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11th October 1935
11th October 1935
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Unity Approaching Achievement

F OR years The Commercial Motor has been strongly championing the cause of unity amongst the various important sections of the...

Class C Licences a Trade Safeguard

I N the course of an address on "Road and Rail Co-ordination," delivered recently to the Industrial Transport Association, the...

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A Practical Step to Improve Rates

I T is not overstating the case to say that The Commercial Motor has done more than any other road-transport journal to focus...

Losses Caused by, Limited Duplication

I T is now possible to furnish proof of the damaging effects upon the interests of some longdistance coach operators in...

Passing Comments

T judge by the appearance of many trains the railways must have been doing a good trade in first-class travel during the recent...

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One Hears

Praise on all sides for the new handy form of our Operating Cost Tables. That one of the finest coaches at the Paris SaloA was...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY

LOWER REVENUE FROM TAXATION. The gross amount received in payment for road-vehicle licences, issued during the nine months...

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OBJECTS OF DRIVERS' HOURS REGULATIONS.

That the drivers' hours regulations were intended to apply to long-distance drivers, and that it was doubtful whether the...

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THE YORKSHIRE CONCILIATION POSITION. .

Mr. Harry Clark and Mr. J. Bowman, joint secretaries of the Yorkshire Conciliation Board, wish it to be known that the report...

The Minister's Broadcast on Road Accidents.

In a broadcast. speech which he made on October 3, the Minister of Transport said that the total number of victims of road...

Mr. Stirk Defends Small • Removers. The view that the small

man who removes furniture in addition to carrying out other classes of haulage business has a place, was expressed by Mr. j. H....

More Work for Milk Hauliers.

Last Friday, the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority granted an application by Mr. Charles J. Robb, Commercial Hotel, Errol,...

TEN MORE SYSTEMS FOR ULSTER BOARD.

The Northern Ireland Road Transport Board has served notice on the following operators, intimating that their services will be...

New Smith's Recorder.

A new addition to the range of equipment made by S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd., Cricklewood Works, London, N.W.2,...

W.D. TESTS 15 VEHICLES IN WELSH MOUNTAINS

TRIALS by the War Department of 1 15 representative vehicles, including certain types new to the Army, opened on Tuesday last....

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M.T.O.A. TO BE WOUND UP?

An extraordinary general meeting of the Manchester Transport Owners Association has been called for October 30, when those...

Exhibitors at the Roads and Transport Exhibition

(A VER 300 British concerns will be %/ represented at the Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress and Exhibition, which is...

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L.N.E.R: Urged to Use H auliers' Services

Eastern Licensing Authority's Advice Regarding Sugar-beet Haulage A T recent sitting of the Eastern Licensing Authority an...

, 'Cew

Restrictions on Operators? A MEETING of the West Midland Area (Birmingham district) of the Associated Road Operators was held...

Furniture-removal Stabilization

A T a meeting of the Metropolitan centre of the Furniture Warehousemen and Removers Association, held on Tuesday last, the...

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Protection Needed for Users of Trade Plates

An Extraordinary Suggestion by Middlesex County Council Against the Steel Barrel Co., Ltd., After Unsuccessful Legal...

Transport Management a Science

A S already announced in The Comniercial Motor, the Hull Traffic Association, one of the most progressive organizations of its...

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Improved Scammell Six-wheeler Conversions

F OR the forthcoming year, several important improve! ments will be incorporated by G. Scammell and Nephew, Ltd., Fashion...

New Dewandre-Lockheed Vacuum-servo Brake

A LTHOUGH the idea of combining servo gear Mith In.hydraulic application of the'larake shoes is by no means new, we are able...

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How Tractors Cut Costs in Dock Haulage

Lath l Trauliers Drawing Crane Maximum load Eight wheeled Trailers with Principality Moving Floors, Successfully Used for Coal...

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The Smallest Oiler Yet Produced

The Victor 1-litre "Flat Twin," Installed in a Jowett 7 -cwt. Van Chassis, Gives Encouraging Results. A Satisfactory Road...

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The Perkins " Threefold " Combustion System

A N accompanying illustration shows clearly the interesting combustion system employed in the latest oil engines made by F....

Interesting I.A.E. Report on Brake Squeak

T HE experiences of manufacturers and operators in connection with brake squeak have been collated by the Research and...

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AIP TPANSPOPT NEWS

IMPORTANT FUSION OF AIR-LINE INTERESTS. T 00 late to be included, except as a hint, in last week's issue, the statement was...

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OPINIONS

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 Gear that Accelerates Tipping

A Milshaw Hydraulic Type Now Ready for Production After Six Months of Practical Tests H AVING completed six months' trial of...

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Close the Door to Builders' Haulage

says Capt. E. H. B. Palmer, O.B.E. A Contributor Suggests that an Association Should be Formed to Protect the Interests...

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TECHNICAL TENDENCIE AT THE PARIS SHOW

T HE consensus of opinion regarding the commercialvehicle exhibits at the Paris Salon is that they are somewhat disappointing....

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Cummins Oil Engine Now on British Market

T.T.A. Company Appointed Distributor of Popular American Unit, the Leading Feature of which is a Unique Injection System,...

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Sixty Tractors in National Competitions

Excellent Work Done by A grimotors in Demonstration in Gloucestershire rr HE National Plough ing Championship Competitions at...

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TESTING THE LATEST CROSSLEY

DELTA 4-TONNER in Hilly Country A Hard Day's Work Reveals Excellent Road Characteristics. Ease of Handling arid Economical...

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TWO SMALLER ARMSTRONG-SAURER OIL ENGINES

I NTENDED for use in smaller and lighter chassis than those hitherto built by Armstrong-Saurer Commercial Vehicles, Ltd.,...

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The Victor Electric 1936 Range

A NUMBER of interesting and attractive features is possessed by the range of battery-electric chassis to be produced for 1936...

Registration Returns for August Analysed A LTHOUGH there was a

big increase 1 — Kin the number of new motor vehicles registered in August, 1935, as compared with the corresponding month of...

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Operating Aspects ,cf

ssenger Transport HULL NEEDS "STABLE POLICY" THAT one of the causes of the I. present situation of Hull Corporaticin's...

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SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE CARRIER

The Risk of Overlooking Important Items of Cost. An Argument in Favour of Making Depreciation a Running Cost I HAVE often...

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A Daimler-Benz Combustion Head A Résumé of Patent Spedfications that

Have Recently Been Published I N patent No. 433,922, by Daimler. Benz A.G., of Stuttgart, Germany, is shown a modified...