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Road Transport a War Munition

T HE Government is preparing a programme of rearmament, but in the published details of this no mention has been made of the...

Is a Container an Alternative Body ?

A A CCORDING to a recent decision of the High .1,.Court, in Scotland, a lorry which, at infrequent intervals, carries a...

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Passing Comments

The Success of ConTHE concrete roads laid in crete Roads in the I Cardiff in 1927 have so Cardiff Area reduced maintenance cost...

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One Hears

That the magneto is far from extinct. That the success of the Ford V-8 has started a Continental fashion. That while 80...

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NEWS of the WEEK

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

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Poor Maintenance May Lose Licence

" IF there he no material improvement between now and the date when your licences come up for renewal, I shall not hesitate, in...

Board to Control All Transport?

T HAT all transport operators should be brought into one organization under a charter from the Board of Trade, membership to be...

Bid to Transfer. Vehicle Ownership .Y OU have placed me in a frightful

1 difficulty. I have realized your difficulty and there may be some merit in your application, and on previous Occasions I have...

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ANOTHER GOOD YEAR FOR VAUXHALLS.

The report of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1935, shows a healthy state of affairs, the trading profit...

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PERSONAL PARS.

SIR EDWIN STOCKTON, chairman of Fodens, Ltd., collapsed last Saturday. His condition is stated to be serious. MR. F. G....

Rail Fruit Traffic at Cut Rates

R AILWAY, rates for the transport of fruit from London to the Nottingham wholesale market have been cut to abstract traffic...

Tangle Over Sale of Business l- rHE sale of a business

formed the 1 sUbject of considerable 'discussion before the Appeal Tribunal, at Liverpool, last welt when the appeal of Mr....

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What the Associ ions are Doing

Merger , in Scotland Forecast MEGOTIATIONS were in progress i I for a further amalgamation of associations, said a speaker at...

Full-time Local Officials for C.M.U.A ?

T O present applications in the proper manner is essential, and the work of the associations in this connection is of...

POTTERIES TO JOIN MANCHESTER?

A general meeting oi the A.R.O. North Staffs members in the Potteries, on Monday, was addressed by Mr. H. H. Lapsley, C.M.U.A....

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S.T.R. Lecture Breaks All Records

O VER 150 persons attended the lectureture given by S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, under the auspices of A.R.O., at...

Lancs Roads to be Barred ?

A SERIOUS position has arisen in Lancashire, and it concerns all public-service-vehicle operators, says the report of the...

Road-Rail Co-ordination Impossible?

R ESOLUTIONS deprecating further restrictions on road transport have been passed by the Chambers Of Commerce of Swansea,...

SHOULD DEVON AND CORNWALL BOARD CONTINUE?

Should the Devon and Cornwall Con ciliation Board be continued? This question was keenly discussed at the annual general...

A.R.O. North Staffs Officials.

At the annual general meeting, Mr. T. Caddy was elected chairman of the A.R.0, North Staffs Sub-area; Mr, G. F. Goodwin was...

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Contract Illegal: Action Fails

L AST Friday, Mr. John George Nash, Chertsey Bridge Road, Shepperton, unsuccessfully appealed before Lord Roche, Lord Justice...

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MODERN METHODS IN PUBLIC CLEANSING

Tis, HAT the general health of the people of this country cannot be denied, and the adaptability of commercial to-day, at a...

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Wages Action Dismissed with Costs

r i NE of the first cases of its kind, re lating to drivers' wages, and described by Judge Dowdall, K.C., at Liverpool County...

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Refinements in

AMBULANCE BODYWORK and Equipment T HE general-purpose municipal ambulance carries patients between home and hospital, and...

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Problems Created by Blackpool's Huge Floating Population

I F you bear in mind the fact that the normal population of Blackpool, the queen of the northern watering places, is about...

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New Restrictions on Extended Tours?

A N extraordinary position arises from the long-awaited decisions on a number of appeals, two of which were heard in July and...

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The Tram on its Last Legs

M UNICIPAL enterprise in the provision of passenger-transport facilities is a subject of constant interest. At the present time...

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Municipal Maintenance Methods and Equipment

S INCE Mr. Vane Morland became Leeds, many advances have been municipal transport manager for made, particularly in respect of...

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Objection Procedure Has Its Merits ?

I N the 'issue of The Commercial Motor dated February 21, there appeared an article by Mr. Humphrey Cooke and a letter by...

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The Battery-electric Still Gaining Ground

For Municipal Work Such as Refuse Collection, Which Involves Constant Stopping and Starting, the Type is Ideally Suited T HE...

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Peculiar Cleansing Problems

in Varied East Lancashire Centres The Smaller Boroughs are Following the Lead of the Larger Towns and Cities in Abandoning the...

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The Dependence of Fire Services Upon Motor-propelled Appliances

I T was in 1926 that it was decided to replace all the steam and other vehicles in the service of Stoke-on . -Trent Fire...

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Can Railway Rate-cutting

The Railways Act of 1928 Provides a Possibility of Preventing the Undercutting of Road Rates. Return Loads Constitute a Serious...

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New Ticket Restrictions Follow Review

E'XISTING ticket restrictions on sea 'sonal express services from the coast to London are to be perpetuated, and, in some...

NEW PROBLEM OF FREE TRAVEL

T "Equestion of the age limit for free travel for children on buses was again raised before the East Midland Traffic...

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Mr. Stirk Indicts the Railways TYNESIDE BOARD NOT S TRIKING criticism

of the L.N.E.R. train service from Nottingham to Skegness on Christmas Eve was made at Nottingham, last week, by Mr. J. H....

Wages Chaos in Yorkshire and North-West

D IFFERING opinions between operators' associations on wages in the North-West have been evident this week. Officially, the...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be...

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Huge Refuse Collector for Glasgow

Capacious Carrimore Semi-trailer for Use with Karrier Cob. Contents Discharged through Sliding Trap-doors in Floor A N...

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Parliament Debates Road Accidents

Resolution to Achieve a Further Reduction. MinisterSurnrnarizes the Present Position By Our Special Parliamentary...

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SATISFACTORY RESULTS OF APPLIED MEASURES. diversity in the pattern of approved traffic signs.

As to lighting, which was not directly within his province, County Councils in 1934 were empowered to take over the...

A New Diamond-T Range

A 5-tormer Introduced; 3-ton and 4-ton models in Much Improved Form; A Tractive Unit for Use With a 6-8-ton Semi-trailer Also...