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10th December 1929
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Views on the Road Traffic Bill.

EGARDING the new Bill as a whole, we -I"'consider that the Government is to be congratulated upon the expedition whiCh has been...

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The Nationalization of London's Transport.

T TSERS of commercial vehicles, and particu larly those whose livelihood depends upon road transport, cannot have read without...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY " The wheels of wealth will be

slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage ts by the roughness of the roads over tvhich...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

CATTANGTON Urban District Council is to consider the purchase of a fireengine. The watch committee of HULL Corporation is...

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• A Critical Commentary on Major CONTINENTAL BRAKE DESIGN Clayto

exhibited. Four-wheel brakes on several of the chassis are not well arranged and there are apparently comparatively few designs...

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Ideas for Improving Light Delivery Machines

A ' EA inspecting the commercial sidecars and light delivery threewheelers at Olympia last week, we formed the opinion that...

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COMMENTS

on the NEW BILL By EDWARD S. SHRAPNELL-SMITH, C.B.E., M.Inst.T. Immediate Past President of the Commercial Motor Users...

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The Future of London's Passenger-transport Services?

C't WING to the widespread public 1 .../interest aroused by the recent statement of the Minister of Transport anent passenger...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on a Variety of Aspects of Coach and Bus Travel LINKING LONDON'S COACH STATIONS. How London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., Has...

• OLYMPIA'S LARGEST COACH ORDER?

Details of a Big Order Placed by a Well-known Operating Concern in London. p 1LOBABLY one of the largest orders which were...

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AMERICAN RAILWAYS AND MOTOR COACHES.

Brief Particulars of the Growing Use Being Made of Road Motors by Railroad Undertakings. T HE extent to which the railway...

MUNICIPAL BUS OPERATIONS AT BRADFORD.

A Brief Analysis of the Corporation's Passenger Transport Activities During the Past Year. A FEW weeks ago we published brief...

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Breakdown Tenders for Tramways Service

I N our issue for last week we inti'mated that the London County Council tramway authorities had recently put into' commission...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects

connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be written only on one side of the paper. The right of abbreviation...

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A Robustly Constructed PASSENGER CHASSIS on Modern Lines

TTIHE first impression given by the .1 new HB-type Brockway chassis is that it is solidly built in every detail to withstand...

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The New Renault Diesel Engines T HE high cost of petrol in

France has for. some time past been cansdesrgners to look around for lessexpensive fuels: It is not surprising, therefore; to...

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Features which are Favoured in DOUBLE-DECK MOTORBUSES

METE double-deck bus, which was formerly built with a seating plan strictly following a conventional layout, is now, perhaps,...

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A Newcomer in the Parcelcar Market

The James Machine has One Steerable Wheel and Two Driving Wheels A N entirely new design of parceicar made its bow to the...

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IN PARLIAMENT

By our Special Parliamentary Correspondent lir R. HERBERT MORRISON made, last week the fol11Llowing important announcement in...

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Problems of

the HAULIER and CARRIER Concluding the Discussion on the Difficult Problem of Tendering for a Contract Involving Deliveries...

THIS WEEK'S PROBLEM

"Can you tell me what expenditure is presumed to be covered by the item maintenance in " The Commercial Motor' Tables of...

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A Handy Parcelcar of Improved Design

Details of the Modified Vanette with a Three-speed Gearbox, TTNTIL nearly three years ago, the U Stepney Carrier Co., Ltd., 11,...

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A Variable-speed Gear for

Diesel-engined Vehicles • A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications Aktiengesellschaft, of Esse n, No. 309,134,...