XTATIONALIZATION ot road transport is unlikely. greatly to diminish the problem of finding suitable accommodation for drivers...

H OW would road transport of all types have advanced if the pneumatic tyre had not been invented? That there would have been...

Ideas Department EHIND the steadily rising Brings Good Results "production at the Wolverat Goodyear Works . hampton plant of...

Of inanY a conference of consequence and some of little. The query: "How much paper is the Government preparing to save?"...

the shareal holders of Crossley Motors, Ltd., have accepted the offer of the Assodated Equipment Co., Ltd., for the...

be offered with a choice of a petrol or oil engine, the two units being interchangeable in the same chassis. The new oil...

T HE Dennis F2. fire-engine, which was described in "The Commercial Motor" last week, is one of the first chassis to be...

by the French Government on March 30, all restrictions on the sale of French commercial vehicles in the home market were...

MR. A. Rum has been appointed chairm...n of the West Midland Area of the Road Haulage Association. MR. L. J. MADDEN is...

e or Two The export promotion department of the Board of Trade is now located at Thames House North, Millbank, London, S.W.1....

A 'operator who was refused a B, licence for seven vehicles (17 tons) by the North Western Licensing Authority, partly on the...

Tr den tVractors equipped with large winches, and a third Foden crane wagon, were recently used to salvage a 60-ton marine...

obtaining new vehicles and component parts is expressed in the annual report of the Public Transport Association. The...

THE company would continue to operate under the present management until some area scheme prescribed under the Transport Act...

Workers' Union to the recent award of 7s. 6d. a week to its passenger-vehicle members is unusually interesting. A position has...

and Wages, Too ! says ASHLEY F. TAYLOR W HEN . the tram driver of 40 Years ago rocked along his route' at speeds' in...

and the Transport Act By Our Legal Adviser I HAVE been asked to explain more fully the effects of the Transport Act, 1947, on...

A S a stand-by air supply, the Hymatic mobile compressor set has many uses in the factory or garage for air lines, hoists,...

T HE designer of the Vulcan 6-tonner obviously set out to produce a vehicle that would withstand arduous service with a minimum...

pinch or general lack of care when assembling an engine is certain to shorten its expected life, so that the task of engine...

says Mr H. Gurney, M.I.P.C., cleansing super intendent of the London borough of Tottenham. "Give the housewife a foolproof,...

UERIES IS THE CRELLIN BUS SUITABLE FOR STAGE WORK? . I WAS very interested in the article in your issue dated March 19,...

Commers for the Railways I NTERESTING modifications am seen in a fleet of Commer Q.25 goods chassis with 365-cubic-ft bodies...

A N engine timing-chain - 1– V adjuster which will provide a micrometer variation between t h e crankshaft and auxiliary...

W HEN 1 received a letter from a timber-hauling friend of mine in Hampshire, asking for advice on costs and rates in connection...

T HE views and experience of six maintenance engineers of. large • municipal transport undertakings are summarized in a...

A N application, described by counsel of vital importance to transport operators, was made to Mr. Justice Vaisey in the...

A BOOK entitled, "Transport Saga1646-1947," has been issued as a most interesting history of Pickfords, Ltd., Carter Paterson...

A N interesting feature of a new compressed-air unit, the Maxim PUP., is that it may be used for highpressure delivery of...