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24th October 1941
24th October 1941
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Ministry and Trade Joint Haulage m ANY months ago the Ministry

if War Transport decided that it would be advisable for the Government, as represented by it, to have at its disposal a fleet...

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Limited Number of Direction Signs Needed W HILST fully appreciating the

original and, possibly, present need for the absence of signposts and other guides to drivers, which formerly aided them to...

Passing Comments Are Three-wheelers pARCELCARS of the threeSatisfactory for Goods

I wheeled type, in various Transport ' forms, have been used for many years and the general opinion appears to be that,...

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One Hears

That in salvage work practically everything is grist. Of the beginnings of trolleybus manufacture in Canada. That few edible...

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Hauliers and the Grim Menace inadequate Maintenance

NJAN Y haulage businesses are being IViconducted on a relatively profitable basis—on paper. But in a section of the Liverpool...

Driver Fined for Leaving Haulier's Employment

THIS case is brought as a matter 1 of principle," commented Mr. G. F. Nuttall, at Blackburn County Court, last week,...

GOVERNMENT ROAD HAULAGE SCHEME ANNOUNCED NAUCH interest attaches to the

new' IVIroad-haulage scheme . which has been formulated by the Government, following consultation with the Road, Haulage...

STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE IS A NATIONAL ONE

T HE secretary of the Standing Joint Committee asks us to point odt an error which occurred in Mr. C. le M. Gosselin's letter...

Allocation of Released Army Vehicles

THERE was more discussipn on the 1 return of impressed and requisitioned vehicles in the House of Commons last week. Major...

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Personal Pars

MEETING NEW WEIGHT AND TRAILER CONCESSIONS up - rii characteristic enter pris e, VI' Thomas Tilling, Ltd., has pat into...

How Redex Helps Producer-gas Users

O PERATORS of producer gas ‘-/vehicles will be interested to know how improved running and other advantages can result from the...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Hoye Corporation is to purchase a van for the canteen services. Belton Emergency Committee is to purchase a new tipping wagon....

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

DRIVING A CROCK REQUIRES AN EXPERIENCED MAN T HE views expressed by your correspondent, "Instructor," in "The Commercial...

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Consult Road Users Before Building New Thoroughfares

A MONGST the "Passing Comments" in your issue dated October 10 last you made reference to a particular danger spot on the...

A Drivers' Association Should Bring Better Co-operation

TWO articles have been contributed to your journal A on the trades unions to which many drivers belong and the very good...

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INTENSIVE UCATION FOR INFANTRY CFIANIZATION

H IGH-SPEED training of infantry 'officers and N.C.O.s to be transport instructors and to take charge of transport in their -...

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A Plea for Standardized Accounts

rIRST I wish to express my thanks for and appreciation of the article, " A Haulier's Balance Sheet," in your issue dated...

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Self-changing Gear for Two-speed Axle

T HE Power Pilot, an ingenious device actuated by a combination ol electric and vacuum power, is now being installed by the...

Facilitating Armoured-vehicle Welding

Ingenious B. and E. Hydraulic Tilting Platform to Obviate the Need for Welding Vertical joints I N the building and repair of...

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Power-controlled Steering for Tracked Machines

, C RITICISMS of the usual clutch-andbrake method of steering endlesstrack vehicles are contained in patent No. 539,079 from H....