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THE next issue of The Commercial" Motor will celebrate the

9th March 1926, Page 1
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coming of age of the journal, its first issue having been published on March 16th, 1905. The contents of the issue will be of a special character.

AN. important merging of interests in the manufacture and marketing of universal joints of the -flexible and mechanical types is announced in our pages this week. Page 105.

\\,4 describe, after a very searching test, a new accufflulator for which substantial. claims are made.' We shall continue our tests' of the battery, because long life is a very important factor. Page. 114.

A RIGID-FRAMED six-wheeler of particularly ineresting design, in which frame arches over the axles are avoided and unsprung weight reduced to the,

)ninimurn, is illustrated and described. Page 100.

Our correspondent in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons deals in this issue with various matters connected with road transport and allied subjects that have arisen in Parliament during the week. Page 98.

THE ever-changing situation in Glasgow, where the motorbus is .proving •a Serious rival to the municipally owned tramway system; is carefully' surveyed in our issue this week by an eminent Scottish lawyer. • Page 108.

IN dealing with the maintenance of a large fleet of buses, the overhauling of the bodies ia a somewhat difficult proposition, as it takes,much longer than the work on the chassis. How the problem is solved is described in the article which occupies our centre pages_ *-• Page 106.

WEAR of hub bearings constitutes one of the expensive items in the maintenance of heavy vehicles. A new roller bearing has been introduced which offers, according to the claims of the makers, certain material advantages in economy and time-saving. Our description in this issue is by a well-known engineer.

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TUE statement of the Minister of Transport with regard to the reatrictiou of bus services on routes in parallel with the tramway systemsof Lohdon 'is published in this issue, together with the suggestion which is advanced by the London Traffic Advisory Committee for the establishment of a compensation fund for owners

of displaced buses. • Page 116.

THE conquest of the Sahara by wheeledmotor vehicles is one of the greatest of post-war accomplishheats, for it brings a promise of the opening of new trade routes. The technical importance of Lieut. Estienne's journey, described by us, lies in the fact that speed and simplicity of traction need not be sacriheed in the passage of such a trackless waste.

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