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28th April 1931
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Notices

to Quit DISCONCARTING degree of uncertainty continues to attach to the future of proprietors of motor coaches who are operat...

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LOOSE LEAVES

O NE instance of the practical forethought which has been put into the construction of the new Ford works at Dagenham is in...

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ONE HEARS

Of a railway official who told a Traffic 1 Commissioner, "We are not antagonistic . . ." • That Saurers have already produced...

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WHEELS of INDJSTRY "The wheels of wealth will be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

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A.E.C:s New Articulated Six-wheeler

A N interesting new model has just made its appearance from the Sinithall works of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd. It...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

PONTYPRIDD Urban District Council is buying Guy trolley-buses. The sanitary committee of WARRINGTON Corporation has authorized...

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Novelty in

FUEL-PUMP DESIGN Vernier Adjustment of Individual Cylinders of New Benes Pump. Ingenious Trip Device for Starting I N the...

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ji New Drop Window

flONSIDERABLE success is claimed kJ by G. Beaton and Son, Ltd., Victoria Road, London, N.W.10, in respect of the new Young...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Legal Speed of the Beardmore Tractortrailer Outfit.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3386] Sir,—Under the Road Traffic Act, 1930, a tractor and trailer are allowed a maximum...

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A New 5-cwt. Parcelcar

The Latest Model of the James Threewheeler is Available with Several Types of Body fliih of the oldest concerns in the cycle...

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CROSSLEY ,NGINE

T HE name Crossley has for 60 years been identified with oil and gas engines, during which time over 100,000 power units have...

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The First Comprehensive Guide to

Goods Services A 1=Zsurri of the First Edition of the Roadway Goods Transport Guide for Britain I N the comparatively short...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER 0 F one thing I am quite sure; I shall never, in these days, be able to compete against some hauliers. The...

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OPERATING ASPECTS

of Passenger Transport Latest News from the Various Traffic Areas . A PUBLIC MEETING CONDEMNS NATIONALIZATION T HE public...

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REASONS FOR RAIL-TRAVEL DECLINE IN NORTHERN SCOTLAND

The First Commissioners' Sitting Reveals the Railway Failure to Cater for the Travelling Public A P the Aberdeen meeting of the...

THE METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONER'S FIRST SITTINGS The Railways Use Poor Argument to Oppose Coach. service Licences

MHE first public sittings of the Metropolitan Area Traffic Commissioner, Mr. G. E. Robinson, were held on April 20th and 22nd....

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WHAT IS EXPECTED IN SOUTH WALES

Some of the More Imp ortant Matters That Will Soon be Coming Before the Traffic Commissioners T HE report by daily newspapers...

NEW SERVICES APPLIED FOR IN THE NORTHERN AREA

The Traffic Commissioners in this Area Have Several Difficult Tasks to Face I T is estimated that nearly 2,000 applications for...

RAILWAYS V. MUNICIPALITIES AT NORTH-WESTERN AREA SITTINGS

Details of the Traffic Commissioners' First Public Sitting in this Important Area T HERE was acute rivalry between rail and...

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EXPEDITED S.M.T. LONDON-SCOTLAND SERVICES

New Twice-daily Coach Services on a 15-hour Schedule ITIHE Scottish Motor Traction Co., • Ltd., is operating twice-daily coach...

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A Vehicle of Ambitious Performance

P OSSIBLY no group of men has a wider experience of making vehicles for difficult work than those connected with Hardy Motors,...

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Road Transport Activities

in PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Petitions Against the London Transport Bill. A N indication of the...

ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

The Premier Omnibus Co. Ltd., has recently ordered some Guy 2'0-seaters. It has been decided to open at Buenos Aires a branch...

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SMARTER LINES FOR REAR PANELS I T is usual for the

rear dome of the coach roof to finish flush with the back panelling, and in this way an effect similar to that of the private...

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A Novel Twowheeler

for industrial work A ITER many years of 'experimental work Mr. E. V. Hammond, of 88, Louisville Road, London, 8.W.17, has...

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A Remarkable

Pipe-carrying 1 0-wheeler The Scammell Company's New Articulated Machine for Oilfield and Similar Service. It has a Most...

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A New Anti-rolling Device

A S11111' LE and, vie should imagine, very efficient anti-rolling device is shown in patent No. 345,526 by Pierre Wilmart, 42a,...