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8th December 1931
8th December 1931
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The Oil Engine Advances

E YEN those, who have been most pessimistic regarding the Prospects of the compressionignition engine must now acknowledge the...

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LOOSE LEAVES

A S from the begin. ning of thia month, 92 additional country branches of the Yorkshire Penny Bank and 16 branches of the...

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ONE HEARS

That Mr. Pick's view on London coach services carries a certain weight. That Mr. Pick has, in fact, a reputation in...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of weattit will be slowed

by all difficaities of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

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C.M. PERSONALITIES

MR. RAYMOND GUY PALMER is managing director and chairman of the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., which position he has held for the...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

BEDWAS AND beleoxeN Urban District Council has decided to buy a new bus. MANCHESTER Corporation is to purchase a lorry for the...

ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

Halifax Corporation is to have a bus depot erected at Elmwood. Leicester Corporation is purchasing land between Garden Street...

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THE NEW BRISTOL DOUBLE-DECKER CHASSIS TESTED

Lessons Learned From Long Operat ing Experience Assist the Bristol Concern in Producing an Efficient Vehicle of Good All-round...

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New and Important

Braking Regulations MBE Minister of Transport has .1 issued amended regulations in respect of braking for motor vehicles. The...

Oil Engines: A Valuable Lecture O N page 593 of our

issue dated December let we gave a summary of the first lecture by Mr. H. R. • Ricardo, F.R.S., on oil engines, as delivered...

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THE MAINTENANCE

OF OIL ENGINES By MAJOR W. H. GODDARD, A.M.I.Mech.E. Some Interesting Facts About a Vital Matter, as Revealed by the...

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The

crets of PLYWOOD 3 RODUCTION A Tour of One of the Factories of Venesta, Ltd., in which Metalfaced and Ordinary Plywood are...

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The OUTLOOK FOR

Compression-ignition OIL ENGINES By A. W. HUBBLE, M.I.Mech.E. General Manager, Crossley Motors Ltd. The Author of this...

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The Modern Style of PAS

SENGER BODYWORK Our Expert Considers Present-day Tendencies in Passenger Body Construction, Commenting Upon Door Positions,...

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Edinburgh to London by Three-wheeler

T "performance and general capabilities of the Raleigh 5-ewt. threewheeled delivery van were thoroughly tested last week, when...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Replies to a Forecast of the Future of Haulage. Experiences of Sixwheeler Conversions Required Support for a Spirited Letter...

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Road Transport Activities in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent, Increased Bus Fares. ArrE NTION was drawn by Mr. Lawson to the increases of bus...

Economizing on Lubricating Oil

I "PORTANT economies in expenditure on lubricating oil can be effected by using the Fox patent electric oil cleaner, which is...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport BENEFITS OF ASSOCIATION STRONGLY EVIDENT IN SOUTH WALES The Motor Omnibus Proprietors Association Now...

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MR. FRANK PICK ADDRESSES THE METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONER

Statement as to Public Need for London Coach Services 1-1 A STATEMENT of policy has been made by Mr. Frank Pick, managing...

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSS THE ROADTRAFFIC ACT

A Useful Meeting at the House of Commons Arranged by the Roadways Federation A CIRCULAR letter to all members of Parliament has...

RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE TRAFFIC AREAS

M.H.C.S.A. Deputation to Minister. SOME of the points raised by the Motor Hirers and Coach Services Association, Ltd.,...

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN THE VARIOUS TRAFFIC AREAS

Northern Scotland. ONE more sitting is to be held at Aberdeen "on December 22nd, to clear up a few miscellaneous applications,...

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A SIMPLE HEATER

for passenger vehicles First Information of an Effective and Inexpensive Design which Utilizes the Enginecooling Water...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER A Straight Talk to Those Many Hauliers Who Regard Rate Cutting as the Only Means for Obtaining WOrk T HIS...

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• Further Impressions of

THE PARIS SHOW Interesting Types of Body for Goods and Passenger Vehicles., A Twin-engined Tractor. New Oil Engines S OIVIE...

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New Features in a Gully-emptier

1DATENT No. 360,206, by Dei,ghton's Patent Flue aud Tube Co., Ltd. (paler of Yorkshire steam wagons) and J. T. Ridealgh, Vulcan...