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6th December 1940
6th December 1940
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Road Transport to the Rescue

L AST week we made the first announcement of the neiv Ministry of Transport • policy in connection with road and rail...

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Encourage Apprentice Drivers

O ( — NNE disadvantage of having a hard-and-fast of wages such as that scheduled under the Road Haulage Wages Act is that,...

Passing Comments

All Buses Should THE borrowing of buses Carry Proper Route I by London Transport is Numbers all very well and may alleviate a...

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One Hears

Still of fool pedestrians who walk four abreast in the road at night. _ 0 _ That "Look out in the black-out " is the N.S.F.A....

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NEWS of the WEEK

POOLING OF HAULIERS' BULK-OIL TANKERS W E understand that consideration is being given to the pooling of vehicles owned by...

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Hauliers' Group Seeks to Reduce Dock Delays

M AINLY a haulage contractors' group, 10/B13 Group Organizers, Liverpool, has taken up with the D.T.O. the question of delays...

Speed Increase Demanded for All Livestock Vehicles

A N extension of the speed limit up to 30 m.p.h. for livestock vehicles, is being requested by hauliers in the north and a...

Grave Crisis, Unless More New Vehicles Are Made

S HORTAGE of heavy goods-carrying vehicles and replacement parts, and the urgent . need for a relaxation of the present 20...

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DEARTH OF ROAD VEHICLES IMMINENT

A TTENTION was called in the House 1 - 1of Commons last week by Captain Flugge to the fact that many road vehicles worked 24...

S.T.R. on the Ministry's Change of Front

ri history of transport in this war, up to the present time, can be nothing but the relation of a series of blunders. These...

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• DENNIS PAYS MORE ON SLIGHTLY HIGHER PROFIT

T HE net profit of Dennis Bros., Ltd., in the year ended September 30 last, after deducting taxation, was £127,688, that for...

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Where Bureaucratic Control Fails

Many Millions Spent on Expediting Production are beingWasted by Delays Resulting from the Failure to Appreciate the Vital...

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New Tractor-hauled Ditcher for Agricultural Work

A Useful Appliance that Should Do Much to Remove a Serious Handicap to increased Farming Productivity I T is well recognized...

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Friction . Materials Proved By _Scientific Control

Brake Facing Material and Means for Testing it Have Advanced Together. We Review the Apparatus Which is Largely Responsible for...

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Municipal Appliance Featuring Mechanical Ingenuity

In the Mechanism of the Scammell Road-sweepercollector are Embodied Many Points of Interest that Promote Its Efficiency of...

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ROAD TRANSPORT KEY TO &EATER INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT

By Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman C.B., D.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.A.E. O N page 18 of his " How to Pay for the...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER• TRANSPORT SUPPORT FOR BUS GROUPING SCHEME R EADY support was forthcomin g from operators at meetin g s held in...

MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL STEAM SEES CHANCE FOR BUSES

T HAT the Government should develop the use of alternative fuels and g ive preferential taxation to steam vehicles was...

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METROPOLITAN RATES FOR DIS1

,NCE WORK: How They Can Be Used Showing that the Metropolitan Rates Schedule, Originally Designed for Local Haulage, Can Quite...

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Helical Suspension Springs on Rubber Seats

T HAT Morris Motors, Ltd., Cowley. is investigating the possibilities of helical suspension springs may be inferred from patent...