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1st December 1933
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Those Regulations!

T 0 anyone who has followed closely the progress of the Road and Rail Traffic Act and the various amendments which have been...

Non-skid Roads Urgently Needed

VOR the road authorities and the Ministry of Transport to retain, in these days of enlightenment, any doubt whatever as to...

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Passing Comments

AT this time of the year an appeal ought to be made to pedestrians, preferably by the Pedestrians' Association, to ease the lot...

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ONE HEARS

Of Olympia models not yet available for delivery. That, not content, with the present welter of legislation, operators...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY The wheels of wealth wiel be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatevsr points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads suer which It...

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News of Municipal Activities

Road Gritting and Bus-tyre Damage. The London Passenger Transport Board has informed the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint...

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An R.H.A.

Rally in London L A31Monday afternoon between 70 and 80 members of the Road Haulage Association attended a rally of the London...

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A New Transport System the Roadorail

OO BVIOUSLY introduced with the of assisting small local railways to regain some of their lost goods traffic, a novel system,...

A New Heater Plug

Bosch, Ltd., Introduces 2pole Pre-heating Plugs for Starting Oil Engines T O obviate the need for a separate 2-volt...

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Licensing Problems Elucidated

• In This and Subsequent Articles, Typical Questions Concerning the New Restrictions on Goods Transport by Road will be...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT Extension of London Trolley. bus System. THE Loudon Passenger Transport Board is promoting a private Bill this...

A Training College Dinner W E were present at the annual

dinner and dance of the Automobile Engineering Training College and College of Aeronautical Engineering, Sydney Street, King's...

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The Apathy of the Small Haulier

0 VE 'It 12 months ago the Government's probable attitude towards road transport was forecast by the Salter Report, on which 1...

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Al TRA SP

The A.A.,. Appeals to Municipalities T HERE are signs that the development of air travel in Britain has reached a crucial...

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AVIATION LIGHTING

T HE paper which Major B. EL S. blealing of the Air Ministry read on November 14, at a meeting in London of the Illuminating...

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Impressions of a Night Flight to Paris

D ESPITE the thousands of people who have flown, there are still millions who have never left the ground in a heavier-than-air...

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A Fast MonopLi.ne

for Feeder Services T ilE Percival Gull, designed by Mr. E. W. Percival, A.M.I.Ae.E., and marketed by the Percival Aircraft...

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-TRAFFIC CONT

from Croydon A S from November 19, a new system of traffic control, designed to reduce risks of collision during conditons of...

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The Construction of

MUNICIPAL AERODROM rr UE significance of the paper on "The Design and Construction of Municipal Aerodromes" which Mr. T. Lloyd...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

Paris Romford in 77 Minutes by Hillman's Airways. In the week to November 17 Hillman's Airways carried 57 single-journey...

Itoi:in, Ltd., Bristol, recently chartered a de HaviHand machine to

take £400 worth of Marconiphoue wireless requisites to Stoke, against an nrgent order from Holderoft, Ltd. New A.A. Service:...

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Popular Methods of

MOUNTING GOOD L BODYWORK December I) 1 933. 613 " OTJNTING " is a term which is used by the body builder to signify all the...

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How the New Regulations Could be Improved

G OVERNMENT Departments are not, as a rule, credited with the gift of speed, but the celerity with which the Road and Rail...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The " C.M." Guide to Thames Wharves and Docks.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4205] .Sir,—I hope that the demand for reprints of your guide to wharves proves to be...

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Reducing Idle Time While Loading

A WELL-KNOWN advantage of the .t1 use of tractor-trailer combinations or trailers in conjunction with lorries is the reduction...

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Where to Find Haulage Business

rilltADE generally is better every where. The where. The beneficial effect of the improvement in the heavy industries is now...

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The Use of Compressed Gas

in France 1 1 gas as fuel for heavy vehicles have been conducted for some years past by the Soci6te du Gas de Paris, 6, Rue...

The Economics of Transportation

Suggestions for the Co-ordination of Road and Rail Transport, Based on an Analysis of their Fundamental Differences I N a long...

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New Furniture Vans for a Big Store

T HAT well-known Liverpool departmental store Lewis's, Ltd., which operates a number of Guy vehicles, has recently added to its...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT "SECTIONAL DUPLICATION MAY BE CONVENIENT AND DESIRABLE" Minister's Ruling on Appeals by Three Companies...

POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE

How the Licensing Arrange.. ments Work in London A =LOUGH the public carriage department of the Metropolitan Police Is no...

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

NEW P.S.V. REGULATIONS. TEE Minister of Transport has now made the Public Service Vehicles (Licences and Certificates)...

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LIMIT ON RAILWAY EMERGENCY SERVICES.

THE Minister of Transport has de cided to limit to some degree the operation of emergency road services by the railways. Birch...

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THE hearing of the application of the Eastern Counties Omnibus

Co., Ltd., to issue unlimited-travel tickets, previously reported in The Commercial Motor on November 10, was continued by the...

What is the Future of Road and Rail?

A COMPREHENSIVE survey of road and rail transport, with special reference to the passenger side, was made by Mr. J. Beckett,...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER Some Rumours Regarding the Illegality of Overloading, and How they Arise. Efforts to Evade the Provisions...

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A New Form of Combustion Head

A N invention from such an authoritative source as J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., Leeds, merits the attention of all connected with...