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20th March 1942
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SIR JOHN MOORE

CION of a Glasgow doctor, Sir 0 John Moore is known almost literally to every schoolboy through the Reverend C. Wolfe's poem...

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Women of Britain and Russia

W OMEN in this country will soon be taking a far greater share in war work of various classes, including the prod tiction of...

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Hauliers and the Paper Shortage T HE problem of economy of

paper affects all of us, the haulier no less than others. Roadtransport operators, indeed, are compelled these days to consume...

Passing Comments

i E mechanized sections of British agriculture are much disappointed at the refusal of the Ministry of War Transport to permit...

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One Hears

• That roads were with us before the railways. That goods sent by road certainly come before those sent by rail. That we most...

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News of the Week Can Minister Requisition Vehicle Already Hired to the Crown ?

O N Monday last, Mr. Robert Lane, of Lane's Garage, Catterick, Yorkshire, applied, by summons, to Mr. Justice Farwell in the...

Personal Pars

MR. D. BULAY-WATSON has been appointed Regional Port Director 'for the Humber•area. CAPT. J. G. APPLEYARD, a member of the...

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Yorkshire Trying-out New Fuelrationing Scheme for Coal Transport A SCHEME whereby

petrol and oil fuel for coal transport in the Northeastern Region are being rationed on the basis of tonnage delivered instead...

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RUBBER FOR CONVEYOR BELTS CONTROLLED

A NEW Order, the Control of NEW (No 8), limits the quality to which conveyor and elevator belting may be manufactured, also the...

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New Regulation Emphasizes In urtance of Costs

A N indirect effect Of the new regulation which limits the increase in hauliers' charges, to 7/ per cent. above what they were...

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The Urgency of Adequate Insurance

CI A LL affairs in the commercial-transport world are to-day closely associated with the Government and it is unlikely that...

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Notes on The Government Road Haulage Scheme

PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES.-With the approach of spring the need for completing the Defence Lines grows more urgent. Contracts...

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BOOSTING-OUT THE PRC UCER-GAS POWER LOSS

B ECAUSE of its lower calorific value, producer gas, when used instead of petrol. as a fuel for road vehicles,' gives a power...

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Don't Let the War Fatigue Those Parts

T HE contents of the letter reproduced above draw attention to a number of interesting and difficult problems, same connected...

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Do You Know the Answers?

Our Versatile Contributor Puts Forward Some Pertinent Queries Concerning the Functions of the Road Haulage (Operations)...

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OPINIONS and

UERIES REGRET AT SUPERSESSION OF STEAM WAGONS S PACE permitting, I would like to make a few remarks referring to...

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Is There Really a Shortage of Road Transport ?

D A1LY we see advertisements from the Ministry of War Transport urging the quicker turnround of road-transport vehicles. These...

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Magnetic Portable Cylinder-reboring Tool

D OR TABLE cylinder reboring machines for operating on an engine in situ are a well-known means for facilitating...