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19th April 1935
19th April 1935
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Oil Engines to be Penalized

N O' sooner does a section of our industry begin to go ahead than the heavy hand of the Government falls upon it in a...

Is British Beet Doomed ?

T HE ways of Government-appointed committees and the reports they issue are wonderful to behold. A committee of that...

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Passing Comments

A S a source of power for the fi re-engine, the petrol unit is almost universally used. The first cost, in some cases, is a...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

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

SLASHING ATTACK ON SHIPPING COMPANY'S RATE-CUTTING

A VIGOROUS condemnation of .1t alleged rate-cutting by .coastalshipping interests is contained in a circular issued by Dick,...

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BEET REPORT PROTEST.

A conference of the National Farmers Union was held in London, last Friday, to consider the findings of the Greene Committee on...

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MORE FLEXIBILITY REQUIRED IN LICENSING SYSTEM.

Referring to the operations of the Licensing Authorities, Mr. W. H. Gaunt, the president of the Mansion House Association,...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

Plympton Rural District Council is seeking quotations for-the supply of form refuse collectors. Swansea Coronation has...

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APPEAL AGAINST GRANT OF CLAIMED TONNAGE.

The appeal of Leonard Stubbs and Co., Ltd., Runcorn, against the granting of an A licence by the NorthWestern Licensing...

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The New Oil Tax: What It Means

T HE quickest and most accurate way to ascertain the full effect on operating costs of the additional tax on oil fuel is to...

National Outcry Against Budget

B.R.F. CALLS FOR UNITY. T HE British Road Federation, in commenting on the Budget, remarks that, once again the motor industry...

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Enforcing Wages Agreement HOURS PROSECUTION

FAILS A N important statement was made by Mr. Gleeson E. Robinson, Licensing A.uthority for the Metropolitan Area, on Monday...

Stabilizing Rates in the West

A SERIES of meetings to be held in the country districts around Plymouth was inaugurated, last week, by one at Lamerton, under...

A School for Hauliers

T HE wish that it were possible to establish a school for hauliers, especially for newcomers, to educate them in the financial...

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ENTERPRISE REWARDED T HIS year, coincident with the celebration of the

Royal Silver .. Jubilee, marks the golden Jubilee of George Ewer and Co., Ltd., which was commenced as a cartage business by...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament EFFECTS OF THE BUDGET "MORE EQUITABLE" OIL-FUEL TAX! THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, during his Budget...

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An Unusual British Outfit Tried Out in Undeveloped Country

An A.E.C. Oil-engined Tractor, Towing Two Dyson Trailers and Carrying 15-ton Pay-loads, Completes a 10,000-mile Test with...

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Solving the Problems of the

Carrier A New Factor in Depreciation. An Interesting Method of Keeping Records of Petrol and Oil Consumption in Fleet...

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ROAD-RAIL C I' IN SOAP

)-ORIDI \;ATION )ELI VERY A Large Fleet of Motor Vehi, for the Transport of Soap, Ecli Dovetailing Collect ioi s Run by John...

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Yorkshire Employers' New Wage Offer

- TUE employers' panel of the York .I. shire Area Conciliation Board has Made an amended offer with regard to wages, but...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

GOVERNMENT GRANT FOR INTERNAL AIRWAYS? WE have several times referred to the vV suggestion that acentral authority, with...

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AIRING GRIEVANCES IN PARLIAMENT

JUST after Easter, when the Ministry of Transport vote is raised in Parliament, the Motor Hirers and Coach Services Association...

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BIRCH CLAIMS OVER £360,000 FROM L.P.T.B.

T HE London Passenger Transport Arbitration Tribunal commenced to hear, last week, the claim of Birch Bros., Ltd., for...

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PUBLIC INTEREST DEMANDS RAILWAYS?

T HE argument that the public interest would ultimately stiffer if the railways were robbed of passenger traffic by the...

February's Registration Returns Analysed

I N our issue for last week we gave brief details of the registrations of new commercial vehicles in February last, and an...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

WHAT IS DELAYING THE MERGER? [4528] Why the delay in uniting the Commercial Motor Users Association, the Road Haulage...

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An Interesting Double-acting Air Spring

Gradual Damping of the Shock and Rapid Damping of the Rebound Obtained by Using Non return Valves A SHOCK-ABSORBING device of...

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Chassis Maintenance Simplified by Modern Methods

Suitable Equipment for Spectalized Lubrication Reduces the Time and Cost Factors of Regular Chassis Maintenance. Some Upto...

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Independent Springing for „ Heavies A FORM of separate suspension stated to

be specially applicable to heavy vehicles is referred to in patent No. 425,092 by Daimler-Benz A.G., Stuttgart-Untertiirkheim,...