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15th October 1929
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Page 51

Too Drastic Weight Restriction on Four-wheeled Buses.

TT is becoming increasingly apparent that the J9-ton limit of weight for a loaded fourwheeled bus Is cutting matters too fine....

Page 54

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 roughness of the roads over which...

Page 55

A B.A.T. Prize Scheme.

In connection with the introduction of the new B.A.T. Cruiser chassis, Harris and Hese11 (1929), Ltd., has inaugurated an...

Page 56

Limiting Working Hours of Bus Employees.

General support is being accorded by licensing authorities in the immediate neighbourhood,. to the suggestion of Tynemouth Town...

Page 57

Passenger-traffic Operations • at Bradford.

The general manager of Bradford Corporation Tramways has just issued his report for the year ended March 31st last, and it...

Page 58

A Trade Exhibition in Buenos Aires.

A British Empire Trade Exhibition to be held in Buenos Aires, for six weeks during February, March and April, 1981, is now...

Page 59

Latest News of ALBION PRODUCTS

NTO drastic alterations are to be found in the Albion range of chassis for 1930. The company has followed a policy of...

Page 60

Petrol and Petrol-electric Chassis

FROM THE SAME WORKS The Latest Tilling Stevens Products and Modifications in Certain of Them. O NE of the most efficient and...

Page 62

A NEW 12-TON SIX-WHEELER

Added to the Range of Leyland Goods Models An Exclusive Account of the Hippo, a Threeaxled Machine of High Power and Efficient...

Page 65

A NEW DIESEL-ENGINED LORRY From a Famous Swiss Works

Lawson Pigott Motors Announces Three Berna 6-ton Models for 1930, Power Units Being Interchangeable. A T. the Commercial Motor...

Page 66

In a Line or Two

The bridge over the River Severn at Worcester is to be widened from 33 ft. to 60 ft. A. number of Morris-Commercial taxicabs...

Page 67

A S a new industry, sugar-beet growing has brought much additional

prosperity to British agriculture and has greatly assisted in checking the return of so much arable land to grass. It is a...

Page 68

The COUNTESS and the EMPEROR

Vulcan's New Passenger Vehicles 'First Details of the 28-seater and the Double-saloon51 seater ; Ingenious Body Construction...

Page 70

A New 31-ton Goods Chassis with a Diesel Engine

'DOR more than a year British Mer eedes-Benz, Ltd. ' 37, Davies Street, Grosvenor Square, London, W.1, has marketed 5-ton and...

Page 71

OPINIONS

and QUERIES The Journal Containing Valuable Information. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. ' [29091 shall be much obliged...

Page 73

A New One-tonner from France

An Addition to the Unic Range Built on Straightforward Lines. li A NOTHER-model has been added to the well-known range of Unie...

Page 74

26 PASSENGERS

How They Are Best Accommodated A Number of Useful Suggestions Regarding the Most Economic and Convenient Seating Plans for the...

Page 76

The Trend of FOREIGN BUSINESS A Review of Overseas Developments

During the Second Quarter of 1929. J TIFJSUALLY severe winter condi) tons retarded spring sales an Danzig to such an extent...

Page 77

Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER Explaining a Much-discussed Item of Standing Charges, Namely, the Interest on Capital Outlay as Applied to...

Page 78

A Compressed-air Plant With Several Uses

4 COMPRESSED-AIR plant which _,LA. has several applications is being marketed by the Equipment and Engineering Co., Ltd., of 2...

Page 79

Phases of PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on a Variety of Aspects of Coach and Bus Development, URING the past motor-coaching 1.1 season the type of vehicle...

ton, near Wembley, Middlesex. It provides accommodation for 26 to

28 passengers, including the driver, and the seating is arranged on ort hodox lines. The seat backs are made up of pleated...

A HIGH - POWERED LONG - DISTANCE COACH.

Details of the Latest Addition to the Majestic Fleet which Operates Between London and the North. MHE well-known Majestic...

Page 80

WILL TRAMS SURVIVE?

Mr. R. S. Asher, the Manager of the York Tramways Undertaking, Submits His Report on City Transport. I N a comprehensive...

Page 81

BUS TRAFFIC IN THE IRISH FREE STATE,

Two Parliamentary Measures to be Introduced for the Control of Buses and Other Forms of Traffic. TIOR many months past the...

A RAILWAY-CORPORATION AGREEMENT CONSIDERED.

Some Notes Upon a Likely Scheme of Co-operation Between the L.N.E.R., the L.M.S. and Bradfbrd Corporation. A N agreement...

Page 82

SECOND STAGE OF THE LIVERPOOL INQUIRY.

Objection Raised to the Partiality Arising from the Licensing Authority Being a Bus Operator. A FT ER an adjournment since the...

A Novel Fuel Tap

S IMPLE as it may seem at first sight, the task of constructing a petrol tap which cannot leak externally is one which many...

Page 83

RUNNING, UPKEEP AND OVERHAUL

Interesting Contributions from Maintenance Engineers, Drivers and Mechanics. An Interesting Salvage Job. M1ROM a...

Page 84

STEERING VEHICLES with Six or Eight Wheels

A Resum4 of Recently Published Patent Specifications. A N engineer, J. H. O'Neill, of 3, Hillside, Wellington Road, Jersey, in...