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15th January 1937
15th January 1937
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Commerce Enters the Lists

Trade and Industry are Beginning to A ppreeiate the Urgent Need fo r Road Transport 0 N many occasions we have emphasized the...

A Dangerous Precedent

R ECENTLY we read of a case where a motorist was fined 10s. more for exceeding the speed limit than were other defendants, in...

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Passing Comments

"Buchan Spells" as a Guide to Vehicle C ALENDARS are usually presented in one of several well-known forms, but this year's...

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One Hears—

Of many "save face" explanations. 0 That a merger need not be a submerger. That there's no hate against the tight-wheeler...

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NEWS of the WEEK

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

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Many Appeals Against Railway Grants O N Monday, the Appeal Tribunal

commenced to hear 12 appeals by a large number of hauliers against decisions of the Yorkshire Licensing Authority in granting...

Road Transport Preferred for Food

F OOD transport was under prominent notice, the other day, before Mr. A. Henderson, Southern Scotland Licensing Authority, at...

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Messrs, A, G. Rennie and Sons, haulage contractors, 13rechin, were

given "an opportunity of making good S' by the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, at Dundee, last week. Appearing to show...

Why Goods Go By Road

DREFERENCE by the cotton in dustry for road transport was again emphasized during the hearing, in Manchester, last week, of an...

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Results of Contested Applications

1% A ADE partly at the instigation of 1V1 the police, the application of Mr. \V. II. Shepherd, Huntington Garage, Chester, has...

Enston Ruling Applied to "Transfer WITHAT is regarded as an

important Vir issue concerning applications for licence " transfers " was raised during the hearing of an application before...

Fleet Reduced from

Five Lorries to One T HE action of the North-Western Licensing Authority in reducing a Manchester haulier's fleet of five...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Dereham Urban District Council is to buy a fire-engiue. • Wath-on-Bearne Joint Ambulance Committee proposes to buy an...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

MENDERS are invited by the following {latest -Ielates given in parentheses): Essex C.C. for (1) mechanical haulage, (2) local...

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A New Lightweight Mechanical Horse

Latest Scammell Design Incorporating Air-cooled V-type Engine, Detachable Driving Unit and Rubber Suspension I N every new...

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Motor Caravan Tour Through Africa A HOME on wheels aptly describes

the vehicle which has been specially constructed for Sir Charles Markham, the well-known diplomat, sportsman and big-game...

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What the Associations Are Doing

NEW MERSEYSIDE WAGES AGREEMENT? A joint sub-committee of the Conference of Liverpool and District Road Transport Employers and...

Unity Essential for Road Transport

IMPORTANCE of unity in the repre sentation of the industry was emphasized by the Attorney-General, Sir Donald Somervell, KC.,...

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Hauliers Feat

• the Ancillary User Solving the Problems L of tne C arr ier Why C-licensees Would Not Increase Their Own Fleets if Haulage...

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Ways of Overcoming

The Luggage Problem on Coaches An Expert Describes Methods of Building Luggage Containers to Afford Adequate Protection...

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Commerce Demands

More Freedom for Road Transport A Striking and .Critical Analysis of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, .1g33, and its Effects Upon...

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My Views on Home and Overseas Trade

By E. L. Cadwallader (Joint General Manager, C.A.V.-Bosch, Lid.) DUBLISHED statistics have sub stantiated the views I...

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"Get Out or Get Under"

Long-distance Work is Not for the Small Man, Who Would be Well Advised to Concentrate on Local Operations, Says Capt. E. H. B....

Is There Goodwill in a Haulage Business?

Factors to be Considered in Assessing the Value of Goodwill. Insecurity that is Created by Licensing By A. W. Powley,...

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BIG MONEY

BE MADE IN COAL AWKING Equipped with Good-quality B, Hauliers Near Busy Towns C Business in Selling ( Set of Scales and...

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Short-term Licences Causing Hardship

G RANTING an applicant a fullperiod licence for an additional ).•ehiele . , in place of a short-term licence, the Yorkshire...

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Abyssinian War Stimulates Italy's Road Transport

Some Aspects of the RoadRail Situation in Italy, Showing How Commercialmotor Operators are Penalized to Make Good Deficits of...

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The Biggest Brussels Show

Commercial Section Notable and Includes SeVeral New Arrivals. Belgian National Industry Stands Up to Foreign Makers T HE Salon...

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A Useful Air-starter for Oil Engines

Three Types of W. and J. Starter Sets Available for Engines of 20 b.h.p. to 200 b.h.p. A Novel Form of Drive for the Starter...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

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

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A New Balanced Full-drop Window

F OLLOWING the success of its P.Y.P. winding half-drop window for buses and coaches, Rawlings Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Larch...

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Amendments to Fitness Regulations

S EVERAL amendments to the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness) Regulations, 1936, are proposed by the Minister of...

Who Should Run Local Bus Service ?

S TOCKPORT Corporation and the North Western. Road Car Co., Ltd., are having a battle royal as to their respective rights as...

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Maintaining Tradition in Power Tillage

T 'EOxford Conference on Mechanized Farming concluded, last Friday, with two papers discussing the combine harvester. Mr. A. J....

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Financial News of the Industry

NEW COMPANIES. Transport Vehioles (Daimler), Ltde—Private company. Reg. Jan. 8. Nom. cap. £100 in ord. snares of £1....

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Facilitating the Man-handling of Trailers

A Re:sun-1i of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published THE bearing surfaces of trailer turnJ. tables are...