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6th March 1942
6th March 1942
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Road Transport's Vital Function

T HE President of the American Trucking Associations, speaking in January at a meeting of vehicle operators and shippers in...

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Stabilized Rates and Cost Records

A RECENT article by dealing with the conveyance of "smalls" demonstrated that the position of the parcels carrier was analogous...

Passing Comments

Incidents which NAANY are the amusing Lighten a Few Spare IVA remarks made by bus con Moments ductors and passengers. They...

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One Hears

That agricultural tractors need not ■ now be immobilized. That either a charge by a tractor brigade does not appear to be...

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News of the Week

FEDERATION ENGAGES S.t.R. TO PROTECT HAULIERS IN connection with the Road Haulage land Hire (Charges) Order, 1942, the...

Notes on the Government Road Haulage Scheme

THE CHARTERED FLEET. The first vehicles to be called up for the chartered fleet began operations on Monday, March 2. Each lorry...

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RAW-RUBBE INCRE STOCKS ED

H AVING asked t Supply how the rubber in this count the Japanese attack pared with the nor Parker was informed, CommOns...

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HELP FOR NORTH STAFFS P.S.V. OPERATORS

A S a result of unsatisfactory transport organization in North Staffordshire, Mr. Ellis Smith, in the House last week, urged...

Personal Pars

MR. C. C. V. GOAD has been appointed private secretary to Mr. P. J. Noel-Baker, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry...

Crown's Accident Liability—

Policy Not Inconsistent T HE Attorney-General was alted last week by Sir J. Mellor whether, in view of the observations of Mr....

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OPERATORS FIGURES FOB i:OACH OPERATING COSTS

m ir last week's article contained criticisms of some figures for costs and charges relating to buses and coaches, compiled by...

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Emergency Food Vans Doing Good Work

rr HE well-known building-contracting concern of John Mowlem and Co., Ltd., has donated the cost of an emergency food van to...

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Battery-electrics Could Do Long-distance Haulage

By A. W. Haigh, A.M.I.Mech.E. W ITH the further restriction in the rationing of petrol, the problem of fuel, for both...

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IS THERE A CASE FOR r E HALF-TRACK VEHICLE?

D URING the history of automobile design for commercial and military requirements, many special types have, from time to time,...

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Steel Hardening for the garage toolmaker

I N the process of hardening steel for toolmaking, one of the most important factors is the •quenching fluid. This greatly...

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One Tipping Ram Now on Paper Salvage

Cleansing Department Builds Hydraulic Press Largely from Disused Vehicle Parts S ALVAGE and public cleansing afford scope for...

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OPINIONS and

UERIES FURTHER LA.E. .RESEARCH ON PRODUCER GAS A S Chairman of the Membership and Publications Subcommittee of the Automobile...

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Combined Mechanical and Cushion-type Universal

A UNIVERSAL joint for transtnis sion systems, designed to minimize torsional vibration, and at the same time to permit...