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23rd June 1944
23rd June 1944
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Less Government Interference

A WAR on an enormous scale must necessarily cause subjugation of the individual to a large or small extent, according to the...

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Passing Comments

Most Popular Vehicle IT is ironical, after all these Places Users at DisI years of effort by manufacturers to produce vehicles...

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One Hears—

, That the United Nations are Hitlees dustbin. putting the lid on in hot weather, in Of excessive heat, especially some c.v....

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News of the Week

" WAGES . SCALES PUBLISHED M ANY applications have been received . for " The Commercial Motor " Wages Scales for Road Trans....

Personal Pars

MR. FREDERICK PEAKE has been appointed a director of the Potteries Traction Co., Ltd., in place of the late Mr, 0. C. Power....

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THE TRANSPORT OF EXPLOSIVES •

QO far as the general question of transport of explosives is concerned, Major Lloyd George, Minister of Fuel and Power, is to...

Joint Conference Urges Need • for Speed

A T a meeting of the Road Transport Organization Joint Conference, held on June 14 under the chairmanship of Lord Perry,...

"A Folly Restrict

and a Crime" to Motor Industry THE' attitude of both the Govern ment and the general public in respect of the motor vehicle...

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SMALL TRACK-LAYER DOES WELL ON BARGE TOWING IN an experiment

carried out recently I in Yorkshire by the Calder and Hobble Navigation, a Bristol motor tractor was employed to tow a barge...

Ribble Changes Outlined by Chairman

A T the 25th a.g.m. of Ribble Motor Services. Ltd., held on June 21, the chairman, Mr. J. S. Wills, M.Inst.T., stated that...

Transport Services Entertains Subsidiaries .

O N June 7 Transport Services, Ltd., gave a luncheon to its subsidiary companies. Mr. H. C. Drayton, M.Inst.T., chairman,...

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COMING TYRE ECONOMY EXHIBITIONS

, T HE followin g Tyre Economy Exhibitions will be staged; —Leicester : 92, Granby Street; opening June 28 to July 8; sessions...

B.R.F. Makes Close Study of Motorways

T IIE British Road Federation has, for many years, been one of the principal advocates of the 'construction of a system of...

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HOW BIG A FLEE1

iOULD I HAVE? E STABLISHMENT costs per vehicle, as I always say they should be assessed per ton of pay-load, do not...

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400 Meals-an-hour Canteen

Bedford 3-ton W.D. Chassis Form Basis of Fleet of Vehicles for Overseas Service O Wednesday of last week, Sahli= tern Mary...

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Many Improvements in 1944 Dodge Range

AILS of the 1944 ran g e of American Dod g e models, which have j ust been released, show that many improvements have been...

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FURTHER STEP FOR WARL MECHANIZED FARMING

T HE spreading of lime over the fields, which until comparatively recently was a job for a man; a horse, and a cart, with the...

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To Merge or Not To Merge ?

That is My Question, says E. B. Howes, Vice-Chairman, Hauliers' Mutual Federation; Chairman, A. Saunders and Son Co-operative...

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Bold Road Policy Essential

B.R. F . and Roads Improvement Association Have Done Excellent Work To Promote Better Roads and War Demands Have Proved the...

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OPINIONS and

UERIES APPRECIATION FROM A RAILWAY ROAD ENGINEER UNFORTUNATELY I was not able to be present at your inaugural...

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A Swash-pl ate

Variable Gear (IF all the schemes proposed for L./infinitely variable gears, the swashplate pump-and-motor type is / probably...