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18th April 1947
18th April 1947
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Rates Rise: Roads Deteriorate

L ESS than a year ago, Mr. Alfred Barnes, the Minister of Transport, announced the Government's 10-year plan of road...

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Combining Theory and Practice

( — NNE question that is ever of importance to students and younger men in the industry is that of how they are to gain the...

Passing Comments

C.O.R.D. Warns A WARNING concerning Traders to Continue 1 - 1 . the freeing of C-licensees to Fight Bill . from the 40-mile...

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One Hears

That the latest police " speedo " calibrator cannot lie. Of many an old crock in holiday humour now being encountered on the...

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News of the Week

Tiye Co. Asked to Explain Use of Six Lorries A CCORDING to Alderman R. F. Lyne, Western ./ - 1 Deputy Licensing Authority, Pye...

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GROUPED SERVICE FOR 500 TRACTORS

P REPARAT1ONS are being made for the servicing of all the Yorkshire ,West Riding Agricultural Executive Committee's 500 farm...

VAUXHALL BUILT 53,500 VEHICLES IN 1946

A NEW policy of giving the public full information about the company's activities has been adopted by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., in...

Injection Equipment and Performance

VESTERDAY, Mr. H. G. Dunn, M.I.A.E , engineer of the fuel-injection division of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., East Finchley,...

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Personal Pars

MR. J. M. THORNLEY has been appointed Scottish representative of E Boydell and Co., Ltd. M. STEN MELLGREN, editor of"...

PRIZE BODY DESIGNS ON VIEW. , IN 'LONDON

A NOTEWORTHY design for a 1 - 1 delivery van based on a Commer 30-cwt. chassis was on view this week at an exhibition held at...

Accidents and

Highway Design I NTERESTING views on the relative values of the causes of road accidents were put forward by the president of...

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SPECIAL INSURANCE ARRANGED BY CLEARING HOUSES

T HE chairman of the National Conference of Transport Clearing Houses, Mr. H. Rossington, announces an interesting insurance...

In the Money

Gaudy,. Ltd., made a profit, before Providing for taxation, of £92,466. •An ordinary dividend of 19 per cent. is to be paid and...

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NORTH LONDON R.H.A. HOLDS LADIES' FESTIVAL

A LL those present at the Annual Ladies Festival of the North London Sub-area, R.H.A., held at the Hendon Hall Hotel last...

n a Line or Two

Wellworthy Piston Rings, Ltd., opened a new service branch at 2, Totnes Road, Paignton, on April 14, The Devon General Omnibus...

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8,800 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EXPORTED IN TWO MONTHS

F EBRUARY'S exports of 3,615 new commercial vehicles, valued at £1,534,603, brought to 8,806 (€3,539,578) thetotal exported in...

PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SHOWS INITIATIVE

QEVERAL recent developments indi),—) cute that South Midland Motor Services, Ltd., Oxford, is pursuing an energetic policy. The...

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A Luxury Horsebox on a Passenger Chassis A PART ICULARLY handsome

and practical horsebox has just been completed and delivered to H.H. The Maharajah of Baroda's well-known racehorse trainer,...

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Dennis Chassis Used as Basis of Mobile Cinema to Show Religious Sound Films on Behalf of Methodist Church

The "Church" on Wheels r show religious " talkies " in dayight or after dark, a special mobile cinema has been purchased by...

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Easy Starting for Big Engines

A NEW type of engine starter, which should be of interest to commercial-vehicle users, is now in production in France. The...

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Pressure Build - up in

Img=1----• New Braking System Fluid Maintained Under Pressure Provides for Power Braking Even With Engine Stationary w i TITH...

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B ORN out of necessity during the war to conserve fuel,

manpower . and vehicles, the majorityof delivery pools speedily dissolved with the end of hostilities and the easing of...

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The "Co-ops"

and the Transport Bill By "Scottish Democrat" A S reported in "The Commercial Motor" on March 28, Mr. McPhail, of the...

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A New Range of Trolley buses

A S announced in "The Commercial Motor" last week, the British United Traction Co., Ltd., is now offering a range of...

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Road Transport's Part i BRITAIN'S REG

ITSTRUCTION By J. cLintock Freedom for the Burden of Trans! of All Ki 'three Will Ease the Building Materials ithout Delay...

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A New Suction Cleaner WJ1TH a new type of suction

cleaner VI' now on the market, the minimum of foreign matter passes the fan, and dirt is collected in a metal container of...

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Tonnage Rates for Municipal Haulage

T HE data on municipal hire contained in the two articles which appeared in "The Commercial Motor ", on March 21 and 28 were...

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• WHERE IS THAT LAST DITCH ?

A FEW short months ago this country's Press was 1-1 ringing with echoes of the clarion calls going out on all sides that the...

IS A UNIVERSAL FARM VEHICLE POSSIBLE?

" EFERRING to your article in the edition of "The Commercial Motor" dated March 28, there can be no such thing as a . universal...

"GOLDEN EGGS— TO ORDER"

A S stated in your leading article of March 21, the Economic Debate made it clear that management is expected to carry the full...

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THE ROAD HAULIER AND THE TRANSPORT BILL IT is doubtful

whether anybody can really be satisfied with the Transport Bill as it stands, and surely the road haulier who is not taken over...

OIL.E.NGINED VEHICLES IN EIRE WE have noticed your comments on

our letter pub" lished in "The Commercial Motor" dated March 21. We did not intend that the British Isles should be included in...

The Beaver as an End and Three-way Tipper

T HE accompanying picture shows a fine example of a three-way tipper in which the gtar is by Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd.,...

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Passenger Transport News

EXECUTIVE RAN SERVICE IN COMPETITION WITH EMPLOYER A COMMISSION appointed in 1945 by the Administrator of Natal has strongly...

Will American P.S.V. Practice Follow Nationalization?

WHEN road passenger transport W services have been nationalized, American bus practice will soon be adopted in Britain....

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Breakaway Trailer Brakes

A Risume of Recently Published Patent Specifications P ATENT No. 584,157, from the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., and S. Willett,...