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6th July 1934
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A Loophole in the Act

p ROPRIETORS of composite businesses comprising as one of their activities that of haulage contracting, and as the other some...

A Move Towards Complete Unity C 0-OPERATION in the road-transport industry

is ceasing to be merely a far-distant ideal of intelligent operators and is becoming an established fact. As already announced...

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Passing Comments

D URING a conversation with Mr. B. T. Rumble, a director of T.S. Motors, Ltd., he gave it as his opinion that the ideal...

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One Hears

Of many drivers'with " drought throats." That transport should not be a thing for vested interests to jockey with. That...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

" The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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News of Municipal Activities

Swansea Considering Centralized Transport Scheme. Swansea Parliamentary Committee has under review the whole of the public...

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SUCCESS art BIRMINGHAM'S ONE-WAY SYSTEM.

Birmingham Corporation's traffic: control committee has issued a comprehensive report on the working of the one-way traffic...

R.H.A. Progress in

T *0 west-country sub-divisions of the Road Haulage Association held their annual general meetings last week, the meeting of...

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A Track-laying Tractor for Oilfield Operation

Brief Details of the Outstanding Features of an Interesting Garrett -Gardner Six speed Machine that Has Been Specially...

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A New and Larger Raleigh Three-wheeled Van

A 742 c.c. V-twin Engine and a Body with a Capacity of 62 Cubic Feet are Important Features of the New Model, Built for 8-cwt....

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An Original Design of Trailer Reversing Gear

The Harrow Gear Enables a Fourwheeled Trailer to be Reversed with Ease in Confined Spaces T HE operation of reversing a...

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Haulier and Clearing House: Licences Refused

Members of the Road Haulage Association, with the railway companies, successfully opposed an application to the Yorkshire...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent THIRD READING OF ROAD TRAFFIC BILL. T HE House of Commons gave a...

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The M.T.T.A, Conference

A Successful Gathering at Glasgow with Excellent Papers, Instructive Visits and an Enjoyable Trip in the Kyles of Bute on the...

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THE "ROYAL" MARKS P NER-FARMING PROGRESS

ROM the point of view of those who are interested • in the development of mechanical transport, the outstanding feature of the...

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OPINION

S and QUERIES Controversy on Metal Bodies. The Vital Need for Efficient Braking Systems on Lorries and Trailers THE PROS AND...

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R.H.A. Official Criticizes Clearing Houses

A STATEMENT that there were many " bad " clearing houses was made by Mr. A. H. Butterwick, chairman of the Yorkshire Regional...

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A GARNER SIX-WHEELEF

among SHROPSHIRE HILLS A Hard All round Test Shows the Performance of the Model TW6-0 4-5-tanner to be Satisfactory, whilst...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

GRAVESEND LEAST AFFECTED BY FOG. The results of last winter's observations of the incidence of fog at aerodromes serving...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT EIGHTEEN ASSOCIATIONS AT LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE CONFERENCE Case for Presentation to Minister Exhaustively...

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THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

CONTRACT OPERATORS TO KEEP RECORDS OF JOURNEYS. A "portant Government amendment to Clause 23 of the Road Traffic Bill,...

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MUNICIPAL BUS RESULTS FROM MANY CENTRES

BIG PROFIT AT BIRMINGHAM: 171 BUSES REQUIRED. B IRMINGHAM Corporation's trans.1.-/port department, reporting on the accounts...

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All-metal Construction in New Gearless Buses

I TM/ER the Middlesbrough Corpora tion's tramways replacement scheme, 15 Leyland Titan buses are being operated, nine with...

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Problems of the

HAULIER AND CARRIER Making Contracts With Farmers for Beet Haulage. Fixed Prices for Comparison With the Haulier's Own Costs...

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An Unusual Design of Clutch

P ATENT No. 410,380 describes a new form of friction clutch for which several advantages are claimed, chief amongst them being...