T HIS week The Commercial Motor begins a regional survey of conditions in road haulage. It is a sequel to a series of reports...

F ARMING, as a single industry, is one of the largest users of motor vehicles, in fact, it has been claimed to be the biggest....

Training in Refrigeration THOROUGH training is one of the most important factors in the sphere of technical sales, and regular...

That highly perishable goods can easily become even " higher " in a heat wave. That three Russian dogs have made rocket...

A FTER further meetings at the Ministi y of Labour this week, there "was no break in the deadlock over the pay dispute...

Els EPRESENT ATIVES of four oper ators' associations are to meet the Minister of Transport next Tuesday to discuss the...

P ROPOSALS aimed at prohibiting I the loading and unloading of vehicles throughout most of the day in many London streets have...

Some " Suez " Cuts TWENTY applications. by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., to retain " Suez " service cuts in the...

NAISREPRESENTATIONS about the M. condition of a vehicle, although innocent, are not sufficiently fundamental to allow a...

" A LARMING decreases" in British Pi Railways' sheep traffic were mentioned at Carlisle, last week, when Claude Hughes and Co....

MR. LEWIS G. WHYTE has been co-opted to the board of Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd. MR, M. SEAMAN has become a director...

return loads of Pl. building and road plant and materials on evidence of letters alone was rejected by the North Western Deputy...

A CHASSIS that will he completed by Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, in six to eight weeks' time will be the first to be...

B ECAUSE a man once held shares in a company which had excursion licences, he was lot entitled to a privileged position when...

QTATING that he considered that a further assessment of transport '—' needs was s called for, and that were it made it would...

Bradford Depot: Small and Parkes, Ltd., Manchester, have opened a new service depot at 4 Lumb Lane, Bradford. Bill to be...

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT I ABOUR'S future policy on road haulage may undergo a change that " will bring it into line...

P ROPOSALS which would add to the already serious summer congestion in Scarborough were not acceptable to the town council, the...

A N attempt to reduce the fuel tax failed during a debate on the Finance Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Three new...

IN his annual report, Mr, W. M. Hall, general manager of Liverpool Passenger Transport department, says that maintenance costs...

I -1 A HAULIER who was told to "put his house in order when he appeared before the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T....

A COMPANY who send goods by rail at 71d. a crate from Manchester to London, last week supported a haulier's application for...

Q0 that they could leave one semi trailer to be loaded at a lime works while another one was delivering. Robinson Transport...

P EOPLE living in Leicester are being asked to solve the city's bus problem by deciding which of two remedies they prefer to...

B ECAUSE some customers, includine the Co-operative Wholesale Society, insisted on eight-wheeled vehicles being used, G. Read...

A N investigation into rural transport facilities in Northumberland is being carried out by the county's rural community...

TO avoid transhipping and to prevent drivers having to stay away at night on trunk run, Cusick Transport, Ltd., Collyhurst,...

N Ew proposals for village bus services have been made by the Central Transport Consultative Committee. They have asked the...

for Depot A RANGE of articulated tippers, with r - 1 payload capacities from 10 to 17 tons, has been introduced by York Trailer...

I N Coventry's fifth eliminating contest .of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition last Sunday, the driver of an...

T HERE was an unexpectedly large attendance of the public at the first rally of old commercial vehicles held last Sunday at...

I N view of the enormous strides that have been made in the United States of America in the field of highpowered petrol-engined...

Pretty Pictures W E have a Minister of Transport with plenty of drive, and on the whole Mr. Harold Watkinson is very much the...

C OSTING approximately £3,000, a new German machine shown at the British Plastics Exhibition, at Olympia, promises to lead to...

B ASED on a Thames 4D oil-engincd chassis having a drop-well extension at the rear, a 1,000-cu.-ft. Lutontype van supplied to...

Improved Wolf Drills T WO new models have been added to the range of electric drills produced by Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.,...

R ATHER objectionable pressure was applied to the organizers of one heat of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition by a local...

LARGELARGE LY made up of hair-raisin g LY of Dodge tippers being driven desperately alon g narrow, twisting roads, "Hell...

Sauce for the Goose Only 'J T HE 15 per cent. increase in basic pay for the usage of HE higher speed limit has no doubt been...

FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN An Assessment of Operating Costs, • Showing the Percentage Represented by Each of the 10 Items in the...

A TRACTOR, designed specially for I — % towing heavy but mobile loads such as large aircraft, is shown in patent No. 776,541....