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8th May 1919
8th May 1919
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Why Differentiate Between Lorry and Private Car ?

T HE PROPOSALS contained in the Budget are such as to tend to perpetuate a. somewhat strange and illogical state of affairs in...

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FEATURES OF THE BUDGET.

I N THE BUDGET speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made in the House of Commons on Wednesday, April 30th last, there...

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ONE HEARS

" Excise excised." That the motor user's verdict •on the Budget is : "Reasonably reasonable." "Motor spirit licence to be...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

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

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LEAVES FROM THE INSPECTOR'S NOTEBOOK.

Farewell, Control ! The Customer and Mechanical Details. I MMERSED, through no fault of my own, for nearly four years in the...

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A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE PETROL-ELECTRIC LORRY.

A New American System which Incorporates a Driving Motor for Each Wheel. 4. .L TYPE of electric vehicle embodying many novel...

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THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE PETROL LOCOMOTIVE.

A Type of Vehicle Which is Finding Increasing Popularity, for Collieries, Quarries and Plantation Transport. N ow THAT THE WAR...

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WHAT IS COKE?

By J. H. Caste, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry. W HEN COAL is heated in large, closed vessels (" gas retorts ") with...

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LETTERS TO OVERSEAS READERS.

No. 3.—Investigations of Overseas Markets. 0 ,VERSEAS READERS of The Commercial Motor can hardly have failed to notice that...

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GIVING RESILIENCE TO SOLID TYRES.

A Resilient Cushion Interposed Between Tyre and Wheel Absorbs Road Shock. A N EFFORT to increase the resiliency of the solid •...

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A BIG SWANSEA REPAIR DEPOT.

R. E. Jones, Ltd., Handle Albion Interests in South Wales, and Cater to Give Fine Service to Users. I T IS NOW some six or...

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THE PROBLEM OF TRANSPORT IN PALESTINE.

How the Motor Lorry has Developed the Roads in the Holy Land. W HEN THE Turkish forces were compelled to evacuate the...

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EVOLUTION OF TIPPING MECHANISM.

The Operation of Several Types and a Description of the Latest Form of Hydraulic Tipping Gear. O F RECENT YEARS the tipping...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one of the...

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For DRIVERS, MECHANICS & FOREMEN.

A PRIZE OF TEN ShILLINGS is awarded each week to the sender of the best letter which we publish on this page ; all others are...

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THE RICARDO SUPER-CHARGE ENGINE.

• A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications. A feature of the Patent * Office weekly returns just now is the large...