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10th March 1933
10th March 1933
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C%MMER CTAL

LI$A91r9j3] NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 17 T HE Annual Municipal Number of "The Commercial Motor," which will be published next Friday,...

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The Return of Confidence

H OW far the man who is endeavouring to sell a commercial vehicle to an operator is Justified in stating that all will soon be...

Parliament and Dictated Policy

TT is a general complaint that Parliament has -I-lost any effective control over expenditure, but little_ attention has been...

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Passing Comments

JJ URING a recent discussion at an I.A.E. meet an interesting bus-operating point was raised. One speaker, with an important...

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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 is by the...

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Personal Pars.

The transport committee of Glasgow Corporation, has appointed Mr. A. B. Finlay as constructional engineer. Mr. Finlay has been...

Ricardo on Engine Troubles

A T a meeting of the Institution of Automobile Engineers in London on Tuesday, Mr. H. R. Ricardo read a paper giving...

Increasing the Pay Load

A METHOD by which the pay-load ..ticapacity of a Sentinel DG6 sixwheeled steam wagon can be increased to the extent of 21 tons...

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Aviation Petrol from British Coal.

• Low Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., 28, Grosvenor Place, London, S.W.1, the managing director of which is Colonel W. A....

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Road Transport Wins in Lowestoft Fish-traffic Case.

In our issue dated February 10 we reported on the hearing before the Lords Justices Scrutton, Lawrence and Greer, of the appeal...

A Non-dazzling Headlamp

I N January last we announced that the DOSMO Safebeam headlamp was now marketed in a form suitable for commercial vehicles. We...

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News of Municipal Activities

New Trolley-bus Motor. Rotherham Corporation's transport manager has carried out tests with a new design of motor for use in...

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Municipal Haulage: Rise and Fall Clause.

Owing to the fact that the probable adoption of certain recommendations contained in the Salter Report is likely to bring about...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

EDMONTON Urban District Council is to purchase an S.D. Freighter. The highways committee of NORTHAmprow Corporation has...

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Possible Developments in

HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION Some Theoretical Considerations Simply Explained; How Multiwheel Drive Might be Obtained Hydraulically...

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Securing Rigidity in Brake Drums

Interesting Manufacturing Methods Ensure Compactness, Silence and Strength in a New Design of Drum A LTHOUGH the use of a...

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Modern Methods of Engine Overhauling

The Latest Equipment Used by the Birmingham Works of the Harold Andrews Grinding Co. to Ensure First-class Work REAT as has...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Salter Report. ry HE Minister of Transport, upon .1 being asked...

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Users' Figures Reveal Possibilities of Economy Latent in New Types.

The Results of Operators Compared with Those Embodied in "The Commercial Motor Tables and Those Claimed by a Manufacturer...

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COMPARATIVE TEST OF THE SCAMMELL OIL AND PETROL RIVEN 1 2-TONNERS

Road Test No. 1 38 The Same Rigid Six-wheeler, Propelled First by a Gardner Six cylindered Oil Engine and Later by a Scammell...

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A New Transmission Sprag

A Safeguard Against Running Back Which Makes Driving Easier. Ingenious Centrifugal Mechanism Eliminates Noise and Reduces Wear...

A Novel System of Rubber Suspension

The Coy System in Which Rubber Blocks Take the Place of Steel Springs W E recently forecast the introduction of a new...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

The Need fcr Improved Facilities for Education in Connection With Road Transport A Technical Discussion on Oil Engines. An...

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A Thermostat controlled Heating System

A Full Description of the Smith-Eastern Apparatus for Motor Coaches I N our issue dated March 3 there appeared a brief...

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Standardized Dyson tachable Carrier Units for

Detachable and Non-deArticulated Six-wheelers Semi-trailer Units Now Produced by a • • • A FTER long experience in trailer...

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Important Deputation on The Conference of 60 -National

Organizations Repr esen t ing Vehicle Taxation Trade and Industry P uts Up a Strong Case O N Monday last the Chancellor of...

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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT

B.A.A. DECISION ON P.S.V. OPERATORS AGREEMENT Sign i ng the Contract to be Left to Individual Judgment A DECISION on the...

SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS' PLAN FOR CONTRACT WORK

Important Conference Discusses Problems of the Private-party Operator A CONFERENCE to discuss contract work was held at...

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LATEST. NEWS FRONI THE TRAFFIC AREAS

YORKSHIRE OPERATORS SEEK CONTRACT-WORK AGREEMENT. AN effort in Yorkshire to reaeh an agreement on contract work was begun at...

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ANOTHER COACH STATION FOR LONDON.

IT is anticipated that, in about a fortnight's time, the new coach station in Jamaica Street, Commercial Road, London, E.1, of...

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Improving the Passengers' View

T HE first of an order for two 31seater semi-observation coaches for Messrs. Sutton s Coaches, Clacton-onSea, has just been...

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Five Useful Novelties

Interesting New Tools and Accessories Designed to Serve Various Profitable Purposes An Ingenious New Bonnet Fastener. A" ,W...

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WHERE TO FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS

Increased Small Orders. Boom in Razor blade Manufacture. Many Building Contracts. Improvement in Shipbuilding and Steel Trades...

TENDERS OF INTEREST TO HAULIERS

T MENDERS are invited for the foil_ lowing '(latest dates given in parentheses) :—West Ham Electricity Department, for the...

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Problems of the HAULIER 2nd CARRIER

Hire-purchase Payments Not an Item in the Operating Cost of a Vehicle. Advice to Beginners in the Haulage Industry The...

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Another Hydraulic

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications JJ YDRAULIC clutches are evidently _beginning to attract the attention of...