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Rail Effort to Pervert Justice

0 NE of the most vicious attacks yet made on t he roadhaulage industry has just been launched by the railways. During an appeal...

The Liability of Insurance Companies

A PARTICULARLY interesting ruling concern/A ing the insurance of commercial vehicles was given last Monday by Mr. Justice...

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Passing Comments

Smart Premises DeTHE publicity value of the note Efficiency in I good appearance of a works Workmanship . . . or depot is often...

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One Hears

Of Fodens flattering the "Queen Mary." That hospital patients are lulled by. the hum of buses, but the noise of trams and...

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NEWS of the WEEK

National Board Will Not Argue T HE National Joint Conciliation Board has, in effect, declined to argue with Yorkshire A and...

Goods Licensing Modifications

T HE main alterations embodied in the Goods Vehicles (Licences and Prohibitions). Regulations, 1936, to come into force on May...

Lower Taxation Unlikely ?

A LETTER sent by Capt. Austin Hudson, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, to Sir Eugene Ramsden, M.P....

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AMERICAN EXPORT TRADE REVIVING.

The complete returns now available for 1935 show that there was a slight revival, last year, in the overseas demand for...

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" CONTRACTING OUT" OF ACT.

An agreement under whicn C licence vehicle was to be sold to an Alicensee ' was mentioned in the appeal of the * L.N.E. and...

Written Statements Lose Value

T HAT the Appeal Tribunal proposes, in future, to pay less regard to statements made in letters submitted in support of licence...

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" HOURS " PENALTIES TOTAL OVER £110.

Fines and costs totalling £113 5s. were imposed at Scunthorpe police court last week, as a result of secret checks on lorries...

Van as Private Car: Case Fails

I i a King's Bench Divisional Court composed of Lord Hewart and Justices du Parcq and Goddard, last week, the question was...

Shipping Company Busy on the Road

T HE Fisher Renwick concern does not abstract :traffic. from the railways. The growth of its road traffic is accounted for by...

Some Informative Facts from the Minister I N proposing the

toast, " Trade and Transport," at the annual dinner of the Devonport Mercantile Association last Monday, the Minister of...

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FURTHER CONTROL OF ANCILLARY TRANSPORT.

Al the annual luncheon of the Lou, don branch of the Industrial Transport Association, held on Wednesday, Sir Cyril Hurcomb,...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

• Margate Eire Brigade is buying a Leyland fire-engine and a fire tender. Tottenham Corporation is buying two Dennis...

Converting High-class Car Chassis for Van Duties

WE illustrate on this page a new VY and attractive van that has recently been commissioned for service by Postans, Morley...

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A 250 b.h.p.

Two-stroke Engine A DESIGN of engine, from which there seems good reason to expect a remarkable performance, has been evolved...

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What the Associ

B.R.F. Action on Objection Issue VESTERDAY (Thursday) the 1 operators'. committee of the British Road Federation met to...

Effort to Stabilize Rates in the North

A MOVEMENT for establishing a rates stabilization committee was announced by Mr. Anthony Todd, senior vice-chairman of A.R.O.,...

.Hands off the Ports

O WNERSIIIP of ports by private transport systems should be abolished, said Mr. Ian Macaulay, M.A., at the annual dinner of...

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ions are Doing

Rates and Wages Position D EFERENCE to the Part played by 1 " - The Commercial Motor in forming the organization from which...

Loading that Causes Unfair Competition

MITE, sixth annual meeting of the 1 Ballast, Sand and Allied Trades Association was held on March 25. The chairman, Mr. A, J,...

MECHANICAL HORSES AND ELECTRICS SAVE MONEY.

Comparing types of • vehicle for urban traffic, Mr. Horace Woolley, manager of Birmingham Co-operative Society's traffic...

Fair Wages Must be Paid—Mr.

L AST Saturday, Mr. Henderson, Southern Scotland Licensing Authority, 'was the chief speaker and guest of .honour at the annual...

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North-West Wages Crisis

A GREEMENT on wages has been reached, says a statement issued by those concerned, between the C.NI.U.A., Manchester Area,...

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Subtle Railway Subsidies :

Will thev Last ? • are, no doubt, feeling :pleased with themselves, but naturally their satisfaction is being carefully con...

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Transport Costs for Laundries

L AUNDRY proprietors should realize, in the beginning, that the costs of operating motor vehicles are likely to be above the...

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VEHICLE PUBLICITY PAY IN LAUNDRY TRANSPORT

I T is a striking commentary on the advanced design of the delivery vans operated by Collars, Ltd., that in the film, "The...

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BODYWORK that SF

• DS up LAUNDRY DELIVERIES ELL, Banks," said one laundry proprietor to an other, " I shall have to see about some new vans...

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Motors Responsible for Laundry Expansion

W ITH the modern facilities that mechanical transport now brings within the reach of practically every household, it must be...

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Service the Ideal in Laundry Transport

Richmond Park Laundry Co., of Glasgow, Places Entire Satisfaction of the Customer Before Cost in Operating a Fleet of 50...

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What is Wanted in

Laundry Chassis VERY trade has its particular transport requirements, and the laundry business is no exception to the rule....

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New Ideas in an Extensible Chassis

WHILST equipped for the haulage of long indivisible VV loads_ the tractor-trailer outfit illustrated on this page can also be...

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The Luggage Problem Solved

T HEproblem of finding sufficient room for luggage in coaches and long-distance service buses has become acute, and, generally...

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,(,)per c e,tiqqAspects of PN:g,,ENGER TRANSPORT A DEFINITE co-ordination scheme between Blackpool and

Lytham St. Annes Corporations is unlikely to be finally approved for at least a year. It is stated that Blackpool Corporation...

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NEWCASTLE TRAMS .TO GO GRADUALLY

T HE advice given by Sir John Maxwell, 'chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, to Newcastle Corporation to abandon the...

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Passengers on Lorries: Vital Insurance Case

A N important decision affecting the insurance of commercial vehicles was delivered, on Monday, by Mr. Justice MacKinnon in the...

Road Transport Topics in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent NO SPEED LIMIT INCREASE. R ECEIVING no encouragement from the Minister of...

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"Double-Deck" Roads Over Railways

T HE scheme for building roads over the railways put forward by The Commercial Motor seven years ago— and recently brought a...

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For Fighting Aeroplane Fires

I NVESTIGATIONS have established that the means most likely to be successful for rescuing the occupants from a burning...

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OPINIONS and UERIES

(4779]. I was much obliged to you for the space you gave to me in your issue of February 14, but from A.D.J.'s reply on page 84...

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A Roomy Showroom Caravan for ,150

TH licensing system has had the E effect of increasing the use of trailers behind private cars, commercial travellers being...

A Remarkable Hive of Industry M OST people realize that there

must be a huge number of workers employed in the motor-manufacturing industry, but perhaps they fail to appreciate that many...

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A New Fuel-injection System

A FUEL-SUPPLY system haVing A R ésumé of Patent Specificaseveral novel features is disclosed by Continental Motors Corporation....