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28th July 1933
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The Amended Traffic Bill

A LL those concerned with the transport of goods by road must be disappointed at the very few amendments—and those mostly of...

Obtaining Haulage Licences

I T has come to our knowledge that hauliers are being approached by concerns which purport to be able to obtain licences for...

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Passing Comments

S EVERAL men in the industry have lately remarked that in their experience the fleet users are showing an increased interest in...

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ONE HEARS

Less noise from gas-fuel-engine exhausts. Of many Complaints of " stolen " oil-engine ideas. That some experts consider that...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth wilt be stowed

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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News of Municipal Activities

Beast& for Manchester's Municipal. . • • Motors. . " • Manchester . Corporation's transport department, .under Mr. It. Stuart...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

The health committee of BIRMINGHAM WEST BRIDGFORD Urban District Corporation has purchased a MorrisCommercial 30-cwt. lorry....

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Road and Rail Traffic Bill:

Z.eport Stage and Third Reading A Full Account of the Three Days' Debate on the Report Stage of this Important Bill By Our...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Insurance Companies' Deposit. TTPON a suggestion that the deposit J...

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A Compressed-air Servo-steering Apparatus

An American Invention which Relieves the Driver of Much of the Labour of Steering—Often Considerable When the Front Wheels are...

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EW IDEAS IN BAKERY VANS

Our Bodybuilding Expert Suggests A ttractive and Useful Designs for Vans for Wholesale and Retail Bakers and Confectioners V...

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THE HYDROGENATION OF BITUMINOUS COAL

The Principle of the Process Simply Explained and a Synopsis of a Paper Recently Presented to Members of the World Petroleum...

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Testing Sparking Plugs Under Pressure: A New Bosch Apparatus

T HERE is no disputing the fact that the usual rule-of-thumb methods of testing sparking plugs give a most uncertain indication...

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ROAD TRANSPORT PROVES ESSENTIAL CANIN ■ 1G INDUSTRY

H AULAGE in the canning industry is now at its peak of activity, and it will continue to be busy for some months to come. If we...

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Progress of Low-temperature Carbonization l iTANY interesting facts were brought V_Lto

light in a speech made last Monday by Colonel W. A. Bristow, Managing Director of Low Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., on the...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

Hillman Machines Fully Engaged. Hillman Airways, Romford, g ives the followin g fi g ures of passen g ers carried for the week...

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A POPULAR BRITISH 2-TONNER

shows its mettle W HETFIER four or six cylinders are the better proposition for a petrol-engined commercial vehicle is a vexed...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES Another Fighting Contribution from Mr. Brooks.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4122] Sir,—I was pleased to see acknowledgment of my letter, in the remarks of Mr. Street...

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MUNICIPAL BUS RESULTS FROM SEVERAL. CENTRES

SOUTHPORT'S BUSES HAVE ANOTHER GOOD - YEAR. SOUTHPORT Corporation, which runs 25 buses-1.7 Vuleans and eight Leylonds—made a...

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

ROAD-RA1L CO-ORDINATION; JOINT COMMITTEE FORMED. WITH a view to securing that the services of the London Passenger Ttansport...

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DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED BRIGHTON MERGER REVEALED

Ministry of Transport Inquiry Occupies Two Days and Discloses Interesting Plans 4 S briefly announced in last week's issue, the...

B.M.E. Vaporizer Available for Thornycrofts IfJAVING proved successful in _forms

suitable for Leyland and Ford engines, the apparatus made by the 13urtonweed Motor Engineering Co., Ltd., Collins Green,...

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Transport for Road Maintenance

C OMPARATIVELY light transport units are desirable in connection with the maintenance of rural district roads. That being the...

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New Compressed Gas Regulations

riERTATN regulations appertaining to the use of compressed-gas cylinders for the propulsion of vehicles by this fuel, or for...

The B.W. Governor Now a British Product

O RIGINALLY manufactured in America, the DAV. Handy Governor marketed by Benjamin Whittaker, Lt., Victoria House, Vernon Place,...

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Where to Find Haulage Business

Good News for Hauliers. Big Slumclearance Schemes. Hopeful Outlook in Several Industries. General Boom in Boots and Shoes T WO...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER F OLLOWING the two previous articles dealing with the question of goodwill, it is of interest to examine...

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A Duplex Easy-change Gearbox

A R e' sume' of Recently Published Patent Specifications T AE invention a P. Riley, described in Patent No. 394,093, in effect...