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3rd March 1931
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Fight Bureaucracy

The exPression " the thin end of the , wedge"• has been used quite a lot xeantly I in connection with these rules nisi and in...

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LOOSE LEAVES

T HE managing director of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Mr. W. Wilson Hamill, accompanied by the chief engineer and designer,...

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ONE HEARS

Curses on tramway rigidity and praise for the trolley-bus and its " dodgey ways." That some of our journalistic friends wish...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY The London Coach-ban Legalized.

Last Wednesday Mr. Justice Avory, Mr. Justice Horridge and Mr. Justice Humphreys, in • the Kings Bench Division of the High...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

BURNLEY Corporation has ordered two A.E.G. Regal buses. GELLYGAER Urban District Council is buying three A.E.C. Regal buses....

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The French Snow-plough Trials

Snow-ploughs Snowed Under. Creditable Performances Despite Difficult Conditions. Substantial Prizes Won. T HE second annual...

ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

Thomas Tilling, Ltd., has recently placed an order for 28 A E C. Regent double-deck vehicles. A scheme has been approved for...

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A FAST OIL-ENGINED PASSENGER VEHICLE

I N our issue dated March 25th, 1930, we described our road test of the Me/Wiles-Benz NK56-type six' wheeled oil-engined...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

"Full of News and Good Illustrations." The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3343] Sir,—I notice in the issue of The...

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Low-pressure and High-volume Paint Spraying

A NEW principle in paint spraying, in which high prossure of the air is replaced by increased volume, is the unique feature of...

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Rover Produces a 1 0-cwt. Van

rilHERE is not a great deal of differ_L•ence between the weight of a van body and that of enclosed passenger bodywork, if the...

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A NEW BRITISH FUEL PUMP FOR OIL ENGINES

A YEAR ago we described the initial type of Benes fuel pump; since then it has undergone various changes and has had certain...

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Road Transport Activities in

PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Petrol Measuring Standards. O NE day last week Sir N. Grattan../Doyle...

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A New Three-wheeled Light Van

rilHE three-wheeled front-drive chas sis which B.S.A. Cycles, Ltd., Small Heath, Birmingham, produced early in 1930 as the...

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Further Pointers from

THE BERLIN SHOW A MONGST the many new engines tiproduced in Germany for commercial purposes, perhaps those which possess the...

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Renewing Valve Seats : A New Method

A NEW method of fitting valve coat ings has recently been introduced by the Harold Andrews Grinding Co., Montague Street,...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport A PROPOSAL which has been made to the Earsdon (Northumberland) Urban District Council for a conference of...

SOUTHEND'S LATE T IN TROI I.F.Y-BUSES

C ERTAIN of the municipal tramway routes at Southend-on-Sea have been converted to trolley-bus operation, and although, as yet,...

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DONCASTER IS AN IMPORTANT ROAD-SERVICE CENTRE

IF\ ONCASTER is situated close to 1.J the eastern border of the new Yorkshire traffic area, and its position is such that many...

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THE ENTIRE TRAMWAY SYSTEM OF NEWCASTLE THREATENED

T RAMS, which have for the past few years produced rapidly diminishing revenue at Newcastle whilst motorbuses have advanced to...

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Improvements in

Passenger vehicle Seats K A BUS or coach seat should be comfortable, hard wearing light in weight. Furthermore, its design...

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New Features in a Cattle Carrier

A NIMALS of different types vary so much in size that their transport by road calls for the incorporation of special features...

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An Ingenious

Electric Truck for Roundsmen NV HILE visiting the British Industries Fair at Olympia we had an opportunity for examining the...

A New Type of Extra-air Inlet

T " employment of induction-pipe vacuum is the principle underlying the Autoair, the sole distribution of which is in the hands...

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A Road-Rail Vehicle

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications Thp ATENT No. 342,108 is of particu lar interest as it describes the...