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26th August 1930
26th August 1930
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The Impracticability of Limiting Loads to Five . Tons.

I N a 'letter published in The Times the bursar of an Oxford University college, suggests that to bolster up languishing...

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F EW people give any consideration to danger which may arise

from articles which are being carried by fellow travellers. It would, however, he somewhat disconcerting to go about with the...

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ONE HEARS

That the use of old bus bodies as " bungalows " is developing. That " motor-noters " find it wiser to avoid commercial-vehicle...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY " The wheels of wealth will be

slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

The highways committee of MERTON AND MORDEN Urban District Council has decided to purchase a 30-cwt. tipping lorry. The health...

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The Merits and Maintenance of

GIANT PNEUMATIC TYRES The Height of Centre of Gravity Under Load an Important Factor in the Choice of Adequate Tyre Section...

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Carrying

Hot Tarmac in Portable Containers A N interesting type of vehicle specially constructed to the design of the Surrey County...

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Improvements in

COACHES for DAY-AND-NIGHT TRAVEL Some Interesting Details of Arrangements that could Easily be Made to Ensure Greater Comfort...

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An Eight-wheeled Steam Wagon

A N extremely interesting type of vehicle is about to be put into production by The Sentinel Waggon Works, Ltd., Shrewsbury. It...

The Latest B.E.V. Petrolengined Truck

A NEW industrial petrol-engined truck designed for works use, in goods yards, etc., has been introduced by Wingrove and Rogers,...

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The Crisis in THE BEET INDUSTRY

How it is Going to Affect the Many Thousands of Hauliers Who Engage in the Cartage of Beet. " S.T.R." Utters a Timely Warning...

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A Mobile DARK Room Pictures—Clever Bodywork

Features and Details for Press Work 4 Novel Vehicle Intended o Speed -Up the Production If Specialized Newspapers Py...

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Flexible "Glass

The Remarkable Product of a French Scientist Details of the Manufacture and Composition of a Synthetic Substance that can be...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Chassis Manufacturer's Name Altered. The Agrimotor Necessary in Profitable Farming. S.T.-type London Bus. Maintaining 15 Motor...

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The importance of the BUENOS AIRES EXHIBITION

to British Commercial-motor Makers Still Time to Enter for the First Exhibition Devoted to British Empire Products Ever Held...

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Belgium's Commercial-vehicle Trade

W E have been able to obtain a copy of the Belgian official trade returns from which we have specially compiled the...

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Phases of Passenger Travel

GLASGOW'S TRANSPORT MONOPOLY IN EFFECT. A Fair Hearing to Both Skies on the Subject of Municipal v. Private Enterprise. A sa...

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MUNICIPAL COACH TOURS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Some Details of the Coaching Enterprise of the Durban Municipality.

L OCAL motor-coach touring to places of particular interest or scenic beauty is, in this country, operated mainly by private...

A VENTILATOR EMPLOYING THE ROTOR SYSTEM.

A Description of an Air Extractor that has had Considerable Success on the Continent. M ANY of our readers will probably...

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RATIONAL APPOINTMENT OF BOOKING AGENTS.

How Matters Have Developed in this Respect in the North of England. 1 - 1 NEof the most' pointed ,indications IL/of the growth...

NEW PHASE OF GLASGOW BUS DISPUTE.

Court Actions to Settle a Difference Between the Corporation and Three Bus 'Companies. A CTIONS now pending between the...

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AN IMPORTANT NEW LONDON COACH STATION.

The Latest Development of the Recently Formed Green Line Concern. O NE of the most recent developments of the London General...

Items of News in a Few Lines

It is stated that a new type of luxury cab is shortly to , roake its appearance on the London streets. The London General...

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A New Sturdy Two-tonner in Hilly Country

The She glex DL-type Chassis, Which Has Recently Undergone C:onsiderable Modification, Proves to be a Solidly Constructed...

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How Glasgow's Buses Fared

LASGOVT Corporation, which open 1.,Tates a big fleet of motorbuses, has recently issued its report dealing with municipal...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER Points to be Embodied in a Form of Contract for Use by a Haulier Purposing to Take on the...

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A Quickly Replaceable Radiator Tube

I N 1926 Messrs. Davies Bros., of 18, Alexandra Road, Bedford, patented a design of detachable radiator tube, the firm having...

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Converting a Four-wheeler Into a Six-wheeler

A Resume' of Recently Published Patent Specifications T HE attachment described in specification No. 332,222, by E. T. J....