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21st August 1936
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The Main-road Problem

T -HERE is a fear in the minds of some transport users that all the publicity which is being given to the na • tional control...

Royal Mails Held Up by the Police

T HE Postmaster-General has,, like many other long-suffering users of the road, become irritated and disturbed by certain...

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Passing Comments

Gauging the Publicity Iv HEN the Caemarthenshire Value of a Motor VV Education Committee was Vehicle informed that a...

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One Hears—

It argued that for high performance and low weight many small cylinders should excel. That, nevertheless, " fours " and even "...

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N EWS of the WEEK

ANOTHER SPLIT ON WAGES? In connection with the , North Western Area wages award of . Sir Richard Redmayne, chairman of the...

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Replacing Horses: Novel Formula

" H ORSE units " formed the basis 1 lof a calculation used by Mr. Allen Walter for an applicant before the North-Western Deputy...

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DELAY IN FREEING TOLL BRIDGES: CONGESTION GROWS.

Northern road users generally are chafing at the delay in reaching some definite decision regarding the freeing of the High...

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FERGUSON TRACTOR TESTED.

A convincing demonstration of the utility and simplicity of operation of the Ferguson tractor (described on pages 42 and 43)...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Exeter Town Council invites tenders for two 2-ton petrol lorries; tenders close on Angust 27. Douglas (I.o.M.) Corporation is...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

✓ rIE.N . DEG3 are invited for the following -I(latest dates given in parentheses) :— stoke-on-Trent T.C. for miscellaneous...

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ARE HIRING ALLOWANCES STILL VALID?

The question of " freezing" tonnage was raised when application was made to the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at...

"Third Degree" ori "Transfer" Application W IHEN W. Tweedale and Co.,

Rochdale, applied, under Section 11 (3) (b) of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, to the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority...

One Mile Per

Day—By Rail! A LLEGATIONS that it sometimes took three days to deliver goods by railway between Radcliffe and Bury (a...

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Arran Introduces a Petrol-engined 4-tonner

T 0 its range of . 4-ton, 7-8-ton and 12-13-ton oilers, Arran Motors, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Hefts, has added a new...

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Montreal's Experience with British Oilers

DRITISH oil-engined buses have covered over 1,000,000 miles in revenue-earning service on the routes of the Montreal Tramways...

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What the Associations Are Doing

Marked Progress with the Merger NEW SECRETARY FOR LONDON , AREA OF C.M.U.A.-A.R.O. Mr. S. H. Jardine has been appointed...

A.R.O. Busy in West Country

T HE desirability of levying members of the A.R.O. Mid-Cornwall Subarea in order to raise a fund to defray costs of objecting...

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Bodies that Meet . iL

he Builders' Needs T HE vehicle used by the builders' merchant carries a wide range of goods, comprising stoves and sanitary...

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Novel Principle in

A New British Tractor A GRICULTURAL equipment, of which the main feature is a tractor embodying a new principle and the design...

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The Farmer's Position in Licensing

A GOOD deal of misunderstanding seems to exist concerning the position of farmers under the Roads Act, 1920, and under the...

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WHAT ARE AIR PROFITS?

I AM often asked What, in my view, is a fair assessment of the percentage profit which a haulage tusiness should show. The...

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A New Maudslay 30-m.p.h. 5-ton Oiler

R EGULATIONS, however irksome they may be for a time, have not always the malevolent influence upon an industry which stems...

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An Inexpensive Cylinder-liner Press Handy Tool for Inserting and Extracting

Liners Recently Added to Barra Range A DEVICE that should prove an asset to the engine-overhaul shop has recently been added to...

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£3,200,000 Tunnel to Shorten Thatnes Crossings I N conjunction with the

joint committee representing 'Essex and Kent County Councils, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, Minister of Transport• has made arrangements...

Breaking Down Bridges to Test Strength

A S a first step towards improving road communications, Mr. L. BoreBelisha, Minister of Transport, has initiated a series of...

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Private-car

erjormance in the BEDFORD S-CWT. VAN NTRODUCED in' 1933, the Bed ford 8-cwt. van has become ex ceedingly popular among users...

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The Influence of Taxation on the oil engine

T IIAT the progress of the oiler has I been retarded by taxation is indisputable. The actual effects, so far as goods vehicles...

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Operating Aspects of

Passenger Transport EAST KENT" IN BIG THANET DEAL IT is reported that a tentative agree ment has been completed between the...

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Roundabouts Become Squareabouts I Some Astounding Facts in the Planning

of Roundabouts Revealed nNE of the worst hazards to be met V./with on the road is in the form of a roundabout and is...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES DO THE RAILWAYS REFUSE TRAFFIC? [48581 This correspondence could be continued almost indefinitely, but I should...

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An Advance in Tyre Repairing I NTRODUCED about two years ago,

the Bowes Seal Fast system of repairing tyre tubes and covers has, we learn, won considerable popularity among...

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A Guy Electric Automatic Clutch

I N the transmission system dealt with in patent No. 450,034 by Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, C. K. Edwards and J. E. Reece,...