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10th May 1935
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C.O.G.5 BUS CHASSIS Reviewing the Daimler C.O.G.5 Chassis in the February issue of "Bus & Coach," P. NI. Sanders, M.I.Mech.E.,...

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Unity in the Industry

D IFFICULTIES have ansen in connection with the prciposed amalgamation of the Road Haulage Association, the Commercial Motor...

A Warning to Bad Employers

G RAVE complaints are being made by both employers and employees to some of the Area Conciliation Boards, concerning the...

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Passing Comments

IN the South Wales Traffic Area, the number of ierrors in the completion of forms of application for goods-vehicle licences has...

One Hears

Of an R.H.A. bombshell in C.M.U.A. circles. That as we now have heavy water may we hope for light steel? Of a reader who...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

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

Delay in Amalgamating the Associations

T HE negotiations between the Road Haulage Association, the Commercial Motor Users Association and the Motor Hirers and Coach...

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NEW R.H.A. PROPAGANDA.

There is a great dearth of wellinformed and practical piopaganda for the road industry, althongh the merits claimed for other...

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RIBBON-DEVELOPMENT BILL INTRODUCED.

On Tuesday, the Government Bill was introduced to provide for the imposition of restrictions upon development along the...

A ROAD TRANSPORT BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND T HE Road and

Railway Transport Bill (Northern Ireland) is to provide for the establishment of a Road Transport Board and for transference to...

SWITZERLAND REJECTS ROADRAIL BILL A N event of great importance in

the control of road and rail transport has just taken place in Switzerland. The Swiss Government had drawn up a road-rail...

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LOWER MERSEY TUNNEL TOLLS?

Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee has decided to abolish the separate rates for tractors and trailers and to substitute the...

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CONTRACT

HAULAGE on a Big Scale " N the short space of 16 years, the business of Messrs. R. J. Weeks has been built up from a...

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The Position of the Oiler is Assured

Already Ineradicably Established, the Compressionignition Power Unit Can Claim Many Advantages and Will Continue to Gain Ground...

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Is the Time Ripe for

RATE STABILIZATION? POSITION UNFAIR TO TRADERS By E. B. Hutchinson A "e present time anyone hay ing regular quantities of...

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RATE CONTROL WHICH IS 30 YEARS OVERDUE

By C. le M. Gosselin 'THIRTY years' experience of 1. operating road transport inclines one to declare that rate stabilization...

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Industrial Trucks Prove Their Value

I NDUSTRIAL efficiency has developed in every direction in recent years, and the rapid transport of materials, by means of the...

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Advanced Ideas in

MIXED-FLEET THE ideal fleet of motor vehicles—ideal from many points of view, but chiefly from that of effective and...

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MAINTENANCE

one vehicle and another of the company's fleet. In the event of such an accident, what is called a " damage and loss chit" is...

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Is LONG-DISTANCE Ro HAULAGE JUSTIFIED?

T HE economic position of the long-distance transport of goods cannot, in my view, be considered from the aspect of one form of...

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Carriers' Licence Renewals

Your Chances NITUCH of the work of the Licensing 1V1Authorities in respect of A, B and C licences for carriers has now been...

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Casual Jottings

Some Random Notes on a Variety of Topics of General Interest S o much attention is paid to the comparative cost of transport...

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cwt.-but no more 0

T HE small parcelcar with either three or four wheels and the light van or other form of vehicle carrying loads up to 15 cwt....

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Building Up a Business in Flower Transport by Road

THE conveyance of flowers, particu larly daffodils and tulips, to distant markets 'fiele : that part, of Lincolnshire where...

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WHAT You

Board Secretaries O N January . 1 last, the report of the National Joint Conciliation Board concerning the wages and working...

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Leading Considerations in

DESIGNING FURNITURE VANS T HE capacity of the furniture-remover's van should be from 800 cubic ft. to 1,000 cubic ft. Although...

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By Capt.

E.H.B.Palmer, O.B.E. D URING the past 12 months I have attended over 200 public inquiries in different parts of the country....

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VALUABLE R.H.A. WORK IN CORNWALL

T HE stabilization of wages by the setting up of the Devon and Cornwall Joint Conciliation Board and the fixing of rates were...

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DISTRIBUTING GUINNESS

from DUBLIN I N addition to the fact that, as a beverage, beer requires special handling, its transport involves several...

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Consider the Battery electric

• et-TORT-DISTANCE. delivery work involves many. problems which do not arise when a vehicle is to be operated on long hauls....

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Factors Contributing to Body-weight Reduction

Careful Attention to Detail Does Much to Save Weight. In Many Instances the Lightweight All-metal Body Justifies the Higher...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Taxing Oil engined Vehicles on the Mileage Covered—An Important Manufacturer's Viewpoint PROPOSED TAXATION AFFECTING...

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The Persecution of Drivers

FIVE SUMMONSES FOR THE SAME OFFENCE. SET out below particulars of summonses received by a member of the Metropolitan Area of...

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A BUYER'S GUIDE

Petrol, Oil, Electric and Steam Vehicles Grouped Under Headings Denoting Their Carrying Capacity, with Their Prices and...

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A New Small Three-wheeled Parcelcar

B ETWEEN the cycle box-carrier and the various 5-10-cwt. petrol-driven three-wheelers, there is a gap which is now filled by...

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GOODS TRANSPORT STOI

ES IN BRIEF MR. GOSSELIN'S 25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH LEYLANDS. A FEW days ago Mr. C. le M. Gosselin, the well-knoWn managing...

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Spheres of Servicg

PROFITABLE OPERATION OF ARMSTRONG-SAURERS. T HE transport and distributive organization of Tarmac, Ltd., of Ettingshall,...

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DENNIS VEHICLES FAVOURED BY IMPORTANT BREWERY.

Ve EN many concerns were still connt with horses as a means for transport, Whitbread and Co., Ltd., the well-known concern of...

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BIG MILEAGES BY SOUTHERN ROADWAYS BEDFORDS.

A LL those who have occasion to use the London to Bournemouth road will almost inevitably encounter a Southern Roadways lorry....

25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF ALBIONS.

QINCE 1910, Harrods, Ltd., has been Ousing Albion vehicles, and the company now has 81 vehicles of this make in its fleet,...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

BIG PLANS FOR RECORD EMPIRE AIR DAY, 'THIS year, Empire Air Day will be I celebrated on Saturday, May 25. This institution has...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport All the latest news of important developments affecting pu b lie-sero ice vehicle owners BIRCH...

M.H.C.S.A. Seeks Royal Aid Against London Transport

T HE Motor Hirers and Coach Services Association has prayed the intercession of the Kin g in connection with the failure of...

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JUBILEE COACH TRAFFIC GOOD

I T was with some doubts that coach operators approached. the Jubilee holiday, last week-end, for they had no accurate...

NEW COSTS BLOW FOR OPERATORS

P ASSENGER VEHICLE operator e nave suffered another severe setback in the increase of the price of petrol by id., in addition...

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DUBLIN BUS STRIKE CAUSES BIG LOSSES

T }E D I ub t n ri e United of bus m em w p a lo ys y ee co s . o the t t d which commenced on March 3, cost the• company,...

MANCHESTER BUS SCHEME DEFERRED.

MANCHESTER City Council has dealferred for three months consideration of the proposal to substitute buses for trams on the...

STUDYING TRANSPORT IN SCOTLAND.

A T the fourth annual general meeting of the Edinburgh Transport Society, 39, Strachan Road, Edinburgh, 4, Mr. John E. Coutts...

1.0.11. OWNERS WANT BIGGER VEHICLES

O N behalf of the coach owners on the Island, the Isle of Man Car and Motor Hirers Association is endeavouring to obtain...

Unique Features in a New Three-wheeler

Front Wheel, Engine, Gearbox and Transmission all Incorporated in a Swivelling Steering Unit of a New Scammell Vehicle A N...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament PROTESTS AGAINST ROAD-FUND RAID. A DEBATE took place in the House -of Commons last week on the report of the...

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Another Independent Suspension System

judge by the number of patents on the subject, independent suspension systems are receiving much attention on the Continent....