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13th May 1909
13th May 1909
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The Inequity of the Petrol Tax.

Our leading article and comment of last week, inclusive of the table which we prepared to show the annual extra cost in various...

A Horseless Sunday.

The Chairman of the Highways Committee of the Westminster City Council, Mr. H. Thomson Lyon, has suggested to the Executive...

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Penny Fares Underground.

The experience of the Central London Railway Company, since the middle of March, at which date penny stages were inaugurated,...

Hours on the Rank : A Question for Cab Companies.

The increasing ratio of "hours on rank" to "total hciirs out " has clearly become a disquieting factor in the motorcab problem....

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The Thermal and Combustion Efficiencies of a Four-cylinder Petrol Engine.

Professor W. Watson, D.Sc., F.R.S., in a paper read before the Incorporated Institution of Automobile Engineers at its May...

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Electric Lighting for Road Vehicles.

The representatives of 11Lessrs. C. A. Vandervell and Company, Warple Way, Acton Vale, have, during the past week, by the...

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The Road Conference.

Precis of Proceedings—continued from page 171. There remain only a few points to complete our references to the papers which...

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Motorbus World.

The Oldham Corporation has been granted powers to run ordinary motor omnibuses within the borough. Sir E. R. Henry received a...

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News and Comment.

This journal is exclusively read by the principals of many wealthy commercial houses, by the heads of important Government and...

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At the time of going to press the " Daily Mail " relief fund for horsecab men exceeds £7,500.

The Flint Motor Car and Cab Company, Limited, has been registered as a private company with a capital cf 5,000 and registered...

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They were well to the "Scois Wba fore in town

last Hae I " week. First I met Mr_ Geo. H. Halley, looking very well, then Mr. T. C. Pullinger, of the New ArrolJohnston, brisk...

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From Our Berlin Correspondent.

Messrs. Opel, of Riisselsheim, have taken up the making of the heavier class of lorry. Some two years back they put light...

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Answers to Queries.

Our readers will be informed by the Editor on any points connected with the construction or use of commercial motors. Where a...

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Opinions from Others.

The Editor inviter correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Leiters should be on one side of...

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A Saunderson Agricultural Motor at Pen.

M. Pierre Gilbert recently made some interesting ploughing tests with Saunderson " Lniversal ' motor at Penang, in the Malay...

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Contributions from Drivers and Mechanics.

Ten Shillings Weekly for the Best Communication Received, and One Penny a Line of ten words for anything else published....

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The Supply Department.

Selected Information which Is likely to be of Iaterest to Makers, Owners, and their Buyers. " St:LBY " (Bournemouth).—The...

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Patents Completed.

Complete specifications of the following patents will be sent to any address in the United Kingdom upon receipt of eightpence...