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16th December 1939
16th December 1939
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Passing Comments

T HE first paragraph under " One Hears" last week referred to some agriculturists using tractor fuel for their private cars....

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One Hears

'Ware, conductors, of fakes and farthings in the black-out. Of moneymaking chances after dark for taid-drivers in the...

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NEWS of the WEEK

GAS WEIGHT CONCESSION UNCHALLENGED IN PARLIAMENT O N Tuesday night Mr. Bernays, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of...

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STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE KEEPS BUSY

T HE nature and importance of the work undertaken by the executive committee of the Standing Joint Committee of Road Hauliers'...

LIVERPOOL MOTORMEN WANT MORE MONEY

T HE Conference of the Liverpool and District Road Transport Employers is considering an application from the Liverpool Carters...

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CENSUS SHOWS 20 PER CENT. INCREASE IN ROAD TRAFFIC

O FF1C1AL figures, issued a few days ago, show that there was an increase of 2,306,000 road vehicles passing the 5,536 census...

INDUSTRIAL CHIEF ADVOCATES PRESS ADVERTISING

I l\T a statement made on Tuesday, Mr. W. E. Rootes, President of the S.M.M. and T., and chairman of the important...

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GLASGOW'S NEW STREETLIGHTING SYSTEM B Y the middle of January a

modified system of street lighting will be in operation in Glasgow. This statement was made by Bailie R. Y. Gemmell, convenor...

THE LATEST COAL-TAR FUEL SYSTEM MEWS reaches us of further

alterna tive fuel developments. Mr. G. Mangoletsi, 4, King's Road, Sale, Cheshire, is the engineer responsible for the latest....

Combined Producer-gas Cooler and Filter

L ONG experienced in the production of filters and cleaners for all sorts of purposes, Yokes, Ltd., 95-105, Lower Richmond...

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New Tilling-Stevens Battery Electrics

O NE result of petrol rationing has 1 --/been to increase the popularity of the battery-electric, and a response to the...

Solignum Products for Camouflage Painting

S PECIALIST in the production of Licamouflage paint, Solignum, Ltd., 205, Borough High Street, London, S.E.1, is well equipped...

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PLANNING RATES TO MEE EE RAINY DAY

Solving the Problems of the Carrier R CENTLY I took the opportunity to attend a weekly meeting of a " group" as organized in...

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How Best tc

quip the Inexpensive Ambulance T HE demand still continues for the inexpensive type of ambulance, which may take the form of...

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WANTED Drivers and

tdesmen for the R.A.S.C. ARELY in the limelight, enjoying, to the public eye, less glory than that attached to the more...

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Intensified Production Effort

What Britain's Commercial Motor Vehicle Manufacturers are Doing to Keep the Allied Armies Supplied With their Essential...

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It Happens To-day

Easing the Black-out Burden " H ALLO, pedestrians, this is the police calling you," said a stentorian though friendly voice as...

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New Cornmei hows Itself a Leader

in the light-van class Road Test No. 292 A STEP in the progress of design is marked by the introduction of the new Commer...

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Scavenging by

" Imp los ion " VOLLOWING an explosion there is an " implosion," or sudden depression —the aftermath, as it were, of the...

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Road Transport Topics

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent In Parliament ALARMING ROAD CASUALTY FIGURES Q OCE more the House of Lords has...

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Shock Absorbers' Contribution to Ambulance Efficiency

I T is not unusual for shock absorbers to be a standard feature of high-class ambulances, and there is, on this type of...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport S.M.T. ANNOUNCES RECORD PROFITS P ROFITS of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for the past year...

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Novel Swash-plate Anchorage Scheme

A N interesting design for a twostroke compression-ignition engine of the swash-plate type is disclosed in patent No. 513,999...