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7th January 1930
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Our Service to Readers in 1930.

w E pride ourselves upon being a transport users' journal and we like our readers to feel that we take a real personal interest...

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LOOSE LEAVES

W HEN one hears that tram-rail factories are closing down owing to lack of orders, one does feel that the doom of the tramcar...

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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 roughnes$ New Year's Honours The list of...

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• Useful Account Books.

We are constantly receiving requests for details of suitable account books for small business undertakings and log books for...

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Storing Water for Starting.

An efficient form of device for protection against freezing of the radiator water has been brought out by the Tool Steel...

The Lower Thames Tunnel.

In connection with the scheme for the construction of a tunnel under the River Thames between Dartford and Purfieet, the Kent...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

RITCHIN Urban District Council is to purchase a 300-400-gallon Leyland fire-engine. A 21-ton vehicle for refuse-collection is...

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BEET TRANSPORT

as a profitable field FOR HAULIERS A Full Description of the Operations Involved in Carting Beet from the Field to the...

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A French Eight-wheeled Trailer

T HE progress which is being made in Britain in the construction of multi-wheeled trailers for the transport of heavy loads is...

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A New Speedy Two-tonner

A Six-cylinder Republic Model with a Long or Short Frame a n d Hydraulically Operated Brakes I N October last year the first...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on cal subjects

connected with the use of commercial motors, Letters should be written on only one side of the paper. The right of abbreviation...

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A NEAT DIRECTION INDICATOR

J { AVING established its direction indicator in the car market, Gisbornes, Ltd., 320, Witton Road, Birmingham, is now...

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THE CARRIMORE LYNX ON TEST

An Account of the Performance of the Smaller Carrimore Lynx Articulated Goods Vehicle, a High-powered Outfit for 11-ton Loads...

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ROAD TRANSPORT ECONOMICS

of an Important Brewing Concern TT is now an accepted fact in transport circles that the use of pneumatic-tyred equipment is...

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The Chances for the

TWIN-STAIRCASE DOUBLE-DECKER Our Bodybuilding Expert Puts Forward Several Good Reasons in Favour of the Adoption of a Second...

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Combining Two Types of Clutch

1/ URING recent years the design of clutches has become so simplified that one might consider the limit of improvement almost...

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Servicing

the Steam Wagon T HE steam wagon is usually well looked after because the man in charge of it is, in most cases, expe.ienced...

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Phases of PASSENGER TRAVEL Notes on a Variety of Aspects of Coach and Bus Travel DEVELOPING TRANS-DESERT SERVICES.

How the Commercial Motor fs Progressing in Iraq, Syria and Persia. T "EU nited States coma] in Baghdad . has prepared an...

MAINTAINING 1 3 UBLIC-SERVICE VEHICLES.

Some Facts Extracted from a Paper Dealing with the Organizations for the Overhaul of Single-deck Buses. O NJanuary 6th Mr. NV....

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D OUB LE DEC KERS FOR CHELTENHAM.

A Cheltenham Company Places a Fleet of Guy Four-wheelers in Service for Meeting the Needs of Adjacent Districts. O NE of the...

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THE BUS IN AMERICA'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

Some Idea of the Growth which Has Taken Place and of the Development which is Expected. A CCORDING to official statistics...

REFRESHMENTS ON NIGHT SERVICES.

A Correspondent Emphasizes the Need for Better Facilities for Obtaining Meals on the Newcastle-London Route. C HRISTMAS...

AN INTERESTING SYSTEM OF COACH HEATING U NLESS a coach be

adequately heated winter travel over long distances must become most uncomfortable for the passengers, and whilst some form of...

HEATING METHODS ON AMERICAN MOTORBUSES TTNDER a series of regulations

lately L./ issued by the authorities in the American State of New York, the heating of the interiors of motorbuses must be...

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Hydraulic

Jacks arranged with Single-lever Control A MAN cannot lift a heavy chassis by direct physical effort, but by employing a...

- ECONOMICAL RUNNING OF A FLEET

OF SIX-WHEELERS O N the occasion of its annual dinner, held a few days ago, Coventons, Ltd., of 112a, Junction Road, Tipper...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER Some Helpful Suggestions for Those Readers who Submit their Transport Problems to " S.T.R." A S this will...

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Facilitating the Cleansing of

Sumps A Simple Compressedair Machine for Flushing Casings. A Neat Onegallon Fuel Pump E XTRA.u . l'ING grease or heavy oil...

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ACCESSIBILITY

in Forward-control Vehicles A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications T IIE invention described in specification No....