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30th December 1949
30th December 1949
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A Year to Remember or Forget

According to Whether One is a Manufacturer or Operator of Commercial Vehicles F OR vario us reasons, pleasant and unpleasant,...

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Passing Comments

Gear Which Has A NYONE who sees the new Caused a Revolution r - Ibooklet published by the in Transport . .•, Self-Changing Gear...

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One Hears

"What a bore! "—from the six to the four. Suggestions for a television version of the Highway Code. That the slow "middle of...

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War-time Operator is Newcomer to Metropolitan Area

THE Metropolitan Licensing Autho rity's decision to grant an A licence to Charles Chapman, Ltd., for three vehicles and three...

The Industry Does It Again !

A NOTHER export record was set up by the British commercial-vehicle industry in November, the Society of Motor Manufacturers...

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B.T.C.'s Draft of Basis for Charges Scheme Falls Flat

I NQUIRIE,S made by "The Cornmercial Motor" indicate that the draft principles on which the British Transport Commission is to...

"Don't Get Taken for a Ride"

QLOGANS reading "Don't let nationalization take you for a ride— you would find it very .expensiW," appeared last week, on buses...

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Dennis Exports Up

A T the annual general meeting of 1-14Dennis Bros., Ltd., on December 20, the new chairman of the company, Sir Geoffrey Burton,...

FRUSTRATED CONTROLLER RESIGNS

l't iIR. STEVE EASTMEAD has al decided not to renew his term of employment with the Road Haulage to-morrow to act an Executive,...

In a Line or Two

Grays (Hatfield). Ltd., has opened a service depot for Dod g e trucks. Two new British Standards have been published dealin g...

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Blanket Questions Barred by Tribunal

HE Appeal Tribunal objects to the growing practice of counsel and solicitors of asking witnesses compendious forms of...

New. Trend in Fu el and Lubricants

N the future, this country's oil 'engines would be operating exclusively on Middle East crudes, which were of relatively high...

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3,000-ton Press Cuts Production Costs

C HASS1S member's of 5/16-in , mild-steel sheet may be pressed ‘ , ...cold up to 25 ft in length M a new 3,000-ton British...

New Device to Save Fuel

A NEW device intended to reduce petrol consumption has recently been introduced in the form of the km automatic air inlet, a...

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The Months Ahead F. i ARNEST discussion has taken place

on the question whether the second half of the century begins on January 1, 1950, or January 1, 1951. Popular opinion favours...

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By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher,

F.R.S.A. F OR the British commercial-vehicle industry, 1949 has been a year of unparalleled achievement, and the efforts of...

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An Englishman Looks at

Canada's Buses C ANADA, like the U.S.A., has an extensive road passenger transport system; the methods used in both countries...

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There's SAFETY in Comfort

says P. A. C. Brockington, AM .1.14 ech.E. A T the 1948 Commercial Motor Show it was evident that designers had responded to...

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NEW F 1UR WF EL-DRIVE SCAMMELL with Power Steering

T HIS week "The Commercial Motor" is able to give a complete description of a new range of Scammell four-wheel-drive chassis,...

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A DRIVER'S DELIGHT

The Atkinson Eight wheeler By Assembled With Well-proved Proprietory-made L. J. COTTON, Components, the Atkinson Eight-wheeler...

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Saving Time in Valve

Cotter Replacement T HE removal and replace.ment of the split type of valve cotter should be simplified by the use of the...

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Over the Hills and Far Away—with MILK T UCKED away in

a fold of the Welsh mountains, alongside a swift-flowing brook. I suddenly came across a factory, its entrance being flanked by...

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Sentinel Introduces Rigid Six-wheeler

E MPLOYING a 14-ft. 9 - in , frame and the components arranged as in the 7-8-tonner, Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., Shreigsbury,...

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Is Free Enterprise Penalized?

WE would like you to publish this letter to show your " readers how the small operator is being treated. A little while ago we...

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Comfort for Seven Patients

T HE absence of - a suitable vehicle to accommodate a number of sitting patients comfortably, , led the health committee of...

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The Smallholder's Dilemma

R ECENTLY I visited a smallholder in the country, an ex-Serviceman, who ran a 3-ton lorry on a B licence doing a small amount...

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"If you want to be able to buy a new

machine out of these savings, you will have to pat aside twice as much, on account of depreciation, as is suggested in the...

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Battery-electric Has Separate Clutch

TMPROVEMENTS in the design of battery-electric vehicles . form the subject of patent No. 626,820 (delayed in publication),...