No One Can Be Unperturbed at the Grave Road Casualties, So Help to Reduce Them D URING the week, March 19-25, the cam paign td...

A CORRESPONDENT. a letter from whom appears elsewhere in this issue, draws attention to the lack of suitable means for towing,...

WE have received several " inquiries concerning the private use of commercial vehicles up to the extent of the basic mileage...

"No. Cadmean does not mean mean cad." Of a new transmission system to be fitted to. an Earls Court Show model. That in...

I N the High Court, last Friday, Mr. Justice Devlin disagreed with part of the jury's findings in the Rice case and disallowed...

A SUGGESTION that if Mr. F. Anniis's evidence given in the present hearing were correct, in that he claimed to be a carrier of...

I T is understood that the British Transport Commission has under consideration the possibility of building a maximum-load...

A LEADING Blackburn haulier, Mr. In. W. H. Bowker, who founded W. H. Bowker, Ltd., after the first world war, has severed his...

A N arrangement has been reached between the Transport and General Workers' Union and the Road Haulage Executive, under which...

B RITISH manufacturers started the year well by producing an average of 4,867 commercial vehicles a week in January. This...

MR. M. H. LAWSON has resigned his directorship of Venner Accumulators. THE EARL OF VERULAM has agreed to succeed his father as...

T THREE points where glaring injustices in the Transport Act might be immediately removed or modified were mentioned by Mr. R....

of ka the Road Haulage Executive, in London, were on strike. The dispute began last Friday, when some 150 drivers employed in...

A T the end of January there were 679,762, C - licence vehicles in use, of which 647,839 weighed under 3 tons unladen. Nearly...

N EXT Wednesday, the town clerk, borough treasurer and transport manager are expected to submit to Eastbourne Corporation a...

A N application by Galley's Motors, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, for permission to reduce fares on excursions and tours has been...

A ROAD yehic?e could build up a static charge of electricity to a potential of 20.000 volts. said Mr. L. Thompson, service...

PJ the four weeks ended January 29, 1 the revenue of British Road Servkees was £4,279,000. The collection and delivery and...

A SUM of £500,000 was paid for James Sutherland (Peterhead), Ltd., which, as reported in last week's issue, has been acquired...

)RODUCTS By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. Go All the Way by Road W HEN the internal rail system at the Markfield quarry...

WHAT is claimed to be the largest " scrap-metal baling press to be used in the British motor industry was recently installed in...

the heaviest loads ever to have been moved on the •road . in this country, a 126-ton stator arrived last week from the...

T HERE is more in providing an efficient cooling system for an oil engine than is generally supposed: This was made clear by...

—Seem to Have Kissed the Eyes of One Provision in the Transport Act, Which Would, If Enforced, Have Cost Private-enterprise...

T HE British commercial vehicles at the Geneva Motor Show,, which opened yesterday and closes" on March 26, may be said to...

Gradual Absorption of Passenger Services by Local Boards Suggested as an Alternative to Area Schemes 'TRACING the history of...

ing to the "second position of the normal adjustable seat with three settings, a new luxury coach seat, described as the...

A SUPERCHARGED version of the .1 - 1 Meadows . six-eylindered 15.9-litre oil engine is to be shown at the British Industries...

A N outlet had to be provided for r't the expression of employees' opinions if Britain were to avoid the excesses which had...

A Trend Towards A Vehicles, Improvement: Design and Shorter \A Lengths are Features () Practice in the Unitec T HE word "...

for all-metal coach bodies is that fully jigged and tooled production lines permit the fabrication of large numbers of...

on Council Work The Extent to Which Tippers Are More Expensive to Operate, and How the Higher Costs Should Be Reflected in...

MOT long ago a fatal accident occurred in Binning' ham because while one vehicle was towing another the tow rope fouled the...

QUGGESTING that the railways had 1.--) enjoyed an inherent advantage over road transport since the days of the stage coach, M....

oil exports to the U.S.A. went to the East CoastBaltimore, Philadelphia, New York Harbour and Boston—said Mr. Howard Page,...