offer from the Midland Counties...

A Napplication by Leamington and Warwick Transport Co., Ltd., to take over certain bus routes in the borough now operated by...

A N Order of the Minister of Trans1 - 1 port, which regulates the coach traffic between Manchester and Black= pool, is likely...

I adequately cover their holiday trafac," said Mr. A. Henderson, chairman of the Southern Scotland Traffic Commissioners,...

A PPLICATIONS • by the L.M.S. rkRailway Co. for additional motor vehicles at eight Lancashire stations were vigorously opposed...

and QUERIES THE VALUE OF A SMALL HAULAGE BUSINESS. [50671 I have been a regular reader of your paper for a. number of years...

'WITH the object of simplifying automobile wiring VV systems, C.A.V.-Bosch, Ltd., , Acton, London, W.3, has just produced a new...

T "problem of dustless refuse collection is now being tackled with earnestness, and patent No. 466,104 shows the latest move in...