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26th January 1934
26th January 1934
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The Work of the Advisory Council

T HE Transport Advisory Council is being formed under Part 3 of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, "for the purpose of giving...

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Passing Comments

I T would appear that the efforts to encourage the re turn of traffic to the railways is likely to increase the number of...

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One Hears

Of good orders for traders for railway-fleets of mechanical-horse tpctors. That if flexible refuge posts are to be used, why...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

C.M.U.A. GOODS-VEHICLE LICENSING SCHEME. As a national association acting on behalf of all classes of commercialvehicle...

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News of Municipal Activities

Central Transport Department for Brighton. The general purposes committee of Brighton Corporation has considered further the...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

The watch committee of Beicarrox Corporation is buying a Dennis fireengine. WrrNev Urban District Council has agreed to buy a...

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New All-metal Double-deck Body Construction

N OT the least interesting feature of a new and ingenious system of allmetal construction for double-deck bodies, evolved by...

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Strong Protests Against Bridge Restrictions

cERIOLTS dislocation of commercial vehicle traffic was .foreshadowed at a meeting, at Cardiff, on January 19, of Glamorgan...

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Licensing Problems Elucidated

B ELOW we print a further selection of the most interesting and generally instructive inquiries and answers on topics connected...

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Saving Time in Milk Collection

rr HE collection of milk must, in many cases, he carried out from various farms spread over a wide area, and, as a rule, the...

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New Ideas in

TRAILER BODYV )RK DESI6N T'men t of traileys were brought HE advantages of the employinto prominence, last year, principally...

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GOLD COAST TEST OF A

BRITISH 1 5-TONNER T HE report on the first full scale overseas test, carried out in Gold Coast territory, of one of the...

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How the New

ct Will Improve BEET 1 okULAGE T HE close of the cm - rent sugar-beet campaign will, I anticipate, put a period to the...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

GATWICK AND GRAVESEND: FINANCIAL LINK. The Honey Syndicate, Ltd., proprietor of Gatwick aerodrome (the importance of which has...

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OPINIONS and

UERIES 142451 Sir,—I have always been very much against the iniquitous Road and Rail Traffic Act, and thought it a harsh and...

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British All-metal Bodies for Overseas L'URTIIER developments in connec

tion with the use of Duramin ailmetal lightweight bodies—on the passenger-vehicle side—are reported by the Duramin Engineering...

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Progress at the Perkins Factory

I N the middle of 1033, F. Perkins, Ltd., commenced operations at Peterborough in the manufacture of oil engines of a size...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT EWER'S APPLIES FOR TRANSFER OF EVA'S LICENCES. O N Monday last, The Commercial Motor learns, George Ewer...

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Lightweight Bodies for large vans

A PANTECHNICON body with a .capacity of 750 cubic ft., yet weighing only 154 cwt., represents something of an accomplishment...

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The A.B.C. of Lorry. Licensing

Some Extracts From the Revised Memorandum on the Road and Rail Traffic Act and the Regulations W E have published a resum4 of...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER rr HE next point that I propose to deal with in this series of articles on the effects. which the Road and...

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Independent Springing for front wheels

T Opermit larger movement of the trout wheels when meeting with obstructions is the object of patent No. 403,132 from Scainmell...