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22nd March 1932
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Fire-fighting Organization

TI OUBTS have recently been thrown not only upon the adequacy of the fire-fighting It is unquestionably the case that there...

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Co-ordination of Road Transport Interests.

rilHERE is still far too little cohesion between the many sections amongst the users of road transport. The views of the...

Mental Untidiness and Its Influence on Transport Efficiency.

C ONSIDERABLE influence is exercised upon 1, --/ the efficiency or otherwise of a transport enterprise, by the mentality of the...

MHE huge Dunlop -I15.00 20 pneumatic tyre supported by an

Austin Seven car, which is illustrated on this page, is a type which is now under test by a well-known British manufacturer of...

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ONE HEARS

Of much activity in the Commer works. Of certain nibbles at the fire-engine market. That mechanics are often down in the...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

"Tae wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

The tramways committee Of BELFAST Corporation is to obtain tenders for a 2-2i-ton lorry. Kt:warn; Corporation is recommended...

Oil Engines and Transmission Problems

T HE second of three lectures on "Oil Engine Traction" was read by Mr. Alan E, L. Choi-lton, C.B.E., M.P., M.I.Mech.E., at the...

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A NEW OIL-ENGINED

Two -TONNER T HE motor-vehicle division of the Dainder-Benz Co., at Gaggenau (Baden), in Germany, has just Introduced a new...

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A Portable Generating Plant

TN a recent article in this journal it was suggested that, to aid in starting heavy engines in cold weather, power should be...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent Rail-Road Conference. nrillE Minister of Transport stated .1„. last...

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Novelty in Frame Construction A RECENT innovation by the Peer

less Trading Co. (Spares and Repairs), Ltd., Trading Estate, Bath Road, Slough, takes the form of a rigid six-wheeler for...

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THE BULL and is BURDEN I N recent years the demand

for economical transport has directed increased attention to "maximum capacity" vehicles, in either the four-wheeled or...

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The Railways' Dependence upon Road Transport

By a Transport Specialist W I - 1AT, in fact, do we mean when we speak of mechanical road transport? The latest returns show...

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Some Aspects

the Problem of TRANSPORT! N( BLOODSTOCK T HAT the motor vehicle should be selected as the most Suitable conveyance for...

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What Mr. A. P. Hammond Thinks R. A. P. HAMMOND

has been a keen horseman from 1V_Lboyhood, and it is significant that he was one of the first to appreciate the value of motor...

Sir Hugh Nugent's Contentions

OIR HUGH NUGENT, of Lambourn, is the third generaAi don of his family to adopt the profession of horse training. He is so...

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Interesting Construction in a Fire -extinguisher

A FT ER experimenting for some time, Birmingham Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., 127, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham, has...

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Memorandum of the Mansion House Association

T HE Mansion House Association on Transport has now sent to the Minister of Transport a detailed memorandum which is a valuable...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER I THINK most readers are aware that the subject matter of these articles is derived from actual problems...

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Where to Find Haulage Business

T HE signs of a Fidespread revival in trade, noted last week, are more evident now, which is a happy augury for the haulage...

A New Form of Piston Construction

WV WITH but few exceptions, practically every form of piston hitherto used in automobile practice has included a gudgeon pin as...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT FOUR HUNDRED MILES IN A NIGHT BY OIL-ENGINED COACH A S briefly mentioned in our issue last week, the...

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BUS VERSUS TRAM STRUGGLE AT MANSFIELD

Should Protection Be Given • to Buses Replacing Trams ? if ANY difficult questions concerning .11 1 .1the principle of...

IMPORTANT ITEMS OF THE PAST WEEK

Sir John Maxwell on Commissioners' Powers. IN the course of a farewell speech which Sir John Maxwell made at Aberdeen prior to...

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THE TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS' FORTHCOMING PUBLIC SITTINGS

T HE following are the times and places announced by Area Traffic Commissioners for their forthcoming public sittings. In each...

FORTHCOMING EVENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS

Northern Scotland. APPLICATIONS by Dundee Corpora tion, some incorporating modifications, will first be heard at next week's...

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Weymanris Works Activity

0 NE of the most enterprising and successful bodybuilder in the country is Weyroann's Motor Bodies (1925), Ltd, Addlestone,...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

The Need for a National Haulage Association. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL Mo.roa. [3694] Sir,—Having read with considerable...

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Means for Supplying Heavy Fuel

I N Patent No. 367,201, La Thermodynamique, 57, Rue de la Chauss6e fl'Antin, • Paris, describes a means whereby heavy fuel may...