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25th October 1935
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Britain's Most Virile Industry

T HERE is no manufacturing industry in the country which keeps more up to date in its production of models and types designed...

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Passing Comments

A Member of ParliaA PLEA for the adoption of ment Recommends the principle of national National Roads. . . roads is put...

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" S.T.R." TO LECTURE IN LONDON AND MANCHESTER.

The western sub-area of the A.R.O. has announced a meeting for 7.45 p.m. on Monday. October 28, at Hammersmith Town Hall,...

NEWS of the WEEK

"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all &fealties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

Police Lose in Speeding Case

e r HE driver of a van equipped with 1 a governor limiting the speed to 30 m.p.h., successfully appealed at the West Riding...

Yorkshire Employers' Conciliation Case

NAEMBERS of the employers' panel al of the Yorkshire Joint Conciliation Board met in Leeds, on Tuesday, to discuss the...

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The S.M.M. and T. Show Banquet T HE annual banquet of

the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, held on October 16, was an interesting but somewhat crowded function, there...

The I.A.E. Annual Dinner

S OME 400 persons were present at the annual dinner of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, which was held at the Park Lane...

Livestock Hauliers' Criticism

rOMPLAINT of a lack of facilities at Truro and other markets for washing lorries bringing in livestock was made at a meeting...

A NEW MEADOWS OIL ENGINE.

Henry Meadows, Ltd., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, will exhibit at the Commercial Vehicle Show a new Meadows-Lanova...

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C.M.U.A. PLANS FOR GENERAL ELECTION.

The Commercial Motor Users Association is making plans for placing the case of road transport before candidates at the...

BUS CHASSIS WANTED IN NEW ZEALAND.

The Christchurch Tramway Board is calling for tenders, which have to be presented in New Zealand by November 1 . 6, 1935, for...

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PERSONAL PARS.

MR WALTER R. JACKSON has been appointed sales representative for Lancashire and Cheshire for L. C. Hillier, Ltd., Drake Street,...

A SIX.CYLINDER TROJAN.

So much interest has been aroused at the Car Show by the Mastra sixcylinder two-stroke car that there have been many ....

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

B radford Watch Committee has appointed a sub-committee to purchase two vehicles for the police. Bradford Transport Committee...

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" w u HAT have yo got, pal? "

No maitre d'hotel greeted our nightly customers. No cloakroom girl took their hats and gave them tickets. No waiter brushed a...

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Onus of Proof Disputed on Appeal A l' Liverpool, on October

17, the Appeal Tribunal heard an appeal by S. H. Jones and Co., 15, Fenwick Street, Liverpool, against the refusal of the...

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Marked Progress in Furniture-removal Practice

The Development of the Removal Industry from the Days of the Horsed Pantechnicon. The Trade Would Welcome Mutually Profitable...

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Specialized Work Cited in Appeals

T IIE Appeal Tribunal heard an appeal, at Liverpool, last week, by . the Globe Parcel Delivery Co., 52, Vauxhall Road,...

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Careful Tyre Maintenance Pays

T HE principle upon which the pneumatic tyre is constructed is that of providing a flexible container for a quantity of...

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Ingenious Daimler Automatic Brake Adjuster

A NUMBER of detail improvements .1 - 1 has been made to the range of Daimler passengv chassis for the forthcoming season,...

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WILL AIR TRANSPORT BECOME A COMPETITOR?

Air Services Compete with Shipping Lines and Railways, but Road Transport Should _Profit by Road-Air Co-ordination F ROM the...

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TWO LICENCE APPLICANTS WARNED

WARNINGS regarding the import ance of observing licence conditions were, on Monday, administered by the Metropolitan Licensing...

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Three interesting

New Leyland Products r IFFERING considerably from the Liprevions compression-ignition power units Innli 'by this maker, a new...

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Novel Features in New S.N.B. Semi-Trailer

r ONSTRUCTED on the rocking-bar principle, but drawn by a vehicle with practieally. a normal body, a new seinitrailer: has been...

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Universal B-Licence Restrictions Illegal?

Court of Appeal Judg ments Suggest that Licensing Authorities are Exceeding Their Powers. Railways Over-reaching Themselves in...

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Air Transport News

THE EMPIRE'S BEST-LIGHTED AIRPORT. T HE General Electric lighting system at Croydon is now complete and is one of the best...

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A DENNIS ACHIEVEMENT -a Fc

ir-wheeled 40-seater Single-decker The Lancet II is the First Passenger I lur-wheeler of Orthodox L yout to Provide Body Spac...

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New Effort to Stabilize Rates

T newly formed road-transport section of the Bradford Chamber of Trade is to take an active interest in the forthcoming General...

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The Influence of Car Design on Commercial Motors

A Summary of the Improvements Noticed in the Cars Displayed at Olympia By the Technical Editor of "The Motor" T "private -cars...

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ROA') TRANSPORT SEVERELY RESTRICTED IN AUSTRALIA

Despite Harsh Limitations on Long-distance Haulage and Gross Loads, in Respect of Ancillary Users, as Well as Hauliers, Road...

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Important

Crossley Developments An Entirely New Trolleybus Chassis Now in Production, Together With an. Automatic Self-selecting and...

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Principle of Northern Ireland Legislation

H OW Northern Ireland' has tackled its goods-transport question, through co-ordination of road and rail services, was...

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NEW MODELS IN MAKERS' PROGRAMMES FOR 1936

An Informative and Comprehensive Summary of the Plans of Prominent Manufacturers for the Forthcoming Year. The First...

A New A.E.C. Regal Six-cylinder Oiler

A STRIKING feature of the 1936 range of commercial vehicles manufactured by the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., Southall, will...

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Three "Maximum-load" Albion Chassis

S OME months ago Albion Motors, Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, introduced a 4i-tonner in the 30 m.p.h. class. Now it announces an...

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A New Austin 7-10-cwt. Light Lorry

D ESCRIBED as the Light Twelve.1-../Four truck, an attractive commercial vehicle of 7-10 cwt. capacity, expressly designed for...

Two Smaller Armstrong-Saurer. Engines

A RECENT addition to the range of oil engines made by. ArmstrongSaurcr ..Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., Breritford, Middlesex,...

High Pay-load and Low Weight in Arrans

T "production of an oil-engined 4tonner weighing only 37i. cwt. unladen is a feat which Arran Motors, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City,...

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Commer 4-5-tonner in the 50-cwt. Class

I N a fine new range of chassis pro duced by Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton, two new 4-5-ton models, each, w.hen fully equipped with...

Two New Gilford Models

A NEW single-deck bus chassis and a 4-ton goods chassis are to be featured by the Gilford Motor Co., Ltd., North Circular Road,...

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Striking New Crossley Introductions

fiOST striking amongst the features 1V.Iof the 1936 range of Crossley Motors, Ltd., Gorton, Manchester, are the new trolleybus,...

Dennis Company to Produce a 4-tonner E LSEWHERE in this issue

we give . 1 .--Aa full description of the New Lancet II made by Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford. We are also permitted to...

_Dodge 4-tonner with

Semi-forward Control F OLLOVIDTG the success of its 3-ton model, Dodge Bros. (Britain), Ltd., recently introduced a new 4-ton...

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Two Important New Guy Models

T WO new models appear in the latest range of Guy Motors, Ltd., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton. One of these is a trolleybus...

A Useful Light Citroen Tractor

A N interesting new tractor for use on golf courses, etc., has recently been marketed by Citroen Kegresse, Ltd., Brook Green,...

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Fine New Ford and Fordson Range

O Fparticular interest in the range of Ford and Fordson commercial vehicles for 1936, built by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd.,...

A Hands Semi-trailer with Novel Features

A NEW semi-trailer, with many novel features, is being marketed by Hands (Leteliworth), Ltd., of Letch worth. A singe-axle...

An Improved Multiwheeler

O NLY a few weeks ago—reported on October 4----we road tested the first of the new-type Multiwheeler maximum-load 10-wheelers....

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Novel Coupling on All Carrimore Semi-trailers

A S from the Commercial Motor Show, all new Carrimorc semi-trailers will incorporate the ingenious coupling described in our...

International 3-1-4-tonner Appearing Shortly

COR 1936, the policy of the InterI national Harvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd., 259, City Road, London, E.C.1, will be to...

Advanced Design in a Morris Light Van

A DEFINITE advance in the design CIL of light goods vehicles is represented by the new 8-10-cwt. van recently marketed by...

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7-tonner Added to the - ESN. Range A ' entirely new 7-ton forward-control

chassis with a wheelbase of 14 ft. 6 ins, is included in the 1936 range of T.S, Motors, Ltd., Victoria Works, Maidstone. As...

T.T.A. Four-in-Line Semi-trailer Introduced

The new T.T.A. Four-in-Line semi-trailer shown coupled to a Bedford tractor unit. A N interesting new semi-trailer, which will...

Advanced Straussier Products

WITH long experience in the buildVV ing of military tractors and armoured cars, Straussler Mechanization, Ltd., 70, Pall Mall,...

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Recently Introduced Thomycrofts

THE activities of John I. Thorny1 croft and Co., Ltd., Smith Square, London, SAVA, have been concentrated, during the past...

6-tonner Conversion by Scammell and Nephew

B ELIENED to be the largest payload capacity that has ever been achieved in a rigid vehicle weighing 4 tons unladen, G....

An Opel 21-tonner Marketed in Britain

B ui ur by the famous German concern which is under the control of the General Motors Corporation of America, the Opel...

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A New Yorkshire Eight-wheeled Oiler

A N interesting new model, manufactured by the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., Hunslet, Leeds, 10, is an eight-wheeler, which...

Improvements in Sunbeam Trolleybuses

A LTHOUGH there are no entirely new designs of Sunbeam trolleybus this year, Sunbeam Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., Moorfield...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN THE BALLAST AND SAND INDUSTRY. [4660] I have read with interest the article by Capt. E....

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HYDRAULIC JACKS FOR ELEVATOR TRUCKS

A N accompanying illustration shows an interesting and practical application of the Jackall hydraulic jack, made and marketed...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

NO MERSEY TUNNEL BUSES YET A 'important principle is laid down i ii the decision of the NorthWestern Traffic Commissioners to...

British Oilers Save

A BUS powered by a Leyland ..tA 90 b.h.p. oil en g ine has covered 115,000 miles in 27 months in the service of the Montreal...

Money in Canada

The oil-en g ined bus was overhauled after a milea g e of 72.000, whereas the five petrol-en g ined units avera g e 80,000...

Bench Criticizes Commissioners

n EPRECATING comments on -the L./ activities of the Western Traffic , , Co m mis' sioners were made by Mr. Henry Butt, -C.C.,...

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ANOTHER FREE TRAVEL APPEAL HEARD

A N appeal by the London and North Eastern Railway against a .decisioa of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners, permitting...

YORKS OPERATORS AGAINST INTRUSION

AEMBERS of Yorkshire Motor 1VICoach 'Owners, Ltd., which association does not become formally amalgamated with Associated Road...

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TROLLEYBUSES BUILD . NEW TRAFFIC

IT is estimated that the conversion of I Huddersfield's remaining tramways to trolleybus services will cost about R45,000....

London Transport's Big Garage Scheme

nN Tuesday, a Press party was con ducted around four new garages of London Transport, in the north of the Metropolitan Area....

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Are the Associations Doing Enough?

D URING a discussion, the other day, with a haulier on the position and prospects of the industry (writes a representative of...

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Hauliers Must Stand Together in Licensing

I N this article I am striking a new note. I am going to make some suggestions to hauliers which, I hope, will be of assistance...

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The Latest ER.F. 4-ton Oiler

A LTHOUGH, in the main, the pro1 - 1 gramme of E. R. Foden and Son (E.R.F., Ltd.), Sun Works, Sandbach, continues without...