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9th December 1909
9th December 1909
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Overseas Trade.

A considerable portion of this issue is devoted to a concise statement of the case for modern self-propelled transport in a...

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Tasker' s New Steam Wagon.

The Most Up-to-date Design and Approved Methods of Construction are Embodied in the Latest Production of the Waterloo Iron...

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Packing Motors for Shipment.

What a flutter of excitement spreads through the works of many a motor manufacturer, when it is announced that a certain...

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Fire-Brigade Matters.

The new fire station at Portsladeby-Sea was opened recently, but the money available did not justify its equipment with a motor...

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News and Comment.

This journal is officially recognized by the Commercial _Motor Users' Association. The special Overseas Section opens on page...

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Motorcab Topics.

Taxicabs will shortly appear on the streets of Colombo (Ceylon). At the 30th September, of 6,308 cabs in Berlin, 938 were of...

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Glinipses of the sheets going to press, containing most interesting matter, the full-page

A. Comfortable illustrations of classi fied groups of ve hicles and tractors, together with my department's notinconsiderable...

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Agricultural Motors, Tractors, and Rollers.

Successful Development of Tractors which Work over the Land. Steam-ploughing, by ponderous engines and winding-gear, with the...

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Motor Omnibuses; Chars-a-Bancs; Ambulances.

Motorbus Object-Lessons from London and Eastbourne ; Chars-a-Bancs for Interurban Services ; Metropolitan Asylums Board...

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Motorcabs.

4,300 Taxicabs Now in London. Cost of Running and Estimated Receipts. Many British Models. In April, 1908, we issued, as a...

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Fire-Brigade Equipment.

Motor Vehicles are Essential to the Due Preservation of Life and Property. Progress has been rapid since the days of the...

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Steam Vans and Wagons.

The Self-contained Vehicle can Haul as well as Carry. We have, in the motor lorry or wagon, a type of construction which is...

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Petrol Delivery Vans and Wagons.

The One-Horse Van can at Last be Beaten. The earliest delivery vans and wagons, in the years 1898 to 1901, came to grief by...

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Steam Tractors and Road Trains.

It. is found, in some trades and subdivisions of haulage contracting, that the power unit must be divorced from the...

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Parcel-carriers ; Mining Needs ; Municipal Motors ; Rail Cars ; Special Cases.

Parcel–carriers. Quite the best. uf parcel-carriers on the market is that sold by F. B. Goodchild and Co., Ltd. _McNamara and...

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Engines, Gears, Carburetters and Fuels.

• Since Herr Daimler's adaptation of the principle of internal combustion to an engine designed for running at a high rate of...

The Supply Department.

Tax i meters. In supplement to the condensed and vet comprehensive information which we have included under the title of "...

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Lacre Policy for 1910.

We were able, two months ago, to publish a few parti.culars about the Lacre Co.'s new factory at Letchworth. Matters have gone...

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At the Smithfield Show.

The visit of his Majesty the King, to the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, on Monday afternoon last, once more gave the...

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A Spirit Tax Option.

The Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise have caused the followin; notice to be issued to the Press and other...

Opinions from Others.

An Iva Motor in Russia. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. L1078] Sir,-We have much pleasure in enclosing herewith somel ,...

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Answers to Queries.

Our readers will be informed by the Editor on any Points connecied with the construction or use of commercial motors. Where a...

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The Broom and Wade Colonial Wagon.

The wagon is employed, chiefly, for the transportation of copper ore over precipitous mountain trucks, on which stiff gradients...

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Interesting Statistics from the Patent Office.

On one of his numerous visits to the Patent Office, at 25, Southampton Buildings, W.C., a representative of our Editorial staff...

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Contributions from Drivers and Mechanics.

TEN SHILLINGS WEEKLY for the Best Communication Received, and One Penny a Line of ten words for any thing else published....

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Patents Completed.

Complete specifications of the following patents will be sent to any address in the United Kingdom upon receipt of eightpence...

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