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29th January 1937
29th January 1937
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Road Transport Strongly Defended

S ELDOM are Members of Parliament afforded such an excellent opportunity of expressing their views on roadtransport law as...

Why Not Tell the Truth?

THERE is a paper called Truth which belies its I name so far as certain of its statements in respect of road transport are...

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Passing Comments O NE of the most satisfactory campaigns conducted by

the Safety First Association has been in connection with paid drivers, of whom more than 100,000 are enrolled in the...

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One Hears—

Of welding now referred to as a new science. Of one thing that everybody stops for—a policeman on a Belisha crossing. That in...

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PERMITTING" APPEAL UPHELD BY QUARTER SESSIONS.

An appeal to Quarter Sessions, in connection with permitting drivers to work for excessive, hours, was, last week, allowed,...

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BILLING HAM 1936 OUTPUT 331 MILLION GALLONS.

In 1936,• Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., produced, at Billingham, by hydrogenation 112,000 tons (about :33,600,000...

Personal Pars

MR. G. J. RACKHAM, hief engineer of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., recently left England for a visit -to the West Indies....

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BIG FLEET OF TIPPERS WANTED.

The South African Railways and Harbours Administration is calling for tenders (Tender No. 1,208) for the supply of 22 four or...

Merger Project was a "Mistake"

" ifY own opinion is that the merger 11 1 1 was a great mistake, We were better off before, as a hauliers' association, than we...

Fish Merchants insist on Transport

F ISII merchants are determined not to be deprived of the benefits of road transport. This is the conclusion which one draws...

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TRANSPORT IS CHAOS, SAYS MR. BEVIN.

While the Minister of Transport has been talking about transport, little constructive work has been done, says Mr. Ernest...

First Steps in Stabilizing Rates FF IRST steps in the setting

up of a body to be known as the Yorkshire Regional Rates Committee, for the stabilization of haulage rates in Yorkshire, were...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation has ordered three Leyland trolleybuses, Garstang Rural Disimict Council is buying a Leyland VIK6...

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A New Atkinson Six-wheeler Announced

A Gardner-engined 10 tonner Weighing Under 5 Tons, Unladen, and Affording a Body Space 21 ft. Long. Shorterwheelbase Model Also...

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Novel Features in Latest Chaseside Dumper

N Ew and interesting features are embodied in a dumper designed and manufactured by the Chaseside Engineering Co., Cambridge...

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Is There Big Money in Coal Hawking?

Many Interesting and Instructive Criticisms of the Article With the Above Title Which We Published in Our Issue Dated January...

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The Author Replies to His Critics

I am in receipt of your letter informing me that my recent article on coal hawking has aroused much criticism, and asking...

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Road Transport's Fight for Life

L AST week, Captain W. F. Strickland, M.P., gave an interesting address entitled " Road Transport and Its. Difficulties,"...

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A 25-30-ton Attachment with new features

I NCORPORATING a number of valuable features, a new design of machinery-carrying semi-trailer attachment for 25-30-ton loads...

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Solving the Problems of the Carrier

MYTHICAL PROFITS EXPOSED I I IAVE always, when dealing with questions of cost recording, been careful to avoid the pedantic...

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SNARES THAT CATCH THE BRICK HAULIER

M ANY fortunes have been made out of common bricks since I hauled my first load back in 1910, but I have not heard of many...

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Will This

Reduce Cylinder Wear ? THERE is no doubt that corrosion I set up when an 'engine is started from cold has a deleterious effect...

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What the Associations are Doing

MORE A.R.O. AREAS GO OVER TO C.M.U.A. Meetings of the C.M.U.A, were held, last week, at Exeter, Torquay and in North Devon. At...

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A.R.O. Supporters Reply to Mr. Flin

nPEN letters to Mr. F. A. ELM, in reply to his statement on the merger position, which was published in The Commercial Motor...

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SPECIAL BODIES for 10-12 h.p. CHASSIS

T HE 10-12 h.p. chassis, which carries -a pay-load of 8-10 cwt,.., has a loading space behind the cab which varies from 5 ft. 6...

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Manchester C.M.U.A. 'Keeping Up Steam r• TNREMITTING attention to the in‘..-",terests

of members in the scattered branches continues to be shown by the C.M.U.A. Manchester Area. There will be a meeting at Crewe...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport WILL SOUTHEND SELL TO COMPANY? WILL Southend-on-Sea Corporation VV merge its transport undertaking with...

Company-Municipal Dispute Continues

A THIRD day was devoted, last Friday, by the North-Western Traffic Commissioners, to the hearing of identical applications by...

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Business Split Raised on Appeal A N appeal with unusual features,

by Messrs. William Pyne and Sons, Carawall Road, Starbeck, Harrogate, opened at Leeds, on January 20, Messrs. Pyne appealed...

GLASGOW CONTRACTS APPROVED

G LASGOW Town Council, by a majority, agreed on January 21 to the transport committee's recommendation regarding the allocation...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

T ENDERS are invited by the following (latest Isles given in parentheses.);— Hayes and Harlington C.D.C. for gravel, sand....

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M.P.s Hostile to Restriction

A RAILWAY-MINDED MINISTER. I F the House of Commons, last Friday, Sir Assheton Pownall's Road Traffic Bill was given a second...

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A Variable-compression Engine

jfEANS for varying the compression alspace of an engine are shown in patent No. 458,258 by J. E. Andreau, 73, Boulevard...