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13th August 1929
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Improving London's . Public-service

• Passenger Vehicles. - FOR a long time past there have not been lacking severe criticisms Of the older types of bus in...

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Sightseeing Tours and Direct-route Services — Catering Prudently for Both

N UE had the opportunity last week for dist' cussing with an operator of both direct services and day-coaching tours the ratio...

LOOSE LEAVES

R EALLY qualified men in the industry do not usually take long to get into harness again after leaving an important position....

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ONE HEARS

Of invitations to the third party. Of much road transport share hunting. Of some excessively slippery roads lately. Of the...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth will be slowed

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

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Personal Pars.

We were much interested recently on visiting the Vulcan works at Southport to find Mr. H. E. Fitzpatrick installed as home...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

MARLBOROUGH Town Council has resolved to purchase a new motor ambulance. The water committee of BOLTON Corporation has...

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Minister of Transport's Silence Appeal.

Although it has not proved possible to deal in the Motor Cars (Excessive Noise) Regulations, 1929, which came into force on...

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Traffic Census itt Sheffield.

The highways committee of Sheffield Corporation recently reported upon the traffic census which was taken during the month of...

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LONDON'S NEW

SIX-WHEELED BUS Details of an Experimental Type Embodying the A.E.C. Renown Six-cylindered Engine and Providing Greater Speed...

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A TAXICAB

with SLIDING DOORS TN the course of a year a consider.able number number of mishaps occurs owing to the opening of taxicab...

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IMPORTANT VIEWS

ON THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT What Prominent Men in the Industry Think of the Recommendations Dealing With the Control of...

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN OTHER LANDS

Road and Rail Transport in New Zealand. IN the New Zealand Parliament not long ago the Minister of Railways stated that he...

Motor Road Transport in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

THE construction of a road from the port of Assab in Eritrea to the town of Dessie in Ethiopia and the concession to the...

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THE DESIGN OF

SEATS FOR COACHES AND BUSES Some Helpful Information on the Subject of the Construction of Bus and Coach Seats and Advice as...

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The Commercial-motor Industry in the U.S.A.

A CCORDING to an American computation there are 31,778,203 motor vehicles in the world. Of these no fewer than 24,493,124 are...

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A MULTI-WHEELER ?OR ANY SURFACE

P ERHAPS the most striking rigid-frame six-wheeler which has yet been built is that produced by the Four Wheel Drive Lorry Co.,...

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

Letters should be on one side of the paper only and, preferably, typewritten. The right of abbreviation is reserved, and no...

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Rates for Haulage Contractors.

• The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2864] Sir,-I am a regular reader of your journal and have been so for some years, and I...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. TUBE omnibus has recently completed 1 a century of effective work in...

F OR some time past there has been a, considerable amount

of discussion in the city of Gloucester and its environs concerning the much vexed transport problem. One outcome is the...

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LEGISLATION IMMINENT and IMPENDING By EDWARD S. SHRAPNELL-SMITH, C.B.E., M.Inst.T.

R ETURNING to England from two all-too-short' voyages finds me the recipient of a complimentary copy of Command Paper 3365—the...

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A Low-priced Horsebox on a Ford Chassis

T N the latter part of an article entitled " Specialists in Horsebox Design," which appeared in the issue of The Commercial...

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The Trend of PARCELCAR DESIGN

A LTHOUGH the three-wheeled parcelcar is now quite a familiar sight on English streets, this form of light-delivery vehicle is...

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The Working of A BREWERY FLEET

An Impression of the Delivery Work of a Busy Yorkshire Brewery Bringing into Light the Particular Requirements of this Class of...

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PROBLEMS OF THE HAULIER

AND CARRIER A Warning and Useful Advice to Those Hauliers Who are Considering the— A REQUEST that I should deal this week...

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Forward Control on the 21-TON VULCAN

A Note on the Arrangement and Dimensions of the Latest Vulcan Goods Chassis. I N the centre pages of our issue for last week...

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PROTECTING RURAL

AREAS from FIRE THERE must be many of our readers who _L have seen and enjoyed that music hall sketch in which the principal...

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Reducing Wear by Cleansing Air.

W HEN it is desired rapidly to wear away metal—as when grinding-in valves—it is customary to utilize abrasive material. On the...

An Aid to Efficient Vehicle Washing.

T HERE are many parts of a motor vehicle which it is not possible to clean efficiently without the aid of a brush working in...

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RUNNING, UPKEEP AND OVERHAUL

Interesting Contributions from Maintenance Engineers, Drivers and Mechanics. Getting Home with a Water Leak in a Cylinder. O...

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A Miscellany of NEW PATENTS

A Simple Hand-brake Lever. yurki have seen before hand-brake V V levers that have no trigger to actnate the pawl, but that...