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14th August 1942
14th August 1942
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Passing Comments

New Goodrich Tyre rROAI American sources we Which Needs No I learn that the Goodrich con Inner Tube . . cern has announced a...

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One Hears

nat war to-day is vert , much a battle of motor drivers. That America has lirnited the price Of anti-freeze sn!utions. That...

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News of the Week

Limitations on the Use of Alternative Fuels Q PERATORS of vehicles running on alternative • fuels must remember that no...

Government Action Checks Towngas in Transport L ACK of co-ordination between

two Government departments, the Ministry of War Transport and the Ministry of Fuel, has resulted in something approaching chaos...

BUSES FILL THE BREACH

MORTHERN Regional Transport 1 1 4 Commissioner Sir John Maxwell has announced that if the latest restriction on the use of...

' A.R.O. ADJOURNED A.G.M. ON AUGUST 26

T HE adjourned annual general meeting of A.R.O. will take place at 2,p.m. on August 26, at the Great Hall, Caxton Hall,...

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SEEKING SPEED CONCESSION FOR 3-TONNERS WITH TRAILERS WHEN the Standing

Joint Corn YV recently met, it was decided that representation should be made to 1he Ministry of War Transport with a view to...

Yorkshire Haulier Employs Women to Protect Loads

B ECAUSE of the sluirtag# of men and youths; a Dewsbury haulage concern it employing women as wagon"watchers on vehicles...

Personal Pars

MR. W. BAXENDALE, deputy engineer to the transport department of Wallasey Corporation, has been appointed transport manager of...

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S.J.C. AND PRIORITY FOR A LICENSEES

D IFFICULTIES experienced through the serious decline in the volume of traffic handled by road transport were discussed when...

Big Waste in Delivery Mileage Alleged

H OW much waste mileage is run by new vehicles before delivery, is a question now being asked by a prominent Lancashire...

Road Haulage Scheme Questioned

D OES the agreement that joint working should exist between the M.o.W.T. and the haulage industry still obtain? Has any...

Transport from the Home Guard Angle

A LTHOUGH the official " truck " of the Unit (if it possesses one) is commonly in big demand, transport is a subject that does...

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BUS DRIVER SENT TO PRISON FOR ABSENTEEISM s S OME days

ago, John Gibbons was summoned at Derby Borough Police f.:ourt for excessive absenteeism from his duties as a bus driver for...

Valve Seat Truer of Lasting Precision

S OMETIMES there is more interest in a small mechanical detail than in a major matter of design. An example is afforded by an...

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What Kind of Vehicle Do Hauliers Want ?

Solving the Problems of the Carrier Pre-war Developments Would Seem to Show that They Desire, One for Maximum Pay-loads, 6ut...

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Five Months' Good Running with Sawdustas Fuel A LEEDS operator is

successfully using sawdust as 'fuel for a producer-gas unit, by which he is running a Fordson 30-cwt. lorry. 'Formerly...

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A Message to

-licence Holders An Interesting Review of the Position of the Ancillary Operator in Relation to the Haulier, in which the...

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Aid to Training in Mechanization

I NSTRUCTI0i4 in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles is an important part of Service training. A valuable adjunct to...

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Welcome the Opportunity of Unity

Strong Approval of the S.J.C. Renewed Effort at Attaining Unity in Road-Transport Representation and Appreciation of the "C.M."...

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Is Methane a Practicable Fuel ?

Criticisms of " Azote"s" Suggestions Concerning the Employment of Methane on Motor Vehicles, Particularly its Production from...

The Case for Methane

Our Contributor, Who Has Made Thorough Investigations Into the Possibilities of Many Alternative Fuels, Makes a Vigorous Reply...

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Big-capacity Fleet Beats War Conditions

Multi-wheeled A.E.C.s Figure Prominently ,• in the Fleet of General Roadways Ltd., Which Undertakes Arduous Long-distance Work...

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OPINIONS and Q UERIES

WHY THE 20 M.P.H. LIMIT SHOULD BE RAISED I N a previous effort to make out a case for the raising of the 20 m.p.h. speed...

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Voltages for Electric-vehicle Batteries

VOUR leading article referring to the voltage (If I batteries for electric vehicles, in your issue dated June 26, was very...

The Inefficiency of the Chartered Fleet

THE article by S.T.R. dealing with the Chartered I Fleet is most timely, and those who have the interests both of the State and...

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Rubber-spring Mounting

Obviates Need for Shackles A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications U SING leaf springs, 'which, at normal...