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22nd October 1948
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The Future of the Show

CCORDING to reports that have been made to us and to which we referred last week, the majority opinion of the exhibitors, given...

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The Cult of the Mobile Shop

M ANY visitors to the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court, including not a few in the industry itself, were surprised at the...

Passing Comments

Beet Hauled for iOd. WHILE S.T.R. was in con a Ton by Camel in "versation with Mr . Persia G. F. N. Battle, an executive...

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Contract Licence Refused: Appeal

Raises Vital Question T HE suggestion that many contract A licences held for a long time may have been improperly held was...

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Late-season Coaching Holidays a Success

R EFERENCE was made by "The Commercial Motor" early this year to the Wye Valley weekly tours which were then being organized by...

Personal Pars MR. JAMES MONTGOMERIE h a s resigned from the board of H. M. Hobson, Ltd.

MR. K. F. TARRANT. who was for 13 years with Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., has joined Union Tyre Supplies (Great...

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Search for Longer Life and Better Performance in Brake Facings

N EW research efforts aiming at improvement of brake-facing performance and life were mentioned by Mr. W. E. Shilton, sales and...

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1.0.T,A. Hears from Industry NAEET1NG for their autumn confer/VI ence

in Stoke-on-Trent last weekend. members of the Institute of Traffic Administration heard a series of addresses on tyre...

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Brockhouse Extends on Clydebank

ErSINESS friends and representatives L./of the Brockhouse group from all over the country were present on Thursday of last...

NEW SAFETY CENTRE TO TEACH WISE ROAD USAGE TO-MORROW (Saturday)

a perma nent Road Safety Training Centre and Exhibition will be opened by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents at...

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LOADING mac UNLOADING

The Mechanical Way By J. D. McLintock A MID an array of longstried. reputable products of tippinggear manufacturers, two...

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E s sentials of Steering Design Described by R. Pentony, M.I.Mech.E. "

W HEN a vehicle is difficult to control,' the driver becomes tired and prone to accident, and it is an interesting fact that...

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What THE SHOW Meant to Leading Makers

Exclusive Messages to "The Commercial Motor" By Viscount Nuffield, Chairman, The Nuffield Organisation NAY most vivid...

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THE ORIGIN OF THE S.O.S. BUS

WAS interested ;n the letter from Mr. D. Seigne and -I your reply thereto regarding the term " S.O.S." in reference to a...

MECHANICAL AND RUBBERBUSHED COUPLINGS

THE letter from Mr. J. L. G. Brewster, published in I your issue dated August 13, raises certain points that call for comment....

ADVERTISEMENTS REGARDING POSITIONS SHOULD BE EXPLICIT

'THERE is another aspect to the matter which 'THERE J. Lewis, of Bolton, raises in his letter published in the issue of " The...

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FURTHER VIEWS ON TRAMWAYS VOUR correspondent, Mr. F: Pledger, whose

letter I appeared in your issue dated August 27 seems to have based his objections to tramways on standards at least 40 years...

WITH reference to the tram and bus controversy, I "

think it hardly likely that such modern tramway systems as those in Blackpool, Leeds and Sheffield are retained merely from...

REFRESHMENTS FOR COACHING PARTIES P ROM observations I have made

at frequent intervals I recently in my capacity as a traveller by coach, I believe that a real need exists for better...

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A Rule of Thumb A Simple Method of for COSTING

Minimum Charges for Haulage I T is fitting to consolidate what has been done in the two previous articles in this series by...

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Safety Congress

Praises Bus Drivers New Road Safety Committee Set Up as Permanent Body of Ministry of Transport. Neglect of Highway Code...

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I. of T. President Defends C-licensees

Reasons Why the Number of Ancillary Users' Vehicles is Increasing A - CONVINCING defence of the trader's right to carry his...

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Brig. Dowse Recognizes Four Operating Centres

Application by A. Pannell, Ltd., Covering Long-used Bases, Granted by Metropolitan Authority L AST Friday, Brig, R. J. 0....

State Transport Charges to "Guide" Traffic

O NE of the main objects of the British Transport Commission would be to formulate road and rail charges schemes that would...