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23rd March 1940
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Increases in Operating Costs

T HE standard work of reference on road trans port economics, " The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs," is still...

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Passing Comments

The Position Reprding DECENTLY, the Minister of Tractors for Land "J. Agriculture stated that. Work under the agreement made...

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One Hears

Many regrets at the non-production of efficient steam wagons. The query "Is a shopping expedition joy-riding?" and the answer...

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NEWS of the WEEK

INADEQUATE TAXI PETROL RATIONS R EPLYING in the House of Commons last week, to a question from Capt. Strickland, the Secretary...

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B.R.F. SETS UP FUELS COMMITTEE

A T a recent meeting of the committee of management of the British Road Federation, it was unanimously decided to set up a...

THIS WEEK'S WAGES PROBLEM N the paragraph in R .H.2,

I referring to the suspension of the guaranteed week, it is stated that suspension may occur "where the employer is unable to...

Concessions for Coal Hauliers

IN Parliament, last week, Mr. De La 1 Bere suggested that operators holding C licences should be permitted to carry coal from...

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PETROL PROSPECTING LICENCES RENEWED

l'HE Secretary for Mines announces 1 the renewal, for a further term of 12 months from January 25, 1940, of two prospecting...

New. Appliance that Typifies Fire-Fighter Progress

O F recent years, there has been an all-round improvement in fireengine design, and the modern firefighter gives an infinitely...

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How the Army is Creating a New Race of Drivers

W ITH the complete mechanisation ot the Army, and the calling up of men in age groups starting with the early twenties, it is...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

THE PRICE OF PRODUCER FUELS IN your issue of March 2 Major W. H. Goddard asked why Mr. H. V. Senior and I said at our lecture...

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Export Problems and Statistics

Points of Interest From an Analytical Review of the Export Position by the Secretary of the Institute of Export XPORT is now...

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New Ideas Voiced at Home-fuel Discussion

THAT certain non-coking coal, which I was very cheap and plentiful, could be used for gas producers with better results than...

Bradford Hauliers Fix Rates Schedules

R OAD haulage rates for all classes of traffic collected and delivered within five miles of Bradford Town Hall, and for wool...

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PROBING TIME AND MILEAG FIGURES OF COST

O NCE again I find it necessary to correct my figures for costs, because of "passing events." Already, I have had to make a...

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GETTING THE BEST OUT of he FARM -TRACTOR ENGINE

W ITH more open weather conditions now prevailing, agricultural work is getting into its stride again and the task before the...

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MODERN METHODS BUS MAINTENANCE

L AST week we were invited to an official inspection of the new offices and overhaul works, in Conway Street, Hove, of the...

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Metallurgical Progress

influencing Commercial-motor Production S URVEYING current metallurgical progress discloses many features of general interest...

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A.E.C.s Give Good Service to the C.W.S.

O VER 9,500 tons of goods have been carried by an A.E.C. Mercury vehicle since it was placed in service in 1931, by the...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

WAR'S EFFECT ON BLACKPOOL'g REVENUE U P to the end of February, Blackpool Corporation buses and trams carried nearly...

Changes in the B.S.A.T.A. Constitution

A T the tenth annual general meeting of the Ballast, Sand and Allied Trades Association, held on March 12, with the President,...

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Independent Alternative Brake-operating Mechanisms

H YDRAULIC brakes having alterna'five mechanical actuating means should be arranged so that whichever system may be used, the...