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31st January 1918
31st January 1918
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TRANSPORT! TRANSPORT ! ! TRANSPORT ! ! !

A Road Transport Board Appointed. p ROBABLY before this issue appears in print . there will be an official announcement of the...

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THE RETURNED ARMY VEHICLE.

Other After-the-War Problems. Reconstruction Plans. T HE MrNISTRY of Reconstruction, which was created last August, has„...

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ONE HEARS

That the war will be won on wheels and wings. That what Fritz fears is a fleetless day. That the profiteer is still open to...

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WHEELS OF INDUS FRY.

"The wheel of , wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatemr points arising, the roughness of the roads...

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"PRIORITY ONE."

The Quarry in the Contemporary Industrial Chase. By "The Inspector." A MONGST all the varied contents of a recent issue of...

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DEEP PLOUGHING.

A New Attachment for Breaking Without Bringing Up and Aerating the Subsoil but it to the Surface. T HE QUESTION of deep...

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THE POST-WAR COMMER CAR

Five New Models, All Live-axle Driven. A New Gearbox and a New Chain Cover. O NE OF THE first heavy-vehicle manufactur_ ing...

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COULD ONLY GO, BY ROAD.

How a Foden Steamer Handled an Awkward Heavy Load. The stress of war is producing some strange and ungainly loads for movement...

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RESILIENCY IN TRUCK WHEELS.

The Muncie Resilient Wheel. By Henry Sturmey. F • ROM THE •VERY BEGINNING of commercial motoring, Means have been sought...

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TRACTOR PULLS BIG GUNS.

The 70 h.p. F.I.A.T. Unit and its Novel Features. While horses have not been 'entirely superseded for hauling artillery,...

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AGRIMOTOR NOTES.

" Demonstration in Ireland. I wonder why more attention is not being paid in this country to the rotary type of...

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"TRACTION BY PULL."

A New Principle Introduced by the Nilson Agrimotor. T EElinited States of Ameriea has developed the farm tractor to a much...

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OUT AND HOME.

By "The Extractor." Food Profiteering is Worse. There is, I understand, much sympathy expressed amongst Midland manufacturers...

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THE UPKEEP OF STEAM WAGONS.

No. 12.— Overhaul and Repairs—Pump, Injector, Water Lifter, Water Heater, Transmission Gear and Driving Chains. All the valve...

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KEEP YOUR EYE ON "WEIGHT TO CAPACITY."

A correspondent points out that all the world is at, the moment considering the question of economy in respect of their motor...

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COAL-GAS CONVERSIONS.

Some Timely Hints and Wrinkles. New York Tries Gas. The heavy demands fongpetroI to ineet the requiremehts of the Services is...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

!ens Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial sectors. Letters should be On one side...

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For DRIVERS, MECHANICS & FOREMEN.

A PRIZE OF TEX SHILLINGS is awarded each week to the sender of the best letter which we publish on this page ; all others are...

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PATENTS SUMMARIZED.

Constant Mixture Carburetter. R' N. Blanchereau claims, in patent No. 107,965 to provide in his carburetter a Mixture...