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20th January 1939
20th January 1939
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Organizing Road Transport for Defence

A T last the value of road transport in case of war appears to be becoming fully appreciated, even by the Minister of...

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Co-operation Between Operator and Manufacturer

A PARTICULARLY interesting debate took place recently in Birmingham between members of the Commercial Motor Users Association...

Passing Comments

Efforts to Promote ROGRESS made in the Industry in Depressed I industrial development of Areas the Special (Distressed) Areas...

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One Hears

That apparently the Sketchley Guys never say die. That milk is one of the " bulwarks " of road transport. That the TyresoIes...

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NEWS of the WEEK

GOODS VEHICLES REACH A PEAK IN NOVEMBER. A T the end of November, 1988, the number of licences current in respect of goods...

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of the week (continued)

NEW INDUSTRIES NEED MORE MOTORS. WHEN Mr. F. W, Riches, haulier, W Hockham, Norfolk, applied to the Eastern Licensing...

Haulier Gets the Verdict

J UDGMENT was given, last Friday, in favour of Burn Transit, Ltd., haulage contractor, Tooting, in the action brought by it, at...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Sheffield Corporation is buying 15 A.E.C. Regent double-deck buses. Beurnemouth Corporation has ordered 16 Leyland double-deck...

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Britain and America Face Sin Far Road Transport Problems

Hauliers in the U.S.A. Find Many Difficulties With Individual State Laws But Authorities are Less Obsessed With Idea of...

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ASSOCIATION NOTABILITIES

Fighting on Every Front By Roger W. Sewill, . National Director, Associated Road Operators T " year 1939 has begun with the...

,A Peep into the Past

Cilimpse Into the Future By F. G. Bristow, C.B.E., General Secretary of the Commercial Motor Users Association DERFIAPS it...

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WEIGH UP THE POSITION

The problem of transport is one affecting the whole trade and commerce of the country,. Industry needs adequate transport...

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All Operators Must Accept Responsibilities

By R. P. Bailey, Secretary, National Road Transport Employers . Federation, London and Home Counties Haulage Contractors...

Scottish Association's Amalgamation Policy

By Ham ish MacDougall, A.C.I.S., A.B.I., Secretary of the Scottish Carriers' and Haulage Contractors' Association IF I were...

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Advice on Training Transport Executive Officers

By J. A. Dunnage, Secretary, Industrial Transport Association. T "year 1939 is greeted by members of the Industrial Transport...

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THE BRUSSELS Si - low

AN "ERNATIONAL SHOP-WINDOW NDUSTRIAL vehicles Once again form the largest section of the Salon de Bruxelles, now in progress....

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of corn mercial motors. Letters should be written on...

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Big Plans Back Bodybuilding Enterprise

Brush Concern Creates Subsidiary to Deal Exclusively with Passenger Bodywork of Composite and All-metal Types T HE building of...

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Users, Railways and Road Hauliers Should Confer on a Completely

New Basis, So as to We Need Give the Public their Best Service A National Transport Council! T HERE is much. to be said for...

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New Steel Piston Ring Designed for Efficiency

The "Steel-Tile" Ring Devised Expressly for Rejuvenating Engines with Worn Cylinders G OOD reports reach us of a new steel...

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What the Associations are Doing

TRANSPORT WAR AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. The meeting had been made an open one, because both the travelling public and the...

Restriction-If Any-Must Be Equal S UGGESTING a solution of the railways

difficulties, B.R.F. says: " Railway reorganization should proceed in the direction of centralizing freight work on the larger...

Record Crowd Hears S.T.R. at Hanley A T Hanley, recently, S.T.R.,

The Commercial Motor costs expert, addressed members of A.R.O., the occasion being his third appearance in this town. It is...

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S.T.R. 's Prolonged Lancashire Tour T HE Manchester and S.E. Lanes

I. areas of the C.M.U.A., working in conjunction with the Amalgamated Horse and Motor Owners' Association, are making a,...

"Let Us Go into the Merger • • • . 2)

IN the near future, members would 1 be asked to vote as to whether they were in favour of a merger between the C.M.U.A. and...

Higher Wages Benefit Both Sides

T HE feeling of an audience of over 60 was obviously with S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, when, at Oxford, on...

NUTSHELL TO ANSWER A BOMBSHELL., " Backwards . . or

Forwards? ". Such is the title of the B.R.F.'s latest propaganda leaflet, signed by Lord Howe, chairman of the Federation. It...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT LONDON TRANSPORT TO RAISE FARES A S was anticipated, London Transport is shortly to raise fares on its...

REAR-SEAT SAFETY ON SINGLE-DECKERS

IMPORTANT questions relating to the safety of passengers in buses operated by Manchester Corporation were asked by the...

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New Fire Tender for Emergency Organizations A N order for the

supply of a new type of fire tender to meet the requirements of the emergency fire-brigade organization has been placed by the...

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Unique Cross-country Vehicle

A Résumé of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published A DESIGN, savouring strongly of Continental practice, is...