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13th January 1931
13th January 1931
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A P ro ra il way Report Why?

MHE final report of the Royal Commission on Transport is somewhat startling, and, unlike those previously issued, which were...

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LOOSE LEAVES

Street a few days ago, we encountered one of the new traffic police mounted on a motorcycle, but held up for a minute or two by...

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ONE HEARS

That motor coach-body repairers are not complaining of the recent fogs. Of economical side and ta • il lamp bulbs with a...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY " The wheels of wealth unTU be slowed

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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A Two-purpose Van for Butcher

L ASTweek we were able to inspect at the works of E. Proctor and Sons, Ltd., at 122, High Street, T_Ixbridg,e, Middlesex, a...

Items of News in a Few Lines

Chester Corporation has obtained sanction to run a service of buses from the city> boundary to Rehouses. Southwold Corporation...

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Bus Working Over 38,000 Miles of Route

T HE history of motorbus transport in the United States represents a development parallel with that taking place in England and...

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Coal Gas as Motor Fuel

Interesting Experiments Carried Out in France with Buses and Lorries TN France a good deal of atten-Ition is being devoted to...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES A 1931 Export Field--The Argentine.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3298] Sir,—We have read with interest the abovementioned article which appeared on page 601...

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Door-to-Door Delivery by Electric Van

W E learn with satisfaction that Victor Electrics, Ltd., Southport, has produced a special type of battery electric vehicle for...

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THORNYCROFT'S LATE iT RIGID SIX-WHEELER S HORTLY before the Commercial Motor

Show of 1929 we described the Thornycroft JC chassis, a rigid six-wheeler intended to carry pay-loads of 10 tons. Developments...

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THE FINAL REPORT OF

THE ROYAL COMMISSION A Precis of Those Conclusions and Recommendations which Affect the Road-transport Industry D IN l G with...

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A Folding Head

• fo r Double -deckers A Type of Walman Allweather Roof now Available for Doublesaloon Buses W E have frequently in the past...

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DISTINCTIVE BODY LINES

for Passenger Vehicles T HE coachbuilder who has built up a reputation for the best class of bodywork becomes dissatisfied...

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An Important Development in the Treatment of Metals

I N a report to the French Academia des Sciences, M. Leon Gullet, head of the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufacturers,...

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Problems of

THE HAULIER AND CARRIER I T is most important to keep in mind certain essential features of this method of keeping account of...

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Phases of

Passenger Travel O F late there has been increased activity in all branches of passenger transport in the Tees-side area and...

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GLASGOW OPERATORS STRUGGLE FOR ROUTE LICENCES

Important Appeals that are to be Heard This Week kl PPOSITION is being shown by private bus companies and other interested...

FLEET INCREASE BY YORK CORPORATION RECOMMENDED

T HE transport manager of York Corporation, Mr. R. S. Asher, reports that be has considered the opinions expressed at a recent...

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MANCHESTER CORPORATION CONSIDERS THE TROLLEY-BUS

Further Parliamentary Powers for Trolley Vehicles not to be Sought at Present T HE manager of the Manchester Corporation...

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How Road Motors Have Aided a Tailor's Business

S EVERAL years ago a tailoring business began in a modest way at Silsden, near Keighley, Yorks, Mr. Price being the sole...

Karrier's Programme for 1 931 F °B"1931 the range of vehicles

to be manufactured by Karrier Motors, Ltd., Karrier Works, Huddersfield. will be most comprehensive, including goods and...

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A New Mobile Fish Restaurant

O NE day last week a well, built mobile fish restaurant was despatched from the bodybuilding works of Sully, Blackford and...

Road and Rail Competition in Switzerland

F OLLOWING the example of the 12 German State Railway Exploitation Co., the authorities of the Swiss Federal railways have...

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BERLIN'S LATEST BUS GARAGE

I N order to provide accommodation for its ever-increasing fleet the Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft, which operates the...

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An Instantaneous Piston-ring Fitter

T TNDER the name of the Lumen, k_.) a useful little. workshop device has just been brought out in France to facilitate...

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A Clutch on a New Principle

Tho ATENT No. 339,581, by A. nerve, of 23, Rue d'Alsace, (Melly, France, describes a clutch in which a novel means. for...