O N every side it is being realized that the main roads of this country are quite inadequate to carry modern traffic, and th at...

A N interesting contribution towards the solution of the problem of stabilized rates in the road-transport industry, with hints...

Encouraging Report HE value of our Empire iq of Trade within the I respect of the trade of this Empire country is emphasized by...

Of 'Guys in a new guise. Of someone who had read of " fly-over" roads saying "Why not swat them ? " That, undeterred by the...

A railway attempt to obtain intimate information, from an applicant haulier, led to an amusing but pointed interlude during the...

THE Ministry of Labour has asked road haulage employers' and workers' organizations to furnish information which, to some...

Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton, announces a reduction in the price of its 8-cwt. Supervan. The new figure for the complete van is...

MR. A. BINNS, representative of Leyland Motors, Ltd., in the Near East, is on a combined holiday and business trip to this...

Ashton-under•Lxne Corporation is boring four Crossley oil-engined double-deckers. Burton•enarent Corporation is to obtain...

Many A licence-holders in the Yorkshire Traffic Area have found that, under the new licensing regulations, they are worse off,...

Three American oil companies, the Socony Vacuum Corporation, the Texas Corporation and the Standard Oil Company of California...

A ROUND our shores there are some billions of tons of shingle, which in some places are being taken away by the sea and...

L ATENESS of arrival at destination, damage in transit by careless handling, and pilfering of goods en route, were among the...

said that the goods-vehicle and hackneyvehicle totals in the return of new motor vehicles registered in July made any tangible...

The concluding article on maintenance, in which is reached a final figure for cost, in pence per mile, by a method clearly des...

ts for Overseas Road Making Six Wheelers, Ltd., North Finchley, London. N.12. The order comprises eight tractive units and...

CONSIDER ABLE improvement of %... , the arrangements for delivery of sugar beet to the British Sugar Corporation's factory at...

S.T.R.'s OPENING LECTURE. The Commercial Motor costs expert, S.T.R., will open his 1938-1939 series of lectures at the Star...

to the Leeds Chamber of Commerce at the opening, last Monday, of the exhibition on roadtransport problems. The central feature...

The Effects of Insufficient Pressure in the Tyres are Manifold, But Lack of Stability is the Most Marked and the Most...

p REVIOUSLY known as Quilt Manufacturers, Ltd., and comprising a group of what were formerly a dozen . separate manufacturing...

Machine which sells for £115 Has Threespeed Power Pulley. Wheelbase of 5 ft. Gives Excellent Manceuvrability A TYPE of tractor...

New Provisional Regulations, Now in Force, Concerning the Cost of the Longer-period Carriers' Ltcences, Those for Shorter Toms,...

Many Visitors are Attracted to Eire by the Passenger Services of the Great Southern Railways, Whilst Wellorganized Goods...

" IT is hardly fair to inflict punish ment for a particular offence and make that punishment life-long," said Mr. Howard...

and UERIES PRIVATE-CAR COMPETITION WITH TAXICABS. [5448] I notice in a recent issue of The Commercial Motor that a fellow...

New Type of Wheel Stroke, Put Into or Out of Action Without the Use of Tools A NEW type of wheel strake, known as the Opperman...

T "E possibility that an experiment may be made in Glasgow with the operation of trolleybuses, has been brought nearer by a -...

D URING the year ended March 31, 1938, the motorbuses of Newcastleupon-Tyne Corporation were operated at a profit of £52,707,...

O N Wednesday of last week, Manchester City Council referred its projected scheme for abolishing its tramway system, to the...

ik NEW restriction on the use of i% double-deck buses was announced by Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman of the North-Western...

D IRECT evidence of the value of radio as an important factor in reducing the operating costs of his fleet of lorries is...

A Resume' of Recently Published Patent Specifications I N designing an oil engine with rocker operated overhead valves, it is...