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27th March 1942
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Alternative Fuel Uncertainties

T HE difficulty of the position concerning the development and use of alternative fuels and of apparatus specifically designed...

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Road Transport in the Front Line

A N interesting sidelight on the relative values of road and rail transport, and a striking confirmation, if confirmation be...

Passing Comments

Packing of Canadian A N idea of Canada's war Vehicles Ind i ca.0 s r - leffort to assist the Empire's Great Output . armies can...

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One Hears

That, so far, England's reserve of scrap metal has scarcely been tapped. That even., cats are looking forward to the return of...

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B.R.F. Meeting to Evolve war Principles Post

L AST Wednesday at an informal luncheon held by the British Road Federation to meet Mr. P. J. NoelBaker, M.P., Parliamentary...

North Wales Agreement on Sand and Gravel Rates

T HE North-western Area Committee of Associated Road Operators has negotiated an agreement with North Wales sand and gravel...

HULL MERGER PROVES A SUCCESS

T HE annual general meeting of the Hull Joint Organization of A.R.O. and C.M.U.A. recently met, when the secretary reported on...

LONDON RETAIL DELIVERY SCHEME

T HE Transport Commissioner for the Landon Region announces that the retail-delivery scheme, adopted by London' shopkeepers to...

FORTHCOMING C.M.U.A, MEETINGS

T HE annual general meeting of the London and Home Counties Division of the Commercial Motor Users Association will be held on...

DELIBERATE MISTAKE IN DENNIS ADVERTISEMENT

A S a check upon the interest of readers, in the announcement of Dennis Bros., Ltd., that company perpetrated a deliberate...

WHAT A LITTLE PAPER WILL PRODUCE THE importance of conserving

paper and handing it over to the collectors is indicated by the way in which such salvage can be employed. Twelve quarto letter...

U.S. URGED TO LIFT HIGHWAY BARRIERS I NSTA_NCES where deliveries

occupied more than double the necessary time because of loading restrictions in different States were given recently by Mr. H....

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WHEN IS A SERVICE DRIVER OFF DUTY?

A GAIN the matter of Service-vehicle accidents was raised last week in Parliament. Sir J. Mellor asked the Prime Minister...

Operators' Ideas for Overcoming Pilferage

THAT the present police procedure causes serious delay in efforts to trace the thieves who prey on road transport is a point...

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Personal Pars

Ma F. C. G. MILLS, chief executixe officer of Transport Services, Ltd., London, has been elected a' member of the Institute of...

Notes on the Government Road Haulage Scheme

Supplied by the Ministry of War Transport and the Hauliers' National Traffic Pool to keep the industry informed of...

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• BATTERY ECONOMY MOVE OF LONDON TRANSPORT

T O enable buses to start up easily in the morning, thereby increasing the life of batteries, London Transport is to purchase...

Mobile Kitchens for Emergency Feeding

Canadian gifts of Fordson vehicles combine utility with art. Soup boilers and an oven are included in the equipment and an...

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COSTS IN OCTOBER 940, AND COSTS TO-DAY

Solving the Problems of the Carrier A Fu7ther Article Showing the Haulier the Procedure Which He Must Adopt if He is Going to...

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GAS COACH SHOWS IT METTLE ON THE ROAD

W HEN manufacturers of passenger vehicles began installing oil engines in their chassis and when enterprising operators first...

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Driver Held to be User in Appeal Case

I - I N March -17, in the King's Bench 1.../Divisional Court, the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Humphreys and Singleton heard...

Transport Services Results

C ONSOLIDATED net earnings of ‘....•Transport Services, Ltd„ for the year ended May 31, 1941, excluding pre-acquisition trading...

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Army Driving Proficiency and How It is Attained

A Staff Man's Visit to an R.A.S.C. Company in the Midlands Offers Convineing Proof of the Value Placed upon Good Driving by the...

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Self Control in the Haulage Industry

A Review of the Work of the Standing Joint Committee of Road Hauliers' National Organizations and of a Plan for the...

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Brake Device to Prevent Wheel Locking

I T has been proved many trmes that maximum braking occurs before the wheels begin to slide. The friction between a road...

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Design in Relation to Battery-electric Vehicles

By Denis F. Pilkington TransPort Officer, Lancashire Associated Collieries W ITH reference to the letter by Carlton F....

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New Retracting Semi-trailer Turntable Attachment

D ESIRABLE features of articulated vehicles, in general, include maximum loading area, minimum overall length and minimum...

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Constant-pressure Injection System

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications I T has long been known that with a compression-ignition engine, if the...