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1st September 1939
1st September 1939
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Unfortunate Results of 1933 Act

C RASS stupidity, amounting almost to criminal folly, which, for years, has prevented the legitimate expansion of commercial...

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Half a Million Sterling in Beet Transport

I N a month from now the 1939-1944) sugar-beet campaign will open. Reports from every area indicate that the crop will be a...

Passing Comments

French Experience A CIRCULAR issued by the With Oval-type r - k French Minister of Public Roundabouts . Works mentions a...

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One Hears—

That South ,Africa's future may still depend upon roads. ` That Northern Ireland Transport must be bored with those reports....

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NEWS of the WEEK

FOOD PRODUCTION IN WAR TIME. U NDER the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act the Minister of Agriculture can exercise far-reaching...

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Obscuring Lights in Factories

Q UESTIONS raised with regard to the obscuration of light in factories during war-time suggest that some uncertainty exists as...

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Hackney-carriage Licences for Private Cars O N several occasions we have

been asked our opinion as to the possibility of licensing private cars as hackney carriages. Obviously, the idea is an...

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How to Conform with Emergency Lighting Regulations

T "police notice which has been issued as a guide to the requirements Of the law, in respect of emergency lighting during...

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Where the Northern Ireland Transport Board Has Failed

Precis of the Report of the Joint Select Committee on Road and Rail Transport Dealing with the Thompson and McLintock...

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Why Not Disc

Brakes ? IT is a surprising fact that the disci type brake is so little used, when it is considered that the same construction...

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What the Associations are Doing

WAR-TIME POSITION OF BREAKDOWN LORRIES. The position of motor engineers, with reference to war-time supplies of petrol for the...

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STUMBLING BLOCKS TO BE MAGE AGREEMENT

A NOTHER snag which is encountered, when considering rates for the haulage of sugar beet, is the possibility of invasion of a...

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The Mechanism of Lubrication

Certain Fundamentals, Liable to Prove Rather Puzzling, are Explained Simply, Clearly and Satisfactorily by an Ac. knowledged...

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LICENSING AUTHoRITIES EAL A "CRIME WAVE"

I T is disturbing to find, from the Licensing Authorities' fourth annual reports, which have just been published, that the...

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Leyland Trolleybuses for Canada Have Special Equipment

-IE three trolleybuses built by Ley'. land Motors, Ltd., for Edmonton, Alberta, were ready a few days ago for shipment to...

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An American Chassisless Coach

Lightweight Construction, Under-floor Engine and Airconditioning Among Leading Features T HERE is now on the American market a...

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A Maximum or Exceptional-load Outfit

Two Carrimore Semi-trailers for Use With E.R.F. CI 6 Tractive Unit for Pay-loads of 20 tons and 14-15 tons D ECENTLY supplied...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use" of com mercial motors. Letters should be written on...

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Equipping a Lorry for Earth Boring

A CCOMPAN YING illustrations show a 3-ton commercial vehicle equipped with earth-boring plant for the purpose of sinking holes...

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Classification by Wheel Arrangement applied to road transport

An Engineer of Repute Suggests that a Useful Object Might be Served by Adapting a Modified Locomotive Distinguishing System to...

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Advanced Design in a New French Light Van

rrHE light delivery van always holds 1 a place of special privilege in the French commercial-motor world. Times may be...

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PASSENGER TRANSPORT

WOMEN TO TRAIN FOR RIBBLE BUSES L ASI week-end, Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., invited applications from women of 21 and over to...

COUNTERBLAST TO UNPOPULAR CIRCULAR

R EPLY to the circular issued from the Glasgow Transport Department, on the subject of tram and bus accidents in city streets,...

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A New A.E.C. Combustion System

A &sw i ne of Recently Published Patent Specifications A N improved oil-engine combustion system is disclosed in patent No....