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12th February 1937
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Page 67

Stabilization—But No Stagnation

S TABILIZATION, without stagnation, summarizes the position of the road passenger transport industry. Despite a steady decline...

Restricted Duplication nits the Poor H OW much longer wi ll Parliament

countenance with bland indifference the oppression of the poorer classes for the benefit of railway shareholders? That is the...

Page 68

Passing Comments

"John Bull" and n TIBBING it the "greatest "Cruel" Restrictions 1 -"public transport scandal," on Duplication . . . John Bull...

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One Hears

Of more American " commercials" arriving. Of the Star advising its readers to peruse The Commercial Motor. That with heavier...

Page 70

NEWS of the WEEK

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

Page 71

Licensing Case Raises New Legal Points

T WO new legal difficulties in the administration of the 1933 Act arose before Mr. W. Chamberlain, NorthWestern Licensing...

Must Railways Be Protected at All Costs?

C ONCERN is felt by Sir William Hart, North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, as to the measure upon which the claim of the...

Page 72

Bid to Limit Coal-service Operation

F otm collieries applied for the renewal of A licences in respect of vehicles taking part in home-coal delivery services,...

Personal Pars

HIS MAJESTY THE ICING has extended his patronage to the National "Safety First " Association. As Duke of York, he was patron...

Page 74

An Outsize Skyhi Hydraulic Lift B UILT to the order of

the Admiralty, 1.1a new Skyhi hydraulic lift, specially designed to deal with loads up to 10 tons, recently underwent tests at...

Page 76

THE POSSIBILITIES of REAR NGINED BUSES and COACHES F ASHTON and

precedent control man's activities to a far greater extent than is often thought possible. One is tempted to suppose that...

Page 78

Road Transport

Topics In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent CONSENTS FOR CORONATION SERVICES .' R EFERENCE was again...

Page 79

C-licensees Resent Wages Interference

O N Thursday and Friday of last week the Government committee of inquiry into wages and conditions in the road-transport...

Page 80

DESIGNING COACH WORE FOR EASY MAINTENANCE

Time and Money can be Saved by Making Seats, Panels and Floor-slat As,semblies Readily Removable, and by Taking Steps to Guard...

Page 82

STOP! CAN BRAKING E FICIENCY BE IMPROVED?

Satisfactory Retardation is Afforded by Modern Passenger-vehicle Brakes, But There are Ways By Which Their Efficacy Can Be...

Page 85

System Essential in Passenger-vehicle Maintenance

An Expert Describes Current Routine Methods, with Special Reference to Oil-engined Vehicles. Some Mileage Figures and a...

Page 86

Factors that Make for Smoothness and Silence

Problems that Beset the Designer of Passenger Vehicles in his Search for Refinement in Performance are Discussed. Elimination...

Page 88

Concealing the Sliding-door Step Well

An Old Problem Approached from a New Angle in a Laterally Sliding Cover for Attachment to Sliding Doors rHE covering of the gap...

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Servicing a Large Bus Fleet

A Review of the Interesting Maintenance Organization of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., Which Operates Over 600...

Page 94

The Trolleybus ris Up a ew Era

Marked Headway is Being Made by the Trolleybus Which, in the Near Future, Bids Fair to Oust the Tram, Over Which it Possesses...

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Depreciation the Bogy• in Stabilizing Contract Prices

Effects of Obsolescence and Annual Mileage Upon Minimum i Profitable Charges for the Hire of. Coaches. Operators of Oilers...

Page 98

Trolleybus Without a Chassis Frame

Interesting Design Patented by London Transport in which an Angle-section Body Frame Replaces the Orthodox Chassis Frame k N...

Page 99

"I Prefer the Oiler Because T HE compression-ignition power unit is

looming so large in the passenger-transport sphere to-day that those who prophesied, some years . ago, that it would be unable...

Page 101

The Modern Conception of the Bus Garage A CONSIDERABLE part

of the 1 - 1 economic success of a road passenger-transport undertaking • depends upon the garage arrangements. Inconvenient...

Page 102

Has Absorption Gone Too Far? .

With the Development of Quasi-monopolies, About 70 per cent. of Public Service Vehicles Have Fallen into the Hands of the...

Page 104

WILL THE NEW BOARD PLANS SUCCEED?

The North Midlands and South Lanes Merger Proposals Would Revolutionize Passenger Transport Over a Wide Area. The Railway...

Page 106

Oilers Developing Ethiopian Wastes

Great New System of Motor Roads Being Constructed by 100,000 Men 'TRANSPORT in Ethiopia is a ques tion which is occupying the...

Page 107

Is the Trolleybus a Passing Phase?

Experience Already Indicates that the Trolleybus is a Popular Type of Vehicle which is Creating Its Own Traffic T HE progress...

Page 108

Britain Supplies First Buses for the Bahamas

Some Interesting Features in a Trio of A.E.0 . Buses, with Park Royal Bodies, for Use in the Island of New Providence S OON to...

Specialized Vehicle Features Outlined

QPECIALIZED Vehicles for Special Purposes " was the title of a paper by Mr. W. F. French, A.M.Inst., F.I.M.T., which was read,...

Page 109

How Paris Bus-tyre Costs Have Been Reduced

Increased Mileage, Lower Costs and Better Braking Result from the Adoption of the Pneugrippa Process O NE of the major...

Page 110

The Position in A.R.O. Areas A STATEMENT has been issued

by A.R.O. concerning the support in the Association's areas. It is reported that complete loyalty is evident in the Yorkshire,...

What the Associations Are Doing

Blackpool Association's Plans. Members of Blackpool and District Motor Coach Owners Association are holding their annual...

Page 111

Employers' Panel to Speak on Rates

" 14E rates regional committee no I longer eiists," said Mr. Robert Barr, the chairman of the Yorkshire Area of A.R.O.,...

Page 112

STAFFS BOARD OPPOSITION GROWS

O PPOSITION to the North Staffordshire Road Transport Board Bill is being carefully marshalled. Over 200 Members of Parliament...

Page 113

Protest in " Partnership "• Split Case A T the resumed

hearing of an appeal, at Leeds, last week, Mr. W. R. Hargrave (for the West Yorkshire Road Car Co.., Ltd.) said: " I wish to...

Page 114

Buses Open Up Little-known Galloway

The Caledonian Omnibus Co., Ltd., Founded 10 Years Ago, in Dumfries, now Operates over 100 Vehicles and carried Last Year more...

Page 115

15,000 P.O. Vehicles Next Year

1.)vehicles in the Post Office fleet will Cap t. A. Hudson, Chief upp Y March, 1938, the number of motor probably have reached...

Page 116

Our Costs Figures Vindicated

Conversation with a Haulier, whose Costs are Less than the Average, Reveals Advantageous Circumstances and a Misunderstanding...

Page 118

OPINIONS and

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

Page 119

West Midland Operators uestion S.T.R.

Our Cost Expert's Lecture Tour of West Bromwich, Hanley and .Wellington D ELIYERING the first of a new series of talks about...

Page 120

Advanced Service Methods for British Buses in Sweden

Noteworthy Features In Big New Garage in Stockholm, Where Many Leylands are in Operation A DVANCED .arrangements for the...

Page 121

British Expert Recommends Licensing

in East Africa Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Osborne Mance Carries Out Transport Investigation for East African Policy Board DUBLICATION...

Page 122

A Semi-flexible Injection-pump Drive

F ROM the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., Southall, and C. W. Reeve, comes patent No. 459,191, showing a driving arrangement...