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19th April 1932
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Australia's Rash Example

M ANY of the Australian states, and particularly New South Wales, have introduced legislation 'which is intended to crush...

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The Need for Co-operation Amongst Scottish Hauliers.

A ACE area of Great Britain that one studies I illustrates with increasing bluntness the crying need for organization amongst...

The Work of the Road-Rail Com • mittee.

W E have several times expressed our surprise at the wide terms of reference as originally drafted for consideration by the new...

LOOSE LEAVES

W E can hardly realize from what an incubus we have escaped during the past century in the matter of tolls. By 1838 Parliament...

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ONE HEARS

Of further interest in forward-control 30-cwt. chassis. That fewer and fewer passengers leap into or out of speedy buses. Of...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

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

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Rawtenstall Abandons Trams.

The official ceremony in connection with the • abandonment of the BacupRawtenstall section of the tramways of Rawtenstall...

Inst. of T. in Yorkshire.

The annual meeting of the Leeds and district section of the Institute of Transport was held at Leeds a few days ago, when Mr....

Farmers Prefer Road Transport.

More farm produce continues to be carried by road and the effect of this is making itself felt in railway returns. There was a...

Personal Pars.

Mr. William Baines has been appointed rolling stock superintendent to Burnley Corporation, in place of Mr. F. L. S. Whitaker,...

Death of Mr. Eustace Short.

It is with much regret that we announce the death of Mr. Enstace Short, a partner in the concern of Short Brothers (Rochester...

Ford's "Exhibition News."

To commemorate the successful exhibition held recently at the Royal Albert Hall, London, the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., has...

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Many Lorries Wanted in Spain.

The commercial secretary to Hi8 Majesty's Embassy at Madrid reports that the Home Office of the Government of Spain is calling...

Albion Buses for MacShane's.

In connection with the licences recently granted to MacShane's Motors, Ltd., to operate buses on the LiverpoolBootle route, the...

A Comprehensive Catalogue.

G. T. Riches and Co., Ltd., 19 and 20. Store Street, London, W.C.1, has recently issued its catalogue for 1932, which is a most...

Gangway Widths'on Passenger Vehicles.,

Public service vehicle operators should not overlook the fact that the Minister of Transport has allowed the regulation...

A Foolish and Unnecessary Bill.

A Bill, entitled An Act to Amend the Road Traffic Act, 1930, has been introduced by Lord Buckmaster. It contains three clauses....

An Attractive Brochure.

A most tastefully produced brochure, dealing with some of the outstanding products of the company on both the passenger and...

An Eight-cylindered Lorry Engine.

The Lycorning Manufacturing Co., Williamsport, Pa., the engine products of which have, in the past, been used on certain...

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Death of Mr. L. V. Cozens, We deeply regret to

learn of the death of Mr. L. V. Cozens, sales manager of Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd. ' Wolverhampton, at the early age of 44...

Willys Overland Sales and Service in Holland.

Messrs. U. C. L. Sieberg, of Amsterdam, Holland, the Willys Overland distributors for that country, who have offices and...

Ho-Railer in Service This Week.

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Co. is this week putting the Karrier Ho-Railer into service on the...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

• Cr.nvsnox Urban District Council is to buy a lorry at an estimated cost of £285. The WORTHING authority is buying a Barford...

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A..E.C.'s New Depot.

Continuing the policy of affording A.E.O. operators easy facilities for obtaining spare parts throughout the country, the...

ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

During 1931 2,147 commercial vehicles were registered in Switzerland. The Ripon authority is to investigate a scheme for the...

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The Time Factor

in the ROAD versus RAIL STRUGGLE Some Recent Improvements in Railway Freight Services and a Plain Statement of How Little...

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Road Transport Activities In Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Rail-Road Committee. T HE suggestion has been made that the whole of the...

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A Popular "Type Vehicle"

Road Tested Road Test No. 103 The Bedford 20-seater Saloon Coach with Duple Body—A "Type Vehicle" Under the Road Traffic Act,...

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An Entirely New

PEERLESS SIX-WHEELER A Live-axle Product in which a Dorman Petrol Engine or a Gardner Oil Engine Can be Installed; a...

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Good Features in a New Compressor

ASY mobility and a powerful double-12J acting pump are the outstanding features of the Garthbe'k Runabout portable compressor...

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A 1 5-IN. TYRE THE MAKING

The Marvels of the Production of the Largest Size of Tyre at Present in (.19e, Fully Explained and Clearly Illustrated In...

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BODYWORK REPAIRS an ALTERATIONS Made Easy

A Particularly Interesting Contribution that will Appeal to Passengervehicle Operators and Bodybuilders. How to Effect Various...

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Observations on the Royal Commission's Final Report

The First Instalment of a Number of Interesting Extracts From the Various Contributions A S promised by the Minister of...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

A Thorough Oil-engined Vehicle. Prosperity of Road Transport Assured. Which Way Should a Horse be Carried? Charging for...

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A Useful Accessory for Fords

A LTHOUGH various alterations have been effected in the design of the oil-filler pipe and breather of the Ford A-type engine,...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT E ORTS are being made by coach and bus organizations in South Wales to arrange, by negotiation with all...

IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

Improvements in Southport Services Suggested. THE tramways committee of South port Corporation has now had an opportunity for...

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THE TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS' PUBLIC SITTINGS

TmA 71 following are the times and places announced by Area Traffic Commissioners for their forthcoming public sittings. In...

Town House. Union Street, Aberdeen, April 19th, 10.30 a.m.

Town Hall, Kirkcaldy, April 25th-26th, 10.30 a.m. City Chambers, Dunfermline, April 27th. 28th, 10.30 a.m. Sheriff Court...

FORTHCOMING EVENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS

Northern. GAZETTE 33 outlines decisions in the matter of several appeals to the Minister of Transport. On February 3rd last...

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WHERE To FIND HAULAGE

BUSINESS A Feature which Hauliers will Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining Contracts G...

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Making a Speciality of Commercial-vehicle Repairs

There are Few Branches of Repair Work in Connection with Business Motors that Cannot be Tackled by F. G. Smith (Motors), Ltd.,...

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Converting Normal-type Buses to Forward Control

O NE Order made under the Road Traffic Act which has had a farreaching effect on the operations of some passenger-vehiele...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER Fixing Rates and Avoiding the Practice of Cutting Them. Various Items of Costs Simply Explained for the...

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A Universal Joint which Drives by Friction

A TU.surn of Recently Published Patent Specifications A SOMEWHAT revolutionary inven.ti. don is described in patent No....