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4th September 1936
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"These Precious Justices"

T HERE are indications that the strong fight by The Commercial Motor against the injustices to which all classes of user of...

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Passing Comments Ribbon development IN connection with "ribbon History Repeats 2 development," it is interest

Itself ing to observe how history repeats itself. Before the stage-coach era, centres of population expanded radially, forming...

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One Hears

That Mr. Dees (of Croydon) goes to Dagenham by air. Of fishing-boat " pirates " taking away bus traffic at Stornoway. That...

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NEW CONSTRUCTION AND USE REGULATIONS DELAYED.

It is practically certain that the dates when the requirements of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations will be...

Merger Progress in

the West Midlands A T a meeting of the appropriate committees of the West Midland Area of A.R.O. and C.M.U.A., held on...

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OFFICIAL ORDERS IN JULY.

A • number of orders for motor vehicles and bodies was given out by Government Departments during July last. The Admiralty...

A Merger " Breeze" in Yorkshire A LTHOUGH a ' certain

amount of controversy has arisen in Yorkshire concerning the merger of the Commercial Motor Users Association and Associated...

is a Steam-roller a Goods Vehicle?

W/HETHER the driver of a steam W roller should hold an II.G.V, driving licence was argued before Nottingham magistrates at the...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Altrineham Urban District Council is buying a Leyland 800-1.000 g.p.m. fire-engine. Manchester Corporation is to purchase a...

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PERSONAL PARS.

MR. W. CEAMMERLAIN, chairman of the North-Western Traffic Commissioners, who has been ill for some time, is making an excellent...

The First Mobile Milk Bar

THE latest development in the milk' bar movement, which is making much headway in this country, is the Morris 10-cwt. mobile...

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EGYPTIAN TREATY TO BENEFIT MOTOR MAKERS.

Members of the Egyptian delegation to this country visited Coventry a few days ago and were entertained to lunch by Mr. W. E....

S.T.R. Opens New Campaign T HE first lecture of the 1936-1937

season, by S.T.R., the costs expert of The Commercial Motor, took place at the Dorothy Café, Cambridge, on Thursday of last...

Prosecutions for illegal Running?

A SEVERE warning was given to two applicants by Mr. J.. H. Stirk, acting North-Western Licensing Authority in Liverpool,...

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New Features in a 50-ton Load Carrier .

T HE accompanying illustrations show a trailer attachment which has recently been constructed by R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.,...

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An Important Supercharger Development

S UPERCHARGING, up to the present, has made little or no headway in the commercial-vehicle sphere. It has, however, encountered...

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Birmingham Buys a Coach

for Its Councillors THE Birmingham authorities have re cently put into service a Leyland Cub sun-saloon coach for the...

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ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS FOR MOBILE SHOPS

T HE tradesman who wishes to extend his business by means of a travelling shop has to consider the various ways in which the...

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First Road t of Albion -1 x-tonner 30 m.p.t

F OLLOWING the success of its previous lightweight models of large pay-load capacity, Albion Motors, Ltd., introduced, in May...

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Border-line Cases in Goods Licensing

Informative Arguments on Some Knotty Problems Concerned with Goods vehicle Licensing By a Special Correspondent lk ff ANY...

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Sand Hauliers Stabilize Rates

I N an article which appeared in The Commercial Moto , on June 19, I dealt with some figures for the cost of hauling sand and...

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Crossley Introduces a

Four-wheeled Trolleybus I N addition to the six-wheeled trolleybus chassis, which was exclusively announced by The COM Fnercial...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

THERE SHOULD BE A PROFIT ON EXCESS MILEAGE. [4870] With regard to the recent correspondence in. The Commercial Motor on the...

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DISTINCTIVE VAN ,

for VARIED LOADS APPEAL RESULT UPSETS LEICESTER'S PLANS A LTHO UGH Leicester Corporation rlhas won its appeal over the...

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MORE DEMANDS FOR TUNNEL SERVICE

A RENEWAL of the plea for a bus .:service through the Queensway Tunnel was made at a meeting of the council of the Liverpool...

Blackpool's New Coach Station Opens

B LAcKpoQus new . £60,000, coach station, which has been built on the site of the old Coliseum garage and bus park in Tyldesley...

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YORKSHIRE VARIATION APPLICATIONS

S EVERAL 'variations in existing services are the subject of applications to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners by Leeds...

Haulier's Vehicle Insured for £20,000 T HE fact that his vehicle

was insured for £20,000, covering all risks, was mentioned by a haulier at Liverpool last week before Mr. J. H. Stirk, acting...

National Conference of Employers Planned

P LANS are being made to hold a national conference of road-transport employers on Saturday, September 12, at Sheffield, to...

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A Daimler-Benz Two-stroke

A. TWO-STROKE engine ti employing crankcase pumping, in addition to a separate supply of charging air, is shown in patent No....