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17th February 1933
17th February 1933
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A Transport Classic A FUNCTION unparalleled in the history of road

transport was held this week by the Road Haulage Association. It was a reception and luncheon, which was attended by 150...

The Berlin International Motor Show

TT was rather surprising to find at the Motor -I-Show in Berlin that, although it is called "International," there are but few...

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Passing Comments

O N the first Thursday in March, 1907, a series of interesting questions was asked in the House of Lords on the possible...

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ONE HEARS

That an Irish Republic would mean a lot of removal business on both sides of the Irish Sea. That this may bring a new note...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

"'The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever paint, arising, as a carriage is by the...

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_News of Municipal Activities

Offences Under Animal • Transit Order. Some of the possible offences under the Transit of Animals (Amendment) Order, 1931, are...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

WOLVERHAMPTON Corporation is purchasing a Dennis trailer pump costing £320. Swiisnost Corporation is buying a Leyland...

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Power Winches for Army Vehicles

A NUMBER of winches for mounting on Leyland six-wheeled lorries intended for War Department purposes has just been produced by...

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The Triumph of the R.H.A.

150 Members of Parliament and Two Ex-Ministers of Transport Attend a Luncheon to Hear Proposals on the Rail and Road Problem...

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News Items in Brief

Grimsby Corporation is to construct a subway at the Weelsby Road levelcrossing at a cost of £20,000. Lowestoft borough...

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Coal-gas Vehicles

at the B.I.F. D URING the period of the British Industries Fair, which opens at Castle Bromwich next. Monday, Februafy 20, a...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Home-produced Fuel Supplies an Urgent National Need. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MoTox. [3980] Sir,—I was greatly interested...

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A New Vaporizer

for Oil Fuel A N apparatus, the installation of which demands no 21.alterations to the engine or carburetter, and which is...

Oil Engines Explained to the Motor Trade

"LI OLLOWING an informal dinner on Tuesday, Feb ruary 14, at the Holborn Restaurant, London, organized by the Institute of the...

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THE KARRIER

COB IN A NEW I N its new form, just anflounced by Karrier Motors, Ltd., Ruddersheld, the Earlier Cob Major tractor-trailer...

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A New Method of Determining Stresses

T HE stresses set up in any machine part by the forces and loads to which it is subjected under conditions of normal usage are...

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German Technical Ter encies as Revealed by

THE BER A CLOSE survey of the International Motor Show in Berlin reveals much of interest in connection with the development of...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent The Salter Recommendations. S IR ARTHUR SALTER, addressing the...

THIRD READING OF THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL

O N the report stage of the London Passenger Transport Bill a few amendments were made without inter fering with the main...

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Problems

of the HAULIER and CARRIER Showing that a Van with Trailer Makes an Expensive Outfit for Long-distance Furniture Removals A...

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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT

HEARING OF APPLICATION AGAINST M. OF T. COMMENCED T BE Lord Chief Justice and Justices Avery and Talbot, sitting as a King's...

, LATEST NEWS FROM THE TRAFFIC AREAS

ANOTHER RULE NISI AGAINST M. OF T. UPMINSTER SERVICES. ON Monday last, a King's Bench Divisional Court granted a rule nisi...

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'THE TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS' PUBLIC SITTINGS

T HE following are the times and places announced by Area Traffic Commissioners for their forthcoming public sittings. In each...

A New Semi-trailer

A NEW semi-trailer is shortly to be produced by Biflex Trailers and Tractors, Ltd., 1, Shortlands Road, Kingston-on-Thames. Its...

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A Road Test of the

NEW AUSTIN LIGHT VAN I N many cases the chassis of light delivery vans differ scarcely at all from the chassis used by the...

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A New Wheel

for heavy-duty vehicles Interesting German Design that Eliminates Studs and Nuts to Retain the Rim A' wheel for all types of...

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WHERE TO FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS

W HOLESALERS in the drapery and clothing business are, at the time of writing, active in the preparation of parcels for their...

TENDERS OF INTEREST TO HAULIERS

MENDERS are invited by the follow in g (latest dates given in parentheses) : Sutton and °henna U.D.C. for road materials (Form...

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A Body Equipped with a Rotor

T EE form of body described in patent No. 385,744, by Marriott Brentnall and Co., Ltd., 10, Macklin Street, Derby, is one that...