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26th June 1936
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Rural Roads Must be Improved

W HILE so much attention is being devoted to the need for a national system of arterial highways as a means for defence, as...

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Passing Comments

Lorry Said to Run on a Fuel Described as Solid Petrol . . W E were amused to see, recently, in a daily paper, a reference to a...

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One Hears

' That precision is the Morse code. That dirt is still the bugbear of most rail travel. Of yet another north-country holiday...

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NEWS of the WEEK

"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

Railway Admits High Rates

41 I F railway counsel's interpretation of Ridgewell were correct, then no applicant could come before any court for an extra...

Page 63

COAL-OIL WORKS FOR SCOTLAND.

Coal-distillation plants are to be established in Glasgow and Edinburgh by the National Coke and Oil Co., which recently opened...

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Railway Applications: Opposition Spreads

F URTHER road opposition to railway applications for additional motor vehicles will be put forward at a sitting of the...

Railways Obsolete, Says Witness

'THE railways are out of date for 1 our class of business," remarked a witness at the third day's hearing of the application...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Doncaster Rural District Council is to buy a cesspool emptier. Nottingham Fire Brigade has ordered a Leyland FK6 fire-engine....

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S.A.R. BUYING MORE BRITISH . SIX-WHEELERS.

As a result of its experience with the Leyland Hippo during the past 18 months, the South African Railways have ordered a...

Urgent Deliveries Favour Road Transport H OW day - to - day buying had greatly influenced

the use of road transport, in preference to the railways, was referred to by a witness when Mr. E. Prescott, 11, Rosedale...

Railways Lose

T HE railways have lost the famous Smart case. The appeal by the G.W. and L.M.S. Railway companies, against the Western...

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Extending the Sphere of the Farm Vehicle

A LTG; as most farmers regret it, almechanical transport has superseded the horse, not only on the roads but also on the land....

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Modern Layouts in

LIVESTOCK CARRIERS and HORSEBOXES How to Design Bodywork for Maximum Utility and to Ensure the Safe Loading, Transport and...

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POWER INFLUENCE ON HARVESTING PRACTICE

By D. N. McHardy, N.D.A., A.I.E.E. E VEN the most enthusiastic supporters of the horse have admitted, from the earliest days...

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Does Power Pay in the Market Garden?

A Scarcity of Efficient Hand and Horse Labour Compels Market Gardeners to Look for Reliable Low-priced Mechanical Implements....

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Can Britain Build Tractors?

With. Government Assistance, a Flourishing British Agrimotor Industry Could Be Established to Meet the Ever -increasing Demand...

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WHAT AGRICULTURE Ox

ES TO ROAD TRANSPORT H. Scott Hall, 1‘. ,A E., MITA. A GRICULTURE is greatly indebted to mechanical road transport. Some...

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The Tractor the Keystone of Farm Power

Points to Consider in Selecting an Agrimotor to Gain Maximum Output at Minimum Cost. Some of the Conditions Encountered and How...

Page 77

Cutting Weight in Cattle Carriers

WITH - a view to saving weight, VV A. C. Penman, Ltd., Dumfries, has patented a container body which, it is stated,can be...

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Four Appeal Decisions Announced

• rOURAecisions were given, on Wed nesday, by the Appeal Tribunal, The Smart case, which failed, is reported at length on page...

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Making Profits in

AGRICUL TURAL HAULAGE A GRICULTURE presents more opportunities to the haulier than does any other industry. The work is more...

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Bristol Offers 3,500,000 Tons Annually for Transport

A Port That is of Rapidly Growing Importance as a Centre for Road-transport Operation. A Survey of the Class of Traffic Dealt...

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The Value of the Contractor in Agriculture

Wide Range of Tackle Necessary to Deal with a Big Variety of Tasks. Higher Rates Necessary to Ensure Economic Working T i -IE...

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The Carrimore Retractor Coupling Gear Improved

This Ingenious Semi-trailer Coupling, Introduced to Give Increased Body Space on Maximum-length Vehicles, Now Incorporates a...

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Farmers' Experiences

Prove the Tractor's Value R EPRESENTATIVES of The Cornmercial Motor have interviewed farmers with ' wide experience of...

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THE ROYAL SHOW

Forecast of Power-farming and Vehicle Exhibits to be Found in the Implement Section of the Bristol Exhibition, from June 30...

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CASH. Stand 158

A LTHOUGH the list of exhibits of PA Associated Manufacturers Co, (London), Ltd., tallies fairly closely with that of last...

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Road Transport Topics

in Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent BIG INCREASE OF VEHICLES PER ROAD MILE. T HE rapid development of...

Page 92

Varied Problems of a Big Dairy Transport System

T HE transport manager of the Midland Counties Dairy Co., Ltd. (Mr. H. Pagett), recently explained to a representative of The...

Page 94

L.N.E.R. WANTS FARES UNDISTURBED

A TWO days' inquiry was held at Darlington, last week, into an appeal by the L.N.E. Railway Co. against the decisions of the...

BIG COMPANIES AGAINST BOARD

W/HEN the Royal CommisVV sion on the Unification of Tyneside Local Authorities completed its sitting at Newcastle-on-Tyne, last...

Hotels Demand Fantail Tours

H OTELIERS want fantail tours, from which they have built up considerable business. This is the principal point of a forceful...

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LATEST MUNICIPAL BUS RESULTS

T HE following are the latest results of municipal transport operation during the past year:— Manchester. A total net profit,...

Big Fight Against Extra Rail Vehicles A VERBAL battle which lasted all

day and into the evening, rook place before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, at York, on Monday, when applications by the...

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A Trailer to Carry Tramcars

An Interesting Dyson Equipment Which Forms a Link Between Two Tramway Systems A N interesting trailer has been .specially...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES ROAD OR RAIL? f48201 With the casualties on the roads exceeding 6,000 killed'and 150,000 injured annually, while...

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New Caterpillar 35 h.p. Oil Tractor

Model RD4, the Smallest Oiler in the Range, Now Available in This Country. A New Concessionnaire Appointed A N accompanying...

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What the Associations Are Doing

SCOTLAND WANTS T.A.C. DELEGATE. " Scotland's lack of representation on the Transport Advisory Council was the subject of...

How to Avoid Rate Cutting

A GRICTJLTURAL hauliers gathered in force when S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, lectured in Salisbury, last week. In...

Mr. Bibbings Sums up R EVIEWING the licensing position in the

Yorkshire Traffic Area, following two years' operation of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, at a meeting of members of Skiptoa...

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M.T.T.A. Conference Papers Reviewed A S befits a body of the

importance of the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association, the quality of the three papers presented during the Conference...

Fares and their Control C) N Thursday, the first paper was

entitled "Fares and Their Control," by Mr. C. A. Hopkins, general manager, Sunderland. The author includes many tables of fares...

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Bus Parking Night and Day

T HE subject chosen for the paper by Mr. C, Jackson, general manager of Plymouth City Transport, was " Bus Parking—Night and...

" Hours " Convictions Quashed with Costs

A T Maidstone, last Friday, the appeals committee of West Kent Quarter Sessions heard appeals by Messrs. A. and L. Baldock,...