braking equipment. descending a steep hill with which the driver is unacquainted. The vehicle is even being pushed from the...

aircraft, is influencing the design and construction of passenger-vehicle bodywork. There is an increasing tendency to use...

T HE largest tyre made in Britain is now in quantity production at the Wolverhampton works of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co.,...

BR ITISH COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE MAKERS TRIPLE EXPORTS B RITAINS export trade in commercial vehicles has tripled itself in the past...

A N interim guide to equitable rates for road haulage has been prepared by the rates and charges committee of the Road Haulage...

Stirling hauliers in recognition of his services as organizer of the local haulage group during the war. The presentation was...

Campaign Enters New Phase THOSE apostles of nationalization I who believe that the campaign against this principle, so far as...

NEW COMPANIES T. C. Ginn, Ltd.-Pr vale company. Reg, August 9. Cap. £2 0 - 0 0 0 in it shares, to acquire the business of...

OF "100,000? • A LOSS of over £100,000 in 15 months on Manchester Corporation's transport department was mentioned as a reason...

QUCCEEDING the widely used Imp industrial tractor is a new vehicle known as the Model A, produced by Lansing, Bagnall, Ltd.,...

— says " TANTALUS " Caustic Comments by Transport Commissioners Indicate That the Subcommittees Will Not Function to the...

E XPORT requirements are being carefully studied by Thos. Harrington, Ltd., Sackville Works, Old Shoreham Road, Hove, which has...

S PECIALL Y designed for export in knocked-down condition, a new Lolode 15-cwt. general-purpose twowheeled trailer has been...

A New Scrivener Machine for Piston Grinding Aims at Translating Theoretical Considerations into Practical Possibility T HE...

T " general tondency in the latest types of hydraulic gear for tippers is a tidying-up to produce a mechanism that shall be as...

before deciding whether the suspension is good or bad. To a designer, seeking the most satisfactory layout, such a decision...

FFICIENCY In practice, however, the theoretical figure is modified in the case of laminated springs by the friction caused by...

F ACILITIES which embrace meal service and lodgings for road-transport drivers and, accommodation and service for their...

TN this discussion of the calculation of cost per ton-mile. 1 come to the case of the inquiry which prompted these two...

By J. L. Watchurst, A.C.A., J.P., A War-time Expedient that Became Highly Successful and is Still Operating to Good Effect...

the Jubilee of Britain's motor industry, entitled " Vital to the Life of the.Nation," was written by the well-known motoring...

qo many inquiries are reaching me regarding these "licensing sub-committees, which have been appointed by the railway companies...

E XCLUDING cars and motorcycles, a 1-4tota1 of 11,005 vehicles was registered for the first time under the Roads Act, 1920, in...

How the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945, Alters Common Law in Accident Cases 'n E leg A ti question of...

Conditions to be Tightened in Cases of Belated Applications for Compensation for War Damage THE War Damage Commission is I...

TN its new combined switch, fuse and 1 control unit, details of which have just been announced, C.A.V., Ltd., Acton. London,...

1k4ANUFACTURED by the Moss IV' Gear Co.. Ltd., and distributed by the Mercury Truck and Tractor Co., Ltd., 19, Loodon Road,...

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications P ATENT No. 577,044, which comes from J. Swan and the Ford Motor Co.,...