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24th January 1928
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The Opportunity for Municipal Cooperation in Bus Enterprise.

W HERE interests clash in public service enterprise, co-operation is better than continued .conflict, fOr the public must...

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The Bus-service Aspirations of Belfast Corporation.

I N the settlement of policy, where public convenience is concerned—as, for example, in connection with the provision of...

Loose Leaves.

G LANCING over an American daily newspaper, the European edition of which is published in Paris, we observed that Havana, Cuba,...

Producer-gas Developments.

T HE employment of producer-gas as a fuel for vehicles formerly utilizing petrol is making sure, if rather slow, progress. It...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

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

Page 43

WHO PAYS FOR FROST DAMAGE?

'The Question of the Liability of Insurance Companies for Damage Caused by Snow or Ice Discussed by a Barrister-at-Law....

Municipal Purchases and Proposals.

WAKEFIELD Corporation has accepted the tender of Leyland Motors, Ltd., for the supply of a motor turntable fireescape....

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TO HAUL 20-TON LOADS IN THE CONGO.

The New Powerful Pipe Tractor Which is Arranged to Run on Producer-gas. I N our report on the commercial motors exhibited at...

Page 45

A Useful Three-wheeled Electric Tractor.

T N the many spheres of transport in which it is employed the industrial electric machine, in its truck and tractor forms, is...

Page 46

TRANSPORT IN THE SAWMILLING INDUSTRY.

Interesting Details Relating to the Activities of a Small Fleet of Lorries Run by a Preston Company. (INE of the subsidiary...

Page 48

WHERE THE STEAMER GETS THE PULL.

"A Petrol Engine Stopped is Dead : A Steam Engine May be Exerting Its Maximum Power When Stationary," Says a Writer Who Here...

Page 50

VEHICLE SUSPENSION ,TEMS OF THE FUTURE.

Developments in Springing are Continual the Present Time. The Pros and Cons o king Place, but Never More Rapidly than at bus...

Page 54

AGRIMOTOR PROGRESS IN RUSSIA.

The Use and Manufacture of Farm Tractors. Details of the Extensive Tests to Which Many Makes of Agrimotor are Being Subjected....

Page 55

THE MERITS OF AIR-CUSHION TYRES.

A Form of Tyre Equipment Which is Giving Satisfaction to Many Users of Goods and Passenger Vehicles. Suggestions for Tyre...

Page 56

A PROMISING PRODUCER FOR WOOD FUEL.

Details of a New Device Which Needs No Water, Embodies a Gas Cooler and Scrubbers and Has No Moving Parts. O NE of the most...

Page 58

PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. A SIX-WHEELED OBSERVATION COACH. A 25seater Vehicle, on Giant...

BUS OPERATION IN BURMA.

The Tramways Company in Mandalay Buys Road Motors in Order to Meet Competition. S PEAKING at the recent annual meeting of the...

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A HIGH TYRE MILEAGE ON BUS WORK.

A South Wales 'User Obtains 100,000 Miles from a Set of Pirelli Air-core Tyres on. a Leyland Bus. A MONGST favourable reports...

BUS DEVELOPMENTS IN LANCASHIRE CENTRES. Some Details of the Services which are Maintained To and From Fleetwood and Knott End.

A GOOD example of what can be done with one vehicle at the start of a bus organization, and of how a small passenger service...

Page 60

The Motor Movement in Iraq.

T TITI motor vehicle has been one of the most important factors in the progress that Iraq has made since the war, and already...

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PROBLEMS OF THE HAULIER AND CARRIER.

More About that 100 Tons per 100 Miles, Showing How Economical it is to Use .Big Units. T DIGRESSED in my notes in last week's...

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AN UNUSUAL PUBLICITY BODY.

A Large Furnishing Concern's Interesting and Successful Experiment. S INCE publicity bodies on motor vehicles have become so...

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Fabric-lined versus An-metal Brakes.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2,656] Sir,-1 was interested in reading letters Nos. 2654 and 2659 in The Commercial Motor...

Overseas Preference for Pneumatics.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR ' [2,657] Sir,—We noticed in a recent issue of The Commercial Motor a very interesting article...

British Stone for British Roads.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2,658] Sir,—As a motorist and one who contributes a considerable stun annually to the Roads...

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HINTS ON MAINTENANCE.

Notes on the Sentinel Valve Guides and Glands. Locking Differential Bolts. Attention Needed by Westinghouse Brakes. Peerless...

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ROADSIDE AND GARAGE.

Interesting Contributions from Our Driver and Mechanic Readers. A Better Fastening for Rear Doors. T HAT some improvement in...

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A NEW TWO-PART PISTON.

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications. T HE patent of Hugh Pratt, of 3, Moss Bank, Chester, No. 282,173, has...