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3rd September 1943
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Valves and the Bromide Blight

T HE harmful effect on exhaust valves of the combustion gases from leaded fuels has long been known. It would appear to be due...

Passing Comments

Much Eighth Army T AST June the motor indusEquipment Came 1 -stry of Canada: produced From Canada . . . No. 500,000 in its...

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One Hears

Of suggestions for the peace-time use of Jeeps. • That the future for road.transport must not be a one-way street. 0 That it...

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News of the Week Proposed Modifications in Wages and Conditions

A T meetings of the Emergency Conditions Committee of the S.J.C. held on August 11, and of the Central Wages Board on August...

Rations for P.S.V. Servicing Cars

O PERATORS of p.s. vehicles have 1 .-/been sera notes framed with a view to assisting them in lodging their applications for...

C.M.U.A. TRIBUTE TO MAJOR R. A. B, SMITH, M.C., M.Inst.T.

A SATISFACTORY excess of income over expenditure is shown in the annual accounts of the C.M.U.A., which were presented at the...

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Better Qualifications Demanded at Cleansing Conference Luncheon

P ROPO . gING the toast " Government" at the Conference Luncheon of the Institute of Public Cleansing last Friday, Aid, G....

Are Owner-drivers Better Off Than Fleet Owners ?

THAT the owner-driver working his 1 vehicle under the Government Haulage Scheme receives a proportionately better financial...

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Sensitive Control for Vacuum Trailer Brakes

Simple Addition to Existing Valve Allows the Driver to "Feel" His Brakes in the On or Off Position WITH the normal type of...

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Local, Not N ation a Rates Fc Local Traffic

Variations in Cost, as Between One Area and Another, Justify, Almost Compel, Corresponding Differentiation in Rates for...

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Battery-electrics for Bigger Pay-loads

A 2-tonner on a "100 Stops" Delivery Service gives 25 Miles per Battery Charge A LTHOUGII it is recognized that the field...

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arnments on the Servicemen's League Dgculties Which May Occur When

the Time Comes for . Changing Over Our industry From a War to a Peace • Footing. How the League May Facilitate This Task By...

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KEEP THE OIL CLEAN D SAVE THE ENGINE

Stressing the Importance of Keeping the Sump Oil Free from Foreign Matter and the Means By Which This Can Be Satisfactorily...

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New Treatments and Neglected Materials

Aid Substitution Campaign Pickling Inhibitors, Surfacecolouring Solutions, Fluorescent-liquid Crack Detectors,...

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Rotarians Hear Major Crawfurd on Road Transport

S EVERAL rotary clubs have recently been addressed . by Major H. E. Crawfurd. A.F.C., President, A.R.O. Last Friday be spoke to...

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Cleansing Men's Post-war Plans

Two Well-known Members of the Institute of Public Cleansing Presented Valuable Papers at that Body's Ann,ual Conference T HE...

Influences Affecting Refuse Disposal

T HE Director of Cleansing, Glasgow, Mr. Gavin C. McArthur, M.B.E., J.P., dealt with refuse disposal in the light of present...

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Savings Effected by an Oil Additive

Results Show Improvement in Fuel Consumption and an Appreciable Reduction in Running Temperatures rAF the many inquiries which...

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Gear-change Lever on the Steering Column

F ROM Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 88, Regent Street; London, W.1, comes, in patent No. 554,587, a design for a gear-change control in...