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26th September 1947
26th September 1947
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Warning to C Licensees

HEN operators of C-licensed vehicles were freed from the restriction 'radius. of 40 Miles containedin the original . Transport...

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Standard Nomenclature Needed

E VERY motor vehicle is composed of many hundreds of parts and each of these is usually named for the convenience of both the...

Passing Comments

The Walker Should THE Royal Society for the be Subject to Safety A Prevention of Accidents Rules has expressed itself as...

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One

Hears— Of overhead roads—but only in the air at present. slow-moving road Of progress in the restriction of traffic in busy...

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News of the Week

FODEN OIL ENGINE TESTS "HIGHLY SATISFACTORY" A N advanced stage has been reached in the design and development of the Foden...

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JULY NEW REGISTRATIONS _APPROACH 18,000

O FFICIAL figures show that in July 17,883 new vehicles other than cars and motorcycles were registered for the first time...

Seven Months' Exports : £14,600,000

IN the first seven months of this year ..texports of commercial vehicles, including industrial trucks, general haulage tractors...

Film Unit had been commissioned to produce a documentary film on London Transport.

STATION CHARGES INQUIRY: PROCEEDINGS INVALID A N inquiry into charges made by Morpeth Town Council for the use of its bus...

PETROL COUPONS MUST BE SIGNED

R ECIPIENTS will have to enter their names on a new style of "X " coupons which is to be introduced on October 29. Coupons will...

DEALERS "STAND EASY"

N EARLY 200 guests attended a function recently held at Gleneagles by the Scottish and North-West Region of the Vauxhall...

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CRISIS INTERRUPTS SHOW CONSIDERATION

T OWARDS the end of July the .I. Commercial Vehicle Committee of the S.M.M.T. considered the Society's Exhibition policy for...

Road Transport Solves Problems for Civil Aviation

T WO remarkable journeys with awkward loads have recently been made by road transport vehicles on behalf of civil aviation....

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Tyre Position Continues Grave n N the matter of the shortage of

tyres, the N.R.T.F. has sent a letter to Sir Stafford Cripps, informing him that the Federation continues to be gravely...

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MEMORIAL SERVICES TO SIR • HAROLD KENWARD

AEMOR1AL .services to Sir Harold 1.1riKenward, late director of distribution of the Dunlop 'Rubber Co., Ltd., Who died 'on the...

Hopes for Higher H.G.V. Speed Limit A N important question which will be

put before the Road Haulage Central Wages Board next month concerns the efforts to have the speed limit for heavy motorcars...

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S.T.R. LETS THE HAULIER DO IT!

F OR some aspects of the Army methods of Instruction I have a . great admiration. One which has „always tickled me has been the...

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New Derusting

Process Shows Remarkable Results r XCELLENT results are being E . , obtained with a new process,, which has, been developed...

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Fleet Operation

Shorn of Frills T LS article should really be entitled FI" How to Maintain a Fleet of 41 Vehicles with a Garage Manager, Three...

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Making the Meat

Ration Go Round B R ITA 1 N'S critical food situation places upon operators of vehicles carrying foodstuffs special...

Swedish Hauliers to Visit Britain

TO-MORROW some 40 members of the Swedish Road Haulage Association (S.L.F.) will arrive at Tilbury on the famous "Saga," the...

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The Facts About

SLUDGING and DILUTION By R. W. BENT, M.I.Mech.E. I N ensuring that an adequate supply of the correct quality of lubricating...

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Simplify* Valve Assembly

A ""'type of valve-spring collar, which is so simple that one wonders why it has not been thought of before, has been patented...

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ICLES 10111G

B11111 EUST R ISING costs of material and labour together with the critical shortage of spare parts, make it imperative that...

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Pressing Frames for Heavy Vehicles

A SINGLE-ACTION erankless press, having a capacity of 2,000 tons, has recently been completed_ at the Elswick Works of...

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A FINE EXAMPLE OF SERVICE

0 NE of our drivers had the misfortune to be involved in art accident when over 200 miles from home, and the radiator was...

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Cleansing Discussed

at International L eVel L . GRAHAM DAVIES T • HE Fourth International Conference on Public Cleansing, which took place in...

Experts' Experience in Four Countries

P APERS on street cleansing in America, by Mr. William A. Xanten, of the Washington D.C. &mice, and by M. Alfred E. D....

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Piston with a Semi-rotary Motion

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications INTENDED for two-stroke oil engines, j. a novel type. of piston is Shown...