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22nd December 1933
22nd December 1933
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The Ministry on Overloading

L AST week we referred to an inquiry which we L a had addressed to the Ministry of Transport setting forth the - problem which...

Co-ordination —A Warning

T HE co-ordination of road passenger transport is the order of the day, and several important schemes of this nature are under...

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Passing Comments

C ONSIDERABLE importance attaches to the scheme of collective publicity in favour of motorcoach travel, the cost to be spread...

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One Hears

That a good deal of engineering progress is being made this frosty weather, news of which will thaw out in early spring. That...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth will be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

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News of Municipal Activities

Efficient Cleansing by Motors at Birkenhead. Mr. R. 3. Watson, cleansing superintendent to Birkenhead Corporation, in his...

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Westminster's £45,500 Replacement Scheme

W ESTMINSTER'S cleansing super intendent has submitted a report to the highways committee, io which he expresses the opinion...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

FIFE County Council is to purchase an ambulance. PAISLEY Town Council is to -i/WitI4 tenders for the supply of two...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent The "Emergency Treatment" Bill. N the House of Lords Lord Moyni...

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Licensing Problems Elucidated

The Fourth Article of the Series in which We Answer Typical Questions on Different Subjects Resulting from the Passing of the...

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The Engineer in Transport

L A.ST Monday, December IS, Mr. J—IL. J. M. Inglis.M.Inst.C.E..read,before members of the Institute of Transport, a paper...

A New Heater Plug THERE are two obvious methods of

L overcdming the difficulties inseparable from the practice of supplying current at 2 volts to the normal type of single-pole...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

Jersey Air Service Started by Coachbuilder and Bus Operator. Last Monday (December 1S), Jersey Airways, Ltd., commenced its...

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Delivering Eight to Nine Millioi

Packages Yearly Se/fudge's Transport System Now Working at Full Pressure. Lasting Qualities of Wellmaintained Machines...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER The F.W.R.A. to Give Further Help to Its Members. A Problem Concerning Conversion from Solid to Pneumatic...

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An Unusually Interesting

Injection-pump Development Full and Exclusive Announcement of the MarchantStewart Electro magnetic Injector I N describing...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Lack of Uniformity in Enforcing Guard-rail Regulations. The Value of Our Tables of Opera ting Costs An Easy Method of Recording...

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A 1-ton Conversion for Local Haulage

The Nicholson " Town Truck" — an Extended Jowett Designed for Economical Operation ESCRIBED as a means for " cheap transport...

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Confusing Provisions Regarding Articulated Vehicles

T HE Road and Rail Traffic Act contains no clear indication as to whether an articulated six-wheeler is to be regarded as a...

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Road Exp

'ences of a ROBUST NI V 2-TONNER 0 NE of the most interesting new 1934 models in the 2-ton class is the Thornycroft Handy,...

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Mr. Bristow's Views on the Bridge Question

A T a meeting of goods-transport operators, in Leeds, last week, Mr. F. G. Bristow, general secretary of the Commercial Motor...

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The COACHING TRADITION

By FRANCIS JONES I T was in the news, recently, that a coachoperating concern had decided to name each of its vehicles after...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT PLANS FOR NATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT PUBLICITY WEEK Important Efforts to Further Coach and Bus Travel. Prize...

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE TO RE-SELL BUSES TO FIRM? N our issue dated November 24 we stated that the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners...

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A.E.C. Coach for Toronto Exhibition

A T the works of Duple Bodies and Motors, Ltd., Hendon, London, N.W.9, we have recently examined an A.E.C. Ranger coach which...

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Removable Precombustion Chamber

A Résumé of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published ATENT No. 400,845, submitted by J. Daimler Benz...