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1st June 1934
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Concerted Effort by Road Transport Operators Essential

M ANY of the industries of this country have each an association dealing with the . peculiar interests concerned and affording...

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Passing Comments

P is concerned over the fuel used by its sixcylindered bus engines, and the Prefect of the Seine Department has stated that...

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One Hears

Of the small-capacity oiler coming into its own. That legislation against noise dates from 600 B.c. Of the increasing use of...

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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...

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News of Municipal Activities

Horses to be Excluded from Westminster's Busy Streets? The view that horsed vehicles should be excluded, during busy hours,...

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NEW FIA.LLEY FIRE-ENGINES FOR GLASGOW.

Mr. George Wingate, chairman of Halley Motors, Ltd., last week officially handed over to Glasgow Corporation three 110 b.h.p,...

Modern Trolleybuses for Australia

r'r HE first A..E.C.-English Electric Q-type trolleybus to be put into service in Australia was recently shipped to the...

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An Ingenious Generator-starter Gear

The New Bithell Automatic Apparatus Permits the Employment of a Single Instrument for Generating Current and Starting the...

R.H.A. Activity in the Metropolitan Regional Area

T HE first annual general meeting of the Metropolitan Regional Area of the Road Haulage Association was held at Essex House,...

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FINE PERFORMANCE of a

Guy 212-3-ToNNER Exceptional Hill-climbing Powers of a Sturdily Built, Moderately Priced Chassis Are Revealed During a...

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A New and Interesting Infinitely Variable Gear

The Dellread Automatic Torque Converter which Incorporates an Hydraulic Coupling Having SelfAdjusting Vanes Working in...

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The Main Factors in Braking on commercial vehicles

A Rdsume of a Well-informed Paper by Mr. F. J. Field, M.I.A.E., Chief Engineer of Ferodo, Ltd., in which some Interesting Facts...

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A NEW PISTON RING FOR REDUCING CYLINDER WEAR

A N interesting talk was given by Mr. W.G. G. Godron, chief engineer of the Vacuum Oil Co., New York, to the Engineering...

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FRUIT DRINK DISTRIBL

'ION BY 400 VEHICLES A Survey of the Activities of Thomas and Evans, Ltd., Producer of Corona Specialities, Marketed from...

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Independent Operators' Deputation to M.P.s

T WO deputations of independent passenger-transport operators in Yorkshire and Lancashire respectively interviewed Yorkshire...

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Great Progress in

Steels for Tools A Considerable Improvement in the Efficiency and Durability of Files as the Result of the Use of New...

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Impressions of

The Southend Conference A Cheerful Gathering, Interesting Papers and Comments, and Instructive Visits to Hoffmann and Crompton...

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Durability in Inserted Valve Seatings

I T does not seem so very long ago that mileages between valve grinding operations were something around the 5,000 mark. Since...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

FURTHER STRINGENCY IN FLYING REGULATION. The Air Council, like the Ministry of Transport, has considerable power in the making...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT TILLING CO. CLAIMS OVER £3,000,000 FROM LONDON TRANSPORT Arbitration Tribunal Hears Big Claim for...

FARES CONTROVERSY . AGAIN RAISED IN YORKSHIRE M.H.C.S.A. Officials Address Mass

Meeting of Independent Operators T HE fares-control controversy which has arisen in Yorkshire on the Minister of Transport's...

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THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

SETTLEMENT OF NEWCASTLE STATION DISPUTE LIKELY? A FTER 12 months during which L'Anegotiations have been opened and broken off,...

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BIRKENHEAD SEEKS RETURN-TICKET CONCESSION.

T HE Traffic Commissioners of various areas have made it clear that it is illegal for return tickets to be used for two...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

THE PROBLEM OF THE HEAVY STEAM WAGON: The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [43171 Sir,—Many owners of steam wagons of...

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An Interesting Method of Reclaiming Waste Oil

T HEquestion of lubrication has received much attention from fleet owners, and it is generally accepted that the use of the...

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Haulage Opportunities

Steady Improvement in Trade. Sheffield Steel Makers Active. Cotton Demand Increasing. Hat Business Better B USINESS generally...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER S.T.R." Interviews a Haulier Who Appears to. be Losing on the Swings What He Gains on the Roundabouts ,O 0...

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Hydraulic Torque-converter Improvements

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications A UNIT consisting of a torque con.1 - 1.verter, a reverse gear and a...