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21st February 1936
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Germany Develops Novel Designs

A THOUGH the Britishbuilt commercial vehicle has achieved a remarkable and world-wide reputation for its efficiency, long life...

1\4,1 3 ,s Recognize the "Blunder" S YMPATHY is beginning to be shown

in Parliament for carriersand the hardships which they, as applicants, are suffering as the result of the blunder, exposed...

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Passing Comments

The Kingston By-pass A T a meetin g of the as a Most Disastrous rA Auctioneers and Estate Example Agents Institute, Mr. J. A....

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One Hears—'

Of a motorcyclist, carrying the tools of his trade, being summoned for exceeding 30 m.p.h. and having no C licence. That Mr....

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IMPORTANT " HOURS " CONVICTION QUASHED.

The Justiciary Appeal Court, at Edinburgh. has quashed an " hours " conviction recorded against J. Jesner arid Sons, Ltd., 84,...

NEWS of the WEEK

The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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FURNITURE REMOVALS: RAILWAY REBUKED.

Renewal of their B licence was granted, without modification, to Messrs. Thomas Love and Sons, Perth, by the Northern Scotland...

Reduced• Fleet : Keeling's to Appeal

F OLLOWING the inquiry, which he held last week, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority has decided to reduce by two articulated...

Licence Application a Subterfuge?

T HAT an application by Mr. Thomas McLean, haulier, 171, Seagate, Dundee, for a B licence for a lorry, or for a licence for...

Northern Industrialists Demand Lorries

i T was made abundantly clear at the Morpeth, Newcastle and Durham sittings, last week, of the Northern Licensing Authority,...

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TRAIN COULD NOT CARRY EXTRA SIX TONS!

That the facilities of the L.N.E. Railway Co. were sometimes insufficient for the carrying of goods by passenger train was...

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Personal Pars

MR. F. G. GODDARD has been appointed works manager of the Commer and Harrier factories at Luton. We are pleased to hear that...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Auehterarder Town Council has decided to equip a fire brigade. Lincoln Fire Brigade has ordered a Leyland 700-1,000 g.p.m....

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REMOVAL CONTRACTORS AND RAILWAYS TO CO-OPERATE?

There has been no lull in the activities of the different centres of the Furniture Warehousemen and Removers Association-there...

What the Associ ions are Doing

Parliamentary Action on the "Blunder" VOLLOWING the revelation by The Commercial Motor of the extraordinary blunder in Section...

Bid for Steamer Concession

T HE Liverpool District and North Wales Division of 'the C.M.U.A. held its 18th annual general meeting yesterday (Thursday)....

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Act Misinterpreted, says C.M.U.A.

AISINTERPRETATION of the inMtentions of the 1933 Act was a charge levelled against Licensing Authorities in a report at the...

M.P. Urges Association Membership

M EMBERSHIP of an association was desirable, for it makes matters much easier for administrators, said Mr. IL Ramsbottom....

Yorkshire Merger: Final Details

D ETAILS for the amalgamation of Lthe Yorkshire area of A.R.O. and the Yorkshire Stage Carriage Operators Association have now...

NOTTINGHAM MANAGERS APPRECIATE S.T.R.'s LECTURE.

A keen and interested audience attended the lecture by S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, when he addressed members of...

Lectures to Trade Classes.

So much interest has been aroused in the lectures to trade classes and so many inquiries received for reports of them that the...

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Two NEW ALBION 9-tonner and a 39-44-seater A Goods Chassis

for 10-ton Gross Loads and a New Valkyrie for Maximum capacity Single deck Bodies. Both are Six-wheelers and are Offered with...

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COSTING MADE EASY

Solving the Problems of the Carrier "The Commercial Motor" introduces a Simple Method of Ascertaining !wpm:0 Costs of...

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The Latest Automatically Variable Gear

The Brockhouse-Mattia Gearbox in which Epicyclic Reductions with Automatic Control are Obtained Through the Medium of • e•...

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The Appeal Tribunal Encourages Objectors

By Humphrey Cooke, Solicitor Unreasonable Burden of Proof Placed on Harassed Applicants. A Suggested Amendment to Section 11...

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ADVANCED DESIGN

THE BERLIN SHOW Many New Types of Chassis Displaying Much Ingenuity and a Marked Appreciation of the Need for Conserving...

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Wages: Yorkshire Furore — North - West Quieter T ROUBLE concerning wages and working conditions

of goods-tranhpost - employees in the Yorkshire Area tOok S dramatic turn on . Tuesday. After the employees' panel of the Area...

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The Straussler 15-tonner Shows Its Paces

Specially Built for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., the Straussler Eight wheeled, 3,700gallon Tanker has Many Notable...

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What Chance Has the Applicant?

T 0 those of us who are trying to force a way through the strangling mass of legislation and regulations by which the...

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MORE TRAMWAYS ABANDONED

T HE Ministry of Transport has just issued a return of tramway undertakings in Great Britain, excluding enterprises transferred...

"NORTHERN GENERAL" BUYS TYNESIDE CO.

KIEGOTIATIONS have, it is under1 N stood, been completed, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for the taking over by the Northern General...

APPEAL RULINGS MONTHS OVERDUE

pONSIDERABLE inconvenience has been caused to coach operators in Yorkshire by the unexplained delay in the issue of the...

Free Travel: Rail Exploitation, Alleged

H AVING stood adjourned for nearly two months, the inquiry into the appeals by the L.M.S., L.N.E. and G.W. Ra'ilway .companies...

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MERSEY TUNNEL SERVICE APPEAL S HOULD stage, as well as express, services be operated through Mersey

Tunnel? This was the question at issue in the appeal, heard last Friday, of Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., against the...

LOSS LIKELY, SAYS COMMISSIONER wErAT was described as one of

the VII most difficult cases with which the Commissioners had had to deal was heard by the North-Western Traffic Commissioners,...

Road Transport Topics in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent LIMITING HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN SCOTLAND. • P ROTESTS against the Minister's decision...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

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

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Ingenious Gear-teeth Repair Methods

W FIEN a gearwheel has a number of teeth stripped it is usually regarded as damaged beyond repair. Efforts are made to obtain a...

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A Load-weight Indicator for Lorries

A Resume of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published T HE problem of indicating the weight of the load on a...