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9th January 1942
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Road Transport's Better Year

R OAD transport carries on this year under definitely better auspices than those under which it commenced the year 1941. We do...

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Passing Comments

There are Some AR D is the war-time lot of Jobs the Railways CanI I the country carrier. We not Do know one in the South of...

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One Hears

That knowledge brings understanding. That we can't know too much about America. That the Atlantic is becoming more of a ,...

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The Rationalization of Retail Deliveries

fiUCH has already been said in this IV/journal concerning various methods of grouping transport in order to economize in the...

More Hauliers Affected By Essential Work Order

A MOVE of considerable importance and one which will ease the difficulties of the haulage section of the industry, in so far...

%Tightening Up New Vehicle Acquisition

UNDER the original Order made by 1....0the Minister of Transport some 18 months ago, it became an offence to acquire an...

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HEAVY WOOLLEN ASSOCIATION RAISES HOURLY RATES

B ECAUSE of higher operating costs, an increase of 10 per cent., as from January 1, in members hourly rates for road-haulage...

Yorkshire Operators Plan to Aid Snow Clearance

WILLINGNESS on the part of YorkW shire operators of bus services and haulage vehicles to assist in snow clearance and the...

Valuable Loads Being Stolen From Lorries

THEFT of a load of brass, valued at 1 £700, from a lorry owned by a Leeds haulage concern, is reported as one of the latest...

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Wheeled Caterpillar Tractor to be Introduced

New 90 b.h.p. Machine with Pneumatic Tyres Shortly to be Included in Range Handled by Jack 0/ding and Co., Ltd. 'TO the best...

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The Oil Engine's Del Modern Oil Refinery

, a S. Campbell INTENSIVE study, development and competition over !the past 15 years have produced the modern transport oil...

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Contractor's Plant Speeds Munition-factory Erection

WITH the rapid expansion of Britain's war effort, the VV need for many large munition works becomes increasingly important....

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"SMALLS" Examples o Scheduled Rates for Parcels

I N last week's article in this series. I showed that a parcels carrier, operating two vehicles, one of 30-cwt. capacity and...

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All Operators Must Be Concerned I " OUR contributor, "Tantalus," in his article on li , "Representation and Licensing Problems," in

your issue of December 19, draws certain conclusions which appear to call for some reply or even cor rection. . There is,a...

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Double-reduction Gear in Driving Steering-head Assembly

VOUR-WHEEL drive is certainly in the limelight lately. Numerous inventors appear to be paying considerable attention to solving...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES Th e Editor invites correspondence on all subjects

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

Contractors' Plant Must Receive Careful Attention

T HE fact that the subject Of this letter is a matter of national importance is our reason for requesting that you give it...

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Useful NOtes on Spring Maintenance

T HE Chief Inspector of Mechanical Transport, R.A.S.C., has sent us a useful form of Christmas greeting, on one side of which...

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Simple Three-way Gear for

Four-wheel Steerers S TEERING arrangementsments for vehicles with four or more dirigible wheels form the subject of patent No....