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1st May 1942
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m FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS imn" --

Earl of Kandahar and Waterford E lARL ROBERTS was born in India and educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He joined the Indian Army,...

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Will Tyre Depots Bring Economy?

0 • NE of the arrangements by which the Ministry of Supply hopes to conserve rubber is the establishment throughout t h e...

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Farm Mechanization on the Grand Scale

T HE extent to which agriculture in the U.S.S.R. has gone over to collective farming can be gauged from the fact that in 1938...

Passing Comments

Why Do Tyres QLOW leaks in tyre inner Gradually Lose Their 0- 3 tubes are stated to be Pressure? caused by sparks of static...

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One Hears—

Of Hitler pressing hard on the throttle. That he is, however, giving the Germans a very lean mixture. Of queries as to how...

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News of the Week

I.T. WEAR ALLOWANCE ON ANCILLARY VEHICLES R EPRESENTATIONS were made by the S.M.M. and T. requesting that the 30 per .cent....

Notes on the Government Road Haulage Scheme

THE CHARTERED FLEET —The vehicles offered now total 2,933, of which about 1,800 appear on first check to be " possibles." The...

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LEVELLING UP PRICES OF WASTE TYRES

U NDER the Control of Rubber (No. 12) Order, which came into force on April 27, the maximum price for waste tyre covers sold to...

Cotton Haulage Price Dispute

H a.ULAGE charges on raw cotton gave rise to an interesting dispute in Oldham County Court, on April 23, when Messrs....

Control of Road Tar and Naphthalene

T HE prices of road tar are regulated by the Road Tar Prices (Inland) Order, 1942, which came into force to-day, and no person...

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( THE CONTROL OF M. OF W.T.

HAULAGE W E learn that Captain Claud Barrington has been appointed Director of the Road Haulage Branch of the M. of W.T. Mr....

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Repairs Adviser Clarifies Spares Position

UITE definitely no buses must be immobilized next winter, and we shall take such measures as are necessary to bring that...

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Plastics for Tipping-gear Pump

S IGNIFICANCE is attached to a new departure by one of this country's foremost tipping-gear makers. It displays, on the one...

New Side Lamp Incorporating Approved Mask

U NCERTAINTY as to the correct degree of illumination or obscuration, and the possibility of failure throug . h faulty...

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TRACK-LAYING DEVELOP

L IFEBOATS were launched and manceuvred over soft or shingly beaches by means of primitive, track-laying carriages as long ago...

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New Three-wheeler Answers Retailers' Call

A T a time when many retailers are contemplating drastic reorganization of their delivery services, it is of particular...

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The Tricky Problem of Classifying Goods for Road Transport

C j e — NEMENT is not steel, chalk is not cheese, pearls are not lk...,potatoes and sand and gravel are not machinery. The...

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Four-cylinder Bristol Tractor Introduced

AXTITI-I the object of increasing the V capabilities of its popular light tractor, Bristol Tractors, Ltd., Bradford Road, Idle,...

The "Low Down" on Bad Driving for the Army

'THAT the engineer thinks and ▪ I. expresses himself by the medium of graphs, that curves, in point of fact, are part of his...

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Cut Out Pin-prick Summonses

D ESPITE the exigencies of the times, prosecutions for technical offences GI ? trivial character are still being pursued. In...

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Steel Balls as Pressure Source in Centrifugal Clutch

A N interesting design of centrifugal clutch, in which the operating force is created by a mass of small steel balls, is shown...