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27th November 1936
27th November 1936
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Defend the Industry's Interests

D URING this critical period in the history of road transport it is vital that those in charge of its well-being should take...

Will the Steamer Revive ?

r - rHERE are not wanting many thinking opera]. tors in this country who believe that the steam wagon will again take its place...

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Passing Comments

Opening a Banking r HATTING with a bank Account with an A ii •-• manager the other day, he Licence told us of a visit he...

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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...

Karrier's Programme for 1937 N ° great changes are to take

place in the range of " inner zone " transport vehicles and municipal appliances marketed for the forthcoming season by Ka:...

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NEW HERCULES SIXCYLINDERED ENGINES.

The Hercules Motors Corporation, Canton, Ohio, the engine products of which are used on certain vehicles available in this...

Warwick's Vehicle Costs Revealed.

Operating costs of the council's lorries are revealed in the annual report of Warwick county surveyor. The 12...

Big Haulier Loses . Libel Action J UDGNIENT for the six defendants,

with costs, was given at Leeds Assizes, last week, in an action for alleged libel brought by I. W. Holdsworth, Ltd., the...

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More Vehicles for Film Transport

'THE big increase in the number of 1 cinemas, and the rapid expansion of the film industry, were points that received...

Complications Arise from Haulage Pact

A N allegation that' four vehicles 1 — ilicensed to Garlick, Burrell and Edwards, Ltd.. for the carriage of certain goods...

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" CROSVILLE" STARTS BIG PARCELS SERVICE.

Crosville : Motor Services, Ltd.., Chester, which has nearly 1,000 vehicles in operation, has organized a parcels-delivery...

This Foden 15-ton oiler, operated by H. J. Lea and

Sons, of Wheelock, near Sandbach, has completed 20,000 miles during the past nine months and the fuel consumption has proved to...

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BEET MUST BE CAREFULLY LOADED.

The danger of sugar-beet falling into the roan from carelessly loaded lorries was emphasized by a police superintendent in a...

Drawing a Bus at a Venture

W E have attended quite a number of interesting and, sometimes, unusual functions, but for sheer novelty that in which we took...

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What the Associations Are Doing

THE REASON WHY-A.R.O. VERSION. The question of the merger is to be discussed, and the reasons for the breakdown given, at an...

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Personal Pars

MR. W. D. PATRICK, K.C., has been appointed by the Minister of Transport to be a deputy chairman of the Appeal Tribunal, mainly...

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Railways Want All Trunk Traffic

A LTHOUGH the railways are appealing against the Metropolitan Licensing Authority's derision in the Bouts-Tillotson test case,...

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More Miles Per "Thou" Harold B Andrew's O NE of the most vexed and

vexing problems appertaining to internal-combustion engines is cylinder wear. The high-efficiency engine of to-day, with its...

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A Dyson Machinery Carrier of Advanced Design

B UILT expressly for handling excavators and similar machines of up to 10 tons "in weight, the semitrailer shown in the...

Windows As Emergency Exits

WHILST apparently possessing no in superable disadvantages, a scheme for the arrangement and design of coach and bus windows,...

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Those Merger Negotiations

L AST week we vere able to give, in a large number of copies of this journal covering all parts of the country, the first news...

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A.R.O. Divided on Merger Issue

MOT only is the National Council of the C.M.U.A. of opinion that the merger cannot be consurnifeated at the present time, but a...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS TO BE ILLUMINATED? D IETICULTY experienced by drivers M seeing pedestrian crossings at...

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1896 Emancipation 1936 Subjugation

A N article under . the above heading appeared in The Motor of November 17. Although written by Mr. Roland E. Dangerfield...

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RATECUTT O RUINING CONTRA r HAULAGE

I HAVE, this week. had brought to my notice the most flagrant and outrageous example of rate-cutting with which I have ever had...

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A 28-ton Gun-carrying Trailer

Ingenious Features in New Crane Product Mounted on I3.50-in. Pneumatics A N interesting type of gun - carrying trailer to...

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New Ideas for

LAUNDRY VANS " C OACHBUILDERS have turned out some fine special bodies for us laundrymen," said one proprietor to another....

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport The enterprise of Rootes, Ltd., in Argentina, has resulted in a number of local transport undertakings...

Profit is Remuneration, says Stipendiary

A GREEING to state a case for appeal, Rhondda Stipendiary, on November 19, at Porth Police Court, disposed of the charge on...

L.N.E.R. Fights for Less Duplication D ECISIONS of the Metropolitan and

L./Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners allowing a relaxation of duplication restrictions in respect of road services operated...

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CONCESSIONS FOR LANCS SERVICES

L./ I ICENCE renewals for Lancashire London coach services were considered at a sitting of the NorthWestern Traffic...

HAULAGE DECISION QUOTED IN APPEAL

I N the appeal of Mr, R. .C, Yates, of Rothesay, against the refusal by the Southern Scotland Traffic Commissioners to grant a...

S.T.R. Compares Transport Costs

IN an address to Southampton Chamlber of Commerce, on Monday, S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, dealt with the...

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Motor-Horse Co-ordination Cuts Cleansing Costs

C of horsed and `......-mechanical transport is not a new `......-mechanical transport is not a new idea in mechanical...

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OPINIONS and 'QUERIES

INCREASING SAFETY BY A NEW SYSTEM OF ROAD LIGHTING. [4932] Feeling that this subject still engages not only your minds but...

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" Heavies " on the Highway in America A RECENT 900-mile

drive from New York to Chicago over the famous Lincoln Highway yielded some interesting sidelights on the opeption of...

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A Dual-piston Two-stroke Engine

A Résumé of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published P ATENT No. 455,301 describes a two-stroke engine of the...