many There is Much HERE have been ma ,arguments amongst -r• I his Subject an operators and transport engineers as to the need...

Increase of Pilferage THE extent to which pilfer and Some Precautions A age has risen and how to toe Taken . . . important it...

That at least one long-distance vehicle has a hammock slung in the cab at night. , Of that driver getting into his cabin-net....

D OAD transport operators will suffer under the programme of economies announced on Monday by the Prime Minister. "The home...

CURTAILED use of hired. transport `‘...o is suggested in a report presented to the city council by Manchester Highways...

'THE Hay's Wharf Cartage Co., Ltd., was the respondent in an appeal involving a big increase in tonnage, which was heard...

"WHEREAS the motorways planned WHEREAS South Wales would entail the expenditure of some £35.000.000. the annual economy in...

A RRANGEMENTS for the transport .1 - 1 of Milk from Ulster to the United • Kingdom, via Stranraer, which in the early stages...

rOL. A. JERRETT, president of the Is-•• Traders' Road Transport Association, speaking on behalf of C-licence holders at Cardiff...

A NEW four-wheeled battery-electric chassis with a dairy float body is being exhibited by Tomlinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd.,...

QPEAK.ING at Bristol, on Monday, Sir Cyril Hurcomb, chairman of the . British Transport Comm•ss•on, estimated that the gross...

Three Finnish operators recently visited the works of Leyland Motors, Ltd. A Goodyear subsidiary company to manufacture tyres...

• A T a meeting of the council of Birr1 mingham Chamber 'of Commerce, on Monday, the chairman of the road traffic section...

IGHTY haulage •--businses were . transferred to the Road Haulage :.Executives in the first three weeks . of this month." The 28...

Er( 36 votes to 20, Newcastle-on1- , Tyne City Council has approved a report of a special committee, rejecting the area scheme...

Strong Opposition Expected from Local Government. Operators and Passengers Organizing to Fight F EARS felt by passenger...

Bus Nationalization is Still Far Off 'HE Road Passencer Executive is having no easy conquest in the north-eastern counties....

Go Back and Do It Again ! By JAN US A T school we knew the fate awaiting most of our not-too-enthusiastic efforts to cope with...

Specially Designed Eagle I2-ton Semitrailers with A.E.C. Tractors to Work in Welsh Mountain Quarry T HE first of four...

A MUCH improved version of the hornycroft Sturdy 5 6tonner, which has been in production for the past 13 years, is now...

Maintenance Saves Mileage NAUTUAL aid which has been intro LVI amongst nationalized road haulage undertakings in carrying out...

Ltd., Bilston, to be the largest rigid aircraft-refueller in the world, the new Thompson-Leyland Tyne tanker has a capacity of...

WHILST there has been a number of W buses exported to Brazil since the war what is claimed to be the first coach to be built...

A CCELERATED drying of cellulose Pland synthetic paints, fillers and stoppers, thus saving time in the repair and retouching of...

T HIS year's 'Cycle and Motor Cycle Show, at Earls Court, closes its doors to-morrow, and is notable for the useful additions...

at the Dairy Show U LECTRIC. VEHICLE manu 1 1 4facturers have again chosen the Dairy Show, at Olympia, which closes to-day, to...

Equipped with Two-stroke Oil Engine and High-ratio Axle Climbs Mow Cop and Breaks Economy Records for its Class Maximum of 55...

IF only to prove how closely I study "The Commercial / Motor," may I comment on some of the material appearing in your issue...

in Insurance Policies I N 'The Commercial Motor" for last week I dealt with the premium rates which operators might expect to...

LUBRICATION How the Oil Companies Keep Well Abreast of Developments in• Commercial Vehicle Chassis Design A COMPREHENSIVE...

G. Thomson S IGNIFICANT pointers to the dangers inherent in nationalized transport are afforded by South Africa' s unhappy...

in the News MR. G. R. FRENCH has resigned his directorship of Lindsay Motors, Ltd. MR. L. V. Burr has been appointed...

r E prospect of cutting costs for the disposal pf refuse from city boroughs to rural tipping sites, is brought into view by the...

A N injection pump in which the plunger is operated by the cylinder compression forms the subject of patent No. 626,994. from...