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15th December 1931
15th December 1931
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New Instructions for Commissioners

B ETTER times for owners of passengercarrying vehicles and for the public which uses them appear to be in prospect. This is a...

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LOOSE LEAVES

A £22,000 consignment of British motor lorries and cars left Southampton a few days ago for New Zealand, and all the vehicles...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

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

THE BRUSSELS SHOW

A LTHOUGH many American makers decided not to exhibit at this year's 25th Automobile Salon now being held in Brussels, and...

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Stockport Bus Returns.

According to the recently issued report of the tramways department of Stockport Corporation for the year ended March 31st last,...

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Personal Pars.

Mr. H. S. Rowell, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.A.E., the late director of the Research Association of British Motor Manufacturers, has been...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

DARLINGTON Corporation is to purchase two trolley-buses for £2,900. STOCKTON Corporation is IO spend £9,720 on the purchase of...

A New 7-tonner.

The Stewart Motor Corporation, of Buffalo, New York, which is represented in this country by Morgan Hastings, Ltd.,...212„ New...

Railway Traffic Still Falling.

Railway statistics for September, 1931, which have recently been published by the Ministry of Transport, show that the total...

ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

Thomas Tilling, Ltd., is to erect a bus garage in Whitehawk Road, Brighton. Plymouth borough engineer is to report on the use...

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Creeper Mat to Ease Repair Work.

The Bruce patent creeper mat, which is desi g ned to facilitate repair work beneath vehicles, is of all-metal construction, and...

Sir Henry P. May bury on

Roads and Road Transport O N 'Wednesday of last week, before the Royal Society of Arts, the Trueman Wood lecture was delivered...

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Observations on the Report of the Royal Commission

A Summary of the 'Recommendations Prepared by the Long Distance Road Haulage Association A NUMBER of obeer vations upon the...

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THE MATADOR MA GOOD

A New S-ton Chassis from the A.E.C. Factory, Built Upon Simple But Sound Lines, Demonstrates its Good All-round Performance and...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Traffic Act No Repeal. A S the outcome of dissatisfaction with the...

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High

E fficiency in Oil-engine Practice Exclusive Details of the New Lanova Engine, Which Gives an Unusually High Mean Effective...

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Interesting Facts

About Oil Engines O N December 7th, Mr. It. Ricardo, 1.../P.R.S., gave his third and final instalment of the Howard lecture on...

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The Advantages of

SPRINGS WITH REVERSED CAMBER Interesting and Little known Facts Regarding a Type of Semi-elliptic Spring that is Becoming...

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An Important Deputation

to the Minister of Transport T AST Thursday a deputation of the 4 Standing Joint Committee of Mechanical Road Transport...

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OPERATING TROUBLES

Under the Road Traffic Act By D. E. SKELDING, Birmingham Manager, the Midlands Area Omnibus and Coach Owners Association Legal...

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FLEET MAIN TENANCE ON A LARGE SCALE

How the Large Carter Paterson Fleet of Express Carriers' Vehicles is Kept at High Working Efficiency A Well-designed Building...

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New Two-stroke Oil Engines

Brief Details of a Range of Petters Power Units Having Three, Four or Six Cylinders I N the oil-engine industry one of the...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Licensing of Hauliers Again Advocated. Low Fuel Cost an Important Asset of the Oil Engine Hauliers and the Clay Business. A...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport FARES BY AGREEMENT IN SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND South Eastern and Metropolitan Commissioners Appoint Committee...

HEAVY CURTAILMENT OF LONDON COACH SERVICES

L AST week the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner announced decisions in connection with coach services between London and six...

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BRIGHTON CORPORATION SCHEME TO OPERATE BUSES

Details of the General Proposal Now Submitted by the Tramways Committee A SCHEME for operating buses with a view to developing...

RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE, TRAFFIC AREAS M.H.C.SA. Deputation to Minister To-morrow.

WITH regard to the statement made on page 635 of our issue for last week that the Minister of Transport was arranging to...

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN THE VARIOUS TRAFFIC AREAS

Northern Scotland. IN addition to the hearing of ordinary applications at Aberdeen on December 22nd, the Commissioners will...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER The Problem of the Partially Loaded Vehicle: Some Further Notes on Choosing a New Vehicle I T has been...

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PASSENGER BODYWORK

and how it li )rogressing Tendencies in Construction and Equipment as Reflected by the Methods Adopted by Leading...

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An Unusual Road-repairing Machine

An Ingenious Application of a Foden Steam Wagon Which Solves Many Road surfacing Problems ▪ ETAILS are to hand of an inter •...

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An Engine with Opposed Cylinders

T HE somewhat novel arrangement of cylinders in the engine shown in patent No. 360,496, is the invention of J. F. Edington, a...

Handling Goods in Wheeled Containers. A MEANS for handling goods

is described in patent No. 360,717 by J. S. Drewry, and Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, It consists of a trolley which...