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23rd August 1946
23rd August 1946
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Humpty Dumpty 4 exceptionally heavily laden bus with most ineffective

braking equipment. descending a steep hill with which the driver is unacquainted. The vehicle is even being pushed from the...

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W AR-T1ME experience of mass production of fabricated supplies, such as

aircraft, is influencing the design and construction of passenger-vehicle bodywork. There is an increasing tendency to use...

Passing Comments

T HE largest tyre made in Britain is now in quantity production at the Wolverhampton works of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co.,...

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News of the Week

BR ITISH COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE MAKERS TRIPLE EXPORTS B RITAINS export trade in commercial vehicles has tripled itself in the past...

R.H.A. Issues Interim Rates Schedule

A N interim guide to equitable rates for road haulage has been prepared by the rates and charges committee of the Road Haulage...

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Personal Pars MR. ALEXANDER LAMB has received a presentation from

Stirling hauliers in recognition of his services as organizer of the local haulage group during the war. The presentation was...

Nationalization News

Campaign Enters New Phase THOSE apostles of nationalization I who believe that the campaign against this principle, so far as...

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Financial News of the Industry

NEW COMPANIES T. C. Ginn, Ltd.-Pr vale company. Reg, August 9. Cap. £2 0 - 0 0 0 in it shares, to acquire the business of...

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Passenger Transport News

OF "100,000? • A LOSS of over £100,000 in 15 months on Manchester Corporation's transport department was mentioned as a reason...

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A Successor to the Imp

QUCCEEDING the widely used Imp industrial tractor is a new vehicle known as the Model A, produced by Lansing, Bagnall, Ltd.,...

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Scrap the Licensing Sub-committees

— says " TANTALUS " Caustic Comments by Transport Commissioners Indicate That the Subcommittees Will Not Function to the...

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Standardized Bus Bodies for Export

E XPORT requirements are being carefully studied by Thos. Harrington, Ltd., Sackville Works, Old Shoreham Road, Hove, which has...

Trailer Design for Overseas

S PECIALL Y designed for export in knocked-down condition, a new Lolode 15-cwt. general-purpose twowheeled trailer has been...

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SEEKING THE IDEAL I PISTON SHAPE

A New Scrivener Machine for Piston Grinding Aims at Translating Theoretical Considerations into Practical Possibility T HE...

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A Self contained Hydraulic Tipper

T " general tondency in the latest types of hydraulic gear for tippers is a tidying-up to produce a mechanism that shall be as...

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A PASSENGER need ride only a short distance in a coach

before deciding whether the suspension is good or bad. To a designer, seeking the most satisfactory layout, such a decision...

The SEARCH for SUSPENSION

FFICIENCY In practice, however, the theoretical figure is modified in the case of laminated springs by the friction caused by...

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Drivers' Hostel on the Grand Scale

F ACILITIES which embrace meal service and lodgings for road-transport drivers and, accommodation and service for their...

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Ton-mile Statistics Not Worth While

TN this discussion of the calculation of cost per ton-mile. 1 come to the case of the inquiry which prompted these two...

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Leicestershire Pooling Proves Itself

By J. L. Watchurst, A.C.A., J.P., A War-time Expedient that Became Highly Successful and is Still Operating to Good Effect...

The Story of the Motor Industry T HE souven:r book of

the Jubilee of Britain's motor industry, entitled " Vital to the Life of the.Nation," was written by the well-known motoring...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES IS THIS JOINT SCHEME AN UNHAPPY ONE?

qo many inquiries are reaching me regarding these "licensing sub-committees, which have been appointed by the railway companies...

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11,000 New .Vehicles in May

E XCLUDING cars and motorcycles, a 1-4tota1 of 11,005 vehicles was registered for the first time under the Roads Act, 1920, in...

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The Law of ,Compensation or Accidents

How the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945, Alters Common Law in Accident Cases 'n E leg A ti question of...

New Regulations on War Damage

Conditions to be Tightened in Cases of Belated Applications for Compensation for War Damage THE War Damage Commission is I...

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C.A.V. Cleans Up Instrument Layout

TN its new combined switch, fuse and 1 control unit, details of which have just been announced, C.A.V., Ltd., Acton. London,...

Another Fork Truck

1k4ANUFACTURED by the Moss IV' Gear Co.. Ltd., and distributed by the Mercury Truck and Tractor Co., Ltd., 19, Loodon Road,...

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A Machine for Hardening Camshafts

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications P ATENT No. 577,044, which comes from J. Swan and the Ford Motor Co.,...