T HE uniting of two of the most representative bodies in the roadtransport industry is undoubtedly _ a ' step . 'of the utmost...

CONSIDERABLE apprehension has been created in certain quarters by the recent comments of Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland...

Railways fully EquipA T a recent appeal hearing, ped to "Skin" Road r - kcounsel for the railways Operators faltered over the...

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

i- r illERE is only one answer to a 1 letter of that kind; the application will be refused," said Mr. J. H. Stirk, East Midland...

111-health resulted in the resignation of CouN. J. C. MARTIN, chairman of Lytham St. Annes Transport Commit. tee, from the town...

A strong attack on the present system of dealing with motoring offences was made by Mr. J. L. Kinder, national organizer, at...

THREATS of trade-union action 1 against A and B-licence holders who refuse to carry out the findings of the National Joint...

T THAT there should be an acceleration tion of the substitution of motors for horses, as a means for effecting economies, is...

Mr. Charles Holdsworth, the wellknown Yorkshire haulage contractor, last week travelled, with Mrs. Holdsworth, over 2,000 miles...

T °THAT a Licensing Authority is I entitled, when exercising his discretion on any application, to take into consideration...

A PPROXIMATELY 500 members and guests attended the 32nd Annual Luncheon of the Commercial Motor Users Association, held on...

Goods licensing procedure greatly inconveniences operators on -many occasions and it is hoped that, in the near future,...

T HE annual supper of the hauliers' section of the Cambridge Sub-area of A.R.O. was held on Saturday last, and proved a great...

T HE annual dinner and dance of the Metropolitan Area of A.R.O., last Friday, was a most popular and enjoyable event....

ce marked the annual dinner nd Area, last . Major The J.P., appealed pion the cause e Chamber of ady a strong body of road...

W HEN the Manchester and District Traffic Association met in Manchester on Thursday of last week, under the chairmanship of Mr....

'THAT Section 11 of the Road and i Rail Traffic Act, an which attention has been focused by The Cormueriial Motor, sshould be...

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent REMEDYING THE STEEL SHORTAGE. I T was stated by Dr. Burgin that the British Iron...

penny wise )ound foolish I WAS interested to read that one of the Licensing Authorities has been "reading the Riot Act" to...

MUCH CREDIT DUE TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE. MO one can doubt that you are right in claiming that the great fusion of...

r E problem of stabilizing a heavy v ehicle against rolling on corners, without detracting from the riding comfort afforded by...

, Pollock, Ltd., but it is not so widely . known that this company also makes a large proportion of the rolled-metal sections...

T HE issue of The Commercial Motor dated February 21 contained a short report of the case of J. Jesner and Sons, Ltd., v....

about its achievement By Frank F. Fowler, National Council Member, Associated Road Operators T HE Wheels of Wealth will be...

seen in The Commercial Motor dated February 7, an article entitled ". Desert Tradition to Improve Bus Design," a reader in...

UERI ES EXAMPLES OF ROAD AND RAIL TRAFFIC "ACTS?' {47721 The promotion of railway business at the expense of road transport...

T HE Salon de la Machine Agricole, held in Paris from LVIarch 17-22, was more important than usual, in spite of French business...

E XTENSIONS to . the Addiestone works of . Metropolitan-CammellWeymann Motor Bodies, Ltd., have recently been required to deal...

T HE new bus station and garage at Norwich, which has been erected at a cost of £50,000, was opened on Tuesday by the Lord...

THE Metropolitan and South-Eastern 1 Traffic Commissioners have refused to intervene in the question of restrictive agency...

engines gives rise to many problems in connection with torsional stresses in the cranshaft, and in this regard a novel scheme...