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14th June 1921
14th June 1921
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An Impetus to Municipal Purchases of Motors.

S A general rule, chiefs of the highway departments and engineers of the various county, county borough, municipal, and urban...

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ON THE WAY TO BE REGISTERED.

I N OUR last issue we dealt with recent decisions by Lancashire magistrates who had fined drivers of unregistered motor...

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ONE HEARS

Of the doleful unemployed. That heavy vehicle races should be barred. Of well-defined retorts for non-producer gas. That...

HERE'S ONE:

The 'private car chauffeur handed over a 10-gallon dram of oil to the driver of the agrimotor used on the estate, saying that...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

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

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THE MOTOR AND THE MUNICIPALITY.

The Tribulations of the Pioneers —The Functions of the Different Types of Vehicle and Appliance. By Capt. H. Lyon Thomson,...

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FIRE BRIGADE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.

Co-ordinating Yorkshire Brigades. WORKING agreement between the fire brigades throughout the whole i the industrial area of...

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HEAVY MOTOR VEHICLES IN MUNICIPAL WORK

By Arthur E. Collins, City Engineer, Norwich County Borough Council. I N approaching this subject, a municipal or county...

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REFUSE COLLECTION BY PETROL LORRIES.

Saving Sevenpence per Ton by the Use of Motor Vehicles as Against Horse Haulage. P RACTICALLY every local authority of any...

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A MUNICIPAL WEEK IN LONDON.

The Municipal and County Engineers' Conference Rendered Notable b Demonstration of Motor Vehicles Used in Municipal Work. T...

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THE REFUSE OF A I ) MILES OF STREETS.

I T OCCURRED to us, when deciding to describe in this issue the use to which certain typical municipal authorities put the...

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TAR SPRAYING BY ROAD MACHINE.

The Experience of the Surrey County Council. Comparative Costs. MOST of the reads are now receiving 1'1 their annual coating...

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LIVERPOOL CORPORATION'S MIXED FLEET.

History of Narrow Wheelbase Dust Wagon Specially Suited for Traversing Narrow Streets. T HE MOTOR vehicles in the service of...

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REQUIREMENTS IN TIPPING GEARS.

Factors Which Make for Efficiency. Hand v. Power Operation, A Few Criticisms. Classification of Types. I N FEW services are...

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RUNNING BUSES OUTSIDE THE MUNICIPAL AREA.

W ATCHING the interests of motor users generally, it falls to our lot from time to time to criticise adversely the efforts of...

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• TRANSPORT TIPS FOR TRADESMEN.

Particularly Addressed to Those Who are Replacing Horsed Vehicles by Motors, or Contemplating So Doing. I N THESE days the...

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THE MOTORS OF A SMALL MUNICIPALITY.

Eleven Motor Vehicles Employed by One of the Smallest Metropolitan Boroughs. A LL THE LONDON boroughs use motor vehicles for...

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COLLECTION OF REFUSE BY ONE-TONNERS.

I is impossible that in any circumstances the collection of house refuse can be made a remunerative undertaking. Even with the...

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PROGRESS IN PASSENGER TRAVEL.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. A Coach Station for London. Plans tor Its Erection in the West...

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THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN MUNICIPAL WORK.

Why the Battery Vehicle is Becoming So Popular. Some Interesting Cost Comparisons. Mileages and Speed. Use of Spare Batteries....

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• THE "SAVE THE RATES" FALLACY.

The Conflict Between New Methols which Would Ensure Economy and Old Ideas. A LTHOUGH municipal officers are endowed with , a...

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HINTS ON SALVAGE WORK.-I.

The First of Two Articles Dealing With the Rescue of Commercial Vehicles After Breakdown or Accident. By " Vim." T O THE true...

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A FRENCH GAS PRODUCER.

A Description of an Apparatus Embodying Many Features of Interest. T HE HIGH cost of petrol, higher in France than in...

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HINTS FOR HAULIERS.

An Occasional Chat on Subjects and Problems of Interest to those Who are Engaged, or About to be Engaged, in Running Commercial...

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HINTS ON MAINTENANCE.

How to Get the Best Out of a Vehicle, to Secure Reliability and to Avoid. Troubles. ONTRIBUTIONS are invited for this page...

31.—Removing Commer Car Crankshaft.

The crankshaft on the Commer Car runs on ball hearings, and care should be taken in removing it, as damage can easily be done...

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ROADSIDE AND GARAGE.

A Page for Drivers, Mechanics and Foremen. An Ingenious Steam Wagon Repair. The sender of the _following communication has...

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A NEW IDEA IN TIPPING GEARS.

A Résumé of Recently Published Patents. The powei• to operate the tipping gear which 35 described in specification No. 162,374...