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16th August 1932
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Commissioners Discourage Progress

N . other country has made so much propess with the development of the compression-ignition oil engine as Great Britain,...

The Lay Press and Road Transport T1VERYONE engaged in the

road-transport I industry is fully aware of its vital hearing on our national life, but comparatively few people realize the...

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Passing Comments

T HE road-rail struggle in England is arousing interest in France. Long extracts from The Commercial Motor are printed in...

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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...

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News Items in Brief

There are stated to be 3,684 farm tractors in use in South Africa, as compared with 515 in 1921. During the past municipal...

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• Two Individual Loads of 130 Tons.

Two pieces of machinery, each weighing at least 130 tons, will be transported in the North by M.R.S., Ltd., about the end of...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

• The watch committee of DEWSBURY Corporation is buying a Dennis fireengine costing £1,545. RAWTENSTALL Corporation has...

The _Amulree Committee's Final Report

THE HE final report of the Committee of Inquiry into London Motor Coach Services, presided over by Lord Amulree,• has been...

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An Ingenious

Bogie Suspension System An Original Design Which Allows the Wheels to Be Kept Close Together and Should Be Economical to...

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GOOD GOING

WITH A FAST 1-TONNER The New Ford 24 h.p. Lorry Proves a Lively Machine, With a Good Turn of Speed and Excellent Powers of...

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A New Washing System

A LTIIOUGH a large number of different types of high-pressure washing machine is on the market, inadequate methods are still...

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COMBINED DISPLA ( AND DELIVERY

in motorvan :onstruction T HE potential publicity value of a mobile unit, such as any form of commercial vehicle affords, is...

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Virile Activity

A T a recent meeting held at Swadlincote, in the west-midland area of the Road Haulage Association, Mr. W. Donaldson Wright and...

of the R.H.A.

Cumberland, Westmorland and Southwest Scotland, comprising Messrs. M. D. Hughes (Carlisle), J. C. Hogg (Dumfries), G. D....

A Rescue Van for Collieries

A WELL-EQUIPPED Leyland Cub 11.rescue van, with a body by Messrs. Wilson and Steckell, Bury, has recently been commissioned for...

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A Brigade-designed Body

for fire-fighting W E have received much couvincing evidence of the value of our critical road-teat reports of chassis and...

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REDUCING TRANSPORT COSTS

T O everyone associated, directly or indirectly, with the distributive trades, the questions of transport costs and control are...

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Sparking Plug Cleaning Simplified

A N application of the sand-blasting ..171 principle is found in the latest product of B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 92, Tottenhatn...

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Side Guards for Lorries

An Interesting and Praotical Fitting with Many Advantages T N view of the fact that the M. of T. regulations stipulate .1 that...

Another Road and Rail System A Dunlop. Conversion which Permits

the Use of Ordinary Pneumatic Tyres T HE Dunlop Co. is experimenting in France with an interesting system for rendering an...

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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT

AUTOCAR SERVICES ALLEGES 1,500 IRREGULARITIES BY REDCAR CO. South Eastern Commissioners Hold Inquiry I N the latter part of...

POPULAR MUNICIPAL BUSES AT CARDIFF

Nearly 16 Million Passengers Used the Corporation's Buses in the Past Year A LTHOUGH a gross profit of £22,887 was made on the...

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THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

HIGHLAND OPERATOR ARRANGES ACQUISITION. IT was announced by Sir Alexander MacEwen, chairman of the Highland Transport Co.,...

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A New Well-equipped 20-seater

A N interesting 20-seater demonstration coach has just been completed by Messrs. W. L. Thurgood, Park Road, Ware, Herts, to the...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER A Discussion with a Haulier About that Vexed Question of the Proper Amount to Allow for Vehicle...

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WHERE

To FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS A Feature which Hauliers Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining...

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Modern Transport in an Ancient Island

T nE holiday island of the Channel group is Jersey, which is 45 sq. miles in area, with a network of roads over 500 miles long....

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Gearing for Use with Hydraulic Couplings

A Resume' of Recently Published Patent Specifications D ESORIBED in patent No. 376,468 by Harold Sinclair, 6, The Crest,...