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23rd August 1932
23rd August 1932
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Suppression Not Co-ordination

T HE Report of the Conference on Rail and Road Transport constitutes, perhaps, the most serious menace which has ever been...

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Comments on the Report

A N important effect of the recommendations as tlregards licence duty will probably be increased popularity of multi-wheeled...

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ONE HEARS

That manufacturers must now back up the R.H.A. That the Dennis vacuum-operated clutch and simplified gear-change device are...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

The 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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New Registrations in June.

'The Ministry of Transport has recently issued its Monthly return in re.spect of the number. of motor vehicles registered for...

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Personal Pars.

Mr. R. C. Moor, traffic superintendent at Stockton-on-Tees, has been appointed assistant traffic superintendent to Hull...

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News of Municipal Activities

A Useful Profit from Southampton's Buses. In the year ended March 31st, 1032, the total receipts from the operation of the...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

NELSON Corporation proposes to purchase a motorbus costing 11,150. Nash and Co. is supplying CARDIFP ' Corporation with a...

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THE ROAD AND RAIL

CONFERENCE REPORT DART I opens with preliminary comments upon the scope of the task and the character of the Conference. It...

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It is not considered that prior or periodical examination of

goods vehicles is necessary, but that any vehiele might be examined and, if found unfit, the licence in respect of it should be...

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A NEW ALBI(

N NNER the chassis des1 ribed and tested T 0 meet a demand both in this country and from overseas for an inexpensive chassis...

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Argentina Encourages Road Transport T HAT the present taxes on coramereial

vehicles in this country are extremely high, quite apart from the .extra imposition of the 8d. petrot tax, no one will deny....

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What the Industry Thinks

of the "Report" The Associated Equipment Co., Ltd. The Report of the Conference on Road and Rail Transport offers no...

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REDUCING TRANSPORT COSTS

I N last week's issue of The Commercial Motor there appeared the first instalment of an article dealing with transport costing,...

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HAULIERS

and the "REPORT" T HE haulier is most directly concerned with Part III—Regulation and Licensing—of the Report of the...

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The View of the Road Haulage Association

T HE Road Haulage Association, claiming to represent more road-haulage contractors than any other .single body, protests...

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WHERE TO FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS

N EWS of activity in the building trade comes, this week, from various quarters. The boot and shoe and leather business...

Goods Vehicles at London Coach Stations

1/ ETAILS are now available of the proposal, mentioned in our issue dated August 9th, to accommodate goods vehicles at the...

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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT

M.H.C.S.A. DISAPPROVES OF AMULREE COMMITTEE'S FINAL REPORT FIN Sunday, August 14th, the Motor IL/Hirers and Coach Services...

GROWING RECEIPTS ON GLASGOW'S BUSES

An Analysis of the Operations of a Municipal Fleet of 332 Vehicles T EE municipal year in most cities and towns in Great...

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THE TRAFFI C COMMISSIONERS' PUBLIC SITTINGS

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

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

LINCOLN APPLICATION FAILS. THE application by Lincoln Corpora tion to operate buses from the city boundary to North Hykeham...

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JOINT TRANSPORT BOARD FOR HEIGHLEY.

AT the end of the month HeighIcy Cor poration is to abandon trolley-bus operation, having entered into an agreement with the...

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The Latest Wood Hydraulic

T HAT well-known concern the Hydraulic Hoist Co., Ltd., 1-3, Brixton Road, London, S.W.9, which has works at Southport, has...

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Improving th e

Fluid Flywheel MHE names of The Daimler Co., Ltd., IA H. Pomeroy and A. Blundell, appear in Patent No. 876,877, which relates...