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26th August 1938
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The Personal Touch

DART of the work of assess]. ing the value of a business is fairly easy. There are always tangible assets the value of which...

Stimulating Our Agriculture

M UCH is being said regarding the importance of improving the position in this country in respect of agriculture. Despite the...

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Workmen's Compensation Insurance

M OST traders are-aware that, unlike the unemployment, health and pensions insurance schemes—where the employer's liability...

Passing Comments

A Novel Scheme T NT a novel scheme for the for Lighting Main 'lighting of highways, it is Thoroughfares . • suggested that the...

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One Hears

That it is untrue that drivers are to be equipped with capacity indicators. That it would take more than 17,000 mirrors to...

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NEWS of the WEEK When a C Licence is Not

Needed A POINT of interest to many farmers rAhas been clarified in the course of a licensing dispute which recently arose. The...

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Transit I nsurance Notes—THE AVERAGE CLAUSE' TO avoid any misunderstand' fag

as to the extent of his liability under a goods-intransit policy, the underwriter often inserts the Average Clause. This states...

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£1,000-A-DAY SEARCH FOR OIL.

Extra licences to explore for oil have been granted by the Government over a wide area in East Scotland, as was disclosed -by...

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What the Associations Are Doing

• EXPERIMENTS IN THE BACON INDUSTRY. Associated Road Operators has been approached by the Bacon Development Board, of Thames...

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Road Motors Rush Jersey's Produce To Market

A L READY possessed of a reputation for prompt and reliable service in general goods haulage, Burrows Transport, Ltd., entered...

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WHEN MA a ATTENTIONS FALL DUE

T HIS week I am continuing to deal with the comprehensive schedule of maintenance operations which I started to discuss in the...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES ACCURACY IN WHEEL ALIGNMENT. [5430] I have read with interest the article " Why Wheel Alignment Demands Extreme...

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C.A.V.-Bosch Introduces New Heavy duty Starter

[A A POWERFUL 24-volt starter of new design has been introduced by C.A.V.-Bosch, Ltd., Acton, London, W.3. It is expressly...

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The Effects of Speed and Braking on Tyre Wear

F EW people realize the full extent of the terrific stresses which are imposed upon tyres when the brakes are applied. Few have...

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Hydraulic Transmission Again to the Fore H YDRAUL1C transmission seems to

1 Ihold a strong appeal for the lay mind ; indeed it has occupied a singular position in respect of news value since the...

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SPECIAL BODYWORK SUITABLE

'OR FITTING ON 10-12 h.p. CHASSIS T HE standardized types of light delivery van mounted on 10-12 h.p. chassis are used in a...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT A CASE in which a bus was boarded by a traffic examiner, who found, that of the 14 passengers on board,...

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New Patents Act Summarized

ilANY of our readers will be interalested in the Patents (International Conventions) Act of 1938 which gives effect to the...

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A Mobile Film Studio

OR making travel colour films, Rayant Pictures, a 'London producing company, has formed a mobile unit which can travel all...

June Registrations Tumble

I N our issue for last week we pub/fished a brief statement of the registrations of new commercial vehicles for June, and the...

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Development in Rubber Suspension Systems

T HERE is an increasing tendency to employ rubber in suspension systems, not only as an adjunct to leaf springs, but as the...