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20th December 1940
20th December 1940
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More Appreciation of Road Transport

T HERE are not wanting many signs that the country, as a whole, is makening from the lethargy it has for many years displayed...

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Passing Comments

Mandiester Bus Driver Impressed by London's Resistance . . L ONDON'S bus drivers have . 1 --+ won the strong admiration of a...

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One Hears—

That driving with sense in rain will save a lot of pence and pain. 0 Of a new item for future dictionaries:—" Guy: An American...

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News of the Week Fairness Demanded for Prospective Buyers of New Vehicles

SS ECRETARY G. W. Irwin, Eastern Associated Road Operators, has been investigating the position with regard to new vehicles. He...

Nationalization Would Mean 'Staggering Cost

9-00 late last week to be included in L our precis of Mr. 5. S. Nicholl's paper on the development of transport by road came an...

£505 Fine for Evading Fuel Duty

L AST week, Melias Transport (Bolton), Ltd., 21, Mawdsley Street, Bolton, was fined £505, at Bolton, for a breach of the...

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WAGES INCREASE FOR HAULAGE WORKERS CONFIRMED

i T was announced shortly after we had closed for press with last week's issue that the Minister of Labour and National Service...

Transport Pool For Long-distance Fruit Traffic

rOR some time considerable attention has been given by members of Associated Road Operators in the Faversham (Kent) district...

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Military Hiring Rates Standardized

/-1 A VISIT to Northern Command head q uarters by Mr. W. J. Lowe, secretary of the Yorkshire Area of A.R.O., to make...

Perils of Roadside Parking at Night

mOW that side and tail lamps have been reduced to a g limmer and are not supposed to be visible for more than 300 yds., it is...

Keep an Eye on Tyres on Hired Vehicles

U NDER most, if not all, contracts for hire of vehicles to the military authorities, it is a condition that the owner is...

Rates Basis for Municipal Hiring

A STEP forward in the movement to improve municipal haula g e rates in Yorkshire is the adoption by Barnsley Corporation of a...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger , Transport

"DESPERATE MAN-POWER POSITION" IN BUS TRANSPORT I T is learned that the Municipal Passenger Transport Association has had...

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METHODICAL ROUNDS IMPROVE TILK CARRIER'S POSITION

A T a time when most traffic is earning i.triproved revenue milk appears to be practically the only commodity carried by road...

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The Fundamentals c COST R :ORDING

I N the issue of The Commercial Motor dated October 4 appeared the first of a series of articles dealing with methods of...

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Fractionating Road Transport

in Terms of Fuel W E have been so long accustomed to the use of petrol as the fuel for road transport purposes, that we have...

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Perkins "Win-the-War" Effort

7'0-DAY'S tempo of the Nation and 1 its will for victory were clearly reflected at, the annual works supper of F. Perkins,...

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Adapting and Equipping Vans an _orries for Air-raid Rescue Squads

A N important part of the equipment of our home defence is the fleet of vehicles which is used by local authorities for service...

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Well-equipped Water-sterilization Trailer

A Nimportant part in sanitary engineering is played by mobile chlorinating apparatu - s. By its means any temporary supply of...

Did S.T.R. Do Wrong?

I AM afraid that I gave an inquirer the wrong advice on a recent occasion. Or did I? I would like to know, and I am asking...

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Big Constructional Strength in

Exceptionalload Trailer (\NE of the largest trailers to be built the works of Carrimore SixWheelers', Ltd.. North Finchley,...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Expedite Transport in Cleaning up After Bombing I APPRECIATE very much your progressive ideas with regard to the clearing and...

Road Transport to the Rescue

THANK you for your further helpful suggestions. I Regarding your comments on my article "Where Bureaucratic Control Fails,"...

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Spring Anchorage Giving Constant Deflection Rate

A SUBSTITUTE for the usual double shackle forms the subject of patent No. 528,266 emanating from Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., and M....