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3rd March 1939
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Abolish that 20 m.p.h. Limit!

0 NE of the most absurd of the many anomalies of road-transport legislation is the 20 m.p.h. limit on goods-carrying vehicles...

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One Hears

That the whole industry is anxiously awaiting the T.A.C. report. That "a square deal" has become a term to conjure, not to say...

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NEWS of the WEEK

Freezing-out Fish Traders at North Shields T HE L.N.E. Railway is pressing its objections against the renewal applications of...

Important Ulster Judgment Against Transport Board.

A T Belfast Summons Court, last Tuesday, judgment was given against the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board in a matter of...

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News

of the week (continued) 1CARRIERS' RECORD YEAR. D URING 1938 the demand for the L/products of Karrier Motors, Ltd., Luton,...

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News of the week (continued)

" WOULD NOT CRUSH COMPETITORS," SAYS RAIL OFFICIAL. QPEAKING to members of Glasgow Publicity Club, on Friday last, Mr. William...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Birmingham Corporation is buying 12 Leyland-G.E.C. double-deck trolleybuses. Leigh Corporation has ordered a Leyland 500-700...

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Tractor-trailer Buses

built for a Desert Service T HE peculiar difficulties encountered on the route between Baghdad and Damascus have led to the...

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MUNICIPAL HAULAGE RATES THA'

LEAVE No MARGIN FOR PROFIT I HAVE had some oral criticisms of the figures I put forward in dealing with the rates for haulage,...

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New A.E.C. Rep

Aark II Reveals All-round Efficiency Excellent Performance Achieved With Nearly Noiseless Running, Almost Entire Absence of...

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Road Transport Topics By Our Special In Parliament Parliamentary Correspondent

ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR A MINOR DANGER. A NEW suggestion for preventing driving when under the influence of alcohol was made by Mr....

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FACILITATING ROAD -RAI CONTAINER TRANSPORT

A DUTCH con c ern, Van Doorne's Aanhan g wa g enfabriek N.y., 50,' tur g hstraat, Eindhove n ,H olland, which is a re g ular...

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Inexpensive aptability for Private-hire Work

Both Service Bus and Coach Lend Themselves to Certain Simple Modifications which Make It Possible to Give the Best of Service...

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OPINIONS and O UERIES

The Editor invites coriespondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors Letters should be written on only...

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A Full Tip in 35 Secs. at Engine Idling Speed

Valuable Weight saving in New Design of Edbro 5-ton Tipping Gear B Y means of a logical modification of the existing Edbro...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT STAGGERED HOURS . SCHEME REJECTED EMPLOYEES at the Buckton Vale .ILAWorks of the Calico Printers'...

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ULSTER PROFITS BY PASSENGER SERVICES

I N the third annual report of the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board it is revealed that, although the passenger section...

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More Obsen ons on the Berlin Show

WING to pressure on our space last week we were unable to deal with certain aspects of the Berlin Show, which, as we mentioned,...

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What the Associations are Doing

A " Gentleman's Agreement" Needs Gentlemen on Both Sides T HE annual banquet and ball of Associated Road Operators...

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A Rate-cutting

War Averted T HE belief that better days are ahead for road transport, and that road : transport operators, as well as the...

S.T.R. Discusses the Finer Points of Depreciation Fr .

A ' old subject, depreciation, and its appropriate place in any schedule of vehicle operating costs, cropped up again at West...

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What the Associations Are Doing—continued

IMPORTANT SCOTTISH MERGER. • At a meeting of A and B-licence holders, held in Glasgow last week Under the chairmanship of Sir...

Authority Advises Association Membership

O VER 450 members of the roadtransport and allied trades and guests, a reeord gathering, were present at the dinner of the...

Serious Menace to Long-distance Haulage

MATIONAL action concerning, what 1 he termed, a serious position relating to road-transport insurance, was urged by Mr. Arthur...

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Gearbox For Four wheel-drive Vehicles

A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE gearbox, 1 - 1.having fwb output shafts, the normal one and another pointing forwards, is shown in patent...