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0 PINIONS in the industry, both on the operating and manufacturing sides, as to the future sale of commercial vehicles,...
I N this, our Annual Special Number devoted, in the main, to goods transport by road, we may be excused for pointing out a few...
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I N the introduction to the annual report of the Roads Improvement Association, it is pointed out that roads are not—like...
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Of traffic tangles caused by drivers who gamble on the yellow light. That a tramway service often splits traffic into long...
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We have already announced that The Aeroplane has been acquired by Temple Press Ltd., the proprietors of The Commercial Motor....
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Oiler has Progressed L OOKING back .upon the year which has elapsed since the publication of the special Goods Transport and...
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Conventional GOODS VEHICLES T HE streamlined form has a rounded front and tapering tail, similar to the fuselage of an...
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year has seen a steady increase in the goods roadtransport activities of the four main-line railway companies, which are, iti...
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on the Highway By a Special Representative R E'GULAR travellers by coach, car or cycle generally have a firm idea that they...
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O NE of the greatest assets of the commercial-motor vehicle is the speed. with which loads can be transForted. We do not...
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The Small Haulier ier Capt. E. H. B. PALMER, O.B.E. E IGHTEEN months ago I sought and found a silver lining in clouds that...
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has grown to connect soap with the name of Unilever, Ltd., but does not always appreciate the fact that an important section ....
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T HE cleansing department of Islington Borough Council is to be modernized. The refuse collection system is to be brought up...
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T HE demand for six-wheeler conversions of standard makes of foun-wheeled chassis, considerable in the past, has been greatly...
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A NEW HULL-SOUTHAMPTON LINE PLANNED. Southern and Central Air l ‘ ines, Ltd., of 7, Park Lane, W.1, has been formed with a...
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W HEN, in the middle of 1930, Karrier Motors, Ltd., Huddersfield, put the first real mechanical horse, the Cob, on the market,...
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0 RGANIZING the transport of a concern operating a service differs in many ways from that of aproducer. Naturally, all the...
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T HE formation of a North Devon branch of the Road Haulage Association was the outcome of a wellattended meeting of hauliers at...
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Light Commercial Vehicles M OST operators naturally desire to be as independent as possible of outside aid for the maintenance...
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A LARGE fleet of vehicles is operated by Motor Services (London); Ltd., and provides the road-transport facilities for the...
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I T may well be imagined that to pro-, vide a quick and reliable transport system for such an_ undertaking as the Birmingham...
on grocerysupply work, two have been specially constructed to be suitable for furniture removal. They are of large capacity and...
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LA AST Friday, a Hull and District Committee of the Commercial Motor Users Association was formed at a wellattended meeting at...
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MAKER'S Reliance on ROAD TRANSPORT T ' tendency on the part of paper manufacturers to make more and more use of the road for...
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N OW that the Road Traffic - Act, 1930, has been in force for over three years, the Traffic . Commissioners (or Licensing...
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HE well-known fine-art and book publishing concern, Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd., has provided us with some interesting details...
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T HE design of the average goods vehicle depends upon three main factors. First, the class or classes of loads to be carried;...
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D ESCRIBED as a 10-tonner suitable for gross loads of 12 tons, an entirely new six-wheeled' goods chassis has been introduced...
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PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS • EXCLUSION OF " RETURNS " ON EXPRESS SERVICES. : I T is understood...
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IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent ROAD TRAFFIC BILL IN COMMUTE E. WHEN the Standing Committee met W...