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22nd August 1941
22nd August 1941
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—mem= JAMES WOLFE ■■•-•--

1727-1759 F ROM his boyhood Wolfe,who was educated at private schools in • Westerham and Greenwich, determined to be a...

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Types for the Post-war Demand?

H OWEVER important it may be that everyone should -devote a high degree of concentration on the war effort, it would be most...

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. Standards Wanted for Light Farm. Tractors T HE development of

agriculture has a certain affinity with the development of the soil itself. In both cases a start is made at the top, and the...

Passing Comments

Tyres Which are ROME years ago tyres partly Completely Filled with 1 '-'filled with water were introwater pduced for...

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One Hears

From "Safety News " that a wrecked ambulance picks up no patients. The suggestion that the mass attack of sickness at the...

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REPORT ON GOVERNMENT HAULAGE SCHEME WJE understand that the Road

VV Haulage (Operations) Advisory Committee, 'which was appointed by the Ministry of War Transport to make suggestions...

TRAILERS NOW OFFICIALLY ENCOURAGED

WITH the object of increasing the W carrying capacity.of vehicles during the present. emergency, the Minister of War Transport...

TRADERS, RATIONALIZE YOUR ROAD TRANSPORT!

IVE would strongly enlphasize the VY need for traders and others quickly to arrange the pooling of their vehicles where this...

Conference on Sugar-beet Transport

I N connection with the forthcoming sugar-beet campaign., the Regional Transport Commissioner, Eastern Area, has just called a...

Government Training Scheme Makes Headway

U NDER the scheme for the training of motor mechanics, 'Which the Mheistry of Labour is conducting alongside that for the...

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LORD NUFFIELD INSTITUT MEMORIAL TO LORD AUSTIN

L AST week Lord Nnffield inau g urated an appeal for the creation of a motor-trade memorial•to the late Li:rd. Austin, and...

A s is well known, the Ministry of War Transport ori g ,inally

arranged a manufacturin g pro g ramme of 1,500 double-deck . buses. This was intended to cower the period n i p 1942, _but it...

MOTOR INDUSTRY RAISES £190,000 FOR FIGHTERS • 'THE committee of the Motor inclu..

I. Fi g hter Fund, 58, Gordon S q uai London, W.C.1, is g lad to annotrict. that, as a . result of what are termed " two...

DOCNRLABOUR STALEMATE UNRELIEVED

G LASGOW `dockers are still virtually opposed to the Government zonin g scheme for the allocation of dock laboin-, The...

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INST. OF T. TUITION FOR i1-1E FORCES

T HE Institute of Transport is desirous of assisting to continue their preparation for the Institute examinations, any members...

ESSENTIAL WORK ORDER , -AND PASSENGER TRANSPORT

S UTTAELE undertakings operating eutilic-service vehicles, trams and trolleybuses may now be scheduled under the Essential Work...

WORKERS TRANSPORT: CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SET UP

9r0 consider questions concerning 1 workers' transport, a consultative committee, covering Leeds, Bradford and certain...

TAKING THE ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH

F OLLOWING our issue of August 15, we have received a nice little note of 'congratulation from Major H. E. Crawfurd, President...

Commissioner Defines His Passenger 7 transport Policy A STATEMENT on his policy for

reducing fuel eonsumption by passenger vehicles while safeguarding facilities to take people to and from essential work, has...

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EXPORT TOTALS FOR YEAR'S SECOND QUARTER

I N the quarter ended June 30, 1941, new commercial vehicles, to the value of £173,436, were exported froni the United Kingdom,...

NEW EDITION OF "THE OIL , ENGINE MANUAL"

WITHIN the past few days a new VV edition of " The Oil Eingine Manual " has been published for Temple Preis Ltd., Bowling Greed...

YORKSHIRE'S FIRST WOMEN BUS DRIVERS • t

O NE of the first women in Yorkshire to be licensed as a war-time bus driver is handling a double-decker on stage-carrying...

For: Refuse or Nightsoil The Latest Dennis Municipal Vehicle

THE special Dennis.municipal vehicle shown ;in the accompanying illustration has recently been supplied to .Seaton Valley Urban...

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Two New Commer Light-lorry Chassis

T O be added to the list of new commercial vehicles that can now be purchased by civilian • operators engaged on work of...

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Opinions and Queries

CALL FOR ALL-ROUND TRAFFIC MEN VOUR correspondent's report of my 'remarks to Liver,I pool branch members of the Industrial...

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RETURN-LOAD CONCESSION

What is the Critical Distance ? Solving the Problems of the Carrier TN my article, m the issue dated August 8, I mentioned...

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HOW ROAD MOTORS SERVE [E CHESHIRE DAIRY FARMER

S LEING 'milk churns standing on railway stations in Cheshire was what originally inspired Mr: F. Grange, head of F. Grange and...

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600 Separate Items in Special Fire Tender

A T the present time, when the country's fire-fighting services are being expanded and reorganized to meet problems that may...

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Articulated 50-seater for Factory-worker Transport

S OME of our munition factories cover so large an area that the distribution and collection of operatives within their confines...

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A More Comprehensive

-WAGES ORDER AANY 'radical departures from pre11'1 vious practice are embodied in the new Order, made this week, by the...

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Practical Sympathy for Air-raid Sufferers

A MAGNIFICENT gift to assist in the relief of distress amongst the inhabitants of areas which nave been damaged by air raids...

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Trans-A tlan tic

Braking and Steering Progress S TANDARDIZED on the new International models, a large number of Which chassis are now being...

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Value of a Drivers' Association

By " Tantalus " C ONGRATULATIONS should be 'accorded to "The Commercial Motor" upon one more example of enterprise and...

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Supercharging System with Mechanical and Exhaust Blowers

A LTHOUGH supercharging has not yet been applied to standard road vehicles, its use is widespread on the larger size of oil...