T HERE are signs that when the Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage Property) Bill has been passed a new era of practical...

Wot, No Drawing? F EW products sell themselves, most take a great deal of pushing. That is why sales organizations ought to...

Hears— That so far there seems to be no visible solution to the M.o.T.'s "indivisible" problem. That he cannot say divide et...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I UNDERSTAND that R.H.(56), which will give road haulage workers I a basic increase in wages of 9s....

IN a deferred decision, the Northern I Licensing Authority has authorized United Automobile Services, Ltd., to raise their...

Am MARSHAL SIR ALICK C. STEVENS ' has resigned from the board of Douglas Equipment, Ltd. MR. B. A. SHORTMAN, budget manager of...

A LTHOUGH the Amalgamated PA Engineering Union endorse a new pay scheme proposed by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., the National Union...

G REATER use of coastal shipping for abnormal loads is highly desirable to relieve the roads, says the annual report of the...

A T Penrith County Court last week, a bus proprietor, Ernest Hartness, Sandeate, Penrith, successfully claimed possession of...

I.P.C. Meeting : The spring meeting of the Midland Centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be held at Belper on April...

E"REE-PISTON gas generators are now to be made in this country by Associated British Engineering, Ltd., under licence from a...

New Dampers AA LTERATIONS to their characteristics by external means are possible in the new Spax range of hydraulic telescopic...

Australian Operators Require British Vehicles Built to Suit Their Own Requirements B.M.C. Start New Sydney Factory to Cope with...

A LTHOUGH few direct purchases of ex-British Road Services' vehicles have been made since the last issue of The Commercial...

Westlake Haulage Co., Ltd. Cap. £100. Dirs.: C. H. Westlake, 21 Latham Street, Bury, and A. J. Clarke, 60 Clough Road,...

A 4,000-GALLON tanker making use of the increase in maximum legal laden weight from 22 tons to 24 tons has been added to the...

U NLIKE many conferences, that held by C.A.V., Ltd., at Eastbourne, last week, for their southern area agents, was mainly...

Does a Big Operator Save on Overheads, or Is the Small Man at an Advantage? This Article Shows How Expenses Vary According to...

When Tested at 24 Tons Gross, the Latest Leyland Octopus Deals Well with the New Payload: 125 b.h.p. Engine and 6.5 to 1 Ratio...

rt A DEVICE claimed to eliminate dangerous exhaust fumes is being tested on six vehicles by a British fleet operator. It is...

F0 BEAT THE BANS By P. A A. . m. C i.m . ech Br . o E ckington, S PEED in loading and unloading is irr everyone's interest....

Mr. H. H. V. Guest Comes Back to Free-enterprise Haulage with Four Companies: Fleet of51 Vehicles Divided Between London and...

A N unusual application for the r - 1. Dennis Stork underfloor oil-engined chassis has been adopted by Douglas (Kingswood),...

N O last-minute solution has been found to the quarrel about the national safe-driving competition. The bus and coach operators...

A SIMPLE form of excess-fuelI - I setting device for use with an injection pump is shown in patent No. 740,674 (Robert Bosch...