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10th March 1931
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Increased Weigh Limit Essential

A MONGST the regulations recently issued by the Minister of Transport is one of the greatest importance, which certainly stands...

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HANDY little booklet giving details of the principal agricultural show

s, etc., of the year is issued annually by the Great Western Railway Co. and this year's edition contains particulars of over...

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ONE HEARS

That Mr. Morrison is an expert on form. That many an owner of buses or coaches wishes he were as good—he might then be able to...

HERE'S ONE

The driver of a speedy conunercial vehicle had .put in many hard days at the wheel and was, perhaps, not as careful as usual...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY The wheels of wealth will be stowed

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

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ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES ,

The Liverpool Corporation has refused to grant licences for " baby " taxicabs.' Last year Durham County Council issued 78,488...

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How Improved Transport

has affected Agricultural Shows By Our Agricultural Correspondent A NNUAL meetings of the numerous agricultural show...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

SOUTHPORT Town Council is to buy a 2-ton tipping wagon. BATH Town Council is to purchase a new ambulance at an estimated cost...

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PASSENGER-GOODS VEHICLES

of Improved Design T HE bus that takes the place of the country carrier's van is required to convey both passengers and goods....

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A Special-purpose Trailer of Novel Design

T O meet the specific requirements of Glasgow Corporation a special trailer has recently been supplied by R. A. Dyson and Co.,...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES Oil Engines for Coaches and Long-distance Buses.

The Editor, TEE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3348] Sir,---With great interest, I have read your very fine article reporting a trial run...

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A Fire Pump

with a Saloon Body A New High-powered Model Produced by a Pioneer Concern I T is appropriate that the first British motor...

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FRICTION

FABRICS from raw asbestos to !he finished product O NE of the most interesting, but, perhaps, least-known, processes in the...

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Comments on the

Coach-ban Decision 110SE persons who are neither philosophers nor T .. humorists may be forgiven if they find difficulty in...

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A Sturdy American Two-tonner on Test

Road Test No. 59. I N the commercial-motor industry the two names of Studebaker and Pierce-Arrow are very well known. During...

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New Industrial Trucks for 30-cwt. Loads

A NEW range of :-.10-cwt. petrol-L - 1 driven industrial trucks has recently been placed on the market by Messrs. E. C....

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Rapid Starting with

A NEW GAS-PRODUCER A USEFUL type of gas-producer (made under Bella.y patents) has recently been put on the market by the...

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OPERATING ASPECTS

of PASSENGER TRANSPORT T HE extent of the activities of Green Line Coaches, Ltd., was reviewed in our issue dated January...

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A NEW COACH STATION FOR MANCHESTER

Fingland's Hire Cars, Ltd., is Interested in a Station which is Expected to be Ready by Easter A COMPANY with the title Coach...

A TRAMWAY-PROTECTION APPEAL IN A NORTHERN AREA

The General County Omnibus Co., Ltd., Objects to an Impracticable licensing Condition O o. February 26th Mr. N. A. J. Cohen,...

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LANARKSHIRE TRAMWAYS CO. WINS AN IMPORTANT ACTION

Glasgow Magistrates' Right to Limit the Company's Activities Successfully Challenged A N important judgment was delivered by...

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Road Transport Activities in

PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent L.G.O.C. Drivers' Tests. J N reply to Mr. Sorensen, the Home Secretary...

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A Powerful New 30-cwt. Model

A NOTHER model of the Republic range has been introduced into this country ; it is the Al chassis for 30-cwt. loads and is sold...

New Range of

Big Six-cylindered Engines I N connection with the engines made by the Hercules Motors Corporation, of Canton, Ohio, which are...

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A Mobile Unit for the Telephone Service

I N order to have a mobile power unit capable of supplying electric Current to a telephone exchange should the normal source of...

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Problems of

THE HAULIER AND CARRIER C HICKENS do eventually come home to roost. Sometimes they are rather late, but they do arrive in the...

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Self energizing Clutch

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications D ESCRIBED in specification No. 342,446 by Giovanni Marcellino, an...