AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

28th May 1948
28th May 1948
Page 1
Page 1, 28th May 1948
Close

Page 26

An American Factor in Safety

A N aspect of the operation of commercial vehicles in the United States, and one to which little attention is paid in Britain,...

Passmg • Comments

American Trailer ConA N interesting new product structed in Aluminium A-A of the Trailmobile Co. of and Steel America is the...

Page 27

One Hears

That rate-cutting is the route to haul evil. Of a determined person as being Bostik - minded. That the choice now is almost...

Page 28

News of the Week

U.S., BRITISH AND ITALIAN BUSES FOR B.A. TRANSPORT B IG orders for American, British and Italian vehicles have been placed by...

Municipal Managers' Area Scheme

R EFERRING to the provisions of 1%. the Transport Act dealing with area schemes for road passenger transport. Mr. Raymond W....

Page 29

Will Nationalization Cause

Unemployment? U NEMPLOYMENT caused by nationalization was visualized in discussion during a "Questions and Answers" evening at...

Page 30

In a Line or Two

A fee of 15s. is being charged for the parking of a lorry at Bury St. Edmunds market. Fdrmerly chairman of Fredk. Braby and...

First Sea Lord Sees Shell Research

TN the presence of many leading 'members of the motor and other industries, and senior officers of the Fighting Services,...

Persona 1 Pars,

MR. CHARLES HOPKINS, Sunderland Corporation's transport manager, has undergone an operation. Cot. G. S. COURTNEY has rejoined...

Page 31

ROAD MAINTENANCE POLICY "SHEER FOLLY" -E Government's Order that rou

ine maintenance of roads should be cut by 30 per cent, is described in the annual report of the Roads Improvement Association...

GUY SELLS WOLVERHAMPTON

DECAUSE of the erroneous belief that Wolverhampton is in the heart of the Black Country, many people arc said to be reluctant...

IRISH FERRY SERVICE FOR LOADED VEHICLES

L °ADM lorries and trailers can be 1-4transported from Preston, Lancashire, to Northern Ireland by s.s. "Empire Cedric" (4,000...

NEW FIRE PROTECTION JOURNAL

T HE Fire Offices Committee Fire Protection Association, 84, Queen Street, London, F.C,4, has brought out well-produced little...

Page 32

R.H.A. LUNCH TO BRIG. DOWSE

G UEST of honour at a luncheon given by the Metropolitan Area of the Road Haulage Association, last Tuesday, was Brig. R. J. 0....

TRIBUNAL IN EXETER

1% t lEXT week the Appeal Tribunal will I /11 sit for four days at the Guildhall, Exeter. On June 1 the Tribunal will hear the...

Page 33

17,582 NEW VEHICLES WERE REGISTERED IN MARCH I N March,

registrations of new vehicles, apart from cars and motorcycles, numbered 17,582, compared with 15,905 in February, and brought...

FUEL RATIONING EXPLAINED

MOTES for the guidance of motor' 1 1 spirit dealers have been issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power in connection with the...

CONFERENCE ON LIQUID FUEL

A JOINT committee to arrange a Conference on Modern Applications of Liquid Fuels has been formed by the Institute of Petroleum...

Cleansing Day at Luton

IT was definitely cleansing day at Luton on May 21, for here the London centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing lield a...

BRAZILIAN TRADE PACT SIGNED

MEGOTIATIONS which have te-el N proceeding in Rio de Janeiro since the middle of February, between representatives of the...

Page 34

A Self-contained Mobile Servicing Plant

INDER certain conditions of operation, it is not always convenient, or practicable, to bring vehicles to a central depot for...

Safety Features in New Coal Lorries

R OAD safety has been a prominent consideration in the design of 62 Dennis" Pax vehicles which are being supplied to the Gas...

Page 35

Why Not an Air-cooled Radial?

Asks a Road Transport Engineer Claims of a Novel Type of Power Unit for Road Vehicles Pressed in Relation to Buses and Coaches....

Page 37

One-hour Engine Changes

I'VERATORS, vehicle manufacturers' k-- 1 representatives and Ministrsk of Transport officials recently saw an engine changed at...

Britain's First Commercial Vehicle?

WHAT was probably the first "horseVI' less carriage" used for commercial purposes in Britain has recently been undergoing...

Page 39

A Potteries Co-operative Society Which Operates and Fully Maintains a Mixed Fleet of 80 Vehicles

By Ashley F. Taylor I N the latter months of 1900, a little group was working at Burslem, in the Potteries, with the object of...

Page 40

Swords into Ploughshares

WHILST many ex-Service vehicles W have been put into service with few modifications for civilian use they are far more...

Page 41

AN APPRECIATION OF AN EARLY BOOK AM, perhaps, out of

place in discussing literature instead of purely technical matters, but I wish to draw the attention of anyone in search of a...

Page 42

IL 30 mph. A FECT VEHI E DESIGN

A S already announced in "The Commercial Motor," the Minister of Transport is giving . favourable consideration to the proposal...

Page 47

"evy Outsize in Tractors

T HE use of a three-stage hydraulic torque converter -is an outstanding feature • in the new Allis-Chalmers 1-1.0.19 industrial...

Page 48

How Goodwill Affects Business Value

Omissions and Inaccuracies in Book-keeping Creat e False Values and Spell Trouble for the Vendor—or Purchaser—of a Haulage...

Page 52

THERE was an afilvervading atmosphere of apprehension evident at the

annual conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers, held last week in London. THE Transport...

REMOVERS FEA TRANSPORT ACT

Speakers at the Conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers Deal with Possible Effects of...

Page 54

Fan Controlled by A Resume of Engine Temperature Patent Specifications

A FAN clutch which automatically connects or disconnects the drive in accordance with the temperature of the engine is...