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27th September 1927
27th September 1927
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Timed Transport.

HE four-group railways Of Britain make it their boast that 80 per cent, of their traffics reach destination the day following...

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ONE HEARS

Of great Show space surprises. Mtich about the need for speed. Of scope left to cut out weight. That ideals seldom end in...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

The wheat of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transbort al whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.

Glasgow Corporation has empowered a committee to purchase a 4-ton motor lorry for the water department. Stoke-on-Trent...

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LONDON'S INDEPENDENT BUS GROUP.

Some Details of the Growing Activities of the Organization Formed by a Number of the Independent Owners Operating in the...

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NOVEL CHASSIS AT THE PRAGUE SHOW.

The Skoda-Sentinel Steam Wagon and a Remarkable 2i-ton Tatra Chassis with a Single-tube Frame. B RITISH visitors to the recent...

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TRANSPORTING JEWELLERY WITH SAFETY.

A Description of a New Body Mounted on an Overland Chassis, which has Recently been Supplied by a London Coachbuilder to a...

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A VARIABLE GEAR WITH FRICTION . PINIONS.

Details of an Interesting Transmission Mechanism which Gives Infinite Speed Variations Between Zero and the Highest Ratio. A....

Page 51

THE STEAM-WAGON DEMONSTRATION

Adoption of "The Commercial Motor's" Scheme for an Official Parade of Steam Wagons Through the Chief Industrial Districts of...

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A DE ICE FOR TESTING BRAKING EFFICIENCY.

An Automatic Contrivance in which the Retarding Effect of the Causes a Ball to Run up an Enclosed Inclined Plane. MHE need for...

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SYSTEMATIZING CH 3S MAINTENANCE.

W hat Constiti Maintenance. I on Lubrication mary of Essen Satisfactory g the Tasks Is. A SumDperations. TN the maintenance of...

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THE NEW BUS REGULATIONS IN CEYLON.

Stricter Control of Public Service Vehicles and their Operation. N O little stir has been created in the local niotor world of...

Honours for a Laffly Coach.

W E reproduce on this page interior and exterior views of a Laffly six wheeled motor coach which is operating between Paris...

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NOTTINGHAM'S SEVENTH C.M.U.A. PARADE.

-9 1ADENCE of the excellent work V which continues to be accomplished in connection with the activities of the East Midlands...

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MISTAKES IN CONTRACTS.

Misrepresentations Innocently or Fraudulently Made. Legal Results and Remedies. By a Barrister-at-Law. I N the...

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A Lighting Equipment for Lorries.

I N response to many requests from lorry owners who, for various reasons, require standing lights, the Viihers Engineering Co.,...

Page 61

PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. ATOTORBUS and tramway matters are in a very interesting state...

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THE VOGUE OF THE LONG-DISTANCE BUS.

The Inauguration of Another Long-distance Route—London to Gloucester— by a High-class Type of Vehicle. Vel.IRING recent months...

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PROBLEMS OF THE HAULIER AND• CARRIER.

Trying to Quote for a Series of Short A VERY difficult problem which sometimes confronts the haulier is that of estinikting...

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AN EFFICIENT BODY-TIPPING APPARATUS.

Details of the Pumping Plant with which a Well-known Manufacturer is Equipping its Tipping Wagons. THE tipping wagon is...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

The Editor invites corresPondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors, Letters should be on one side of...

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HINT'S ON MAINTENANCE.

Retaining Thornycroft Wheel Nuts. The Replacement of Steam-wagon Chains. Avoiding Boiler Corrosion. Two Pointers on the...

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A MISCELLANY OF INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS.

Useful Contributions From Our Driver and Mechanic Readers. A Suggestion for a Transmission Brake. T HE suggestion of ",T.H.,"...

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AN APPARATUS FOR TESTING MOTOR VEHICLES.

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications. mlIE specification No. 275,730, William Frost, points out that,...