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19th March 1937
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Municipal Motorization Forges Ahead T HE extent of the growth in

the employment of power-driven vehicles and appliances in the service of municipalities can be gathered from the fact that,...

Another Weak Point in the Act

THERE is another deplorable feature of the I Road and Rail Traffic Act and its operation, additional to the one described in a...

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Passing Comments

Why Not 30 m.p.h. wAVING played a profor all Commercial "minent part in the success Vehicles ? ful efforts to obtain...

Page 69

One Hears

That it is the milky way all the way now. Of a new unbreakable transparent " glass " made from scrap metal. That the man who...

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NEWS of the WEEK

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

Road Beats Rail in Cotton Transport

E cotton trade is continuing its fight for road transport before the North-Western Licensing Authority, and, in many instances,...

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Railways "Overwhelmed," Says Trader

DEFUSED, in June last, an, extra vehicle by the North-Western Licensing Authority, Messrs. E. Prince and Son, of Warrington,...

Rail Scheme for Speeding up Deliveries A RAILWAY scheme for

the use of PI road transport, which was stated to speed up deliveries by 24 hours, was discussed before the Yorkshire Licensing...

"Fictitious" Rail Rates Criticized

" CICTITIOUS ,, rail rates were the subject of strong comment, at T,eicaster, on Monday, by Mr. J. H. Stirk, East Midland...

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NEW GOODYEAR BRANCH.

The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., has opened a new branch at 141-147, Mile End Road, London, E.1. It is...

Value of Hydraulic Transmission

for Tower Wagons Reading Places Into Service the First Appliance of This Kind with the Leyland Torque Converter P ARTICULAR...

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What the Associations Are Doing

A.R.O. YORKSHIRE GOODS COMMITTEES SET UP. The goods committees for the four new divisions of A.R.O. Yorkshire Area have now...

Co-ordination Talk "Nonsense"

IFE-BLOOD of trade," was the L.Adecription of to road trans port by Sir Joseph Lamb, M.P., in a • toast to A.R.O. at the...

Heavy Penalties For Records Offences

HOSE who continued to neglect the I records regulations would, in the long run, pay dearly for their omissions, said Mr.' J. H....

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S.T.R.'s First Lancashire Tour I N the amount of interest evoked,

the first tour in Lancashire by S.T.R., T he Commercial Motor costs expert, vied with that in Yorkshire about a year ago. The...

At Last—A Satisfactory Aluminium Solder

A N easily fusible metal for soldering aluminium and its alloys has been introduced by Alunize, Ltd., 34, North Street, Rugby....

Page 76

Can Present

MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT RATES be Justified ? THE RE has been an improvement, of late, in some quarters, in the rates paid for...

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Safety and Comfort in SCHO OL BUSES

If No Charge for Tram port be Levied, P.S.V. Constructional Regulations May Safely be Ignored and Advantageous Departures May...

Page 79

Manchester Buses Beat the Trams

" 'THERE are still people who are 1 tram-minded," says Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman of the North Western Traffic...

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Contractors' Plant for Municipalities

how ratepayers' money is saved UIECHANIZATION in road-making operations and public .V.I.works generally has brought many...

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Silence the

Essence of WESTMINSTER'S a =1ANSING SERVICES IXT ESTMINSTER, the heart of the British Empire, is virtually a city within a...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN GOODS BY ROAD. A REVIEW of the work of his...

A.R.O. Leader Denies Rumours D ISQUIE,TING statements about the position of

A.R.O. were fully discounted at the Northern Area's fourth annual dinner, at Newcastle, last Saturday. Mr. Anthony Todd,...

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London's New Fire Headquarters a Model of High Efficiency

The New Headquarters for the L.C.C. Fire Brigade are Approaching Completion at Lambeth. Covering an Area of 140,000 sq. ft.,...

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Tribunal Decides Four Appeals

O N Wednesday, the Appeal Tribunal. announced its decisions on four appeals. Below we give the bare results and will deal, in...

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BOURNEMOUTH'S PASSENGEP TRANSPORT REJUVENATEE

Last Year the - Whole of the Tramways of This Popular Health and Holiday Centre Were Replaced by an Extensive Trolleybus System...

Page 92

Coronation Travel : Operators Warned

nPERATORS were warned, last by Mr. Gleeson E. Robinson, MC., LL.D., Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner, against running...

Page 93

Walsall's New Way with Waste

By C. N. Gradclon, M.R.Sari.I. WO years ago, at the Public Cleans big Conference held at Newcastle, members and officials of...

Page 94

Romford Changes Horses for Motors

Four New Dennis Moving-floor Vehicles Among Fleet of Refuse Collectors. Shuttle Service on Trial as Alternative to...

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"Transfer" Case Taken to Appeal Court L AST Friday, Mr. Henry

Lee, of London Road, Hilton, Hunts, appealed, before the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Romer and Scott, in the Court...

Page 98

Ambulance Progress

Demands New Designs Forward Control, V-type Eight-cylindered Engine, Frontwheel Drive, Independent Wheel Suspension — These...

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Centralization Cuts Costs

and Improves Services Valuable Developments Follow Centralized Control of Transport by the Municipal Authorities at...

Page 100

Mu \TICIPAL MOTE

S -Abridged Specifications Classified Under Ten Main Headings—Refuse Collectors, Ambulances, Gully and Cesspit Emptiers,...

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Equipment that Spells Efficiency

for the municipal fleet and garage Careful Selection of Garage Appliances is Essential if Maximum Economy in Maintenance is to...

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An Important Sphere for the Electric

In Many Branches of Municipal Work the Battery-electric is an Ideal Type Combining Silence with Economy DATTERY-ELECTRIC...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES "WE INTEND TO HAVE A MONOPOLY." [4998] Some splendid news. At long last traders are awakening. Here is...

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Acton Cuts Its Cleansing Costs

Interesting Facts Relating to the Operation of Largecapacity Mechanical-horse Refuse Collectors Tin HE municipal authorities...

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West Ham Favours Standardization

Thornycroft Vehicles of Different Types Figure Largely in the Fleet of a Progressive London Borough T 11E County Borough df...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport FINED ON ILLEGAL BRAKE TESTS A LTHOUGH the police admitted that they caused a bus to be overladen and...

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Marked Success in Supercharging a Fire-engine

T HE novel procedure of supercharging a fire-engine has recently been adopted by Supt. Hill, of Preston Fire Brigade. So...

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Fire-fighting in Areas Without Water Mains

Some of the Probl ems that Face Londonderry Corporation and How They are Overcome by a Special Fire fighter T HE fire-brigade...

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Why Municipal Accounts are Confusing

Inconsistent and Ambiguous Terminology Makes It Difficult to Compare Financial Results By R.A. Ryves, M.I.Const.E. COMPA...

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An Automatic Gearbox

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications I N our issue of February 12 we 4scribed a multi-plate clutch...