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15th November 1917
15th November 1917
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Future Petrol Supplies—on Conditions? T HE OSTENSIBLE PURPOSE of the recent

public meeting of motor owners and users, . addressed by Field-Marshal Lord French, Lord Desborough, and others was to urge the...

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ONE HEARS

That a Leyland led the lorries in the Lord Mayor's Show. That H. G. Burford'..s only son has accepted a commission in the...

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WHY NOT A STEAM-WAGON INDUSTRY?

By "The Inspector." W E HAVE HAD some remarkable surprises these 'last few years with regard to the. places of origin of many...

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OUR WONDERFUL WAR.

An Epic on " Commandeering " of Premises, Not Entirely Devoid of Truth. I T WA 6 ONLY the question of a word. One word, that...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

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

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RUNNING COSTS AT BEDFORD.

The value of the commercial vehicle for highway Work is fully evidenced by the annual report of he county surveyor of...

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THE RIDLEY ONE-TON CHASSIS.

A New Design Lending Itself to Production in Large Quantities. IN - VIEW OF the keen competition which Will prevail after the,...

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MILEAGE AND COST PER MILE.

An Investigation of the Effect of the One Upon the Other, Taking Into Account Also the Influence of Varying ,Fuel Costs. I N...

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GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF ROAD TRAFFIC.

Comprehensive Scheme for the Unification and Co-ordination of Transport to Promote Greater Economy and Higher Efficiency. F OR...

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TRACTOR NOTES.

T HE SUCCESS or failure of a tractor of the wheeled type is very considerably dependent upon the size of its wheels their...

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TRACTOR WHEELS.

A Partial Fallacy and the Danger of a Little Learning on the Part of the Salesman. By Henry Sturmey. A NYalgE WHO HAS looked...

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GAS TRANSPORT IN THE NORTH.

What Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Glasgow are Doing. nEVELOPMENTS IN the North of LA' England are proceeding...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

Is the Agent Wanted ? The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [1552] Sir,—I have read with interest . " Inspector's" candid article...

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For DRIVERS, MECHANICS & FOREMEN.

A :PRIZE OF TEN SHILLINGS is awarded each week all others are paid for at the rate of a penny a line, with an published....

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PATENTS SUMMARIZED.

Detachable Wheels for Allchin Steam Wagons. With the use of rubber tyres on steam wagons becoming more and more general, the...