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15th December 1933
15th December 1933
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The Overloading Question

A PROBLEM which is exercising the minds of, probably, the majority of users of goods vehicles is what constitutes overloading....

The Prince on Air Transport

L AST Friday's conference of municipal delegates at the Mansion House, London, to discuss the provision of more municipal...

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Passing Comments

AS exemplifying the thoroughness with which Mr. A. T. James, K.C., chairman of the South Wales Traffic Commissioners, performs...

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ONE HEARS

That Rexine is wearing well in the London buses. That the life-guard of the Q-type wins the support of many. That fog is...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth wilt be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

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A Stabilized Ether for Addition to Petrol

O N ruesdae last a new factory, which has been built by the Brittol Syndicate, Ltd., on the Great West Road, Middlesex, was...

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News of Municipal Activities

Manchester Buying New Bus Fleet. The transport committee of Manchester Corporation is asking for tenders for the supply of 35...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

Dow:mama Corporation has approved a proposal to borrow £10,000 to purchase buses. GELLYGAER Urban District Council has...

A Useful

nspection-card System MHE commercial-users' department of Teealemit, Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, has...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent R.A.F. Use of Coal Petrol. Q IR P. SASSOON, referring to the...

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A Fine Performance by a Sunbeam Passenger Chassis

The Value of a High-powered Engine and Adequate Brakes Clearly Demonstrated in a Test Run Which Showed the Chassis to be...

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France Abolishes the Horse-power Tax

A MOST important decision affecting the entire French motoring community and, in particular, commercial-vehicle users, was...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

The London Aerodromes Conference On December 8, at the Mansion House, London, 11.R.}1. the Prince of Wales opened the...

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Licensing Problems Elucidated

The Third Article of the Series in which We Answer Typical Questions on Different Subjects Resulting from the Passing of the...

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A "New'' Wood with valuable properties

By a Timberrnan An Outline of the Characteristics of New Zealand Silver Beech, a Timber Recently Introduced into Great...

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A COUNTRY-WIDE E STRIBUTION SYSTEM for cocoa

pr odu ct s How J. S. Fry and Sons, Lid., Delivers Chocolate and Cocoa by Road Motors Through a Series of Railhead Depots...

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What is a "Hiring Margin"?

Further Comments and Notes Upon the Road and Rail Traffic Act. An Answer to the Question of Who Should License a Hired "...

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Strength and Neatness in

GOODS BODY CONSTRUCTION Various Methods of Making Body Sides and Systems of Attachment. The Plank, Open and Panelled Types...

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A Review of Tipping Gears "

of Diverse Types Some Particulars of a Wide Variety of Tipping Gears Devices that Secure Speedier Working and Reduced Costs...

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A Promising Rotary Valve

Details of the Cross System with Which Some Excellent Results Have Been Obtained. Gas-tightness Secured by Ingeniously Simple...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

More Tributes to Our Exclusive Guide to Thames Wharves and Docks A Modern Lorry Severely Criticized. Company Formation and...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS FIRST MEETING OF L.P.T. TRIBUNAL THE first sitting of the London...

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Special Leyland Buses for Egypt

D TIERING recent years many determined efforts have been made to improve passenger-transport facilities in many countries in...

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British Buses for Kenya

A SHIPMENT of 13 Albion ' Valkyrie buses, with Gardner 4LW oil engines and special bodies by Duple Bodies and Motors, Lt,...

News Items in Brief

Rotherham Corporation is to take steps to secure a Provisional Order for the establishment of new trolleybus routes. Cardiff...

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Where to Find Haulage Business

All-round Improvement in Heavy Engineering. Retail Clothing Trade Seasonably Active Extensive Building Programmes. Woollen...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers.

MENDERS are invited by the following (latest dates given in parentheses) : Somerset C.C. for the supply of road stone,...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER Difficulties of Hauliers of Sand and Ballast and Builders' Materials, and of the Furniture Remover. Why...

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A Six-wheeler Conversion

A Résumé of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published A SPECIALIST in vehicle-conversion work, the Eagle...