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2nd April 1943
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Closer Check on Fuel Usage Needed

C OMMERCIAL transport by road is being most strictly controlled and curtailed in the ostensible cause of thesaving of rubber...

Passing Comments

A Guide Which Covers WE recently referred to — 1 he 1,000 Important Raw " Raw Materials Guide " Materials prepared by the...

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INCOME TAX ALLOWANCES ON LIGHT BUSES

A S a result of repsesentations by the O.M.U.A. and other national organizations, and subject to the approval of the...

B.R.F. CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS ON UNITY

C ER.TAIN of the remarks and saggestions made in our leading article, " Planning by the Industry," which we published on March...

Provincial Associations Reject Joint Conference Report

A RESOLUTION rejecting the report in which the Road Transport Organization Joint Conference has made recommendations for the...

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150,000TH TRACTOR BUILT AT DAGENHAM

L AST Monday afternoon the 150,000th tractor to be bu t at the Ford works at Dagenham ca e off the assembly line. The great ma...

PERSONAL PARS

SIR JOHN MAXWELL, C.M.G., Regional Transport Commissioner of the Northern Area, had a most unfortunate experience, which might...

THREE DAVID BROWN DIRECTORS RESIGN

R ESIGNATION of three directors from the board of David Brown and Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd., which they joined in July last at...

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ARMY BAD-DRIVING ALLEGATION REFUTED A RISING last week from a Parliamentary

question to the Secretary of State for War about damage to agricultural property by 'troops in Army manceuvres, an allegation...

Financial News of the Industry

NEW COMPANIES Hauliers Mutual Federation, Ltd.—Ikeg. March 18, ea a company limited by guarantee without share capital. with an...

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HIGHER WAGES CLAIM FOR BUS WORKERS EFORE a special tribunal,

hearings began this week of claims by three unions for wage increases for 200,000 bus and tram workers, Mr, Craig Henderson is...

Progress with Injection-ignition Producer-gas Conversions

R ESEARCH work in connection with the conversion of compression-ignition engines to producer gas, retaining the fuel-injection...

Mixing Valve Designed by I.A.E. Gives Good Results on Institution's Converted Oil Engine Tests

have proved suitable, because it is in production and, although devised for petrol conversions, can he fairly easily modified...

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Unfairness of That 6 per Cent. Solving the

Problems of on Tangible Assets the Carrier It Makes No Allowance for the Reward of Enterprise, Ignores the Existence of the...

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The Tractor Helps the Food-production Position

T HE. importance of the individual effort in helping to develop the home production of food, upon which the level of our...

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Town-gas Conversions Again Permitted

This Fuel Can Be Used in Low-pressure Bags or Highpressure Cylinders. The Relative Merits and Possibilities of the Two Systems...

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IN DEFENCE ="4 DESIGNERS

By A. W. Haigh A.M.I.Mech.E.. A.M.I.A.E. A N examination of the mechanical causes of tyre wear which can be directly...

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Engine Reconditioning To an Ideal

One Department of Hamilton Motors (London), Ltd., is Devoted Exclusively to the Renovation of Bedford Power Units. The Company...

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An Analysis of Tyre Damage

Various Forms of I11-treatment Given In Percentages and Covering 1,000 Giant Tyres O NE of the most interesting exhibits at the...

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Freedom or Chains for Transport?

The Railways' Claim to Retain Their Businesses Applies Even More Fully to Road Operators and All Must Fight for Private...

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Centralized Heat Flow From Piston Crown

A Rama of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published I N engines having comblistion chambers off set from the •...