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26th December 1941
26th December 1941
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Speeding the Rough

D URING the past few months we have published a • number of articles dealing with the excellent • work performed by various War...

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Hauliers' Difficult Insurance P w roblems I N the opinion of many

leading hauliers there ought to be official intervention to remove impediments to the placing of insurance business in respect...

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Passing Comments

o "point in connection with conditions of carriage raised by the chairman, of the Road and Rail Central Conference is that...

One Hears

That nationalization is too often a synonym for stagnation. Turn out the old, turn in the new—where paper is concerned. That...

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News of the Week ' S.J.C. Explains

Its Attitude T HE Standing Joint Committee . of Road Hauliers' National Organizations has issued a notice pointing out that...

S.M.T. Has Another Good Year

N " profits of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for the year ended October 31. 1941, amounted to 2372,190, against...

Requisitioned Lorry : Army Appeal Succeeds Council

B Y three judgments delivered in the Court of Appeal, last week, the Army Council succeeded in an important appeal relating to...

INDIA NOT TO MANUFACTURE VEHICLES

T a Parliamentary question by Mr. • Ammon, last week, Mr. Amery, Secretary of State for India, said the extension of the war...

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I.T.A. EXAMINATIONS FOR 1942 rrHE 1942 examinations of the ,Indus

trial, Transport Association will be held on May 29 and 30. Both part one and the final examinations will be conducted, the...

Huge London Meeting Supports Government Scheme

L AST.Thursday was notable as being 1...ethe occasion upon which was held what is believed to be the biggest meeting of those...

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T . ECALEMIT PLANS FOR EXPORT MARKETS D URING the course of the

general 1/meeting of Tecalemit, Ltd., a few days ago, the chairman, Mr. S. G. Gates, referred to the company's intention to...

Service Vehicle Release-Unsatisfactory Position

T HE disposal of vehicles was again a topic in the House last, week. Major Lyons desired to know whether the invitations to...

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Clarifying the Schedule of Reservations

By "Tantalus " A LREADY much publicity has been given in the daily Press and over the air to the procedure in connection with...

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How Hydraulic [aye Helped Designers of "Fieavies"

By JACK RIDLEY D URING recent years commercial vehicles have improved almost beyond measure, particularly, from the view point...

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The Case for Rubber Suspension

I N view of certain properties possessed by rubber and synthetic-rubber compounds, automobile engineers have investigated the,...

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"SMALLS" More Aspects c

a Difficult Section of Haulage Solving the Problems' of the Carrier I N last week's article I dealt with parcels carrying...

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Power Farming Gives New dity to Durham Agriculture

I NDUSTRY, which brought not a few benefits to County Durham, cancelled out many of them by its reactions to agriculture. But,...

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U.S. Bus Operator's Progressive Methods

('NE of America's most progressive %.../passenger-transport organizations is the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, which...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENT MAINTENANCE MANY articles have recently been published concerning quicker turnround to speed...

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Ingenious Excess-fuel C.I. Engine Starting Device

A SCHEME for facili/ - 1 tating the starting of oil engines comes in patent No. 540,788, from John I. Thornycroff and Co.,...