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30th July 1948
30th July 1948
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Know Your Costs

A T a time when expenses are rising steadily, no operator can afford to be in ignorance of the cost of running his vehicles and...

Passing Comments

A N interesting suggestion is put forward by a member of a "hire a driver" service. The scheme was started two years ago, whea...

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One Hears

Rarely now of replies by return of post. That the 30 m.p.h. limit for heavies is safe. Of green brooms being needed in...

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Contract Licence Refused to Save

Fuel: Appeal in September A RRANGEMENTS are being made by the Appeal Tribunal for the early hearing of a vital appeal against...

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B.R.F Asks for Better Cafes A CALL to transport café proprietors and

planners is put forward in the form of "Road Transport Cafés "—a British Road Federation booklet pub.lished at Is. and...

U SE of a water tunnel, in conjunction with scale models

of commercial vehicles, has produced some interesting data in respect of dust creation and flow. The first problem presented to...

RAILWAYS TOLD NOT TO

COMPLAIN OF COMPETITION IF the railways devised ways of offer ing ro.z:vice as good as that afforded by James Smith and Co,...

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Persona Pars

• MR. JACKSON MILLAR, chairman of Albion Motors, Ltd., has been elected vice-chairman of the Scottish Regional Council of the...

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In a Line or Two

Eaton Axles, Ltd.. has removed to 25, Victoria Street, London. S.W.1. At 97 sales held since May, 1946, Government surplus...

IN THE MONF.V

Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd.. made a net profit the year elided March 31 last OF 9155,5 7 X. 'This figure was reached after...

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Unseen Steering Faults Inexcusable, Says Magistrate

T HE fact that a haulier may use vehicles with parts which are liable to become defective without the fault being seen, does...

Return.load Tyre Case Continued

WIL EN the hearing was continued at ddersfield Police Court, on July 20, of a series of theft and receiving charges involving...

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LARGE EXPORT ORDERS FOR MORRIS-COMMERCIAL DIG orders from overseas have

I-) recently been received by the commercial vehicle division of Nuffield Exports, Ltd. The Rhodesian Government has ordered 50...

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Electric Vehicle Makers Need a Lead L. "S‘7413Ni

M.I.R.T.E. T HE incentive of cheap night rates fii - r charging electric-vehicle batteries is infinitesimal in comparison with...

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LUBRICATING OILS

The Significance of S.A.E. Numbers • By E. V. PATERSON, A.M.I.Mech.E., M.S.A.E., M.I.Pet. L UBRICATING oils for motor...

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Composite Construction in New Standard Coach Body

T HE establishment of Duffield Motors, Ltd., Portsmouth Road, Godalming, Surrey, in September of last year, marked the founding...

An Unbreakable Electrode Holder THERE are many conditions to be

1 fulfilled in manufacturing an electrode holder. To be efficient and safe in use it must be unbreakable, and to cause the...