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27th June 1947
27th June 1947
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The Machine Age in Agriculture

N EXT week is one of supreme interest to agriculturists in all parts of England, because during it will occur the famous Royal...

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Passing Comments

hirANy people have noted v Ithe huge milk tankers which so frequently pass along our roads, but not all milk travels in this...

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One Hears

Of toying with tyres. That you can't trap " The Pink Mouse" electrical fault finder. Many complaints aS' to the quality of...

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News of the Week

ROYAL ASSENT EXPECTED AFTER .RJLY 8 I T is expected that proceedings on the Transport Bill will be substantially completed by...

Control of B.T.C. Bus Fares

WHEN the Transport Bill came up VI' for the seventh day of the Committee Stage in the House of Lords on Monday, Viscount...

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THAT NEW VEHICLE IS FARTHER

• AWAY. , ,i_J-OPES that bus ' and heavy-vehicle 1 Operators may have had of obtaining new vehicles in the near future...

TIPPER OPERATORS CALL FOR PROTECTION

G REAT, efforts towards stabilizing rates have been made by the tipping vehicles group of the Road Haulage Association, states...

Tribunal Gives Decision in Packham Case nUOTING its decision in the Walker

case, the Appeal Tribunal has agreed that A. Packham and Co., Ltd., Clevedon, Somerset, should be allowed reasonable time in...

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DRYING PAINT BY GAS

A N interesting exhibition of applications of infra-red heating by gas in industry is now open in London. It is being held at...

Personal Pars

MR, H. WATSON and MR. J. K. MACPHERSON have joined the board of West Riding Automobile Co., Ltd. MR. W. E. YATES has been...

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MR. MORRISON THREATENS THE LORDS

A THREAT to the House of Lords was made, last week, by Mr. Herbert Morrison, as a result of the many defeats which the...

Haulier Liable for Rust on Load A CONSIGNMENT of differential

gear assemblies which was found to be rusty on arrival at the Austin works in Birmingham, gave rise to an action for damages...

POLICE LAUNCH LONDON SAFETY DRIVE

267 50 379 " TRAFFIC control and accident pre vention should be regarded as of importance equal to that of criminal...

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in a Line or Two

Bristol branch of the industrial Transport Association will hold a brains trust at the Grand Hotel, Bristol, at 7 p.m. on July...

BIGGER BUSES SHOW ECONOMY

T HE policy of withdrawing small vehicles and concentrating on large single-deckers and double-deckers has been amply justified...

Our Future Oil Resources

rIGURES of the world's potential oil resources are onlyestimated and may or may not eventually turn out to be correct. They...

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Albion Introduces a New 4-tonner

Petrol-engined Chassis of Conventional Design Added to Range of Albion Goods Vehicles. Girling Brakes Hydraulically Operated...

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What They Said a Southend

Made in Discussions on Two Important Papers Read at M.P.T.A. Conference Last Week L AST week we published a résumé of the two...

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WHAT TO SEE kT THE ROYAL SHOW

T HE first post-war •Royal Show will be held at Lincoln from July 1-4. To facilitate reference, the exhibits falling within the...

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TRACTORS, MOWERS AND ROLLERS

CO-OPERATION between manufacL , turers of implements and tractors, who formerly functioned almost in separate worlds, is a...

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WHEELS, TYRES, COMPONENTS AND SERVICES

A MONG the exhibitors of miscelrilaneous components of interest to readers of "The Commercial Motor," the first in alphabetical...

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THAN SPOUT taw

AesisinhiNed A N active countryside is a big market for industry, and during the war (to take one sphere of activity as an...

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West Riding Centralizes

TRACTOR MAINTENANCE By Ashley F. Taylor Experience in the Maintenance of Road Transport Fleets is Used by West Riding W. A...

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Passenger Transport News

NORTHERN COMPANY WORKERS STRIKE U NOFFICIAL strikes broke out last Saturday among company bus operatives in 10 counties in the...

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Are You Paying

Too Much Income Tax? A Fifth of the Cost of a New Vehicle and an Annual Amount for Wear and Tear May be Set Against Income in...

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Important Concessions to Road Transport

By . Our Legal Adviser List of Exempt Traffics Extended ; Contract A Work Removed from the Bill ; Commission to Prove Case for...

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Co-operation Assist Power. Farming Development

By the Staff of "Farm Mechanization "'" scientists, Manufacturers and Farmers Work Together in Devising and Improving...