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18th November 1938
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A Crazy Rates Structure

A , NEW and extraordinary, we might say astounding, aspect of the rates-stabilization problem has been presented as the outcome...

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Prosperity the Keynote of the Show

S PEAKING specifically of the commercial vehicles at the Scottish Show, Captain G. E. T. Eyston, prior to declaring the...

A Pogrom Against Road Transport

M ANY people in road-transport circles are asking what lies behind the almost concerted attacks by certain sections of the lay...

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Passing Comments

Stand Clear of Loose WHEN unloading vehicles, Loads When D is" particularly those carrying charging . . loose materials, such...

One Hears

Poor opinions of railway salesmanship. Many pungent criticisms of anti-road articles and leaders. Of some taking the view...

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TRADE POLITICS AT SCOTTISH SHOW BANQUET.

The strength of the motor industry, on both the commercial and private sides, and the interest in the Scottish Show were well...

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Personal Pars

MR. T. W. M. FORSYTH, agent for Leyland Motors, Ltd., in Cairo, is returning to Egypt after a two-months' business stay in...

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CHASSIS DE N FOR '39

T HERE is evidence of hare and tortoise progress at this year's Commercial Motor Section of the Scottish Show, Whilst the big...

Page 57

September's Registrations in

the Dumps Goods Vehicles and Hackneys Both Stage a Decline in the Latest Licensing Statistics ( — INCE again the monthly...

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DOWN TO THE DOCKS WITH 2,000,000 BRICKS

The Marston Valli Brick Co., Ltd Executes a Co loss Order for Bespr, Bricks, and Roc Transport Scores Making It Eas ("NOVERING...

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ELECTRIFYING LOC UDELIVERY WORK

/ NCREASING attention is being paid to the urgent necessity of utilizing indigenous fuel for operating road-transport vehicles...

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Swttish Show Reveals

Practical Improvements in Bodywork Many Refinements Are Evident, and Few Sacrifices Have Been Made Merely to Allow of Striking...

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Developing a Scammell for Short Hauls A 30-ad. Lorry for

Shortradius Operation. Rear Axle, Transmission and 15 b.h.p. V -twin Engine Built as a Unit N EARLY two years ago we described...

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While Road Transport Has Life

t Has Hope J.D.P. Answers the Recent Article by Mr. T. A. McDowall Entitled "What A Hope!" and Offers Several Happier Theories...

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Learning What Costs Really Are

I N the reproduction of a page from The Commercial _ Motor Operating Costs Record, which appeared in the issue dated November...

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THE SYSTEMATIC PRODUCT] ON of CLUTCHES and BRAKES

T HE efficiency of a commercial chassis naturally depends, to a large extent, upon the correct balancing of its units and...

Page 73

An American Utility Van

for House-to-house Delivery A Dropped Chassis Frame Permits the Driver to Enter and Leave the Cab Without Stooping. Simplified...

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What the Associations Are Doing

MR. KINDER HINTS AT NEW RESTRICTIONS. Threats of new restrictions on the road-transport industry, within the next year, were...

S.T.R. Advises East-Midland Hauliers WHAT was said to be the

best meetVV ing that had ever been held in the East Midland Area of A.R.O. was the one which was addressed by S.T.R., The...

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The industry's. Contribution

THE general impressions conveyed by an inspection of the machines on show this week, at the Public -Health Exhibition at the...

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National Health and Defence

cubic-yd. moving-floor body. The floor is arranged for both power and manual operation, the time taken to discharge being 30...

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Transport Problems of Municipal Officers

O v the papers delivered at the Public Health Services Congress and Exhibition, of which a report appears, elsewhere in this...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES WAS SIR HENRY PIGGOTT RIGHT? [5497] In your issue of November 4 you publish details of a case held by the...

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Developments in Lightweight Tipping Gears

i T is net long ago that maximum-load goods vehicles in the 30 m.p.h. class could not be supplied with tipping gear. To-day...

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The Power-operated Floor in a New Sphere

An Interesting Experimental Use for the " Principality Moving Floor T HE Principality power-operated end-discharge moving...

Utility-car Appeal—Fine Reduced A N appeal, of interest and importance to owners of shooting brakes and other similar...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT RAILWAY OPPOSITION FAILS IN MANCHESTER !". A T a public sitting of the North Western Traffic...

GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST BUS COMPANY

W HEN the Humber Road Car Co., Ltd., of .Burton-on-Stather, Scunthorpe, applied to the East Midland Traffic Commissioners, at...

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Cylinder-wear Research Summarized

T "past few years have seen intensive research carried out on the many aspects of the problem of cylinder wear in...

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Single-plunger Injection Pump

A N injection pump, having but a single plunger and fitted with a rotary distributor for supplying several cylinders, is the...