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26th May 1944
26th May 1944
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Is Nationalization Merely a Bogy?

M ANY people are inclined to view the comments on nationalization that we make in this journal and others which are published...

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A Lesson from the States

W HILE chatting last week with an American flying officer we discovered that, in civilian life, he had been a " trucker," as he...

Passing Comments

Protecting Tuye re THE life of the rubber-hose Connections on Trailer A connections 'on the tuyere Producer water-cooling...

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SUDDEN DEATH OF S.J.C.

CHAIRMAN • WE learn, with the greatest regret, • Of the death of Mr. J. H. Turner, 0.B.E., M_Inst.T., chairman of the S.J.C....

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..A.R.O. OPERATES LORRY PARK AT GLOUCESTER

T HE Western Area of A.R.O. is operating a lorry park at Gloucester. It became available for use from Monday, May - v.22, and...

Conference of Road Transport Groups Makes Plans

THE movement to form a combina tion of groups of road-transport operators gained considerable impetus last 'week, when a second...

Ministry to Call for More Vehicles on Hire?

A FORECAST that the near future will see the . Ministry of War Transport make a renewed call for enrohnent of vehicles under...

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REGULATIONS THAT HAMPER EXPORT TRADE

L AST week, in. the House of Commons, the point was put to Air. P. J.. Noel-Baker, Parliamentary Secretary of the M.O.W.T.; by...

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CAUSES OF ROAD ACCIDENTS BEING ANALYSED WHEN asked by Sir

William Edge IT in the House of Commons, last week, what are the, main causes which produced road accidents and the . dis, •...

Heard in "The House"

W E have received the following communication from Mr. G. W. Quick Smith, secretary of the The Standing Joint Committee speaks...

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SCANNELL LORRIES' HIGHER PROFIT FOR 1943 IN respect of 1943,

Scammeli Lorries, I Ltd., is paying a dividend of 8i per cent., less tax, compared with 7i. per cent, for the previous year....

Yorkshire Up in Arms at Association Merger Delay

A SSOCIATION merger complications in Yorkshire were indicated at last .week's general meeting, in Leeds, of . members of the...

Page 23

A Tipper Conversion a Long-wheelbase Chassis

Factory-built Dropsided Body Made into an End-tipper Without Introducing any New Material A s regular readers. of this journal...

Building an Engine Hoist from Scrap

How, by Utilizing a Few Scrap Components, a Really Serviceable Engine Hoist was Constructed T HOSE operators who are in need...

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WHY RATES SHOULD NOT

kRBITRARILY FIXED Solving the Problems of the Carrier There is, says S.T.R., No Fear that Freedon to Compete on Price, as...

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ROAD MOTORS SUPPLANT RAIL AMERICAN LOGGING INDUSTRY

W HEN considering materials that are imperativeto the war effort one may be apt to overlook the vital part which is being...

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Progress of the Proposed I.R.T.E.

Every Effort is Beins Made to' Expedite the Formation of This Body T HE interest which is being taken in the proposed...

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OPINIONS and Q UERIES LIGHT ALLOYS FOR BATTERY. ELECTRIC VEHICLES ME

have read with interest the article "A Battery" electric Vehicle for £2 per Week" which appeared in your issue dated May 5, and...

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Tyre-payment Delays to Hired Operators

C ASES of hardship among operators of vehicles hired by the M.O.W.T. Road Haulage Organization, said to be clue to delay in...

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The Story of War-time Transport

All Forms of Transport, Except That by Road, Extended to the Fullest Extent and in Need of Some Relief From Their Burden By...

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A Face-cam

Operated Injection Pump A R8stime of Patent Spedfications that Have Recently Been Published A MULTI-CYLINDERED injection pump,...