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10th December 1948
10th December 1948
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Contract Hauliers Must Toe the Line

T HOSE who dabble with fireworks are advised to light the blue touch paper and retire immediately. This procedure was followed...

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Passing Comments

State Barriers to the C OMMENTS by Mr. R. Progress of Road ‘-"Cropper, of the British Transport . National Road Transport...

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One Hears

That there is Moss on many gearboxes. Of bets on R.H. (60) being published by December, 1949. That Quickstryp is passed by...

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News of the Week

S.M.T. DENIES NEGOTIATIONS WITH B.T.C. ARE OFF A RUMOUR current in London, last week, that negotiations for the sate of the...

No Date Fixed for "Big Six" Plan to Standardize Parts

MO date seems to have -been set by 1 lithe "big six" vehicle manufacturers for the start of their much-publicized plan to...

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New Holiday and Pay Proposals

N "proposals affecting holidays and holiday pay of road-haulage workers have been put forward by the Road Haulage Central Wages...

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Personal Pars

MR. JACK HARRISON, who joined A. W. CHAPMAN, LTD., in the middle of last year, has been appointed general manager. He was...

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Research "on the Ground" Pays: Experience with Vehicles Overseas

A NEW model which Albion Motors, Ltd., sent experimentally to Africa, ran for a year under the maker's control, and showed up a...

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How to Assess Haulage Profits for

Compensation A DVICE to hauliers whose businesses are liable to be nationalized is contained in the first report of the...

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CONTRACT LICENSING PR( EDURE IS TIGHTENED UP

Sergeant Appeal Fails. Licensing Authorities to Examine Circumstances of Contracts. Refusal of Fuel a Good Ground for Rejecting...

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Why Additiv

reated Oils? M ANY operators seem to misunderstand the true purpose and function of so-called HD., or "detergent "-type,...

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New Technical Developments

L'REEZING of the electrolyte in vehicle batteries has been overcome by the use of glass-fibre board as an insulator in steel...

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What is Engine

"EFFICIENCY"? By R.W. Bent, M.I.Mech.E. The Word Efficiency, as Applied to Power Units, Can be Misleading Unless Correctly...

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New International Organization

nRGANIZATIONS of hauliers, in terested in international transport, from Belgium, Denmark, England. France, Holland, Sweden and...

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Good Braking, Acceleration . and Fuel Consumption Yielded by Chassis

with 10.35 litre Engine, Fluid Coupling and Preselective Epicyclic Gearbox I N the description of the latest addition to the...

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Attention to Deta . il Keeps theW heels Turning Importance of

Making Maintenance Staffs Realise That Only Conscientious Work Will Prevent Breakdowns on the Road H OWEVER well designed a...

Page 55

Haw Capital Appreciation on the Sale of a Used Vehicle

at More than its Cost Price Affects Income Tax. A Disappointment for an Optimist Coach Sale Profits and Income Tax W HEN I...

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DRIVERS' DIFFICULTIES WITH FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION T OUR interesting article, "Parking

with Intent the Latest Crime," published in your issue dated November 5, has just come to my . notice. Perhaps if the police...

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A Wheel-operated Hydraulic Pump

A &mime of Recently Published Patent Specifications P ATENT No. 606,128, comes from the Timken-Detroit Axle Co., Detroit,...