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16th October 1936
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Important Decisions on the Merger

A.R.O. Council Will Endeavour to Consummate Merger at Earliest Moment. A Poll to be Taken T HE hitherto obscure and...

The Prevalence of Avoidable Accidents

rtURING the past few days details of many L./ accidents which cannot be classed as of am unavoidable nature have been bronght...

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Passing Comments

An Interesting Lantern A USEFUL service to farmers Lecture for AgriculI -1 11as been instituted by the turists Ford concern....

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One Hears

That the dictators are now Hitler, Mussolini—and the railways. That Johannesburg's Sunbeam-B.T.H. trolleybuses are expected...

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NEWS of the WEEK

MERGER NEGOTIATIONS TO BE CONTINUED. At an extraordinary general meeting of Associated Road Operators held at Birmingham on...

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Non-notifiable Cases Protest

A PROTEST has been made to the Ministry of Transport by the Yorkshire Area of Associated Road Operators concerning the...

Tonnage Arguments

on Cable Transport T HE carriage of cables between the British Insulated Cable works at Present and London, formed the subject...

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FINED FOR PREMATURE RECORD ENTRY.

Because he had already entered " dinner' liour 1 p.m. to 2 p.m." on his driving record, when he was stopped at 12.40 p.m., a...

Railway Inconsistency Exposed

A PROTEST against the inConsistency of the railway attitude was made by Mr. Ian Macaulay, appearing for an applicant before the...

Railways Fail on Test Loads

T HE results of test loads sent by rail were given by an applicant before the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority at...

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RAILWAYS CONGRATULATE B-LICENCE HOLDER!

When Mr. G. Nelson, builders' merchant and carrier, of 6, Church Road, Great Crosby, applied, at Liverpool, for the renewal of...

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Leyland Investigating Rear engine Possibilities

W E learn that Leyland Motors, Ltd., Ham Works, Kingston, Surrey, is interesting itself in a design of chassis in which the...

August Registrations Make Good Showing

A LTHOUGH there was a fall of riseveral thousand in the total of new vehicle registrations for August, 1936, this year's figure...

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KEEP BOOKS OR GO OUT DE' BUSINESS

The Timeis Rapidly Ap , proaching When Hauliers Must Give Considered Thought to the Revision of Some of their Methods if they...

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TO THE FORE AT

ME - FORD SHOW' SPLENDID opportunity for pi road-transport operators to inspect the full range of Fordson commercial vehicles...

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Employers' Evidence on Wages Unsatisfactory Position Revealed by Employers in Evidence Before Government Committee of Inquiry into Wages

and Conditions T HE Committee of Inquiry appointed by the Ministers Of Labour `and Transport to examine the position regarding...

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An Efficient Brockhouse Extensible Semi-trailer

S PECIALIST in the development and manufacture of trailers for particular purposes, J. Rrockhouse and Co., Ltd., West...

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OPINIONS

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

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A British Designer Looks in at the Paris Show

Striking Appearance of Passenger Vehicles Among Most Outstanding Features, No Major Developments of a Mechanical Nature, but...

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THE THORNYCROFT TRUSTY

5 - 1-8-TON OILER Zaises Class Standards With an 81-ton Gross Load, this inexpensive High-class Maximum-load Four-wheeler...

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New Edbro Wobble-plate Tipping-gear Pump

An Easily Installed Fourcylindered Unit Delivering at a Steady Pressure and Equipped with an Efficient Relief Valve R EQUIRING...

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What is the Future of The Gas Producer ?

A Repij by an Enthul. siast to the interesting Criticisms of our French Correspondent A LTHOUGH I cannot say, as your...

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Straussler 30-cwt.

Outfit in Harness Promising Results Obtained from an Articulated Machine on Trial by a Railway Company at Birmingham WE...

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Railway Criticized in Big Ticket Case

'THE Northern Area Traffic Commis1 sioners continued, last week, the inquiry into the 'application of the L.N.E. Railway Co,...

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SUPPORT FOR STOKE TRANSPORT BOARD

QTOKE-ON-TRENT City Council is determined to set up a North Stafferdshire Passenger Transport Board if it can possibly obtain...

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BRISTOL BUS PROPOSALS CRITICIZED

.THE proposal to institute oil-engined I bus services in Bristol in place of the tramcars was criticized by Mr. G. H. Barnard,...

A Miniature—but for Work

The Rytecraft Scoota-truck is a Replica of a Lorry, Carries 5-cwt. Loads and is Capable of 40 m.p.h. T HE little Rytecraft...

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Novel Design of Oil Engine

A Resume of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published P ATENT No. 453,287 bears the name of one of the pioneers...