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18th November 1939
18th November 1939
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Encouraging Alternative Fuels

F OR years the Government has been pressed to encourage the employment of home-produced fuels, but its only real response...

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Light Metals Influence Design and Legality

T HE important role of aluminium in passengervehicle construction, and the economic benefits resulting from the displacement of...

Group Organizers Protest Against Restrictions

G ROUP organizers all over the country are, no doubt, well aware'of the practice of the Ministry of Transport in reducing the...

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Passing Comments Loss Indeed by nN the front page of The Rail but Profit by '—'Times recently, we saw

Road these two advertisements:— " Railway trucks lost in transit Siding owners and others are urgently requested to look for...

One Hears

That hauliers working for the Army will soon require a war loan all to themselves. That relatives may wear black for those who...

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NEWS of the WEEK

FUTURE OF PETROL PRICES SAID TO BE UNCERTAIN " IT is impossible to foresee future trends in petrol prices," a representative...

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Yorkshire Wages Fight Gather's Impetus

letters which Yorkshire 1V1hauliers sent. to the Road Haulage Central Wages Board, registering objections to that body's scheme...

. Personal Pars

MR. G. E. LAMBERT, head of W. and G. Lambert, Ltd., the concern of motor agents, of Thetford, Norfolk, has been re-elected...

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WHAT ARE FAIR RATE OR EMERGENCY HIRE?

Rates Which Hauliers Are Entitled to Ask for the Hire of Their Vehicles, With and Without Drivers, for 8-hour and 24-hour Day...

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A Newcomer to the Light Tractor Market

The "Wards," Offered in Four Types, Having Four and Two Wheels and Engines from 1 h.p. to 8 h.p. DOWERED in every case by a...

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Answering Those Second Thoughts on Producer Gas

Bombarded by a Salvo of Questions, "S.T.R." Dis. cusses the Practicability of Solid Fuel and Finds it an Economic Proposition...

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HELP FOR HOME TEL AT LONG LAST

P AST demonstrations of alternative-fuel vehicles in this country have been organized by the producers of the equipment or...

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Ambulance Design for Present-day Special Needs

P OSSESSING considerable topical 1 interest is the new Rootes-Express ambulance, of which an example has been supplied to the...

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Road Transport Topics By Our Special In Parliament Parliamentary Correspondent NEARLY 17,500 VEHICLES REQUISITIONED

IT was stated by Mr. Hore-Belisha, 'Secretary of State for War, when questioned by Captain Strickland, that up to October 28...

This Journal Quoted in House of Commons

Q EVEN quotations from the article 0,./which appeared in " The Commercial Motor" dated October 7, written by Mr. Ernest Bevin,...

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Carrying Coals, But Not To Newcastle

Fine Service obtained from a Guy Fleet which is engaged on the Arduous Work of Coal Haulage in the Midlands. Operator's...

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Producer-gas Facts and Figures

Further Replies From Makers and Others to the Strong Criticisms Put Forward Last Week in a Letter From Mr. John Walton L AST...

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New Light on Compressed Gas

An Authoritative Paper Dealing Exhaustively with a Subject of National Importance and Expressing Optimistic Views on a Variety...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

BIG RELAXATION IN BUS WEIGHTS D EPRESENTATIONS have been J. N. made to the Minister of Transport by the Public Service...

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A Double-chamber Combustion-head Design

A Risurne of Recently Published Patent Specifications A N improvement in e design of th small compression-ignition engines...