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13th January 1939
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The Promotion of Our Export Trade

By the Rt. Hon. R. S. Hudson, M.P., Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade T HE official trade returns show that during...

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One Hears

That Germany does want its due. Of a Scot inquiring as to the best means for tipping. That the difference between profit and...

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NEWS of the WEEK

MORE MEETINGS BETWEEN ROAD AND RAIL. M EMBERS of the Liaison Committee on Road Transport Rates met the railways' general...

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Personal Pars

'MR. MALCOLM BRERETON,,, M.A., secretary of the British Road Federation, has accepted tha position af -joint honorary secretary...

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Twenty-five Years

of Foden Service A FTER a quarter of a century's work in connection with Foden vehicles, Mr. Frank Needham—head of Frank...

The Jointing

Trick Revived F OR years past, motor traders and :operators have been, from time to time, calight by what we may term a "...

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Drivers'-hours Warning in C amissioners' Annual Reports

T HE tendency for the number of operators of passenger service vehicles to drop, and the number of vehicles owned to increase...

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WEIGHT A VITAL FACTOR IN CATTLE HAULAGE

/ HAVE received a good deal of . encouragement in connection with this series of articles, largely in the form of letters from...

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Forethought is Needed in Designing

BODYWORI FOR EXPORT HEN bodywork is built for • export, due consideration should be . given to the climate of the country...

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British Vehicle Exports to the World Markets

Vehicle Makers Are Devoting increasing Attention to the Expansion of Sales Overseas the Opportunities for Which Are Summed up...

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Crystal Qazers See Brighter Prospects

O UTLOOK. . . , The word brings to the receptive mind a partfantastic picture of trader, manufacturer, haulier, butcher, baker...

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"WHAT THE S TARS FORETELL"

EARL NUFFIELD, Governing Director, Morr's Commercial Cars, Ltd. A SCRIBE named Lowell many years ago wrote, " Don't never...

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How to Make the Railways Pay

1 --,N Tuesday, Mr. Frederick Smith read a paper, entitled " Organizing a National Transport System," before the Leeds section...

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Promoting Sales in Empire Markets

An Interesting and Valuable Survey of Sales Opportunities From Information Supplied by the Department of Overseas Trade Pooled...

Better Roads and Regulations Will

Make India Buy D URING the year ended March 31, 1938, Indian exports to all countries, including Burma, whilst slightly less in...

Australian Position is improving and U.K. Proportion Rising C OMMERCIAL motor

vehicles were not shown separately from the figures covering passenger vehicles until the year ended June 30, 1937, when...

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Union of South Africa Justifies Forward

Policy THE total value of imports from all HE of motor trucks, vans and buses, including chassis, parts and accessories,...

Malayan imports Depend on Rubber and Tin Prices DROSPERITY in Malaya depends

very largely on movements in the world price of rubber and tin, which are the principal export items of the country. The fall...

New Zealand's Policy May Improve Chances of U.K. Exporters T HE

latest trade returns cover the calendar year 1936 and show imports of " lorries, trucks, vans, buses and chassis therefore,...

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Old Bus Converted to A.R.P. First-aid Post

S OUTHPORT A.R.P. officials have taken the initiative in providing one of the first mobile first-aid stations in the country...

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The Industry's Destiny as Told by Facts and Figures

What the Latest Statistics Show in the Fields of Passenger Vehicle Service and Goods Carrying F OR some psychological reason,...

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Meeting the Needs of Overseas Markets

Here Certain Makers Give Details of How They Cater for Trade Abroad Bedfords Primarily Designed for Heavy Duty W HEN the Afghan...

The Rootes Group Proves Value of Personal Contact

I F there be one factor which stands out clearly amidst all the doubt and uncertainty that clouds world trade to-day, it is...

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Large Range of Thornycroft Overseas Models Available

T HE chances of success in the overseas markets largely depend upon local representation and personal contact by trained...

Efficient Overseas Organization Expands Leyland's Sales

T HE Leyland company has alwayi looked on the overseas market as important, but it has never looked more so -to it than it does...

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Low-loading Semi-trailer for 1448-ton Loads

A N unusual type of low-loading, detachable semi-trailer has recently been supplied to Messrs. Henry Osman of Southampton, by...

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Novel Self-expanding Piston

A .R.stune of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published M ANY schemes have been propounded for preventing...

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THE IDEAL CHASSIS PC SPECIAL CONDITIONS

T O most minds the phrase " special conditions," when used in a transport connection, suggests rough country. Any conditions,...

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS

3 romising Avenues of Research Progress in 1938 is Marked by Introduction of New Gas Chassis. Possibilities of Vegetable...

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How the Operator Fares Under the

New Tyre-selling Conditions Tyre Manufacturers Have Introduced a New Policy of Tyre Sales, Under Which Fleet Operators Will...

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What the Associations are Doing

C.M.U.A. PRESSES FOR MERGER. Last week the C.M.U.A. Manchester Area committee passed a resolution to the effect that it was...

How Rate-cutting is Fostered

S WANSEA:Corporation hires 2 7 ton, vehiclq! at £1 or even 18s. per day.; The corporation itself cannot operate its own...

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REVISION OF SCHEDULES URGED BY UNION •

T HE imperative need for more care, by the Ministry of Transport, in connection with time schedules for bus services, was...

INCREASE IN BUS TRAVEL IN EIRE

D ESPITE the fact that the number of vehicle-miles run by buses in Eire, 'last November, at 2,255,000, shows a decrease of...

CO-ORDINATED SERVICES IN STOCKPORT.

QERVICES of Stockport Corporation o..J are to be co - ordinated with certain services of the North-Western Road Car Co., Ltd....

REVIVAL OF LEICESTER CONFLICT?

-rwo new services, contemplated by Leicester Corporation, for which the consent of the East Midlands Traffic Commissioners has...

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NEWCASTLE TO RUN 200 TROLLEYBUSES

I T is anticipated that within the next five or six years, the tram services in Newcastle-on-Tyne will be completely superseded...

THREAT TO -TROLLEYBUSES IN NOTTINGHAM

A PPROVAL was given by Nottingham City Council, last week, to the raising of additional capital for the purchase of...