prominent British maker. Page 42. SOME surprisingly good mechanical features are to be found in the new-model van just...

MANY sections of the daily Press in this 13-I- country have adopted the unhappy policy of devoting considerable space to what...

W HILE talking to Mr. W. G. Cairns, the managing director of Reo Motors (Britain), Ltd., the other day, we were pleased to hear...

T • OW bridges in London have lately been the direct cause of several regrettable accidents in which double-deck buses have...

W HAT is there of interest to the general public in the absorption by the railway companies of motorbus undertakings? This...

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

Three buses costing a total of .15,000 are to be purchased by LEIGH Corporation. DRIVFIELD Rural District Council is to borrow...

the Interim Report of THE ROYAL COMMISSION By C. F. Lawrence King, M.LA.E. MEM report of the Royal Commis sion on Transport,...

I T is some mouths since Dennis Bros., Ltd., of Guildford, introduced the LF 30 refuse-collecting machine, but in the interim...

Five-wheeler HEN the Lister Auto-track was produced in 1927 it was described in The Commercial Motor as a petrol utility truck...

MITE recent lamentable occurrence ..11_ at Gillingham, where a number of lives was lost during a demonstration intended to show...

A N interesting design of light1 -van chassis, which has a low load-line and a carrying capacity of about 5 cwt., has been...

A Niqnteresting and effective piston ...ring which is being very well received by many motor manufacturers, Diesel-engine...

rivIE loss of nuts is one of the corn..L men causes of failure in any type of mechanism, and even looseness may result in a...

The Westinghouse Company Markets a Vacuum Storage Arrangement in Conjunction with its Well-known Servo Brake System. T M...

of a Great Railway Organization P ERHAPS the most crucial factor bearing upon the progress taking place in the...

1 - 113R1NG recent years a number of J Jr luxurious motor caravans has been designed and supplied by Melville Hart and Co.,...

Letters should be on one side of the paper only and, preferably, typewritten. The right of abbreviation is reserved, and no...

New-model AMERICAN VAN An Entirely New Power Unit Characterizes the Latest Dodge Brothers' 15-cwt. Van. W E are able...

for 6-ton Loads A Remarkable F.W.D. Machine with Herbert Morris Fixed Jib and a Hook Clearance of 10 ft. from the Ground and 4...

of the DOUBLE-DECK BUS BODY How It Has Been Developed After Dealing, In Our Issue for Last Week, with the Frontal Appearance...

As a result of the improvements and additions effected within recent years to our system of roads, existing maps, even those...

HAULIER and CARRIER Elucidating a Problem Set in the Concluding Paragraph of the Previous Article in this Series. I N my...

"I recently tendered for the haulage of 120 tons of rough quarry stone which was required for road repairs. The distance the...

with an Oil-cooled Engine The Maker of B.E.V. Battery-electric Vehicles Enters the Market with a 1-ton Petrol-engined...

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. AN IMPORTANT AMALGAMATION IN SCOTLAND. Two Railway Companies and the...

Some Information on the Use and Manufacture of Tucker's Plywood, which is Largely Used for Passenger Vehicles. I N view of the...

Some Notes on the Services Which Pass Through, and Radiate from, an Important Midland Centre. VEIL since the war the bus...

MHE form of exhaust-pipe connection described in the specification (No. 315,985) of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., and W. W....