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23rd April 1908
23rd April 1908
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The "Gate" at Olympia.

The past fortnight has afforded the opportunity for informal and other discussions upon the disappointing attendance at the...

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C.M.U. A. Proceedings.

The usual monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Motor Users' Association was held, for April, on the 8th...

A Criticism of Wheels and Wheel Construction.

By R. G. L. Markham, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.A.E. In the early days of motoring, and particularly of commercial vehicles—they were...

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The Latest Argyll Cab.

An Example of the Tendency of Makers to Construct Light Chassis on the "Unit " Principle. A paper was read by Mr. Worby...

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The Motor Omnibus World.

On Thursday . Last, the Vanguard Company " opened fire " against the Road Car Company's Clapham Junetion-Highbury Barn service....

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News and Comment

Next week—"The Motorcab Special." Order now. A single issue, complete in itself, with descriptive and illustrated articles, as...

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The 1907 and 1908 Shows Compared.

EXHIBITORS' VIEWS. Continued from page 192, "Unless the Public Comes." The Editor, " THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR." Dear Sir :—With...

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Mr. Worby Beaumont s Views on Speed.

Amongst the other matter which was unavoidably crowded out from our issue of last week, and one, to which a brief Editorial...

Out and Home. —By "The Extractor."

A business on What appears to be similar lines to the " Motor House," except that it is purely for commercial motors, has been...

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Correspondence.

The " Gate " at Olympia. The Editor, " THE CONIMERCIAL MOTOR." Sir :—I am not surprised at your remarks in this week's issue....

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The " Samsonian " Patent Wheels.

The accompanying illustration shows a pair of " Samsonian " patent wheels, which are made by The Atlas Engineer ing Company,...

A Curious Promotion.

In the Chancery Division before Mr. Justice Parker on April t3th, Mr. Eustare Smith applied to rectify the register of...

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To Motor Lorry Drivers.

A Straight Talk, by An Owner. The modern influx of the motor lorry, which replaces the old order of horse haulage, has brought...

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A Baker' s Bogey Upset.

By Henry Sturmey. This does not relate to an accident on the high road, but to the disproving of a common fallacy in...

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The " Mero " Speed-changing Device.

An Ingenious Arrangement for Enabling Sliding Gears to be Changed Silently and Without Damage. Among the various change-speed...

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The Motor Traffic Problem in Dublin.

There are few towns of any considerable size in Great Britain and Ireland where the initial difficulties are likely to be found...

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Patents Completed.

WHEEL GEARS.—Taylor and Another.—No. 18.421, dated 31st December, 1907.—According to this invention rotat ing guards are...