A TTENTION is again being turned to the question as to whether Section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, shall or shall not be...

the free wheel as standard equipment, and there is a very much more marked interest in it in this country. Durin g one of the...

Of some fears that the petrol tax will reach is. Of new demands for lightness, strength and tough ness. 0 That the...

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

The cleansing committee of Boar Corporation is buying a gully-emptier. BARROW Corporation may increase the number of...

A New Feature Outlining Industrial Conditions in Various Parts of the Country TN this new weekly feature of The 1Commercial...

AS AN ESSENTIAL NEED D ESPITE the great progress that has been made by the automobile industry and, in particular, by the...

T EIOSE who have at heart the interests of the Short Distance hauliers' Alliance must have been greatly encouraged by the...

'itfalls to Avoid L AST week I commenced a series of two arth les on the subject of insurance, and gave details of...

By a Timber Salesman I T is not often that a new and really useful discovery is made in the wood world, especially one that is...

O N January lst, 1921, two brothers, Messrs. Toft, and their brotherin-law, Mr. Tomlinson, started a haulage concern at Darley...

C ONSIDERABLE success has been achieved in France with an automatic jaaking system introduced some two years ago under the name...

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3813] am writing to you my views on some of the recent legislation concerning hauliers. I...

CARRYINC LUGGAGE W HEN it is decided to carry luggage inside the bus or coach, at the rear, the - chief problem to consider is...

Tipping Gear T HE merits of hydraulically operated tipping gear are already well known in connection with power operation....

connection with an article pub lished in our issue of December 22nd, dealing with the ventilation of forwardcontrol cabs, it...

with special air outlets C ONSEQUENT upon the interest aroused by our centre-pages' article in the issue dated December 22nd,...

PASSENGER TRANSPORT GROWING NATIONAL INTEREST IN WORK OF THE M.H.C.S.A. ARTY in December, when arrange11' meuts had been made...

I T has been a surprise to many in the industry to learn that the coach traffic handled this Christmas has, in many cases, far...

The Ministry and the Hooking Agents. FOLLOWING the reception by Lord Plymouth, at the Ministry of Transport, of a deputation...

O NE of the last of the reports of municipal transport undertakings for the year ended March 31st, 1931, deals with the...

of the present day CONSIDERAB pains have been LU taken in the production of a Bedford breakdown lorry which is now offered for...

THREE -WHEELER TESTED W HEN a commercial vehicle is used in circumstances which include only a small or moderate annual...

02,000 to be Spent on 227 New Road Ve r hicles D RING 1932 there is likely to be a considerable extension of the road services...

Tipping Gear j6i CONSrDERABLE number of the 30-cwt. chassis now sold is required to operate with a tipping body. The demands...

I N addition to its coachbuilding busi ness the Samdon Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., 1-3, Grundy Street, Liverpool,...

HAULIER and CARRIER T HERE can be no doubt that a smart and wellkept vehicle and an equally smart driver are valuable means for...

PATENP ATENT No. 362,140, by the Ford T Co., Ltd., describes a new method of treating brake drums, which it is claimed produces...