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25th April 1947
25th April 1947
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No Orchids for Mr. Dalton

I N that it proposes no overall increase in the duties on fuel and vehicles, the Budget may narrowly be regarded as...

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Achievement in the Face of Difficulty

T HE 13th annual report of the London Passenger Transport Board contains an impressive account of the restoration of services...

Passing Comments

Has the Fork-lift latest application of Truck Solved the the fork-lift truck comes Parking Problem? . from Spokane,...

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One Hears— That trading problems are tariffie.

That some say the study of electricity is quite Exiding. The query: "How did Mr. F. F. Fowler, chairman, Metropolitan Area,...

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News of the Week

LMECH.E. AND I.A.E. MERGE: NEW AUTOMOBILE DIVISION WITH the authority .of the Privy IN Council, the Institution of Mechanical...

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" Pay , as-You-Board " a Failure in London E XHAUSTIVE tests with

three motorbuses and two trolleybuses have shown that the pay-es-you-board system of operation is not suitable for London...

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Personal Pars

Miss G. A. JONES has been appointed private secretary to MR. G. R. STRAUSS, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of...

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Are Demurrage Charges Justified?

A CURIOUS point connected with lorry queueing was raised at the April meeting of the Industrial Transport Association's Leeds...

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Fordson 10-cwt. Van Returns 27 m.p.g.

Excellent Consumption and Acceleration Figures Despite an Overload. Good Top. gear Performance By P. G. TUCKER I T is some...

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New Items of Workshop Equipment

F LEET operators will be interested in the Kerry self-contained washing plant designed and distributed by Kerry's (Great...

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Cylinder Bore Wear

and How R OAD transport engineers have for many years been interested in the reasons for excessive wear on cylinder bores and...

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lathering horses were driven very rapidly, attached to a red

fire-engine with a great deal of brasswork, through the streets to the fire." Those were the words or the Secretary of State br...

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"I Would Hate to be Nationalized"--socialist M.P.

WHEN the State takes over part of VV the country's transport, the compensation paid to the road haulier will be far more...

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CROSSLEY BUILDS A SUPE :HARGED OILER

Crossley 8.5 litre Blown Oil Engine Produces 138140 b.h.p. at 1,750 r.p.m. Interesting Vehicle in Production for Dutch State...

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I.R.T.E. Discussion on Injection Equipment

discussion following the paper Ton fuel-injection equipment, read last week by Mr. H. G. Dunn, 141.I.A.E., of Simms Motor...

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A Ready Reckoner of Charges for the Hire of Tipping

Lorries to Municipal Authorities, Including Special Provision for the Higher Costs of Such Vehicles Tonnage Rates for Tippers...

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IS HE WHO WAITS BLESSED?

nNE hears a great deal about the rights of ex-ServiceN-• men to be reinstated in their pre-war jobs, also of ex-hauliers and...

EARLY USE OF OIL ENGINES IN CARS

WE read with interest a letter from Mr. S. R. Sheane " in "The Commercial Motor" dated March 21, and note with pleasure the...

FURNITURE REMOVALS IN ALBERTA

A FTER my discharge from the Canadian Forces I was appointed warehouse foreman at the Calgary terminal of Canadian Freightways...

AN ACHIEVEMENT UNDER FREE ENTERPRISE

WE send a copy of a report from one of our drivers TV who was caught in the snow. You will see that this makes very interesting...

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A New, More Powerful Farm Tractor T HE name "Cropmasler "

is given to the range of improved tractors just announced by David Brown Tractors, Ltd., Meltham, near Huddersfield. New...

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Metropolitan Commissioner Honoured by R.H.A.

r- I N April 15 the Road Haulage Asso ciation (Metropolitan Area) gave a • luncheon to Brigadier R. J. O. Dowse, C.B.E.,...

Douglas Electrics on Show

T D introduce the Douglas battery electric vehicle in the London area, an attractive exhibition of the marque is taking place...

M.o.T. Reasons "Not Convincing" R DEFERRING to the Society's efforts lAto

persuade the Ministry of Transport to allow two-axled buses to be built to a maximum'overall length of 30 ft., the annual...