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14th November 1941
14th November 1941
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Design For Better Standardization

• Why Do Vehicle Makers Call for Parts and Accessories of so Varied Dimensions ? D URING recent months we have been dealing...

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Traders Must Facilitate Load Handling

T HE campaign instituted•by the Minister of War Transport to expedite the turnround of road-transport vehicles ( and known as...

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One Hears—.

Use only greasy paper to light your fires. That a gas-fired poker or a paraffin-soaked patent lighter will eke this out or...

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News of the Week Drivers Reserved in the Distributive Trades

T HEposition in the . Schedule of Reserved Occupations _ and Pro"tected Work of..yehicle drivers in the distributive trades has...

Liverpool. Hauliers Critical of Government Hiring Rates

R EACTIONS of Liverpool haulage concerns to the Ministry's haulage . scheme, nbw that details of hiring rates are known, are...

CLEARING 1-10US1ES AND THE 'GOVERNMENT SCHEME MO mention has, so

far, been made IN in the papers concerning the Government's scheme as to the position of clearing houses, and, as a matter of...

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C.M.U.A. REJECTS S.J.C. PLAN

A T a meeting of the National Council of the Commercial Motor Users Association held on November 5, two important resolutions...

MILLION TRANSPORT MOTORS ON U.S. DEFENCE WORK /TORE than' 1,000,000

transport IVIvehicles are in operation in America for the purpose of carrying , defence materials, according to the U.S. Office...

SNOW-CLEARANCE RATES STILL IN THE LIMELIGHT

T HE dispute concerning the hourly rates of payment for the hire of lorries by Leeds Corporation for snow clearance this winter...

PERSONAL PARS Mn. 3. ARNOLD KIRBY; Of Messrs. K. C.

P. Hauliers, Blaby, Leicester, whose portrait .appears on this page, has been appointed a member of the Road Haulage Central...

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SPARE PARTS POSITION IS BEING EASED

S PEAKING at a luncheon, last week, of the Scottish Commercial Motor Users Association, in Edinburgh, following a conference...

Tightening the Control of H ire Cars A N Order has been

issued' to check and control the - use of, petrol through the car-hire system, whether self-drive or not, for purposes not...

Leeds Carriers_ Say Road Is For Produce Best

L EEDS and District General Carriers, which represents local hauliers whose work includes the carrying of vegetables and fruit...

Petrol Not U sed For Gyrotillers A FINE of £25 was imposed

on Mr. games Stirrat, a director of Scottish Land Cultivators, Ltd., 9, Port. Street, Stirling, in the Stirling Sheriff Court,...

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DRIVER FINED FOR CHANGING EMPLOYMENT

U NDER the Government's labour L./control regulations, a motor driver was fined £2 at Rotherham, last week, for failing to...

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RAIL TRANSPORT CAUSES

"HARDSHIP " TO FARMERS nIFFICULTY of obtaining transport L./for necessary supplies in connection with food production on farms...

South African Trolleybuses For London

D UE to the abnormal circumstances of to-day the opportunity is being taken for London Transport to operate trolleybuses...

.Financial News of the Industry

NEW COMPANIES A. Ft. Price (Transport), Ltd.–Private company. Beg' Nov. 3. Cap. £5,000 in 5,000 snares of 41 each. Carrier of...

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OPINIONS an QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects

connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be written on only one side of the paper. The right of abbreviation...

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More Thoughts on a Schedule c Caulage Rates

. Solving the Problems of the Carrier Extending the Investigation Into the Problem of Payment for Return Loads to Take Long ,...

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IS THE ARTICULATED SIX-W ELER WRONGLY LAID OUT?

More Weight Should be Carried by the Front Wheels. Bigger Load Capacity and. Better Road-hol4ing Would Result It Would Involve...

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Collaboration Between Ministry By and Carriers Welcomed "Tantalus"

Government Haulage Scheme in its Latest Form Considered to be Constructive and a Good Argument Against Ideas of Future...

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The Place of Casual Haulage

Details of the Arrangements Which Are Being Made to Include This in the Government Scheme F OLLOWING last week's flood of...

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November 14, 1941. THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Ad v. 6

BRITAIN'S FAMOUS GENERALS No. 9 FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS Earl of Kandahar and Waterford 1832-1914 F A , ARL ROBERTS was...

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The Uncertainties of Creosote

Divergence in Sptcification Due to Origin and Prooess, Choice of Type of Engine for its Consumption, Paradoxical Attitude of...

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Post-war Renewals Will Offer New Sales Chances

An American Company Devises a Unique Sales-promotion Plan Directly Related in its Purpose with the Purchase of New Vehicles I...