D URING the past few months, the people of this country have been subjected to a subtle propaganda campaign based on small...

W HEREVER there is a strong element of control in any industry, in sections of it or in cases in which one industry that may be...

Should L-plate Police A CORRESPONDENT Motorcyclist Wear "expresses surprise at seeing Uniform ? . . . . a motorcycling...

That saving fuel is a saving grace. That " B.R.S." was not intended to stand for Bad Road Service. That it may be taken that...

IS the British Transport Commission I bound to take over a haulage business when an ordinary permit, which was granted with the...

IN the absence of agreement between 1 the employers and the Transport and General Workers Union and others, the claim of...

A S a protest against alleged delay in settling their claim for higher pay, drivers and conductors employed on North Tyneside...

PA A STANDARD charges schedule is to be introduced by the Tyne-Tees parcels group of British Road Services on September 9, Last...

THE Minister of Transport has made permanent no-waiting regulations under the Eonden Traffic Act, 1924, to replace his...

dangerous and that proper. measures should be taken to prevent accidents in future, a Suaderland jury returned a verdict of...

IN a pamphlet issued last Week by the Labour Party, the Road Haulage Association (wrongly referred to as the Road Hauliers'...

Executive and counter-charges were exchanged before the Northern -Licensing Authority when Crook and Willington Carriers, Ltd.,...

WHEN, as foreshadowed in "The • vv Commercial Motor" last week, the national councit of the Road Haulage Association holds its...

MR..). W. TAYLER, M.I.MECH,E, has been appointed transport engineer of Hall and Co., Ltd. MR. T. L. Isaacs, has joined the...

A DEFENCE submission that . the .rt vendor of a lorry under a hire purchase agreement still regarded it as his property until...

.r1 A NEW high level in exports was reported by Mr. James Wild, chairman. of Fodens, Ltd., in his annual statement. To promote...

rAILURE to obtain increases in workmen's fares was one reason for the deficit of £1,197 made by Tees`-side . Railless Traction...

DE FERRING his decision on the application of Maidstone Corporation for higher motorbus and trolleybus fares, the South Eastern...

F OUR passenger transport undestakings, two company-owned and two municipal, have placed orders for A.E,C. vehicles to augment...

L ECTURES dealing with the products of Clayton Dewandre, Ltd., Lincoln, have been given in many towns to a number of different...

T HREE new Leyland-Merryweather fire-engines have augmented the Bombay fire service. Open transverse bodies have been fitted....

TO save transport and reduce congestion at Covent Garden, the Government proposes to set up markets in important provincial...

T HE Brains Trust which will be in session on October 18, during the conference of the Road Haulage Association, at Torquay,...

R EARMAMENT commitments and I% manufacturers' reluctance to enter a field with a restricted market have dulled the prospects of...

F ROM October 1, the Avon India Rubber Co.. Ltd., is to operate a new sales area which is at present geographically part of its...

O N show at the International Bakers' and Confectioners' Exhibition, at Olympia, from September 29—October 4, will be a new...

.S OME of the outstanding advantages kJ of the use of bonded brake facings are that they cab be worn to almost paper thickness...

I N the City of London College's prospectus of evening classes, just issued, details are, given of facilities for students...

1 " - k A BIG share issue is being made by C. C. Wakefield and Co.. Ltd. It comprises 227,500 ordinary shares of 10s. each at...

TO overcome many of the inherent difficulties associated with the tipping of bulky loads, with the rate of discharge depending...

pi FODEN two-stroke oil-engineCI chassis, equipped with a Metal craft 41-seater body, is to be thoroughly tested during a tour...

F ORTHCOMING meetings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers include the following:— October 9, Automobile Division annual...

C ONVERSIOSI from tram to motorbus operation has begun in Darlington, and three new buses were put on the Harrogate Hill...

By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. D URING-processing and manufacture, cotton may have to be moved from point to point as many as...

Trends are Based on the Proper Relation of Materials and Colour, Rather than on Abundant Decoration N 0 two objects are so...

Serving 4,000 Customers in London and Surrounding Counties, the Universe Petroleum Co.) Ltd ., Conducts its Operations on a...

L ORD HURCOMB'S meeting with representatives of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, when it takes place, can have...

E DINBURGH, the second Scottish municipality to experiment with large-capacity single-deck buses for city service, is shortly...

T O meet a need for equipment to be used in lime spreading, or for road gritting, a new low-loading model has been introduced...

C IIESHIRE County Council has recently taken delivery of two fire tenders based on Tharnycroft Nubian four-wheel-drive chassis,...

A NEW oilfielti servicing rig has been developed by Woodfield Hoist and Associated Industries, Rochester, which weighs 20 per...

B UlLT on a Bedford 3-4-ton chassis, with a Baico extension, a new individually constructed Jennings horsebox has the centre of...

In this Timely Article the Conditions of These Two Types of Licence are Fully Examined and Described U NTIL recently, 1 was...

P ATENT No. 655,531, comes from J. Wells, "Mount Pleasant," Welfo2ion-Avon. Warwickshire, and shows a hydraulically operated...