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25th November 1938
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Driving It Home

the public, or even the majority of the members of the Government of this country, aware of the salient factors ,concerning the...

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Passing Comments

The Men Who Run A DAILY paper recently Our Main Railway published interesting Systems figures concerning the rulers of our...

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NEWS of the WEEK

Appeal Order to Lie on Table THERE being evidence of abandon' ment, and a prima facie case of need not having been subsequently...

Memorial to Inventor of the Pneumatic Tyre.

A bronze plaque to the memory of the late John Boyd Dunlop, the inventor and patentee 50 years ago of the pneumatic tyre, was...

PRODUCTION FACILITIES FOR AUSTIN COMMERCIALS.

It is now well known that the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., is to enter the commercial-vehicle market with a range of vehicles of...

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LOWER DUTY ON IMPORTED TRACK-LAYERS.

Under the new trade agreement with the United States a reduction in duty on imported track-laying tractors is to come into...

Transit Insurance Notes

ASSEMBLED MACHINERY THOSE hauliers who are fre quently called upon to carry toads of machinery should be sure that their...

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STAFFS HAULIER'S LICENCE SUSPENSION.

Suspending, for four weeks, the A licence for two vehicles belonging to Darlaston (Staffs) haulier, as a penalty for their...

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PERSONAL PARS.

MR. J. H. STIRK, East Midland Licensing Authority, is to marry Miss Joyce Alice Cantwell-Bradey. ALD. WALTER BRADLEY has been...

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MANUFACTURERS LET OPERATORS DOWN?

Reforms concerning the relative positions of 20 m.p.h. and 30 m.p.h. commercial vehicles were urged at a meeting of the...

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Remedy Road Repression

Mr. T. A. McDo wall Replies to "J.D.P." in a Trenchant Article Which Contains Many Pertinent Facts and a Spice of Humour .. T...

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How Arc Welding San Cheapen Repairs

U keep fleet-maintenance men right up-to-date with the ses of electric welding on chassis, body and engine repairs, I have...

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Are You Prepared for

WINTER OPERATION? W HILS1 there are but few indications at the time of writing - 1 the need for non-skid chains, garage...

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Road Transport Topics in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent SPEED THE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS? I N the House of Commons last week Mr. Watkins...

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Producer-gas Plant with Automatic Control of Air Supply

T HAT the interest in producer-gas vehicles is definitely on the increase is shown by the recent activities of at least two...

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Many Oilers at U.S.A. Show

F OR the first time since 1922, the American National Motor Truck Show was held in New York. There were only 100 exhibitors....

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THINK OF THE FUTUR1 IN RECKONING COSTS

I F readers of this series of articles will reconsider what they have read and then peruse the ,introduction and explanatory...

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Tomato Traffic a Triumph for Road Haulage

Y ET another story of triumph for road transport, in the face of many difficulties, is given to us this week. The company...

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An Addition to the Bedford Range

n meet the transport of a rclass of user thought by the company to be inadequately catered for by vehicle makers, Vauxhall...

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Girling Introduces New Brake.

with Novel System of Shoe Mounting TN any conventional brake design, the Irruption of the drum tends to carry one shoe away...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES COMBAT PRESS CAMPAIGNS AGAINST ROAD TRANSPORT. 15502] In its issue of November 14 The Daily Mail printed a...

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What the Associations Are Doing

S.T.R. DISCUSSES LIVESTOCK HAULAGE. There was a well-attended'meeting at Wolverhampton, last week, of members of the "Vest...

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ASSOCIATION OF GAS-PRODUCER MANUFACTURERS.

As an indication of the developments which are to be expected in the work of gas-driven vehicles, it is of interest to know...

Praise for Good Rates Progress

T HAT the Western (Metropolitan) Sub-area of A.R.O. is a virile and active organization was clearly in evidence at the annual...

Furniture Men Take Minister to Task H IGH appreciation of the

manner in which the transport industry responded to the call during the crisis last September was voiced by the Minister of...

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RAILWAYS FIGHT TO RESTRICT JOURNEYS

O RDER No. 9, of the Ministry of 1 6../Transport, which applies only to the Manchester area, arose through the difficulties of...

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NOVEL USE OF OLD BUSES

0 1'1) buses belonging to Glasgow Corporation are to be used to form a new service of mobile libraries which the corporation...

New Range of American Fords

erHE 1939 American range of Ford 1 commercial vehicles was recently announced. In an effort to combine mass production with the...

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Oil-cooling for Crankshaft Bearings

I NTENDED principally for compression-ignition engines, a crankshaft cooling system forms the subject of patent No. 493,660, by...

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AFTER FIVE YEARS

Co-ordinated Effort LONDONERS may see on every hand evidences of the progress of the £40,000,000 New Works programme for...