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12th April 1932
12th April 1932
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Facilitating Traffic Flow

W E include elsewhere in this issue full details of a scheme for expediting traffic in congested thoroughfares,, and...

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LOOSE LEAVES C OMMENTING on the taxation of motor users, Mr.

John F. Heaton, the chairman and managing director of Thomas Tiling, Ltd., said re cently that the company, together with those...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

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

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

ETON Rural District Council is buying a Morris-Commercial ambulance. BA.RKING Town Council is buying an S.D. Freighter at a...

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• B.T.H. Profits.

During the year 1931 the British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., made a profit of £450,046, as compared with £462,446 in 1930, and,...

The I.T.A. Road and Railway Debate

A KEEN discussion between hauliers; railway men and traders 'took place at a meeting of the Industrial Transport Association,...

A United Association for Hauliers

T EE president of the council of the Long Distance Road Haulage Association, Mr. E. C. Marston, made two important...

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Cushions from Frothed Latex

Mixed with a Coagulant, Poured into Moulds of Any Shape and Cured, Nothing Else but a Baseboard and Cover is Required O NE of...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES Specific Gravity of Little Value as a Test for Oil Fuel.

The Editor, TEE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3713] Sir,—I notice in your useful book, "Compression Ignition Engines for Road Vehicles,"...

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New Atkinson Six-wheeler Conversions

T HE conversion to a six-wheeler of any type or make of four-wheeled vehicle, small or large, can now be tarried out by...

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EXPEDITING r AFFIC FLOW N 0 one will deny that the

traffic problem in London and other large cities is of such vast importance, and is responsible for the loss of such huge sums...

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A Novel Fuel Pump

A New Design Known as the En, which has Given Good Results in Tests Made with a Junkers Sin gle-cylindered Two-stroke Engine...

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Unusual Work for Double-deck Buses

MHREE Leyland Titan double-saloon buses recently played a prominent part in an unique cross-country trip from Sydney, New South...

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What is

the Future of Road and Rail? Road Transport Must be Allowed to Shape Its Own Path. Railway Methods Must be Revised and the...

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New Ambulances

for the Indian Army A Fleet of 60 Ingeniously Equipped Morris-Commercial Six-wheelers for Red Cross Duty S EVERAL...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT REPLIES TO THE M.H.C.S.A. An Answer to the Associa tion s Representations MHE...

BASES OF NORTHERN IRELAND BUS FARES DECIDED

Important Decisions by the Tribunal. Two Zones to be Established MHE decisions of the Northern Ireland This Fares Tribunal, on...

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IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

Minister's Powers to be Tested. THE Lanarkshire Traction Co., Ltd., is reported as proposing to challenge the Minister of...

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS

Northern Scotland. ANOTHER quiet sitting will be that of the Northern Scotland Traffic Commissioners, at Kirkcaldy, on April...

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WHERE To FIND HAULAGE

BUSINESS A Feature which Hauliers will Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining Contracts USINESS in...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER The Difficulty of Making a Little Capital Go a Long Way. Are Hire-purchase Agreements a Disadvantage to...

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Accessibility with Forward Control

The Edge Conversion of the Ford Chassis Includes Moving the Petrol Tank and Fitting a Detachable Scuttle BE conversion of...

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L.G.O.C. Experiences with Compression -ignition Engines

Satisfactory Service Obtained from Several Oil Power Units Which Hate Been Operating Experimentally in Buses and Lorries T HE...

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SAFETY and

COMFORT in interior equipment Current Arrangements for Grab Handles, Parcels Racks, Garnish Rails and Other Items of...

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Dual Wheels with Independent Movement

A Resume of Recently Published Patera Specifications THE method of mounting wheels for dual tyres, which is shown in patent No....