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10th January 1936
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Toll of the Roads Reduced

F OR the first time for many years a considerable reduction, is shown in the number of killed and injured on the roads of this...

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Passing Comments

Bus Stations Must IN the ordinary course bus 'stations need little looking after, but if they are to be of greater use than the...

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One Hears

That the Dennis Ace is high. That too many magistrates judge the majority by the individual. That London's bus tyres exhaust...

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NEWS of the WEEK

"The wheels of wealth will be dowel by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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Should Traders 'Carry Back Loads ?

THE principle of subsidizing manu facturers' transport departments by carrying return loads for hire and reward was raised for...

Ancillary User Allowed " Subsidy "

H far may a business concern subsidize its own transport department by carrying for hire and reward? This question canie before...

Two Licences for One Vehicle? .

S EVERAL objectors appeared before the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, in Liverpool, on Monday, when Mr. G. Smith, of...

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AUTHORITIES HAVE MISINTERPRETED ACT."

Licensing Authorities have misinterpreted the Road and Rail Traffic Act by imposing conditions wholesale on B licences. This...

Past Record Brought Up Against Applicant.

That the applicant was not a fit person to hold a licence was a submission-made by Mr. J. C. Chambers, for the Great Western...

Another Railway Success on Appeal

(I N Monday, the Appeal Tribunal %.-/announced its decision to allow the appeals of the London and North Eastern and London,...

Personal Pars

MR. PUZEY, the Leyland agent in Rhodesia, recently paid a hurried visit to the Leyland factories. MR. ALEXANDER LOWE MCCOLL,...

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DISPLACEMENT OF HORSES AS LICENCE CONDITION.

That his horses must be withdwawn from road haulage was a condition on which Mr. W. Westerman, a Wetherby haulier, was...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

MENDERS are invited by the following detest dates given in, parentheses):-Gloucestershire CC. for tar and bituminous -...

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THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR

A REO DISTRIBUTOR'S DISPLAY. Couldrey Motors, Ltd., is arranging a special show . of Reo commercial vehicles at its...

Transport of Films Increases

D EFERENCE to the growth of the film, wireless and gramophone industries in the west country was made when Film Transport...

Broader Outlook on Wages Question Needed

Prominent A.R.O. Member, in Interview, Calls for Practical Approach to Wages Problem " HERE are indications in certain I...

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Two Popular Light-van Chassis

Converted to Forward Control Baico Austi Nor Body Concern Now Specializing in Converting 10 h.p. and Ford 8 h.p. Models with...

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FIGHT FOR "LIBERTY."

A.B.O. East Lance committee has expressed strong opposition . to any further restriction of road transport, such as is hinted...

What the Associ

Operators to Defy Wages Award?. COLLOWING their decision to re.1: affirm their opposition to the imposition of Grade I wages...

Good Work Under Licensing Scheme

A CASE in the traffic court, at Man chester, last Friday, illustrated the valuable work that is being undertaken in connection...

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ons Are Doing

S.T.R.'s Lectures " Capture " Yorkshire T HE first of the five lectures which " S.T.R.," The Commercial Motor costs expert,...

Hull Operators Favour Amalgamation A RESOLUTION calling for the immediate co-ordination

• of all associations in Yorkshire was carried unanimously at a meeting of operators held at Hull, under the auspices of...

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Does Maintenance by Drivers Pay?

(Left) The operator of this Fordson 2-ton forward-control furniture van, with a Lawson body of over 1,000 cubic ft. capacity,...

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SMART VANS

kS RADIO SALES FORCES Maximum Publicity Value Extracted From 24 Commercial Vehicles Operated by E. K. Cole, Ltd., for...

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The Ideal Chassis for Publicity Bodies

Scope for the Use of a Full length Unbroken Platform Area Contributes Towards the Desired End, and Modern Developments can be...

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An Ingenious Brake Design

Parallel Action, Compensation and Progressive Shoe-expansion Force Among Numerous Desirable Features. Few Unlike Parts Simplify...

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The Treatment of Panel Areas

A Number of Concerns Specializes in the Design and Execution of Advertising Display on Commercial Vehicles and Various...

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Municipalities and Mobile Publicity

Whilst Certain Municipal Operators Use Their Motors Extensively for Advertising Many Others Could Profitably Do More in This...

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SIDELIGHTS ON SHOWVAN DESIGN

M R. OAKENHURST, the manager, pressed the " drawingoffice" button of the interdepartmental telephone system. " Drawing-office;...

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MERITS OF M 3ILE PUBLICITY

which the body panels have been turned to good account for catching the eye of the public through the medium of tasteful...

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North-West Wages Deadlock Continues A LTHOUGH the National Joint Conticiliation

Board has given decisions on wages in the Manchester and Liverpool districts, the position still appears to be as far from...

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Neon Lighting as a Publicity Adjunct

[-ULM' neon lighting as a medium VV for publicity has been used on vans in the past, it is only comparatively recently that it...

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Meritorious Features in a Moving Floor for refuse collectors

The Constructional Features of a Dennis Product for Municipal Service T HE inherent features of the moving floor render it...

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01 1 INIONS

and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be...

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A New Portable Oil Furnace

The Rutherford Oil Burner is Applicable to Many Repair Operations Where Powerful Heating Appa ratus is Required p LANT capable...

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A 6-ton Six-wheeled Low-loader

Interesting Converted Fordson With Dropped Frame and Special Body. Platform Height When Laden Only 29 ins. extends above floor...

I.A.E.'s NEW RESEARCH HEADQUARTERS

AOST of the research work sponsored alby the Institution of Automobile Engineers has been carried out in laboratories at...

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ATTRACTIVE PRIZES FOR COACH OWNERS

N EXT season, New Brighton Trade Development Society, Ltd., is to continue its scheme to encourage coach owners to bring larger...

Novel Application for Duplicate Licences

A REMARKABLE hearing took place in the Metropolitan Area, last week, when Red and White Services, Ltd., Birmingham and Midland...

L.P.T.B. Undercuts Independent

I T is understood that a member of Associated Road Operators, in the Metropolitan Area, was recently asked by the secretary of...

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CAB OWNERS SCORE OVER BUS COMPANY

TAXICAB owners of Brixham scored A a point over the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., last Friday, before the...

GREYHOUND MOTORS LIQUIDATED

'WE learn that Greyhound Motors, VV Ltd., Bristol, is being placed in liquidation by the parent company, the Bristol Tramways...

Struggle for Brighton Sea-front Service

O N Thursday and Friday of last week, Sir Henry Wynne, an inspector of the Ministry of Transport, heard the application of...

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BIG STRIKE IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

'RANSPORT facilities were disor1 ganized in Northamptonshire and adjoining areas by a lightning strike of the 500 employees of...

COMMISSIONERS' EXPEDITION APPRECIATED.

T HE North-Western Traffic Commissioners were thanked at a public sitting, in. Manchester, on Tuesday, for expediting business...

MORE FIXED STOPPING-PLACES IN LONDON.

T HE systern of fixed stopping-places for buses in London is to be established in the central area and on certain main routes...

LONDON-MANCHESTER "ECONOMY ". PLANS.

WJE have no intention of selling VI' out and such a question has never been discussed," said Mr. C. .Yates Lloyd, of...

INTER-AREA • CO-OPERATION

I T is probable that a meeting of the Lancashire and Yorkshire committee representing independent...

POTTERIES FARES CRITICIZED.

luiEMBERS of Newcastle (Staffs.) 1V1 Town Council appear not to be satisfied with the new schedule of fares for the district,...

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LONDON TRANSPORT APPEAL DISMISSED

L AST week, the City of London Quarter Sessions upheld the conviction of London Transport for permitting a bus to be used which...

On the Side .

C OMTNG into contact, as they do, , ....with so many different types of person, the employees of bus companies may always be...

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AIR TRANSPORT 1\ EWS

AIRPORTS EXHIBITION: ALL SITES TAKEN. E VERY stand has now been taken for the Airports Exhibition, which the Society of...

Useful Low-pressure Paint Sprayer

.A LIGHTWEIGHT self-contained I - 1 spraying equipment, operating under low pressure, is a recent addition to the products of...

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A Landmark in Power-farming Progress

Sixteen Papers and Three Addresses at a Big Conference on Mechanization in Mixed Farming, Held Under the Joint Auspices of...

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A Power-operated Gear Shift

THAT vehicles may be constructed 1 of such a size that manual operation of the gears becomes no longer practicable is suggested...