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16th March 1926
16th March 1926
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TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PROGRESS.

rrilE amenities and business conditions of modern life are so bound up with the wonderful advances made in the commercial...

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Prwsis ut Proms.

" E first that you may be of service"' has ever been the guiding principle in the policy of The Commercial Motor. It has not...

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ONE HEARS

Of express Kegresse progress. That a fool and his licence are soon parted. Heated discussions re white discs on cycles. That...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

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

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A Lancashire User's Rigid Six-wheeler.

We reproduce on this page an illustration of a Caledon rigid six-wheeled chassis fitted with lorry body, which is owned by a...

Electric Vehicles for Glasgow Corporation.

The special committee appointed by the Glasgow Corporation to consider the provision of vehicles for the transport and...

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Transport at the Basle Fair.

The Basle Fair, which is an annual event of importance to the Swiss industry, will this year be held from April 17th to 27th....

Eastbourne's Taxation Plan.

At a meeting of the Eastbourne Curportation, Mr. II. W. Fovargue, the town clerk, reported that the borough treasurer had...

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How Your Fares Were Spent.

in an instructive poster which has recently been issued by the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., the travelling public is...

Local Proceedings.

Coventry Corporation proposes to institute a service -of motorbuses between the city and Einlei. . Wakefield Corporation has...

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ROAD TRANSPORT MATTERS IN PARLIAMENT.

The Status of the A.E.C., Ltd. The Omnibuses Bill and the New Power Given by It. Police Examination of Licences. By Our...

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WHAT THEN?

Thoughts and Ideas Arising Out of Many Reminiscences of the Days When this Journal was Young. By Edward S. Shrapnell-Smith,...

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THOSE EARLY DAYS AND THEIR OUTCOME.

Some Reminiscences of the Pioneer Days and the Early Efforts of Those Upon Whom Fell the Brunt of Initiating the Motor...

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PUBLIC-SERVICE VEHICLES IN 1936.

Some of the Factors Needed for Revolutionary Changes. The Probability that Moderation will be Evident in the Advances Towards...

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A FAMOUS CARRYING COMPANY.

A Short History of the Mechanical Transport Activities . of Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd. By Arthur Paterson. T O make...

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THE FINANCE OF ROADS.

Taxation of Commercial Vehicles. The Railway Companies' Grievance, The Problem of Rural Rates. By W. Rees Jeffreys....

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WHAT A CONTRAST!

A Comparison with the Commercial Motor Conditions of 1905. By Henry Stariney. I T was really a very bold thing for the...

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DIFFICULTIES WITH THE FIRST DESIGNS.

Why We Were Handicapped for Many Years. Three Stages of Designing Effort. Difficulties in Obtaining Materials. The Final...

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MUCH ACCOMPLISHED, BUT MUCH TO BE DONE.

All Pretence Should be Cast to the Winds, our Transport Laws Brought into Line with Common Practice and Transport Regarded in...

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COMMERCIAL BODYWORK TEN YEARS HENCE„

Types Likely to be Most Popular. Facilitating Loading and Unloading. Cleanliness in Food Transport. Mobile Refrigerators. The...

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Progress of the Municipal Motor Vehicle and Appliance.

T llE honour of being the first public body to adopt motor vehicles for the purposes of refuse collection, street watering and...

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PUBLIC-SERVICE VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT.

The Era 1905-14, Which. was Notable for the Pluck and Enterprise of the Pioneers in Motorbus Design and Construction. p RIOR...

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FROM BUSES TO TANKS AND PRIVATE HIRE.

The Reminiscences of a Pioneer in the Bus World. Some Absorbingly Interesting Inside Information. By Colonel Frank Searle,...

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THE TRAVELLING HOTEL OF THE FUTURE.

An Advanced Idea in which the Travelling Hotel Accommodating Sixteen Passengers Consists of Three Vehicles. T HE travelling...

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• GOING BACK TO THE PREHISTORIC!

An Interesting Dip into the Past of the Steam Wagon. The Unrequited Efforts of the Engineers of the 18th and 19th Centuries....

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THE " C.M." BEFORE THE WAR.

A Few Notes by A. Whalesby Windsor, M.B.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., M.I.A.E., M.Inst.T., at One Time Chief Technical Assistant Editor of...

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THE STEAM WAGON'S HONOURABLE CAREER.

./8*: Brief History of the Progress of a Much Favoured Form of Transport Vehicle. A LREA.DY, in 1905, the steam wagon 1 -...

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EARLY DAYS WITH THE C.M,U.A

The Extremely Good Work Done by an Association Which Embraces the Leading Users of the Country in the Removal of Obstructions...

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FINANCING PUBLIC SERVICE TRANSPORT.

An Interesting Survey of the Growth and Development of the Motorbus Industry, with a Review of the Capital Employed and the...

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THE TREND IN ELECTRICAL ROAD TRACTION.

What are the Probable Developments Within the Next Few Years in Electric Vehicles and the Methods of Operating them ? By...

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A RETROSPECT AT RANDOM.

By H. A. Starch, A.M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.A.E. (One-time Member of "The C.M." Editorial Staff.) M Y felicitations, sir, to The...

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FRENCH COMMERCIAL MOTORS OF 1905.

Considerable Enterprise in Nearly All Departments of the Heavy Vehicle Section of the Industry. I T is a curious fact that,...

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PROBLEMS OF THE HAULIER AND , CARRIER.

The Difficulty of Making a Choice of District for Operating a Rural Bus Service. I N bygone days dwellers in cosntry villages...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

The Editor invites corresPondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one side of...

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Two Decades of the Fuel Problem.

F ROM the very first number of this V journal, the question of fuel supplies for the ever-growing number of motor vehicles,...

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THE USE OF INGENUITY.

Practical Experiences Recounted by Our Driver and Mechanic Readers. M ANY who are familiar with the Garrett undertype steam...