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rr HE present stage of development of the - I heavy-oil engine is one of exceptional interest. On the one hand we have the...
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which has overwhelmed its biggest airship and at the loss of those gallant pioneers, several of whom, including Lord Thomson,...
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That some service is too much on the surface. That high power-to-weight ratio can save fuel. Everyone talking about the Road...
Mactavish had lost his somewhat decrepit van which, unfortunately, had not been insured against theft. A few days later he...
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" The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...
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Wrrnissi Urban District Council is considering the purchase of a motor fireengine. The pleasure-grounds committee of...
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I N our issue dated October 7th we described the new Daimler transmission system, consisting of the Fluid Flywheel and...
The finance committee of Nuneaton Borough Council is to consider the question of the municipality operating its own bus...
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the Importance of Pleasing Design T HERE is much variation in the aspect of the front of the coach and motorbus, owing to (I)...
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PROGRAMME Chassis Modifications • and Price Revisions D URING the year which has elapsed since the Commercial Motor Show,...
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Under the Road Traffic Act, 1930 Our Legal Adviser Continues His New Series of Articles Which Clearly Outline the Working of...
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A SIMPLE means for rendering two-seater private cars suitable for business use has lately been introduced by Allan Taylor and...
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MARKETING MEDICAL ) RODUCTS O N the 23rd of this month that well-known concern, United Chemists Association, Ltd.; of Ucal...
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New Semi-trailer A Design Which Permits Rapid Separation or Re-connection of the Tractor and Semi trailer by the Unaided...
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and TUNING of AMAL CARBURETTERS B EFORE giving any detail of the working of the Amal carburetter a few general facts should...
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R EFERENCE was recently made m )these columns to the variety of purposes for which electrical industrial trucks are now being...
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Its Co-relation and Co-ordination With Other Forms Points from the British Report Presented Before the Sixth Road Congress of...
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A Sub-committee, after Examining Arrangements in Windsor and Maidstone, Suggests the Provision of a Station. A SUB-COMMITTEE...
Preliminary Details of a Scheme of Long-distance Operation Evolved by Manchester Taxi Drivers. flOACHOWNERS in Manchester k...
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Douglas Corporation's Purchase of T.S. Electric transmission 34-Seater Buses. A CCOMPANYING this brief article is an...
How the Present System has Evolved from a Tramway Organization Commenced in 1902. R 0 CHDALE CORPORATION opened its first...
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The Result of the Past Year's Working of the Municipal Trolley-buses, Motorbuses and Tramcars. O NE of the oldest trolley-bus...
Features of a Fleet of Vehicles which are Governed to a Maximum Speed of 15 m.p.h. T O the principal port of the Gold...
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The Editor, Tat COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [32181 Sir,—With reference to the regulations of 1929 for the construction of articulated...
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A TRIO of interesting vehicles has recently been commissioned for a special formof service in Egypt. In reality the machines...
• EFORE*being called upon to read Ma/ his_ ;presidential address, entitled "The Future Trend of Automobile Design," before the...
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C ONSIDERABLE activity prevails in the works of the Harrow Industrial Co., Ltd., Green Lane Works, Stanley Road, South Harrow,...
W HEN our Tables of Operating Costs are revised, as they are each year, the corrections made are necessary in order to...
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A New T.S. Express Van that was Originally a Coach T HE success that attends the use of mobile showrooms is clearly...
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THE HAULIER AND CARRIER J' AVING got this haulier friend on the run, so to speak (I am referring to the man Who was carting...
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MO-DAY the use of inserted valve seats is markedly on the increase, both as regards new engines andfor reconditioning work. In...
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• GEAR NoISES A Resume of Some Recently Published Patent Specifications A 1%7 interesting invention is described in patent...