C ONFERENCES are now being held in various parts of the country in connection with the proposed imposition of restrictions upon...

C ORONERS sometimes make ill-advised statements regarding motor users and place undue weight upon police evidence, but when...

Of pool services to Blackpool. That judging an overload is -a matter for experts. That "a few tiles on the floor" of a...

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roods over which it...

T HE Standing Rates Committee of the Road Haulage Association, which was set up some time ago, has had under close...

NEWBURY Corporation has decided to purchase two S.D. Freighter refuse. collection vehicles. The electricity committee of...

FF OG is one of the weather conditions which, whilst being infrequent, temporarily presents one of the greatest obstacles to...

By A Timberman W ITH sound wisdom the timber trade is at the present time making strenuous efforts to purge itself of the...

HAULIER and CARRIER T HIS feature, "Problems of the Haulier and Carrier," is based upon all kinds of difficulties—of...

Legislation to Which Attention Should be Given by all Operators. of Vehicles Used for Either Their Own Goods or Those of...

T HERE is ample choice of suitable machines for the lighter air-taxi work. Taking, as a principal objective, that of catering...

Ltd., of an air service between Portsmouth and the Channel Islands affords an opportunity to consider the prospects of such a...

kNDLED TI-I EESEATER The De Havilland Leopard Moth, Basec on a Wide Experience in Civil-aircraf Manufacture, Offers Pleasant,...

T HE Airports Conference at the Mansion House, London, on December 8, occurred a few days too late to be dealt with in our 10th...

I N our tenth monthly air-transport supplement we gave details of the new controlled zone which has been introduced in the...

M.S.A.F. AERODROME ACQUISITIONS. Midland and Scottish Air Ferries, Ltd., has acquired the farm of Duich, between Bowmore and...

The Sixth Article of the Series in which We Answer Typical Questions on Different Subjects Resulting from the Passing of the...

A FIRE-PREVENTION device which 1 - 3. attracts attention by its very simplicity has been produced recently in Italy under the...

OR some time past, the research department of the Michelin Co., Clermont-Ferrand,' France, has been investigating the question...

to the Grocery and Provision Trade G ROCERIES and provisions cover an enormous variety of products and present a complex...

A GOOD indication of the steady improvement which is likely to be expected in the haulage industry may be gathered from the...

T 'TENDERS are invited by the foillowing (latest dates given in parentheses):—Bucks C.C. for tarmac, granite chippings and...

Exhibits Distinctive Road Test Characteristics No. 170 O NE of the most interesting parts of carrying out road tests of...

THE UNFAIR SIDE OF OVERLOADING. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4233] Sir,—At present the user of a heavy machine, say,...

Although Difficult Road Conditions Hamper the Increase of Mechanical Transport, there is a Fair Demand for Suitable British...

PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS M.T. CO. MAY HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN. NOTES concerning appeals to the...

to prevent draughts and exclude rain, whilst providing efficient ventilation, has been introduced by Cooper, Webb-Jones and...

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications, Copies of which, Price is., can be obtained from the Patent Office...