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27th December 1946
27th December 1946
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AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY

MANY DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME IMPRESSIVE EXPORT FIGURES MR. L P. LORD ON THE OUTLOOK The thirty-second ordinary general meeting...

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Make the Roads Fit the Buses

A Long-term Plan is Required to Deal with Passenger Traffic I T appears that the highly organized road passenger transport...

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Passing Comments

WHILE going by taxi to the " annual dinner of the S.M.M.T., we passed through Hyde Park along the road bordering Bayswater and,...

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News of the Week

NEW AUSTIN 2S-CWT. RANGE: PRICES TO BE RAISED A NEW range of 25-cwt. vehicles embodying several novel features, and an...

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Dealers Fear Nationalization

'THE Jubilee year dinner of the Motor 1 Agents Association, which took place on December 17, showed by the attitude of those...

DENNIS CHAIRMAN ISSUES WARNING

A T the annual general meeting of Dennis Bros., Ltd., held on December 17, Mr. S E. Garcke, C.B.E., M.I.Mech.E., said the...

When is Speed Dangerous?

/1AGISTRATES in "certain parts of al Cheshire who seem to hold rather strange views on the subject of dangerous driving," were...

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LECTURE ON SWEDEN

THE London meeting of the Institute 1of Road Transport Engineers which took place on December 19 was one of the most successful...

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The Bill Passes Secom 'Reading on 362-204 Vote T HE second

day's proceedings in the debate on the Transport Bill in the House of Commons (December 17) were concerned mainly with...

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A Solicitor Explains in Plain Terms

What Happens to What's Left —After the Minister of Transport and the Commission Have Helped Themselves to Road Transport...

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HOW WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AFFECTS VEHICLE PERFORMANCE

T HE disposition of weight, both laden and Unladen, on the front and rear wheels of any vehicle has a definite effect on the...

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GLASGOW ORDERS 230 NEW BUSES

fIRDERS for 230 new buses, worth IL. , about 1800,000, have been given by the transport committee of Glasgow Corporation....

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Weight-Saving in Double-deckers

O NE is inclined to look upon lightalloy body construction as being a new development, whereas, as far back as 1926, bus and...

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CONTROI SUCCESS

in a big 1)1 rndertaking W HAT is the best " set-up " for the efficient organization of a large bus company? When one...

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HEAT

that goes to WASTE I N the most efficient types of oil engine the thermal efficiency approaches 40 per cent. That is, the...

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A Bright Side to •

NATIONALIZATION —And Describes Briefly his Idea of Efficient Facilities for Terminal Handling of Goods in Transit W HAT does...

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What Users Should Know About Paint

H [NTS on painting vehicles, and on the maintenance of their paintwork, were given by Mr. A. E. Thursby. of the Paints...

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A Newer Slant • on

PARCELS RATES S.T.R. Amends Some Figures Contained in his Article, "A New Slant on Parcels Rates," Published on November 22....

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BRITISH

Built in Britain and operating on the roads of two hemispheres, ATKINSON Lorries are supreme in their class. Foursixand...

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Back Axle with Hub Reduction Gear

P ATENT No. 580,894 comes from F. Cowell and Kirkstall Forge, Ltd., both of KirkstalI Forge, Leeds, 5. The subject is a live...