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21st January 1944
21st January 1944
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Keeping the Wheels Turning H IRED operators in the M.O.W.T. Road

Haulage Organization have won their case for an increase in the rates of payment for such of their vehicles as are hired to the...

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Passing Comments

The Rapid DevelopIT is reported by the U.S. ment of 100-octane 1 Petroleum Administration Plants for War that 100-octane...

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One Hears

That hope springs eternal in the inventces breast. Of small hauliers considering the fate of the eight." That, for a time,...

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News of the Week

HIRE RATES FOR GAS-PRODUCER VEHICLES A CERTAIN -number of vehicles equipped with gas producers is being employed by the...

Producer Gas for Buses

M ANY operators of bus fleets are taking the view that the demand of the M.O.W.T., that 10 per cent. of their vehicles should...

Luton Hauliers Hold Indignation Meeting

L UTON hauliers, on Monday of this week, unanimously, resolved that " this meeting of hauliers of Luton and district views with...

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Training Plans for Retail Motor-trade Apprentices

Q UESTIONS concerning the.training of personnel for the servicing and selling of commercial vehicles were raised during a...

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M.O.W.T. Concedes Higher Rates for Hired Vehicles

T HE M.O.W,T. and the S.J.C. have issued a joint statement regarding rates for vehicles hired under the Government Road Haulage...

Good Work by Transport Society

A HOPEFUL note was sounded at ti last week's annual meeting, at Bradford, of the Yorkshire Transport Society. In a presidential...

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Gas Producers Not Wanted by Operators Scottish

S COTTISH transport operators' are not favourably disposed towards the Government's scheme for the ate of gas-producer...

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\ Big Support for Our Institute Plan

Road Transport Engineers from All Over the Country Acclaim the Proposal, Many Suggesting that the Formation of Such a Body is...

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Mobile Outfit for Crash-landing Emergencies

Specially Designed and Equipped Vehicles Which Are Kept in Attendance at Airfields to Cope with All Aspects of Aircraft Mishap...

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GETTING THE RIGHT A

NULE ON AXLE DESIGN No Technical Reason for Tyrewear Claims—Mr. Haigh N replying to Mr. Jim Hays's article on the Burgess...

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What is the Ideal Tank Engine ?

rIOLONEL R. J. ICK, of the U.S. L, Army Ordnance Department, is still coking for the ideal Tank engine. The ;earch that has...

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Planning the End of the Small Haulier

Comments on a Cleverly Conceived Plan Designed to Force the Little Operator to Merge under the Threat of Disabling By ....

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• Unprofitable Rates for Sand and Ballast Haulage

Condlions of Loading and Material Which Render Inapplicable Any Ordinary Standard Rates; Yet Another Object Lesson for Those...

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. Signposts for the Vehicle Makers

It Must Be Remembered That Operators Are Capable of Making Their Own Vehicles By "Azott" T IlE Editor of "-The Commercial...

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A Basis for Organized Repression?

Big Business in the Haulage Industry as Represented by Eight of Its Leaders, Plans the Restriction of the Small Owner By E. B....

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Let the Operator Advise the Maker

It Is Experience of Use that Counts The Criterion of a Better Vehicle is the Proportion of its Life it Spends on: the Road and...

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Brake-proportioning Valve with Adjustable Ratio

A Résumé of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been • Published A VALVE for controlling the ratio between any two sets of...