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11th June 1937
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Traders Being Bamboozled

Road Transport R 0 A D TRANSPORT operators and many important traders are rapidly coming to the conclusion that the railway...

Telling the World

VOR long we have urged that road transport would not rise from the slough of despond until its difficulties and merits were...

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Passing Comments

Another Method THE ,police are always de Adopted for Trapping vising new ways of trapping Fast Drivers . . . . drivers who are...

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NEWS of the WEEK

" The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all dignulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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NINE OUT OF. 14 VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

An operator with a fleet of 19 vehicles admitted to Sir Henry Piggott, South Eastern Licensing Authority, • at Chichester, that...

Who Trod on Rail "Dog's" Tail? , I MPORTANT changes in the

beet industry were discussed at the continued hearing, in London, last week, of the appeals of the railways against the grant...

Personal Pars

MR. J. RITCHIE is now covering the Glasgow territory for Simms Motor Units, Ltd., MR. J. K. OVENSTONE having resigned his...

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SAUCE FOR THE GANDER THIS TIME.

The L.M.S. Railway Co. is due for a dose of its own medicine next Tuesday, when it will apply to the North Western Licensing...

Laws Decisions on Variation Cases

T wo interesting Liverpool decisions I have just been given.by the NorthWestern Licensing Authority. J.L. Transport Co., after...

Rail Fight 'Sheer Waste of Time"

KTO 'road-transport objector appeared , I when a large batch of railway applij cations for goods-vehicle licences in respect of...

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PROMINENT MAIN FORD DEALER EXTENDS.

Sir John Davies, K.C.B., of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., on Tuesday opened a large extension of the premises of W. Harold Perry,...

8o-mile Radius Too Small

C RIPPLING effects of the administration of the Road and Rail Traffic Act were illustrated in a case heard at Manchester, last...

Dock Embargo Prompts Application

"THE fact that trailers are not allowed 011 the Albert Docks at Hull was quoted in support of an A-licence application before...

Municipal Purcha

ses and Proposals Shipley Urban District Council is buying a Pattisson-Bedford tractor. Mossley Fire Brigade has ordered a...

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The Edinburgh Transport Conference

Passenger Vellicle Operators and Manufacturers Combine to Make an Instructive and Enjoyable Meeting Municipal Transport in the...

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Composite versus

A ll-metal' Bodies ti. A JOINT paper on composite, or anmetal bodies, by Messrs. Charles 1-f. Roe and B. Homfray Davies, is...

The Case for the Metal Body

nEALING with metal bus bodies, Mr. Homfra,y Da_vies Lisaid that when such an intricate assembly as a metal body is marketed...

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A Self-contained Sound-recording Van

T HE accompanying illustrations are of an interesting streamlined soundrecording van, having a Commer N3 forward-control...

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First Performance

Report of Road Test No. 259 THE NEW COMMER 4-5-TONNER APACIOUS body, generous pay-load rating and ample ‘s.lpower are the...

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Road Transport Topics in Parliament

Mr. Burgin, the New Minister of Transport, Defends New Regulations Against Motion for a Prayer for Annulment BY OUR SPECIAL...

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What the

Associations Are Doing REAL PROPAGANDA FOR ROAD TRANSPORT. An ambitious programme of talks on the subject of road transport...

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40 New Members a Month for Yorks A.R.O.

D URING the past five months new L./members enrolled in the Yorkshire Area of A.R.Q. have averaged 40 per month, stated Mr. R....

North-Western Wages Protests

D TSCONTENT regarding wages still 'exists in certain parts of the NorthWestern Area. although official settlement on the...

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MARGATE the MECCA or MUNICIPAL MOTORS

An Excellent Array of Vehicles and Appliances to be Displayed and Demonstrated at the Annual Event of the Institute of Public...

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Specialized Bodies that promote efficiency

Modern Production Methods Enable Normand Garages, Ltd., to Maintain a Large Output of Specialized Bodies for Goods Vehicles M...

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Removers Call for Closer Co-operation

S U"ECTS of vital interest to the professional remover were discussed at the annual conference, this week, of the National...

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. Passenger Transport

STOCKPORT BEATS “NORTH WESTERN." rr HE North-Western Traffic C,ornmis sioners have decided in favour of Stockport Corporation...

TRAM PROTECTION FOR SWANSEA BUSES.

P ROTECTION granted to Swansea's former tram services is to be perpetuated in the case of the bus services which have replaced...

REAR ENGINES IN 100 NEW BUSES:

R EAR engines are employed in 100 new double-deck buses which have been introduced in New York by the Fifth Avenue Coach Co.,...

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CONCESSIONS TO ...CROWN FORCES?

F AR reductions and a special concession of 25 per cent, to members of Crown Forces when travelling on duty were sought by the...

COUNCIL DISPUTES SERVICE RIGHTS

A PPLICATIONS for permission to run new services across Redheugh Bridge, over the River Tyne, which was freed from tolls last...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES RECORDERS HOTLY DEFENDED. 150601 May we be permitted to refer to the letter written by Mr. John Walton in your...

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An Unusual Oil Engine

A Rdsurne of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published. A Neil engine claimed to have a high specific output, a...