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18th January 1927
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A Better Realization of the Unfairness of the Seale of Taxation.

I N May last support was given by this journal to the protests made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer against the proposed...

Page 41

ONE HEARS

Tall, hut true, tales of sales. Of few motorbuses still to be re-tailed. That all materials Can now be had again. That every...

HERE'S ONE

She boarded the eastbound No. 11 at Charing Cross Post Office and in due course, the conductor came for her fare. " Walham...

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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...

Page 47

A New Heavy-vehicle Wheel.

T HE demountable rim-type of wheel has introduced difficulties for the heavy commercial user which are not common to all other...

Page 48

THE FIRST SIX-WHEELED TROLLEY-BUS.

Wolverhampton Again Gives a Useful Lead in Publie Passenger Transport. An Entirely New Electric Motor with Well-known Names....

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MODERN METHODS OF BATTERY MAKING.

Some Constructional Details. Impressions of the Works. Miniature Railways, Gravity Conveyors and Travelling Bands to Expedite...

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OPERATING COSTS FOR THE LATEST TYPES.

How We Have Arrived at These New Tables, which Form a Useful Guide to the Prospective Buyer of the Six-wheeled Rigid-frame Type...

Page 54

CARRYING GOODS ON :-WHEELED VEHICLES.

T HE great attention which has been paid to the development of multi-wheeled vehicles for crosscountry transport and for...

Page 57

LEARNING FROM THE MOTOR VEHICLE.

The Thoughts that are Initiated, the Ideas that are Given, and the Remembrances that are Awakened from the Observation of...

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THE ART OF ROPING LOADS.

Some Useful Notes on a Subject about which but Little Information has Hitherto been Available. M UCH of the efficiencyin any...

Page 59

THE UPKEEP OF THE AUSTIN TWELVE.

A Cause of Oil Leakage. The Four-wheel Brakes. A s the Austin Twelve chassis is used to a considerable extent -for highclass...

Page 60

PROBLEMS OF THE HAULIER AND CARRIER.

Compiling Private Operating Costs to Obtain Accurate Costing, and Using for that Purpose "The Commercial Motor's" Tables. UROM...

Page 61

PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. BETTER LIGHTING FOR BUSES. A New Type of Lamp, with an...

NEWCASTLE TO SEEK FURTHER BUS POWERS.

The Authorities Move to Control Street Traffic and to Provide a Number of Bus Stations. N EWCASTLE Corporation has decided to...

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BUS LICENSING PROBLEMS AT BRADFORD.

Another Important Appeal Against the Authorities Refusal of Licences. The Attitude of the Minister of Transport Towards Through...

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, AN AUSTRIAN SALOON BUS,

A Typical Product Built on Modern Lines. A N accompanying illustration deplete One of the latest A.F.N. low-platform saloon...

A ZONAL TAXICAB - FARE EXPERIMENT. A Suggestion of the Woking Authorities.

MBE clerk to the Woking Urban - 1 District Council, Mr. Robert Mossop, recently wrote to local motor-cab proprietors intimating...

NEWCASTLE'S CITIZENS SUPPORT THE MUNICIPALITY'S BUS BILL.

C ONTR ARY to general expectation, citizens of Newcastle have signified their almost complete approval of the elaborate new...

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THE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS OF 1927.

A List of Dates of the More Important Events of the Year of Moment to Those Concerned with Mechanical Road Transport. T HE...

A Multi-purpose Municipal Appliance.

D ENNIS BROS., LTD., of Guildford, has, as our readers will know, supplied a large number of vehicles and appliances of...

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THE MEDIUM-S1ZED PASSENGER CHASSIS.

Details of One of the Range of Berliet Passenger Models, which is Built for Carrying 20-seater Bodies. T E continual expansion...

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Commercial Motor Chances in Brazil.

B RAZIL, like Argentina, is one of the most progressive of the Latin-American republics in the matter of road construction, and...

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Does It Pay to Read an Insurance Policy ?

I T has been said that the business man who reads his insurance policy 'is the exception that proves the rule. All printed...

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HINTS ON MAINTENANCE.

Improving the Petrol Supply on a Dennis. Advice on Reassembling a Subsidy A-type Maudslay Engine. A Hansa-Lloyd Fan-drive...

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WORKSHOP AND GARAGE NOTES.

Useful Contributions from Our Driver and Mechanic Readers. A Turning and Boring Tip. TT is often necessary for a driver1...

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HOLES WOVEN IN BRAKE LINING.

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications. Tr IRCHBACITSCHE WERKE 1.I.KIRCILBACH AND CO., of Coswig, Germany, in...