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16th June 1939
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Legislation Which Needs Revision S TATEMENTS made in conference papers, and

suggestions put forward during chats with people eminent in the transport world, indicate fairly clearly that there is a...

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Passing Comments

A " Safety " Newspaper For Training the Young . . . A Nillustrated newspaper for children, which deals with aspects of safety...

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One Hears

That an association journal says that a driver must have responsilibity." That the " silly bit" is a little out of place....

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NEWS of the WEEK

MOTOR TRADE RECRUITS FOR TERRITORIAL TECHNICAL UNITS. T HE War Office has now notified the National Service Committee of the...

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News of the week (continued)

OVERLOADING CHARGE FOLLOWS HIRING. S UMMONSES were heard recently at Wimborne, against Strong and Co., the brewery concern of...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Caterham Ueb.ij District Council is Lo pnroba,o a tire-engiee. Todmorden Joint Omnibus Committee it buy ing four oif-engined...

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"DROPPING THE BRICK' Y CUTTING THE RATE

I HAVE been asked to deal with the question-of brick haulage, and to put forward a schedule of rates for application in that...

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Unusual Features in Girling Hydraulic Brake Control A Combination of

Hydraulic and Achanical Brake Control Which Provides Against all Eventualities of Brake Failure. Ingenious Unit Construction of...

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Value of Flow Production in Axle Construction

A SECOND large-scale factory con, version has now been completed at the Farington works of Leyland Motors, Ltd. With the...

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WHEN ROAD TR ANSPOF GETS A REAL BOUQUET

Road Transport is Steadily Growing in Favour for Flower Carrying. The Reasons Why Growers Prefer w Send by Road The Days Have...

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Yorks Employers Criticize Central Board's Scheme

Strong Opposition to the Scheme Circulated for Consideration T HERE is considerable criticism, in employers' circles in...

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Lacing" Alcohol With Gas Is It Practicable?

High-pressure Systems are of Limited Value. Success is Governed by Gas Solubility at Ordinary Pressures R EFERENCE was made in...

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Delegates to , Blackpool Congress Discuss Passenger-transport Problems

Public Service Transport Association Meeting Voted by all to be One of the Best of the Series. Trade and Industry Well...

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Limitations of Ticket-issuing Machines

Mr, G. H. Brooks, M.Inst.T., of London Transport, Discusses the Pros and Cons of Ticket-issuing Machines in Paper Read at...

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Unique Features on 3,420-gallon Tank Trailer

Length and Height Restrictions Introduce Interesting Problems in the Design of an Outsize Tank-trailer Outfit A TANK trailer,...

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Meeting Special Conditions of Island Service in coach construction

T HE craft of the coachbuilder has reached such a stage of flexibility that to build a body to suit certain specific...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects

connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be written on only one side of the paper. The right of abbreviation...

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Automatic Cleaning on New Engine-oil Filter T HERE is, perhaps, no

better known 1 name in the filtration field than that of Stream-Line Filters, Ltd., and it is, therefore, of interest that this...

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What the Associations Are Doing

ROADS FOR DEFENCE—ROADS FOR PEACE. " Road users will shortly be paying approximately £100,000,000 per annum in special motor...

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"Clean and Clever" the Catch -d at the Cleansing Conference

p ROOF that British manufacturers never rest in their progress towards the improvement of municipal motors, was offered at...

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National Aspects of Transport

A Precis of a Most Controversial Paper Read at the Institute of Transport Conference at Southampton by Mr. G. F. Bilbrough O...

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Road Transport Topics By OUT Special In Parliament Parliamentary Correspondent

THE GOVERNMENT AND POLICE PATROL GRANT. T HE House of Lords, last week, adopted the following resolution: " That his Majesty's...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT ROTHERHAM AND FEMALE CONDUCTORS I T was decided, at a meeting of the Rotherham Town Council, last week, to...

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Simple Design of

Automatic Advance Mechanism 1"( obviate e use of links, levers th ) and pivots, all of which are liable to wear, is the chief...