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25th August 1939
25th August 1939
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A Square Deal for Traders

C°") and satisfactory s is being made by the RoadRail Central Conference and the Regional Committees. There is no need to...

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Passing Comments

Railway in Japan InJAPAN is becoming motor adequate for Heavy .1 minded, and proposes to Traffic build a 660-mile motor route...

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One Hears ;

That our change of address will form a most moving tale. That it is untrue that Rickards' men found the burial place of many a...

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NEWS of the WEEK

" THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S" NEW HOME. T HE offices of this journal and its printing works in Rosebery Avenue were, last Friday,...

Mechanical and Chemical Methods of Cleaning Engine Oil T HERE are

apparently two schools of thought on the subject of the use of chemicals as an aid to the cleaning of used oil, it being...

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U.S.A. Developing Multi-fuel Engine

MERICA is going ahead with ,nultiAfuel engines and a Waukeshafesselman 115-130 b.h.p. unit has been eveloped, after a long...

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Pendulum Swings Back in June Registration

Promising Returns for May Not Maintained in Statistics for Following Month I T was with interest that we received the...

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The Oil Engine Not a Chassis-life Reducer

We Investigate the Case of a Perkins-engined Bedford with 230,000 Miles to its Credit B EING much interested in the experiences...

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PECULIAR FACTORS JGAR BEET HAULAGE

Solving the Problems of the Carrier F IRST voice : " I think sugar-beet haulage rates are scandalous,. they are just cut to...

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MODERN STANDARDS AS

BLISHED BY ROAD TESTS A LREADY the Commercial Motor Show in November next is beginning to occupy the minds of all concerned...

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Light Metals Predominate in New Refrigerator Van

A New, Striking and Practicable Type of Refrigerator Van for Conveying Ice Cream, Incorporating Eutectic Cooling Units and...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

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

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Using Gas Fuel or Bench Tests Afor the use of gas fuel when MONGST the advantages claimed running-in new and rebored engines...

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Delivery Van Bodies foi )ecial Purposes

F OR house-to-house delivery vehicles, such as milk, bread and laundry vans, easy access to the driving compartment saves time...

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What Modern Refinement Owes to Bonded Rubber

S INCE the bonding of rubber to metal became a practicable proposition, the number of cases in which the process has, with...

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A.E.C. Trolleybuses Gain New Ground in Canada

THIRD city in the Dominion of 1 Canada to replace trams by trolleybuses, Edmonton, Alberta: has acquired three A.E.C. machines....

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT PENALTY FOR PRIVATECAR -BUSES" " MOT guilty—I am absolutely I lignorant of having done anything wrong,"...

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Carrimore Enters Searchlight Trailer Field

Fleet of "Scanning" Searchlight Outfits by which Aircraft Detection is Greatly Accelerated WITHIN the sphere of home defence...

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What the Associations are Doing

YORKS GETS STARTED ON RATES TASK. The Council of the Federation of Yorkshire Road Transport Employers has set up two...

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Facilitating Slow Running A Resume of Patent Speci

with Producer-gas Engines MITH a producer-gas-driven vehicle, W a long period of slow running often results in a drop in...