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14th May 1929
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Factors Which May Influence Motor Coach Prosperity in 1929.

AATInTsuN is generally regarded as the period of the year when the curtain is raised on the season's motor-coaching activities....

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T RANSPORT at times .I. has its humorous side. A few

days ago, while we LOOSE were waiting for a bus in the Bayswater Road, London, a van passing along the other side accidentally...

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ONE HEARS

That the Bat is beginning to spread its wings. An old motorist asking the way to the open road. —0 That buses follow builders...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY

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

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Personal Pars.

Many of our readers will probably recall that, at the recent annual general meeting of the Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd.,...

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Increasing Chevrolet Output.

Since the introduction of the sixcylinder Chevrolet chassis for 12-cwt. and 30-cwt. loads the bulk of orders has been very...

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York and the Question of Plying for Hire.

The chief constable of York reports that the number of private bus services in the city is now 40, as compared - with 34 in...

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ANOTHER SMALL-WHEELED LOW-LOADER

T HE latest product from the works of the Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co. (1906), Ltd., at Crossens, Southport, is the...

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A New Range of AMERICAN VEHICLES

H AVING won for themselves an enviable reputation in the United State s, Stewart chassis are to be mar. i keted n this country...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals.

WEST HARTLEPOOL Corporation proposes to purchase a motor pump and trailer. The transport committee of the ROTHERHAM...

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A SCOTTISH 4-TONNER on the Road

B Y the courtesy of Halley Motors, Ltd., Yoker, Glasgow, we were able to subject one of its latest 4-ton models, designated the...

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A New Two-wheeled SELF-TIPPING TRAILER

F OR many elaSses of work it is essential that discharge of the load carried in a trailer should be effected in a very short...

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The Report of the Conference on Road-traffic Noises

I T does not appear that. anything very startling has eventuated from the Conference on Road-traffic Noises and Priority of...

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ELECTRIC

TRUCKS for TRANSPORTING, ELEVATING and STACKING A NOTHER advance in the -Clutilization of improved plant for the handling...

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News of the 100-ton Scammell

A SUBSECT of great interest to many hauliers was dealt with by Mr. E. C. Marston in the course of an address to the members of...

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PARTITIONS

and BULKHEADS of Motorbus Bodies TN bus and coach construc tion the term "partition " or "bulkhead" is used to describe...

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ROAD TRANSPORT MATTERS IN PARLIAMENT

London Traffic Co-ordination. Road Construction in Great Britain. Growth of Road Expenditure. Regulations for the Safety of...

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PROTECTING the Health of LONDON'S POPULATIOIN

ElVERY case of the more A I important infectious diseases occurring in the metropolitan area of London must be brought to the...

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Cylinder Liners which Can be Hardened.

O WNERS of large fleets of commercial vehicles have for a long time felt thot the usual method of overcoming cylinder...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. ‘ATE were able to form an opinion V V of the prospects for the forthcoming...

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New Features in a Refuse-collecting Lorry

I T is only of recent years that outstanding developments have been ! made in connection with motor vehicles used for the...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS

Consideration for the Petrol-electric Vehicle. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2786] Sir,—We are more than grateful to you...

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Problems of the HAULIER and CARRIER

R ECENTLY I told a couple of stories, the moral of the first of which I should like to repeat. It was to the effect that I...

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A German Chassis for the British Market

Brief Details of a MercedesBenz Model for 20-passenger Bodies. COE of the best-known makes of ILJGerman chassis, and one...

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A Simple NON-JAMMING CHANGE-SPEED MECHANISM.

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications. -I Ntheir speci fi cation, No. 309,368, Halley Motors, Ltd., and H. G....