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25th November 1932
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The Road-transport Complex

T HE people of this country, as a whole, have taken to road transport, both for their personal conveyance and for the carriage...

Support the Associations

TT cannot be too strongly emphasized that the -I-closest co-operation between operators is the only method of combating further...

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The Need for a New Outlook in Legislation.

A L T no time more than the present has there 1-3 -been a need for a new outlook in regard to co-operation between...

Passing Comments

T H1 fact that operators are seriously considering other -fuels for use in existing petrol engines Is indicated by the large...

Special Features of this issue

Our road-test report concerns the A.E.C. Matador and Eagle trailer. . Page 512. The Spicer Company of America has developed a...

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ONE HEARS

That the railways are trying to prove that they miss something they never had. That controllable shock absorbers for passenger...

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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...

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Another Guard-rail Concession.

We recently published a paragraph concerning the exemption from the need for fitting guard rails or running boards to all goods...

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Dennis Brothers' Good Profit.

The report of Dennis Brothers, Ltd., Guildford, for the year ended September 30, 1932, shows a profit of £79,638, to which must...

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Renewable Valve Seatings.

Our attention has been drawn by 3Ir. E. W. Jackson to certain features of his patented valve seating (specification No....

News of Municipal Activities

Northern Bus Contracts. Repeat orders for complete bodies for petrol buses have been received by the English Electric Co.,...

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Automatic Change Speed on Municipal Buses.

We recently published a paragraph pointing out that a certain municipal corporation had decided to dispense with the automatic...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

GUISBOROUGH Urban District Council is buying a Morris-Commercial 250-400gallon standard fire-engine. TWICKENHAM Corporation is...

NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF

The Express Dairy Co., Ltd., is to erect an electric-vehicle power house at Kenton Rd., Wealdstone. Accrington Corporation has...

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A Modified Singer 5-cwt. Van

T FIEI Singer 5-cwt. van, introduced some little time ago, has recently been modified in a number of respects, particularly in...

The Economic Situation and the German Motor Industry

I N spite of the critical development of the general economic situation, the output of German motor works in 1931, according to...

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FLYING

as an important link in COACH OPERATION Increasing Attention to Air Services Being Paid by Coaching Concerns. Valuable Advice...

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An Interesting Oil Engine with Two-stage Compression

A NEW compression-ignition engine of distinct interest is being developed on the Continent by Mr. W. D. Merchant and...

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WHERE TO FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS

A Feature which Hauliers Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining Contracts T RADE reports are fairly...

THE F.W.R.A. AUTUMNAL DINNER

J' ELD at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on November 16, the autumnal dinner of the Furniture Warehousemen and Removers'...

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The Possibilities of The Horizontally Opposed Engine

A N interesting development, following a line that has been suggested from time to time in this paper, is seen in the new...

Public Cleansing and the Nation's Health

MOO late to be dealt with in our issue for last week, an interesting paper was read on the subject of "Public Cleansing and...

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A New Easy-change Gear

from the U.S.A. A DEVICE named the Synchro-Shift for facilitating gear changing has'been developed in America by the Spicer...

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THE ERA OF THE IECTRIC VEHICLE

Growing Appreciation. Utility of the Electric Events and Circurmta its Approach to ng Delayed, of the 'cry-driven Machine....

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent London Passenger Transport Bill. I T has been definitely announced...

An Analysis of Fatal Road Accidents in July and August

M UCH information of a nature calculated to prove helpful in the reduction of fatal road accidents in this country in the...

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HAULING 8 TONS WITH A MATADOR This Popular AEC. 5-ton

Goods Chassis, Equipped with a Super Gearbox, is Tested with a Trailer Carrying 3 Tons and Puts Up a Good All-round...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Hauliers Must Unite to Raise Rates to a Reasonable Level. A Dictator Wanted, to Direct Road Transport Representation in...

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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL M.H.C.S.A. Memorandum for Submission to Parliament A T the tine of...

EASTERN COMMISSIONERS ACCEPT PRINCIPLE OF 12-JOURNEY TICKETS

Application by Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., and Others MHE Eastern Traffic Commissioners have accepted the principle of...

"MAIDSTONE AND DISTRICT" OPENS NEW COACH STATION

Accommodation for 28 Vehicles at Sheerness A NEW coach station was opened at ' Sheerness, last Friday, to meet the growing...

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LATEST NEWS FROM THE TRAFFIC AREAS

INTER-AVAILABLE TICKETS: COMMISSIONERS" POWERS. THE power of the Traffic Commissioners in connection with interavailable bus,...

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USEFUL EXPERIMENT WITH AN OIL-ENGINED BUS.

DETAILS of the •result of the ex perimental running of an A.E.C. onengined bus at Cardiff were made known to Cardiff Tramways...

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STRONG PLEAS FOR FAIR PLAY

Powerful Speeches by Wellknown Personalities at M.H.C.S.A. Annual General Meeting reUTSPOKEN speeches of a high le/standard...

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Metal Construction in New Goods Bodywork

Use of Metal Crossbearers and Other Members Decreases Weight in New Cattle Truck and Motorvan Body MO increase the strength...

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MODERN DECORATION

SCHEMES for passenger vehicles Designing and Decorating the Exterior of a Coach or Bus to Present an Attractive Appearance,...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER T HERE are "Sermons in stones, Books in the running brooks" —at least, there are if we are to believe Mr....

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Steering Track-laying Tractors

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Spe cifications MHE name of the Cleveland Tractor Co., U.S.A., appears in patent No....