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The Industry at Home and Abroad

D ESPITE all that has beeia said concerning the attempted repression, or, at least, drastic curtailment, of road transport, it...

Commerce Insists on Road Transport

THERE will always be found people who are 1 inclined to the pessimistic belief that road transport is doomed, or that it will...

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Passing Comments

Hand Brake Held in W HEN an operator was Position by a Piece of summoned at the Guild String hall, London, recently for using a...

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THE NEXT C.M.U.A. NATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE.

The National Council of the Commercial Motor Users Association has accepted an invitation from the Porthcawl Urban District...

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Personal Pars

MR. F. H. PEACOCK, chief assistant engineer to Portsmouth Passenger Transport Department, has been appointed transport manager...

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Is Private Garage a Business Place?

C AN a garage used purely for the housing of lorries belonging to one owner, who operates them under an A licence in the...

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B-Licensee Alleged to be Crushed

A STORY of the disastrous effect which restrictions imposed upon a B-licence holder has had upon his haulage activities, was...

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Municipal Purchases and 'Proposals

Darlington Corporation requires eight fourwheeled trolleybuses. Leeds Corporation is recommended to buy 45 double-deck buses...

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Sales Chances

in Empire Markets A Compendium of Figures and Facts Concerning the Commercial Vehicle Markets in the Leading Countries...

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VEHICLE EFFICIE\C

0 . Is the Ultimate in Si ght? H OW often has one heard the expression, "a very efficient vehicle," when reference is made to...

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The Industry's Progress

Outlined in Figures S OMEHOW or other, for no logical reason in particular, so far as we can discover, everyone feel§ that the...

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Study the Wood for Overseas Vehicles

By A Timberman Timbers that Will Give Satisfaction in Tropical Climates. The Fallacy of Cutting Cost in Bodywork E...

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"WHAT THE STARS FORETELL

MR. W. E. ROOTES, Chairman, Rootes, Ltd. THE future of the commercial1 vehicle industry presents great scope for enterprise....

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Important Expressions of Views and Sound Advice on the Future

of the British Road Transport Trade, Both at Home and in the Overseas Markets, by a Number of Noted Personalities in the...

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Difficulties of the Overseas Haulier

S.T.R. Outlines Typical Inquiries from the Empire and Abroad which Show the Conditions Under which Haulage is Carried Out...

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Problems of Packing for Export

A Wide Variety of Methods is Employed in Packing Commercialvehicle Chassis, etc., and some of the Difficulties to be Met in...

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Eight-wheeler Added to the Albion Range

H AVING filled up all the gaps in its !range of goods vehicles, Albion Motors, Scotstoun, Glasgow, W.4, has now extended it to...

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Cost Records at a Glance

Third and Concluding Article of a Short Series Describing a Method of Operating-cost Recording Used by a Successful Haulier T...

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KENYA WANTS BRITISH OILERS

K ENYA is enthusiastic about the British oil-engined vehicle, which is the, transport unit of the future in that northern...

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Railways Change Policy in A-licence Case

T HAT the applicant was entitled to the same treatment as the railway companies demanded for themselves was an argument put...

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British Exports to the World Markets

THE total United Kingdom export I of commercial-motor vehicles and of chassis therefor, during the 12 months ended Septembei,...

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Exporting Pitfalls

A Brief Résumé of a Paper Read Recently by Mr. R. Beckett before the Midland Branch of The Industrial Transport Association I...

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Road-rail Struggle on Excursion Fares

THAT in some cases the road fare .I, will, for the first time, be reduced below the railway fare was a railway contention put...

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Effects of Licensing on the Haulage Industry

How Certain Tendencies in Goods-transport Licensing, Shaped by Appeal Decisions and Railway Persecution, are Likely to React...

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Statutory Control of Wages Coming?

Minister of Labour Likely to be Given Powers of Government, but Not Over Ancillary Users. Compulsory Membership of Associations...

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Financial News of the Industry

NEW COMPANIES. ' A. C. Kendrick (Haulage), Ltd.-PrivaLe company. Reg. Dec. 23. Cara £10,000 in £1 shares. Haulage contractor,...

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New C.M.U.A. Policy Announcement

A N amplified statement of policy, supplementing that outlined in the issue of The Commercial Motor dated November 27, has been...