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21st May 1948
21st May 1948
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The Crisis of Steel

F OR years the problem of the gold standard worried our currency and other experts, but now we are faced with an even More...

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Light Signals Failure and the Law

W E referred last week to proceedings which were taken at Bradford against two drivers, the offence being that they crossed...

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MAUDSLAY SHAREHOLDERS ACCEPT A.E.C. OFFER

LTHOUGH the requisite 90 per C /cent. of the shareholders of 'the Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd., havc accepted the offer of the...

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Makers Must Concentrate Production

TO enable the British heavy-vehicle industry to take advantage of he present world demand for vehicle, world interests must be...

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ROAD AND RAIL EXECUTIVES DISCUSSING CO-ORDINATION D R OBLEM S associated

with the evo lation of a common policy for the co-ordination of transport were being discussed by the Road and Railway...

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Britain's First Heavy

Crawler Tractor F ARMERS in this country will now have the opportunity of purchasing a British-built heavy tractor of the...

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B.M.M.O. Introduces 8-ft. Single-deckers

THE prototype S model decker under-floor-engined bus single THE prototype S model decker under-floor-engined bus chassis,...

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865 Vehicles Maintain a Scottish Supply Line

L . AST year the 865 vehicles of the Scottish Co operative . Wholesale Society, Ltd., carried goods valued at £50,000,000 and...

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Market Garden Vehicle Built for the Job

A N earnest and successful attempt to meet specialist requirements is seen in a van body built by The Wokingham Pantechnicon,...

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Making Services Fit the Traffic

By J. C. Gillham O NE of the biggest problems encountered in bus operation to-day is that of the peak period, when perhaps 50...

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A New Departure in

Logging Outfits A LOGGING outfit in which the load relieves of "pull" the reach member that runs between the tractive unit and...

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• AN AUSTRALIAN PLEA FOR MORE STANDARDIZATION

R ECENTLY in an Australian publication it was suggested that consideration was being given by English car manufacturers further...

ANOTHER CHAMPION OF THE TRAMS VOU seem surprised to learn that people prefer trams,

but I - . can assure trite. %By 'running modern .buses (not so silent) .alongside trams with -noisy bogies on a wavytrack:. on...

A YOUNG MAN WHO IS NOT LETHARGIC

A LEADING article Published in 6 ` The Commercial Motor" some months ago deplored the lack of initiative, the unwilling and...

SOME POINTS CONCERNING THE SEDDON TRACTOR UNIT

YOUR road-test report of the Seddon tractor with two - speed axle and semi-trailer, published in your issue dated February 6,...

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COACH-SEATING POSITIO N, FORWARD OR FACING?

WHILST.acknowledging the " Crellin Duplex" system v - v for coach seating as ingenious, I do not think such arrangement of...

Mobile Cinemas for the Army I NCREASING use is being

made of mobile projection units for entertainment, training and educational purposes in the armed forces. A vehicle of this...

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New Life for War-weary Plant

By, J. ,D. M cLintock F EW people, even within the road transport industry, realize how great and how direct a contribution to...

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T WENTY-FIVE years ago a young man returned from a trip

to America with an idea for selling ice-cream. He suggested to his company that a fleet of tricycles be employed to market what...

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Good Service for Commercial Vehicles

I N a footnote to a letter in our issue dated April 2 we asked for the names and addresses of commercial-vehicle garages which...

Eight Coffins in One Van

B UILT to carry a maximum of eight 1-,coffins, the body of the "Handy" shown in an accompanying picture, was constructed by...

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Buying and Selling in Haulage

I T seems that once again, as happened after the 1914-18 war, men who are coming out of the Army, especially those' Who were...

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A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications

A Resilient Body-to-Chassis Connector I NTENDED for positioning, between body' and chassis, a resilient member, shown in...