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16th July 1937
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SCAMMELL

LORRIES LTD. WATFORD WEST, H ERTS. TELEPHONE: TELEGRAMS: WATFORD ' TYVELFTON 523 I . WATFORD' In the field of motor...

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Hope for the Industry

The Case for Road Transport Now Being Put Forward Clearly and Far More Emphatically HERE is an old adage that The green new...

The Container uestion • L .-1 0R some time past there has

been considerable doubt as to the position of the container in respect of taxation. In some cases local licensing authorities...

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Passing Comments

Putting the RegulaWHEN it was mentioned at tions in Front a the VT the A.R.O. luncheon that Driver the Association was...

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One Hears—

Road transport proposes—railway opposes. That rarely in the history of commercial motors in this country have there been so...

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C.A.V.-BOSCH CONCERN NOW ALL BRITISH.

An opportunity has occurred for Joseph Lucas, Ltd., to purchase the shareholding in C.A.V.-Bosch, Ltd., of Acton, previously...

A Solution of the

Container Problem I T is understood that an arrangement was come to last week regarding Clause 7 of the Finance Bill .which...

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Cattle Container Not Part of Vehicle

• Cattle Container Not Part of Vehicle • A FTER hearing legal arguments respecting the weight of a cattle truck, the...

Business Break Causes Licence Tangle

A REMARKABLE situation arising out of a dissolution of partnership between three brothers was disclosed before the...

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Motor Industry Pioneers Paid Holidays

T "E pioneer part played by the roadtransport industry in the granting of holidays with pay to its workpeople has been several...

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Personal Pars

MR. HERBERT H. LINCOLN, general manager of Wallasey Corporation's motorbus department, has been installed as president of...

Contract Licence for Three Concerns D IFFICULTY of working under a

1-- , contract licence was the ground on which a haulier applied for an open A licence, in place of a contract licence, at...

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Municipal Purchases and Pro . posals Barrow.in - Purness Corporation is to purchase

a Bedford chassis. Carlisle Corporation is purchasing a Lewin road sweeper and collector. Ilkeston Corporation is to obtain...

A break in a speedometer cable is clearly shown in ibis X-ray photograph taken by Commercial X-rays, Ltd.

S EVERAL of the larger manufacturers in this country have adopted the use of X-rays for determining the physical...

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What the Associations Are Doing

Big Parade in September. Manchester Area 'tif the C.M.U,A. is already busy with preliminaries for a national vehicle parade in...

North-Western Move on Wages Report S ERIOUS difficulties in connection with

wages in the North-West have resulted in close consideration being given to the report of the committee of inquiry. Various...

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The Minister Told What We Want

The Associated Road Operators Stage the First Big Function to be Attended by Mr. E. L. Burgin T HE Minister of Transport could...

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BUILDINGS BY ROAD • A

DOOR-TO-DOOR" SERVICE Nineteen Dennis and Morris-Commercial Lorries Run by Hurlingham Bungalow Cp. Deliver About 45,000...

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Salesmen and Alleged A-Licence Illegalities

Four Defendants Sent for Trial at London Sessions A PPEARING at Clerkenwell Police Court, on Monday, on behalf of two salesmen...

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Putting the Case for the Industry

Mr. L. Burgin, Minister of Transport, Receives an Important Deputation from the British Road Federation 0 N July 'S, a...

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More Actual Figures for Cost of Operation. How Maintenance Expenditure Varies as Between Vehicles of the Same Make and Type

How System Cuts Costs Solving the Problems of the Carrier T HIS short series of articles on variations in costs was...

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A.E.C.'s New £30,000 Service Depot

With a Covered Area of 35,000 sq. ft. the New Depot has Been Planned and Equipped on Most Modern Lines B IJILT at a cost...

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Alloy Tubular Construction Reduces Body Weight

• Reduces Body Weight • (Left) The British Tubular Construction Co., Ltd., built the 1,000 - cubic - ft. body of this Dennis...

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New Vans in Austin 1938 Programme

Two Light Models for 5-cwt. and 6-8-cwt. Loads Respectively, with Bodies of Good Capacity. New Frontal Design which Improves...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial tnotors. Letters should be...

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Solo Motorcycle " V an" for _Light Transport D ELIVERY of

loads and the transport of samples up to Lill cwt. have recently been carried out by means of the solo motorcycle outfit...

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Encouraging Results from

New Oilengined Tractor Interesting Victor-engined Crawler-type Machine with Novel Design of Track, Built by Enterprising...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT Buses Earn Big Profits DINES are making increasingly large 1-/profits for municipalities. In the majority...

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Ministry Under Fire in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent A FIVE-HOURS' debate on the Ministry of Transport's administration took place in...

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Clayton Dewandre Brake Improvement

A Resume of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published T 0 avoid the. use of intermediate lever systems between...