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4th December 1942
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Can Cost-plus System Be Changed?

W HATEVER trials beset a nation at war, the problem of man-power must always be pre-eminent. it is the king-pin of all...

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New Representative Body for Hauliers

HE movement towards the formation of a new representative body, entirely confined in its membership to professional...

Passing Comments

n NE of our readers has drawn attehtion to what he considers a waste of fuel. He states that thousands of tons of ballast are...

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• One Hears

Not as yet of a census of rubbernecks. Of suggestions for the severer punishment of careless drivers. The injunction, ''...

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M.P.G.A. PROPOSALS VIEWED FAVOURABLY BY D. OF P.G.V.

F OLLOWING the announcement by the Ministry of War Transport in connection with its producer-gas requirements, the Mobile...

SPECIAL TYRES FOR GRITTING MACHINES

G RITTING machines for use on frosted and ice-bound roads may have tyres shod with diagonal crossbars of equal wifIth of hot...

TAXATION TAXATION TAKES 70 PER CENT. OF A.E.C. TRADING PROFIT

T HE trading pro fi t of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., for the year ended September 30 last was £795,766, which is higher...

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OPERATORS WANT MORE DETAILS OF NEW SCHEME

.1 - 1 A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the C.M.U.A., North-Western Division (Eastern Sector) was held last Sunday, in Manchester,...

PERSONAL PARS COUNCILLOR JAMES WELSH has been appointed convener, and

COUNCILLOR ERNEST GREENHILL, sub-convener, of the transport committee of Glasgow Corporation. MR. CECIL KIMBER, M.I.A.E., late...

MORE MONEY FOR C-LICENCE DRIVERS IN BRADFORD AREAS

I NCREASES in the wages rates of 1C - licence drivers in Bradford and a number of neighbouring places have been agreed upon by...

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BROKEN GLASS Born.Es CAUSE MUCH TYRE DAMAGE

IN a recent month 29 per cent. of bus lfailures in the Glasgow municipaltransport service were caused by broken glass on the...

LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAKING SNOW-CLEARANCE PROVISION

IN reply to Sir Adam Maitland, Mr. 1Noel-Baker stated in Parliament last week that in the past financial year, ending March 31,...

'TRANSPORT THEFTS ARE ATTACKS ON CIVILIZATION

S ENTENCING three men to two L./months' imprisonment for the theft of tyres from the L.M.S. Railway Co., the Bradford...

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OFFENCE TO USE TYRES OVERDUE FOR RETREADING I N a

Parliamentary question addressed to Mr. Noel-Baker, Rear-Admiral Bearuish last week asked when it was intended to introduce...

BIG FUEL CUT FOR WHOLESALE BAKERS

A LL wholesale bread bakers in the area have been notified by the North-Western Food Division, Manchester, of a cut in the...

Mechanizing the Equipment of the Farm

Pointers on the Development of War and Peace-time Farming by D. R. Bomford, Chairman of the TraCtor Users' Association T HE...

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The Urgent Problem of Clearing Houses

By H. Scott Hall, M.I.T.A. T HE subject of clearing houses is acutely controversial. Some operators say they are anathema,...

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HOW TYRE MILEA

# 1 IS WASTED No. 9 Bead Damage B EAD failures are often very costly for four reasons. They are as follow ;HI) Frequently...

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OPINIONS and Q UERIES Mb APPRECIATION OF CO-OPERATIVE GROUPING SCHEME A S

a haulier of 25 years' standing, but now a C-licence operator, I read with pleasure of the successful efforts at grouping in...

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Will the Resilient Wheel Come Again?

Rubber Scarcity Brings Renewed Interest in Spring Wheels, but There is No Evidence to Show that Germany has Made Much Progress...

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Roads Must Not Be Forgotten

in Post-war Planning Some Cogent Statements Made by Lord Sempill in the House of Lords Debate on Planning and Reconstruction...

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Mandate Can Put Producer Gas on Top of the World,

says "Azote" Sir Alfred Faulkner Now Has in His Hands the Means for Raising What is Now an. Inferior Fuel to at Least the...

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Scheme for Oil-cooling Valve Guides and Seats

P A T EN T No, 548,101 shows a scheme for prey en t in g overheating of valves (particularly exhaust valves) by cooling their...