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23rd June 1931
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Over-hasty Legislation

W E wonder whether the Minister of Transport and his officials realize the trade disorganization, cancellation and holdingup of...

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The Mobile Police Should Set the Example.

T IEIOSE persons who are entrusted with the task of enforcing the many-sided provisions relating to the law of the road should...

LOOSE LEAVES

J N this country, due largely to the effect of our car-taxation system, when considering any particular chassis, it has become...

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ONE HEARS

That rubber has finished going down, down, down. That the end of the B.S.A.T.A. troubles is in sight. That as Permanent...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

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

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

PORTSMOUTH Corporation . is buying an A.E.C. Regent double-decker. P.m! . Corporation has placed an .order for five Croisley...

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A NEW OIL-ENGINED LORRY from the Fowler factory

An Interesting Six former with a M.A.N. Engine and an Eight-speed Transmission, to be Shown at Edinburgh this Week F OR many...

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Preventing Danger from Van Do . ors 'W ITH the object of

preventing van doors from swinging outwards more than necessary when open and thus proving dangerous, whilst, at the same time,...

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The Performance of

COMMER'S LATEST THREEJONNER F OR several years the Commer three-tanner has been a wellknown medium-weight goods chassis. It is...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES More About Front Lifeguards.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3437] Sir,—I note in your issue of June 2nd a letter under the heading "A Hint to...

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Remarkable Performances by Six-wheelers

O NE day last week a party of motor traders visited Bilston to witness a demonstration of Morris-Commercial six-wheelers, which...

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Novelty in Two DENNIS FIRE PUMPS

TWO recent deliveries of fire-pump • chassis by Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, are of interest by reason of the novelty of the...

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A NEW THORNYCROFT

5 1 -passenger chassis John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., Produces a Low-frame Offset-drive Double-decker Chassis for the...

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A Clever Scintilla Impulse Coupling

n1HE new impulse coupling for magi netos which Scintilla, Ltd., 14, Clerkenwell Close, London, E.C.1; has introduced upon the...

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OIL-ENGINED CONVERSIONS

for the L.M.S. I N reconditioning a considerable number of its old A.E.C. 4-ton vehicles, equipping them with new Model-5...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

Latest News from the Various Traffic Areas STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO LICENCE REFUSALS Municipal and Commercial Interests...

SOME OF THIS SEASON'S SCOTTISH COACHING SCHEDULES

Excellent Touring Arrangements for the Highland Country are Available this Summer. °TOR-COACH fares in the Glasffj_gow area...

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SWANSEA VALLEY OPERATORS TO SUBMIT A SCHEME OF CO-ORDINATION

South Wales Traffic Commissioners Adjourn Applications to Permit Operators to Confer A T the recent Swansea sitting of the...

THE COMMISSIONERS' FORTHCOMING PUBLIC SITTINGS

Details Extracted from the Gazettes Published by Area Traffic Commissioners During the Week T HE following are toe times and...

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HOW EASTERN COMMISSIONERS INTEND CONTROLLING FARES

Competition to be Encouraged if Unduly High Fares are Charged A N indication of the attitude of the 21..Traffic Commissioners...

BRADFORD CORPORATION APPLIES TO PROHIBIT COMPETITION

Municipality Requests Complete Protection Against Local Plying by Other Companies O N behalf of Bradford Corporation, the...

BUSES FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AT COLCHESTER

The First Complete Year's Working of Buses Since the Abandonment of Trams Reveals a Useful Profit T HE year ended March 31st,...

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THE PROBLEM OF PROTECTING MUNICIPAL SERVICES

Strong Views Expressed to the Northern Commissioners A T the recent Newcastle sitting of 21.the Northern Area Traffic...

Publicity by Mobile Cinema

MICR. the past few weeks a new ..12 mobile cinema for the exhibition of sound films for advertising and charitable purposes has...

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Problems of the HAULIER and CARRIER I THINK I made it

clear in the previous article that, taking into consideration only the legal aspect of the matter, particularly in regard to...

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SUMMER TOURS IN CENTRAL EUROPE

A Comprehensive Schedule Including the Best Scenery and the Most Interesting Towns O PERATORS frequently ask us N./what their...

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Road Transport Activities

in PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent The London Passenger Transport Bill. 11. MORRISON, the Minister of...

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Some Attractive

DESIGNS OF HOTEL Bus Our Bodybuilding Expert Suggests Several Layouts for Station Buses to Seat 1 0I 2 Passengers. Where...

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Sliding and Ep icyclic Gearing A Reston . of Recently Publisherl Patent Specifications

Th.ATENT No. 347,788, by S. Rush firth, 4, Dorset' Road, Lytham-St.Annes, describes a gearbox in which both sliding and...