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9th February 1934
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Restrictions Becoming Intolerable

T HE road passenger transport industry is now waking up to the fact that, unless concerted action be taken to prevent the...

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Passing Comments

T HE railway stables still house nearly 15,000 horses, but now some 6,000 motor delivery vans are used to convey goods between...

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One Hears

Of public consternation at the reductions in coaching facilities. That people, like horses, do not relish being forced on to...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY d ` The wheels of wealth will be

slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughgess of the roads over which...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

PORT Ter_ear fire-brigade captain is urging the council to buy a new fireengine. CHESTERFIELD Corporation is to obtain tenders...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent TRANSPORT BILL SECOND, READING. T HE London Passenger Transport...

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What is the Future of the Passenger-transport Industry?

B Y way of preface to our statistical review of " progress " in the passenger-transport industry during 1933, may we fervently...

Page 84

IMPROVING the BREED

of the British Passenger Vehicle How Attention to Details of Chassis Design is Producing a Vehicle of Superior Performance and...

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BUS BODY DESIGN A DE CADE HENCE

/ N 10 years' time most of the pas senger vehicles now in service will have been replaced, in soin cases more than once, by new...

Page 88

How to Make Profits from contract work

A DISADVANTAGE of contract work with coaches is its irregularity. An advantage is that a good deal of expensive administration...

Page 90

The Suc

ess of the OILER in the METROPOLIS Nx THENEVER the question of passenger transport , 1 by bus arises there is certain to be...

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New Trailers with Ingenious Suspension

Full Details of the Latest Crane Units, Embodying Short Oscillating Axles with Very Low . Pivots A N interesting suspension...

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BRITISH TROLLEYBUSES

for modern ;ystems Latest British Models Show Remarkable Advance in Design, Resulting in Lower Floor Levels, Convenient...

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The Trolleybus Championed

Some Pointers from an Instructive Address ty the T rolleybus Manager of an Important Manufacturing Concern A N address on "The...

Page 98

What Basis for Long-distance Coach Fares?

The Three Systems of Assessing Charges; kci. Per Mile a Suitable Figure to Show a Reasonable Profit With a Petrol-engined...

Page 99

Stabilization and Restriction

conflicting effects of the Road Traffic Act A S representatives of the coaching industry who are in close touch with many...

Some Control Must Be Released

By A. H. Bourne, Chairman, Croydon and District Motor Coach Owners' Association T HE first effect of the introduction of the...

Confidence in the Future

By Chas. T. W. Tooth, A.M.Inst.B.E., Secretary, North Western Area United Bus Owners' Association ' NDEPENDENT...

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An Unsatisfactory Act with Good Points

By J. J. Berry, President, Northern Road Transport Owners' Association, Ltd. A LTHOUGH the Act was badly conceived, badly...

Security, But No Prospects of Expansion

By .1. W. Kingston, Chairman, Northampton Commercial Motors Association A S a result of tlie administration of the Act, road...

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"Licences and Prohibitions ))

By Major .1. B. Elliott Chairman, Motor Hirers and Coach Services Association O N many occasions I have, at gatherings of...

Independents Penalized to Help Combines

By Edgar 1NaIlett, F.C.R.A., A.F.1., Secretary, Allied Bus Owners' Protection Society Vir/ HITST I am of the opinion VV that...

A Simple, Successful Gas Producer

T HE oil-engine boom in France has swept away many makes of gasproducer for road-vehicle work. Amongst the appliances that...

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How BUSES

ARE REPLACING TRAMS in the city of Leeds T HE great progress made in recent years by the bus section of Leeds Corporation's...

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EFFICIENCY in MC )ERN ENGINE DESIGN

More Efficient and Reliable Powerunits Now Available, Although No Startling Changes in Design are Apparent / T is always...

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Improving the Status of The Booking Agent

Practical Suggestions by Several Wellknown Personalities on the Operating and Agency Sides, to Increase Efficiency and...

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"Agreed Charges" Discussed

A MEETING of the Industrial Trans1 - 1 port Association, last Tuesday, at which "agreed charges," as defined by the Road and...

Page 110

Operating Costs of

MOTORBUS, TROLLEYBUS and TRAMCAR By H. Scott Hall, M.I.A.E. A Rational Method of Comparing the Costs of Operation of the...

Page 113

AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

HORLEY SYNDICATE DEVELOPMENTS. Following the announcement made La our issue dated January 26, it is now learned that the name...

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Co-ordinated Road and Air Travel

T HE stage has now been reached when it is not prudent to contemplate the future possibility of road passenger travel without...

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850 Miles in 48 Hours With One Driver

A NUMBER of competitors in the recent Monte Carlo Rally availed themselves of the service of Autocheques, Ltd., 33, Regent...

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hen Li [don took to Wheels

Parliament had a Traffic Problem Three Centuries Ago. The King Bans Hackney Carriages in the Capital. A Case of History...

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Meeting Southend's Transport Needs

S OUTHEND, in Which—despite probable protests from some of their residents—we Must include Leigh, Westclitf and Thorpe Bay,...

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PASSENGER CHASSIS ON THE BRITISH MARKET

A Handy Compilation of the Petrol, Oil and Electric Chassis at Present Marketed in this Country. Following the Distinguishing...

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Licensing Problems Elucidated

W E print below a further selection of some of the most interesting inquiries regarding the Road and Rail Traffic Act which...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS REDCAR CLAIMS COMPENSATION FROM LONDON TRANSPORT. pROTRACTED...

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Universal -joint Modifications

A ' UNIVERSAL joint which not only permits angular displacement, but also allows of axial extension, is shown by C. A. G....