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13th January 1940
13th January 1940
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Economics of Vehicle Production

S OME important suppliers of commercial vehicles are Important Considerations Which concerned at the meagre Apply Mai nl y to...

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Passing Comments

G OLD is a lure which attracts ‘-amen to places where transport may be extremely difficult. In Canada's new mining area, north...

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Minimum Road-haulage Wages To Be

Statutory L AST Monday it was announced that the Minister of Labour and National Service had accepted the proposals submitted...

OFFICIAL GOODS-TRANSPORT ANALYSIS

T HE Ministry of Transport is undertaking a thorough investigation into the operation of the vehicle grouping system, and fuel...

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CHANCE FOR OIL RECLAIMERS

W E are informed that large bulk quantities of used lubricants, chiefly engine oil, will regularly be on offer for reclamation...

FORD PRICE REVISIONS nWING to increased manufacturing

%.-/costs, to commercial vehicles in the range of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., have been increased in price. The Fordson 5-cwt....

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BETTER L.P.T.B. LIGHTING

B USES and Green Line coaches operated by London Transport will, SO soon as possible, be equipped with new forms of mask...

Transit Insurance Notes

LIVESTOCK HAZARDS IN the absence of any pro1 vision to the contrary, the term ' goods" appearing in a goods-in-transit policy...

PERSONAL PARS MR. CECIL TAYLOR, well known as publicity manager

of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd„ of Luton, who was on the reserve of officers, has been recalled to the Service. His many friends in...

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PROTECTING DRIVERS OF POOL PETROL VEHICLES

D RIVERS of road vehicles employed by the Petroleum Board are apparently dissatisfied with the action of the Board in refusing...

Wool-haulage Scheme Now Operating

T HE scheme originated in Yorkshire for carriers of wool by road to co-operate in the transport of wool for the Wool Control...

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS ESSENTIAL FOR FUTURE MINENT geologists forecast a petrol

crisis in 25 years so that, apart from present attractions, it was intporta.nt that the industry should discover suitable...

Test Case on Bus Lighting

\y/HAT was said to be a test case W concerning black-out regulations for public-service vehicles came before the Otley...

Black-out Blinds for Passenger Vehicles

H AVING concluded, from thorough investigations, that the only satisfactory way of blacking out coaches and buses, without...

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World Ideas for Brake Improvement Home, Continental and American Inventions of Recent Announcement for En hancing the Efficiency of Brake

Systems S TUDENTS of design cannot fail to have noted that of recent times one of the most outstanding respects in which...

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Producer Gas the Staple Fuel?

['RIVING a producer-gas vehicle was Lignite different from driving one propelled by petrol, and drivers needed to be educated...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Chesterfield Corporation is to purchase three Leyland; Lynx lorries. Manchester Gas Committee has accepted the tender of...

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New Progress Made in Commercial-motor Metallurgy

Developments in Scientific Treatment of Metals, of Value to Our Industry A SURVEY of what is happening in 1 - 1 the...

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Originality to the Fore in Latest Producer-gas Plant

A MONG the outstanding features of the B.V.P. producer-gas plant, references to whicn appeared in our issues dated December 23...

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Standardization of Gas-bag Fillers

remove difficulties experienced by operators of low-pressure-gas vehicles (the gas-bag type) through a lack of standardization...

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IMPRESSED VEHICLES IN A( ON ON THE HOME FRONT

0 NE of the great differences between this war and the 1914-1918 conflict is the state of Home Defence —the need for a large...

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1,000 Items of Equipment on Unique Disaster-service Vehicle

Believed to be the First Mobile Unit of its Kind, this American Vehicle Can Perform Most Eflicient Service in Emergencies of...

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Mechanical Horse Turns Fire-fighter

Attractive Scannell First-aid Outfit of 50 g.p.m. Capacity and Incorporating a 350-gallon Tank RE are many purposes to which...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport MORE MONEY FOR LONDON BUSMEN T HE Transport and General Workers' Union recently presented to.London...

DARVVEN'S LAST TRAMS TO GO

D ESPITE the war, Darwen Corporation Will probably have abolished trams on all routes by the end of March. The actual date of...

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FROM QUOTED RAT1 '0 FLAT RATES

Examination of a Difficult Problem, That of Determining How a Series of Quoted Rates for General Haulage Can be Replaced by a...

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MAKING GAS PRODUCER DN FLOW-ASSEMBLY LINES

Over zoo Representatives of Chassis Makers, Fuel Suppliers and the Press View the Progress Made With the Brush-Koela...

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Promising Refinement in Gas-producer Design

A GAS producer, designed to func, tion satisfactorily under varying loads, and capable of dealing with fuel having a high...