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19th November 1937
19th November 1937
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The Minister on Roads

PEAKING at the dinner of the Royal Scottish Automobile Club in Glasgow last Friday, the Minister of Transport made some...

This Overloading Question

O N the face of it, it would seem that the controversy regarding the overloading of the lighter types of vehicle, which is now...

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NEWS of the WEEK

Giving it the "once over." Lord Nuffield snapped at the Commercial Motor Show, accompanied by Messrs. Oliver Roden (right) and...

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What Road Delegation Recommends

T WO HUNDRED members of the .German Roads Delegation, out of the 224 who travelled to Germany, attended a luncheon given on...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Aeorington Fire Brigade is buying a Leyland turntable escape. Sunderland Town Council is buying seven Daimler bus chassis with...

Accountancy Cost Would Exceed Profit

WHEN Sir William Hart, NorthVV Western Deputy Licensing Authority, asked for further figures from an applicant at a Manchester...

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Control of Vehicles Changed

Unusual Circumstances Revealed in Application for Renewal of A Licence W HAT Mr. V. R. Shepherd, for the applicants, described...

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Attractive Bodyw

for the Dairy ry HE Commercial Motor Show has proved that streamlining has increased in favour, during the past two years, as...

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BISCUIT DISTRIBUTION DEPE II

ON CONTRACT TRANSPORT W HEN passing through Carlisle it is hardly possible to overlook the huge factory of Carr and Co.,...

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The Show Conferences Conclude

Provocative Papers Read Before Conferences of C.M.U.A. and Railway Companies Association Mr. J. S. Nicholl as Protean Artist...

Railways to Test New Vehicle

THE THE railway companies will soon be a new type of vehicle for short-distance delivery work. This fact was revealed by Mr. H....

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Mr. Faircloth forecast intensified collection and delivery services in rural

areas, necessitating the purchase of more motors and the displacement of a certain number of horses. He did not, however, think...

Road Transport Topics By Our Special in Parliament Parliamentary Correspondent UTILITY CARS—NO CHANGE.

A GAIN Mr. Maxwell raised the question of utility cars, asking the Minister whether, in view of the recent High Court decision...

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Is Restriction Worse than Chaos ?

W HEN you criticize the restrictions on road transport, look back upon the conditions of chaos which prevailed before control...

What the Associations

Are Doing C.M.U.A. DRAWS UP REST-HOUSE LIST. Some time ago the C.M.U.A. set up a committee to investigate the problems of...

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The Spotlight on the Roacb id Transport Exhibition

Progress the Keynote—New Equipment for New R.equirements — .Municipa; Authorities Offered a Wealth Machines for the Efficient...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES "UNFETTERED CHOICE "—AND OTHER MATTERS. • [51891 Recent technical trade and general-Press 'references to the...

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Neon Lighting from 6-volt or 12-volt Battery

O WING to the cost and bulky nature of the equipment, operators of passenger and goods vehicles in general, do not find it...

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Operating r n Aspects of assenger Transport This year, the Trent

Motor Traction Co., Ltd., a new user of A.E.C. vehicles, has taken delivery of 30 Regent double-deckers and 20 Regal...

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SMALL MAN'S OFFER TO RIBBLE CO.

po IVALRY between the small man and the big combine came up in a new light at an Armistice Day sitting of the North Western...

RECORDING BUS MOVEMENTS

E 1 XPERIMENTAL recording of the I.L.Amovements of buses on ° dials at headquarters will, within a few weeks, be commenced by...

Minor Fares Adjustments Upset Schedule C OMPLICATIONS resulting from local fare

adjustments on a main bus route had an echo in an appeal by the L.N.E. Railway Co., which was heard at Leeds, on Monday. The...

Electro-matic Control for Piccadilly

L AST Monday the Minister of Transportport put into operation a new Electro-matic traffic-control system for Piccadilly Circus...

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A.E.C. Discloses a Self-adjusting Brake

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications That Are Obtainable From the Patent Office, Price is. Each P No. 472,866...