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15th October 1937
15th October 1937
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Equity for Road Transport

T HE inequity of the treatment of road hauliers under the Road and Rail Traffic Act, to which reference is made by " Dogged "...

Benevolent Fund for Road Operators 4UCH interest has been aroused

by the IVI suggestion that a benevolent fund should be instituted for road operators and their employees, as distinct from that...

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Passing Comments

Sugar Beet Provides R EADERS who recall our Road Transport OpI • description of a crop-drying portunities in Norfolk plant in...

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One Hears

Of too many small hauliers in the Bankruptcy Court. That often a railway is the unofficial receiver of their businesses. That...

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For many months we have known that negotiations were taking

place .between Gilfords (H.S.G.), Ltd., which is responsible for H.S.Q. producer-gas vehicles, that have been mentioned...

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Danger Plea in Weighing Case

T HE driver of a lorry and trailer who, after being stopped by the police about 2.15 a.m. on July 2 was asked to take the lorry...

Wet Grinding for Valve Refacing

WHEN refacing valves by grinding, VI' it is undoubtedly of practical advantage to feed liquid on to the grinding wheel. By this...

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Important Lockheed Innovations WHILST much interest will be aroused, at

the forthIN coming Commercial Show, by the Lockheed-Gates Booster, a mechanical-servo gear, already described in this paper,...

Qerman Comments at Road Delegation Functions

4ANY interesting statements were Pei made on the German and British sides at the official functions. Dr. Dorpmeller, the...

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What the Associations

Are Doing MORE LEGISLATION COMING? Statements made when a recent deputation from the C.M.U.A. and other organizations met the...

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German Hansa to be Marketed Here

Another Continental Machine in Wide Range of Sizes Makes its Debut D ISTRIBUTING ri g hts for Great L./Britain, includin g...

A New Maudslay Passenger Model

The Marathon, a Light Chassis for 39-seater Bus or 32-seater Coach WELL kNOWN as a maker of hi g hVic q uality individually...

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Detachable Axle Trailer Announced by Cranes

Many Good Features in Ingenious Patented Wheel and Axle Assembly F OUR large wheels in line, a low platform and no loading...

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How an Operator Makes Good a Loss on a 2-tonner

by a Profit—Although Not so Large as He Imagines—on an 8-tonner I COME now to that part of the discussion with a haulier which...

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FRENCH DESIGN THE DOLDRUMS

Notes by Our . Critic After a Careful Examination of the Commercial-vehkle Exhibits at the Paris Show T AKEN as a whole, the...

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Licensing Policy Is Controlled

D. I. Sandelson Solicitor to Me C.M.U.A. North-Eastern Reply to critic of Porthtawl Conference Views on Licensing...

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TRAILER MERITS from the

dy angle 'With its Low-loading Line and Absence of Obstructions, the Trailer Offers Extensive Scope for the Design of...

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WHAT TO SEE AT

FHE FORD SHOW A Survey of the Commercial Motor Exhibits at an important One-make Show in London at Which a Standard Range of...

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Fails in Appeal, but Retains Vehicles !

Curious Position Arises from Appeal Against Variation After Original Licence Has Expired A N extraordinary position has arisen...

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OPINIONS

and UERIES ANOTHER KIND OF INJUSTICE. [5166] There is another direction in which you might use your powerful aid on behalf...

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Diamond-T Introduces a 2-3-tonner

k ONG the new vehicles to be shown at Earls Court will be a Dianiond-T 2-3-tonner, and a new rigid six-wheeler, of which we...

A Scammell Rigid i 6-Tonner and an Electric I N addition to the oil-engined

mechanical horse, described elsewhere in this issue, Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford, is including in its 1938 range two other...

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Speeding Up Beet Haulage

S.T.R. Describes New Arrangement Devised Under Permit Scheme. Payment of Accounts Facilitated A S was to be expected, . the...

70 b.h.p. Producer-gas Generator Weighing 1801b.

A PRODUCER-CAS plant, specially designed from the word " go," to meet the demands of road-vehicle engines, forms the subject of...

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A Mechanical Horse Oiler

Scammell 6-10-ton M.H. Model with Compression-ignition Engine. Perkins Wolf the Power Unit at Present Adopted OR 1938 the range...

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The Garner Gains a Place ii

le Front Rank Road Test No 265 D ISTINCTIVE in many respects —appearance, performance, n - iauceuvrability and carrying...

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TWO FAIL WHERE SO SUCCEED

IN appeals against decisions of the 1North-Western Traffic Commissioners, heard in Manchester last week, it was urged upon the...

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Railways Dispute Vehicle Bases

R AMWAY opposition of an unusual type faces Ex-Army Transport, Ltd. The company has 61 units based at its central depot at East...

Power from Coal for Road Transport

B EFORE the Goal Convention at Harrogate, organized by the Coat Utilisation Council, British Industries House, 'Marble Arch,...

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A Limited-motion Differential Gear

A Resume of Patent Specifications , that Have Recently Been Published WAUGH interest appears to be arising IVIin differential...