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24th April 1923
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Overloading: Its Effect on Design.

LTHOUGH the overloading which is going on at the present moment may be regarded with some misgivings, it will undoubtedly have...

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ONE HEARS

Of more sidecar delivery vans. No rattle from rubber lamps. Of give and take roads and cut and thrust loads. Of vast...

HERE'S ONE!

Both the taxi-drivers had been chauffeurs before the war and great was the rivalry between them. " Now, I," said Jim, " used to...

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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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BLACKPOOL COACH OWNERS' MEETING.

T HE QUESTION of rates loomed large at the annual meeting of the Birkenhead and District Motor Char-h-barics Association, which...

A NON-DAZZLE LAMP FOR COUNTRY BUSES.

IN our last issue we intimated that the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., had adopted the National Lens in the headlights of...

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THE . EVOLUTION OF THE 6-TON MANN.

A Steam, Wagon Embodying Notable Improvements, Including More Powerful and Efficient Engine, Large Boiler, Feed-water Heater,...

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ALCOHOL AS A PRACTICAL FUEL.

The Elimination of Pinking and the Attainment of Lower Fuel Costs are Among Important Advantages Obtainable. K OHOL FUEL can...

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THE MOTOR TAXATION INQUIRY.

Where a Fuel Tax Would Be Penal. M R. SIDNEY E. GARCKE, of the London and Provincial Omnibus Owners' Association, • was a...

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PASSENGER RAILCA THE CONTINENT.

T HE DEVELOPMENT of railcar transport has attracted considerable attention on the Continent since the armistice. It \vas the...

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BY MOTOR FROM SILO TO MILL.

The Leyland-Carrimore Tractor-trailer Combination in Still Another Guise, and One which will Interest Those who Deal with...

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HINTS FOR HAULIERS.

Tyres—Their Life, the Cost of Maintaining Them and of Their Renewal. The Cost Expressed as a Weekly Oaf ay. HAVE, in three...

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Why Shoulder the Burden of Rural Roads ?

By 11. G. Burford, M.I.Mech.E., T HE STATEMENT made by Mr. Shrapnell-Smith at the recent luncheon of the Commercial. Motor...

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FORD HINTS AND TIPS.

Valuable Advice on Every Phase of Ford Transport, which will Appeal to the Owner, Driver, and Repairer. I N THIS NEW series of...

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PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. MORE TRAMCARS BEING DISPLACED. The Wolverhampton Authorities,...

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A LARGE-CAPACITY SINGLE-DECK BUS.

A New Leyland Model which Provides Comfortable Seating Accommodation for 40 Passengers. S INCE the ,day's when the moterbes...

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THE CONTROL OF TRANSPORT BY WIRELESS.

A Consideration of the Problem of Employing Transmitters on Vehicles. A Thirty-mile Range Probably the Maximum Attainable. A...

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FOR WORK AT HIGH ALTITUDES.

A New Tipping Lorry for the Tin Mines of Bolivia, Where the Atmospheric Pressure is 8.3 lb. per square inch. - V ROM ALL that...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

Springs Self-adjusting to Load. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2140] Sir.—We thank you for publishing our letter in your...

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HINTS ON MAINTENANCE.

How to Get the Best Out of a Vehicle, to Secure Reliability and to Avoid Trouble. 363.—Removing Eccentric Bushes From Commer...

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A TRACTOR-TRAILER STREET-SWEEPING MACHIN

A Résumé of Recently Published Patents. T HERE HAVE always been two disadvantagestn connection with that type of...

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STEAM WAGON TIPS.

Useful.Hints, which are Well Worth Perusal, by Our Driver and Mechanic Readers. j E HAVE occasionally paid tribute, in these...