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31st December 1929
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The Value of Our Tables of Operating Costs.

TT is 21 years since we began to publish -I-Tables of Operating Costs for all types of commercial-motor vehicle as a regular...

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The Need for a More Central Coach Station in London.

!THE importance of the locality of a coach station, especially in great cities such as London, Manchester, Birmingham and...

The Psychological Effect of Speed Limits.

A LL branches of the passenger road-transport industry are giving strong support to the contention that the limitation to 30...

W HILST we are chiefly concerned with transport by road, yet

it is always interesting to note any reoaarkable products in other spheres, and this applies to the new London Midland and...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY " The wheels of wealth will be

slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which...

IN A LINE OR TWO

The Bournemouth authorities have granted a further four licences to the Link Safety Coach Co. for its service between...

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A Motorbus Station for Morecambe ?

At a recent meeting of the watch committee of Morecambe Corporation, Mr. Myres, chairman of directors, and Major H. E....

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Prolonging Engine Life.

We spent a most enjoyable evening with Mr. F. T. Bersey and the staff of Laystall, Ltd., on the occasion of this well-known...

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Buses Required in Norway.

The acting commercial secretary, His Majesty's Legation, Oslo, reports that the Oslo tramway authorities are calling for...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

The electricity committee of GRIMSBY Corporation has authorized the purchase of a motorvan at a cost of £165. The local...

AN INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMERCIAL-MOTOR INTERESTS

TTNIIER the auspices of the French lJ Union des Vehicules Industriels meeting was .recently held in Paris when the formation of...

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A NOVEL TYRE

for Negotiating Soft Surfaces MHE name Roadless Traction, Ltd., is associated in the minds of most People chiefly in...

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Road Transport

in Other Lands Items of News Intended to Stimulate the Interest of British Makers in Overseas Markets An Inquiry from Peru....

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On the Road with the NEW GUY SIX-TONNER

A Trial Shows this Powerful Vehicle to Have a Very Satisfactory Road Performance. A Chassis Built to Last S LOWLY the dictates...

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Why the

FORWARD-CONTROL CAB Has Become Popular A Discourse U pon the Merits and Disadvantages of th e Driver's Forward Compartment,...

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Lorry Driving on the Roof of the World

A Member of an Exploration Party in Bolivia Narrates his Experiences in that Part of the World, MorrisCommercial Six-wheelers...

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Road-transport Activities IN PARLIAMENT

A Report of the Resumption of the Debate on the Road Traffic Bill By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent nN the resumption,...

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Novelties in Spring Design

D URING the past few years much work has been done by the United Steel Companies, Ltd., 17,, Westbourne Road, Sheffield,...

London Experiments in

Hygienic Refuse Collection MHE highways committee of West minster City Council has considered some interesting reports by the...

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The Morris-Commercial Crosses the Andes

We are told that several types of goods vehicle were tried on the road without success, but the Director-General of Public...

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Phases of PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on a Variety of Aspects of Coach and Bus Travel THE TRANSPORT POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES. The Minister of Transport...

A NEW EAST-COAST SERVICE.

A London-Harwich Route to be Operated in the New Year by 1930-model All-weather Coaches. A LONDON operating concern which has...

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HALIFAX'S LATEST BUS PURCHASE.

Brief Details of a New Karrier Vehicle Added to the Fleet of a Corporation which Already Runs Many Buses of this Make. JJ...

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A HAPPY GATHERING IN CARDIFF.

Optimistic Speeches at the Annual Social Meeting of the Western Welsh Company. A T A T the annual social gathering of the...

Rapid Testing of Brake Efficiency

M AINTENANCE of vehicle brakes is too often only a matter of rectifying a trouble .. which has made itself unpleasantly...

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Co-ordinated Working That Assists

FIRE-FIGHTING Detail's of the Fire brigade Schemes in Operation in Six Yorkshire Districts, together with Particulars of the...

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The Pneumatic Tyre

in Heavy Transport Important Facts of Interest to Vehicle Users ; Why Pneumatic Tyres are Preferred W E have received many...

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World-wide Publicity by Motor Vehicle

A FEW days ago we were advised of the fat that an interesting story awaited us at the works of Graham-Paige Motors, Ltd., at 1,...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites rorres,pondence on all subjects

connected with the use of co m merci a l motors. Letters should be written on only one side of the paper. The right of...

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A Difficult Salvage Task Accomplished

S ALVAGINQ overturned motor lorries and steamers can be a very difficult piece of engineering, and when conditions are bad and...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER • HAV1 shown in my previous article that ▪ the problem of the parcels carrier who wants to know what to...

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A Centrally Pivoted FRONT-AXLE ARRANGEMENT

MHE name of Henry Garner, which has already been associated with many useful improvements in motor design, appears in...