F OR some time the establishment of special courts to deal with motoring offences has been advocated in road-transport circles,...

F OR over a quarter of a century The Commercial Motor has published complete and wellauthenticated operating costs applying to...

attention of R.H.A. (now A.R.0.) committees in certain areas, and we understand that action is being considered to check...

Of a " recovery " in magnetos. That some people think that road transport is hard lines on the railways. That the railways...

"S.T.R." EMBARKS ON NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF LECTURES. Our special contributor, " S.T.R.," is to give a series of lectures, this...

IT is announced by the Truck and 1Tractor Appliance Co. (Manchester), Ltd., Richmond Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, that an...

A S anticipated, the Yorkshire Area Joint Conciliation Board failed to reach an agreement when it met in Leeds, on Tuesday, to...

S EVERAL interesting tests were carried out during the demonstration of Tenoid brake facings under working conditions, which...

It was announced on Monday night that an interim agreement, from October 1, 1935, until January 31, 1936, has been concluded...

" I KNOW of no Act which has re ceived more notice from the Press and the public than the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933. Yet...

Says North-western Licensing Authority in a Warning to 'Carriers " 'THERE is only one end for the 1 haulage industry at the...

By Our Agricultural Correspondent A LTHOUGH the larger lorries, ranging from 1-tonners upwards, are employed in farming in...

T HE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research issued, last Monday, the first report of its Road Research Board covering...

O F all items in the composition of a modern commercial vehicle, we believe we are Correct in Stating that the injection...

I NTRODUCED a year ago, the Tyre sole method of retreading worn tyres has proved so successful that Henry Simon, Ltd., Cheadle...

A LTHOUGH a trial of a commercial vehicle carried out during its normal operation in the Service of its owner is liable to be...

ping gear, manufactured by Sunsaloon Bodies, Ltd., Weston Lane, Birmingham has, for some time, been used as the standard unit...

p ROGRAMAIES for 1936 are already being announced, and speculation is rife on -what plans and surprises manufacturers have in...

coal and coke is one which will carry safely a load in sacks. Facilities for bulk transport are often necessary, particularly...

T HE winter schedule of United Airways, Ltd., which starts on October 5, includes, for the first time in this country,...

and QUERIES THAT MUCH-CRITICIZED ENSTON CASE. 146411 I am at a complete• loss to understand why local solicitors and others...

WHEN, some eight or nine years IN ago, Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, first introduced a. trolleybus with regenerative...

T HE adjourned application by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for increased duplication on the London-Edinburgh service,...

T HE first businesa meeting of the recently formed Merseyside Coordination Committee was held at Liverpool, on September 26, to...

T HE Minister of Transport has given a decision which means, in effect, that it is legal to sell the goodwill of a transport...

T " processes of the law are more and more sharply dividing the ancillary user from the haulier. They will always. however,...

T HE Stevens three-wheeled commercial vehicle has recently been redesigned and now has a shaft-drive transmission system. Its...

I N the issue of The Commercial Motor dated September 13, I set out a scale of minimum rates for beet haulage. The figures...

A MAGNETO that gives 12 sparks fl.per revolution forms the subject of patent No. 433,628, by Joseph Lucas, Ltd., and J. A....