N 0 one can deny, or fail to be impressed by, the efficiency of the propaganda departments of the railways. Even the British...

T HE licensing of carriers and the numerous restrictions placed upon their activities might not be felt so severely if many of...

wear is ‘-/said to be oil deterioration due to oxidation. It is known, however, that certain substances, generally called...

That every examiner had first to succeed as an examinee. That, in attacking road transport, the railway bites the hand that...

"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

THE driver of any type of mechani cally propelled vehicle must have the ordinary non-vocational licence, but after April 1,...

eftenenham corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of a refuse collector. Blackpool Corporation's cleansing committee...

following (latest dates given tit parentheses) :—Cleethorpes U.D.C. for le-in. to - Sf,-in. granite chippings; 244-in. graded...

MEGOTIATIONS between the emI 1 41 ployers' and employees' panels of the Yorkshire Area Joint Conciliation' Board collapsed at a...

A STATEMENT that approximately 60 per cent, of the 4,000 questionnaire forms sent to Yorkshire goods-vehicle operators by the...

S PEAKING at a meeting of the Western Sub-area of the Metropolitan Regional division of the Road Haulage Association, on...

for the delivery of parcels the basis of lorries which are, of course, rated as being suitable for 21-3-ton loads, it is not...

T HE fifth annual dinner of the North Eastern Division of the Commercial Motors Users Association was held in Leeds on March 7....

NEW AIR SERVICES FROM DONCASTER. Pl. A NEW company named Crilly Airways, Ltd., has been formed to run passenger services from...

WOULD SOLID OR AIR-CUSHION TYRES BE SUITABLE FOR RAILCARS? [4511] I read with interest in your issue dated February 22 of the...

I N our issue dated November 16, 1934, we described an electricalcontrol unit designed for A.E.C. oil and petrol-engined...

L AST week, the Metropolitan Traffic Area Joint Conciliation Board reached a final, as well as an interim, agreement regarding...

T HERE must be few road-haulage concerns engaged in the widely diverse and specialized spheres of the bulk transport of liquids...

The Government's Intentions Include the Beading of a Simple Power Unit for Use in Tractors WE have already recorded the...

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent GLASGOW BUYING RUSSIAN PETROL? S EVERAL Members of Parliament...

More Views on a Subject of Vital Interest to the Industry A RECORD OF PAST DRIVING MISDEEDS UNDULY PREJUDICES MAGISTRATES. B...

CON TAIN ER B ODIES T HE -lift . van or container is made in various capacities from 15 cwt. to 6 tons, for carrying a wide...

A PPEALS by 46 coach operators in the Manchester district were heard. on Thursday of last week, by Mr. H. J. Comyns. The...

I NCONSISTENCIES in the administration of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, may still be observed, and one of the principals of a...

n O-ORDINATION of services be tween Yorkshire and Blackpool was the subject of an application before the North-Western Traffic...

" V IEWING the position broadly, the applicants now seem to the Commissioners to be justified in saying that, as a result of...

I T is understood that Messrs. J. Pear son and Sons (Happy Days Motorways) have agreed to sell their coach services to Ribble...

A S the result of arguments placed before him by a deputation, the Minister of Transport has undertaken to consider them if an...

T HE Southern Scotland Traffic Commissioners have now announced their decision in the contentious applications by the Central...

LONDOL ONDON'S 120 new trolleybuses are N'S be e q uipped with low-volta g e batteries, which will enable the vehicles to...

T HE Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeal of the Betteshan g er Miners Mutual Self-help Club a g ainst the refusal Of...

WilIAT is claimed to be the lar g est IN depot in the north of En g land exclusively devoted to commercial-vehicle sales and...

of gains, the first point to be noted is the difficulty of devising a system which will satisfactorily meet the needs of every...

F ROM Dr. log. Wach, 57, See . strasse, Kilcbberg-Zurich, Switzerland, comes patent . No. 423,347, describing the results of...