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4th January 1946
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A Fateful Year T HIS being the first issue of "T

h e Commercial Motor" to be published in 1946 it is appropriate to give some consideration to the position of the industry at...

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Passing Comments

O NE of our most useful forms of military equipment was a machine closely resembling a Tank, which was equipped with a...

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One Hears—

That Ernie and Roger are now Brothers in Arms. That unity in the Industry now has a new Signifi cance. That Grill floors...

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News of the Week

NEW YEAR• HONOURS S OME people in, or connected with, our industry are included in the New Year Honours, which, of course,...

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More Resolutions Against Nationalization A S regards the suggestion for the

nationalization of passenger road transport, the National Council of the P.V.O.A. has pledged itself to maintain the right of...

25th Anniversary of "Red and White"

Group Tii E "Red and White" group of companies, the largest independent road passenger transport undertaking in the country,...

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Personal Pars

S.M.T. DIVIDEND JUMP O PERATING pro fi t of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., in the year ended October 31, 1945, after...

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First Tests of Well-known Oil Engines T HE progress and prospects

of the oil engine in road transport were discussed by Mr. Frank H. Dutson, when he gave an informal talk at the December...

Pickfords Wins Licence.duty Case

THE well-known concern of Pick" fords, Ltd., successfully defended a complaint lodged against it, in the .Glasgow stipendiary...

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MORE EXPORT LICENSING CONCESSIONS

B Y the Export of Goods (Control) (No. 8) Order, 1945, the Board of Trade has abolished some of the export licensing...

N.R T.F. Appeals For Stronger Roads and Bridges

A MEMORANDUM on roads and bridges was recently .sent to the Minister of War Transport by the N.R.T.F. It concerns the urgent...

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Flow the Vehicle Maker Can Help the Operator

V OLUMINOU S, complicated, " parts " books are distributed by some manufacturers to every purchaser of their vehicles. The...

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Milk Hauliers Should Help the J.H.C.

L ET me place on record at the start that I am writing this article on December 18, 1945. That fact may, possibly, be of...

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Complimentary Dinner to Sir John Maxwell, C.M.G.

'HE retirement of Sir John Maxwell, I. C.M.G., R.T.C. of the Northern Region, was marked, on December 20, by a complimentary...

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THE LATH' INGLE-DECKER BUS CHASSIS

D U RING a recent visit to the works of Guy Motors, Ltd., at Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, we were greatly impressed by the...

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Untrue Criticism of British Heavy Vehicles

S OM E hits at foolish and untrue statements by a Member of Parliament were made by Mr. H. D. Simmons, of the S.M.M.T., in a...

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Open Letter to Mr. Herbert Morrison

S IR,—There is, we are told, nothing in this world to cornpare with British justice, in which even the poorest individual is...

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DENNIS UBILANT MAKES ASY WORK OF 12-TON LOAD

S INCE the description of the new Dennis Jubilant 12-ton, rigid six-wheeler appeared in our issue dated December 7, we have...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES HAS THE INDUSTRY A COUNTER PLAN?

D URING the past months I have read. with interest various articles on nationalization in your valuable journal, To date I...

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A Compact Multi-cylindered Oil Engine

A N interesting design for a multicylindered two-stroke • oil engine forms the subject of patent No. 572.354, which comes from...