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10th August 1934
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Minimum Wages for Goods vehicle Drivers

T HE establishment of a minimum scale of wages for goods-vehicle drivers engaged in the haulage business, effected by the...

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Passing Comments

INCONTROLLED ribbon development has produced so much clogging of arterial roads with local traffic that, according to Colonel...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY " The wheels of wealth will be

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

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News of Municipal Activities

ROAD GRANTS: MINISTRY INTERVIEW? The County Councils Association states that the absence of a definite system of indicating...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

Canvey 'Island Urban District Council is to buya fire-engine. The electricity committee of Cheltenham Corporation has...

A Well-equipped Sound-film Vehicle

'WHAT is claimed to be the most VV comprehensively equipped soundfilm vehicle yet produced has just been put into operation by...

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Unique Test of a Scammell Six-wheeler for Germany

A s announced in our issue dated June 8, Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford, has recently received an order for one of its Pioneer...

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A Wide Range of Semi-trailers

for 2-ton and 3-ton Chassis T HE problem of obtaining the maximum load capacity in vehicles coming within the:3.ton taxation...

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Facilitating

ACCESS to the DRIVER'S CAB O NE of the results of the continual development of the commercial vehicle is the variety of...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES RATE-CUTTING IN SAND AND SHINGLE HAULAGE.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4361] Sir,—We have an outside firm doing sand and shingle haulage who are cutting the...

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27 Years of Fire-engine Production T HEproduction of fire-engines is a

specialized branch of the commercial vehicle industry, and one in which only a few manufacturers are engaged. One of the...

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A New Make of Oil Engine

for road vehicles A Ferry 3.8-litre Power Unit Developing 35 b.h.p. and Weighing 900 lb. which is Giving Satisfactory Service...

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Nitralloy Steels for Cylinders and Brake Drums

The Nitrard Process of Case-hardening as Applied to Laystall Liners T HE development of Nitralloy steel, case-hardened by the...

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GOODS -VEHICLE ROAD ST RESULTS ANALYSED D URING the past 12

months we have subjected to our standardized road test a wide and representative variety of commercial vehicles. Models of...

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A British Fleet of Trolleybuses for India

Outstanding Features of Some Guy Vehicles That Have Been Built for Service in Delhi, Where Operating Conditions Present Certain...

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New Minimum Wages for Drivers and Mates

UST too late for inclusion in our issue for last week, JUST National Joint Conciliation Board for the Road Motor Transport...

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Haulage Opportunities

Signs of Continuance of Trade Improvement. Iron and Steel Industry Well Employed. Mang Building Contracts T HERE is a...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

IMPORTANT NORMAN EDGAR DEVELOPMENT. Mr. Norman Edgar, managing director of Norman Edgar Western Airways, Ltd., who started his...

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OPERATING ASPECTS of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT TRAFFIC RECORDS BROKEN DURING BANK HOLIDAY WEEK-END • Big London Coach Stations Report Excellent...

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Carrying 15 Tons on an Eight-wheeler

C AREFUL design is necessary to enable a load of over 15 tons to be carried on an eight-wheeled semi-trailer outfit, and yet to...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER The Second Instalment of a Series of Articles Outlining a Simplified Method of Estimating Cost of...

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The Automatic Adjustment of Ignition Pumps

T HE name of Robert Bosch, A.G., Stuttgart, Germany, appears in patent No. 412,136 as the inventor of an improved automatic...