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26th April 1935
26th April 1935
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The Last Straw

S EVERAL years ago we warned our readers that the cost of fuel for oil engines might easily rise to one shilling per gallon. We...

An Evil Effect of Combines

H UNDREDS of small manufacturers, suppliers and repairers are being severely hit by the formation of large combines and boards...

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Passing Comments

MORE transport concerns might adopt schemes for encouraging • their drivers in the avoidance of accidents and of technical...

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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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RESULTS OF FRENCH OILER TRIALS

n URING last summer, a series of tests of engines using gas oil as fuel was carried out at the laboratory of the technical...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

Chester Corporation is buying an Austin van from the Grosvenor Motor Co., Ltd. Reigate Town Courtml requires a disinfecting...

A One-valve Oil Engine

E NCOURAGING experiments are being conducted by Barton Transport, Ltd., Beeston, Notts, with a compression-ignition engine...

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Loading in Collector Automatic a Refuse

A S mentioned in a recent article, the Paris municipal council is making great efforts, it the moment, to modernize the...

French Railways' Rate-cutting Campaign

S OME six months ago we dealt with the road-rail struggle in France and the influence of French politics on the...

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The Oil Engine Still Scores

Despite the Additional Heavy Tax on Oil Fuel Efficient Units Can Give Great Economy By W. H. GODDARD, A. M. Mech. E. A SEVERE...

Penalizing the Road-transport Operator

Powerful Arguments for Tax Reduction in Place of the Serious Increase Proposed in the Budget By C. Le M. COSSELIN, M.I.A.E.,...

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Resentment Against Increase of Oil Tax

T "proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer materially to increase the tax on oil fuel has aroused a storm of protest...

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THE NEW STUDEBAKER LE01 RD ON TEST

Acceleration and Power on Hills Among Most Striking Features of Recently Introduced 3-ton Chassis, which is Exceptionally Light...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament s By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent OUTCRY AGAINST OIL TAX. TN the course of the discussions on the...

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FAIR RATES for BUILDERS'

HAULAGE The Haulier's Interest in the Building and Contracting Industry. Problems that Face the Carrier in this Special Branch...

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WHY BUILDERS IV

JST USE MOTORS T t HAT the builder and public-works contractor needs road transport goes without saying. Questions for the...

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The Latest in

BODYWORK OR BUILDERS and Shopfitters A N indispensable feature of the builder's and contractor's lorry is the gantry at the...

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Obtaining Licences to Drive Heavy Goods Vehicles

An Explanation of the Procedure Which is Being Adopted When Would-be Drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles Apply for Licences. Many...

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Casual Jottings

Some Random Notes on a Variety of Topics of General Interest S OME interesting results are contained in the report 1 .- )...

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LONDON TRANSPORT UNDER-CUTTING

C ONSIDERA13LE dissatisfaction is being expressed by some independent operators in the Metropolitan Area concerning the action...

MANCHESTER MAY HAVE TROLLEYBUSES.

fiANCHESTER is becoming inI VI creasingly interested in the trolleybus, and the transport committee is requesting the...

Exposing Licensing Anomalies

W/E are now able to reveal some of VV the points which the Motor Hirers and Coach Services Association, through the British...

Big Coach Loads at Easter

MATIONAL recovery is reflected in I N the huge number of holidaymakers at Easter, this year, and coach operators obtained a...

Two Years to Hear Claims?

A LTHOUGH the London Passenger Transport Arbitration Tribunal has been sitting for some time, the hcarin'g of only three...

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NATIONAL MUNICIPAL PACT IN . SIGHT A s the result of a national confer

ence at Manchester, last week, of representatives of the Transport and General Workers Union and the Municipal Tramways and...

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NEW HEARING OF BIRCH SCHEME

'THE Metropolitan Traffic Commis 1. will again hear, at a sitting at Romney House, Marsham Street, London, S.W.1, at 10.30...

Prize-winning Bodywork Designs

T HE annual exhibition of the work entered for the drawing and handicraft competitions arranged jointly by the Society of Motor...

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25 Years of Research

An Interesting PrLis of the Research Work Carried Out in the Automobile Industry during the Past 25 Years has been Prepared by...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

NATIONAL PLAN FOR INTERNAL SERVICES. A.DELEGATION from the Aero.M. drome Owners Association was recently received by Lord...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

POINTS ON INSURANCE IN RELATION TO GOVERNMENT DRIVING TESTS. 14533) The Road Traffic Act, 1934, Sec. 31, prohibits the driving...

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LT.A. Annual

Conference H EADQUARTERS of the Industrial Transport Association's annual congress will be at the Exchange Hotel, Tithebarn...

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A Well-known German 21-tonner for the British Market

The Opel Chassis is of Robust Construction and is Equipped with a 3-litre Six cylindered Petrol Engine Rated at 23.5 h.p. Three...

USEFUL FEATURES IN NEW TIPPERS

T HE Spe.nborough Engineering Co., Valley Works, Ifeckmondwike, • Yorks, has recently supplied, through Mr. J. J. Fairbairn, of...

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A Clutch for Use Behind the Gearbox

A R6urne . of Patent Specifications that have Recently been Published E ASE of gear-changing is one of the objects of patent...