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14th October 1938
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Organizing for National Service O UR leading article of last week,

dealing with the partial scheme of organization arranged to cope with the many urgent demands which might be made upon road...

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Passing Comments

Regulations That IT does seem an extraordinary Baffle Interpretation thing that regulations which by Operators . . have to be...

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One Hears

Too much of " hush, hush." That there is danger in the silence of the trolleybus. That the back cover (?) of last week's...

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ROAD TRANSPORT DEFENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

The composition of the Road Transport (Defence) Advisory Committee appointed by the Minister of Transport to advise on plans...

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Transit Insurance Notes—WEAR AND TEAR

inclusion of a statement Tr goods-in-transit policies, to the effect that all risks of wear and tear are excluded from the...

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A SHADOW OF CO-ORDINATION?

Although, probably, of little immediate practical effect, considerable importance must be attached to the Ministry of Transport...

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Lancegaye to Manufacture Raw Glass ?

11T was announced this week by Lancegaye Safety Glass (1934), Ltd., Hythe Road, London, N.W.10, that this concern has...

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A Railway Expert's View on Road Transport

An Unusually Well-balanced Review of the Position of the Road Industry and its Prospects. IN his inaugural address as...

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Pressure Induction Making Headway

NAIXED v iews are held about the 1Y1future possibilities of using superchargers on commercial-vehicle engines. Such advances,...

A Variable-position Starter Ring

S PECIALIST in the manufacture of ...)flywheel ring gears for electric starters, G. H. Rodway, Ltd., 90, Moor Street,...

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BALANCING THE BUDC

7 ,T OF DEPRECIATION A T the conclusion of the article in the October 7 issue of The Commercial Motor, I had reached a point,...

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The Crossley 56-seater Chassis Much Improved

S INCE we last described the doubledeck oil-engined bus chassis built by Crossley Motors, Ltd., Gorton, Manchester,...

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RAISE SPEED AND US]

ROADS TO CAPACITY A T a meeting of the British Association, held this year, Major F. C. Cook, of the Ministry of Transport,...

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Solid Fuel Flaring Up

T HE importance of the tests, referred to last week, which Glasgow Corporation Transport Department is carrying out with the...

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Roadmaking Methods Are Right in the Reich

EAVING London to attend the LA Munich Road-making Exhibition, 1938, no one could have had the slightest inkling that Munich was...

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The Gas Position in France

Q LIET but intensive progress has been made in the use of gas-driven vehicles and marine motors in France during the past two...

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THE DESIGN OF ATTR, :TIVE DELIVERY VANS

S TANDARDIZED bodywork often meets the requirements of the operator wishing to buy a delivery van, but in other instances, the...

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What the Associations Are Doing

The Econonay of Good Transport. Efficient transport is not an expense, but an economy, and the really good transport manager...

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Portable Weighbridges Lose Caste

A N appeal which, it is expected, will .have far-reaching effects in connection with the weighing of vehicles on portable...

Varying Views on Rates Stabilization

Discussion of Mr. Gupwell's Paper at Last Week's Road-transport Conference A 'a preliminary to the reading of Mr. Gupwell's...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES ROAD TRANSPORT IN EMERGENCIES. 154681 Congratulations on your leading article " Road Transport in the...

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Pressure System Improves Cooling Efficiency

T HE performance of the cooling system of a motor-vehicle engine is commonly stated in terms of temperature difference, by...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT GLASGOW WILL NOT HAVE TROLLEYBUSES O N October 5 last, Glasgow Corporation, by 8 votes to 6, decided not...

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COMMISSIONERS AND WINTER SERVICES

T "difficulty of unrernunerative bus services, which are demanded by the public, often comes up for discussion at public...

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Metallurgy for Motors Moves Ahead

A REVIEW of current metallurgical progress reveals many new features which are of special interest to the commercial-motor...

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An Injection-pump Delivery Control

WHEN starting an oil engine, it is W often necessary to set the injection pump to deliver fuel in excess of fullload...