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27th August 1948
27th August 1948
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The World's Greatest Asset

The Results of the Discovery and Development of Petroleum and its Products TI T HATEVER may be t h e possibilities of future...

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Police Constable's Zeal Annoys Bus Drivers

N unusual cause of a threatened " strike " came to light on August 19, when bus and tram drivers, in the New Cross area of...

Passing Comments

American Tyre Maker A FTER an absence of six Reintroduces Punc ycar s, t h e Seiberling iure - sealing Tube . Rubber Co. of...

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One Hears -

That Patricia Roc prefers her buses on watei , Of a solid tyre with a soft centre for industrial trucks. Of self-vulcanizing...

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News of the Week

B.T.C. TAKES OVER ANOTHER BIG HAULAGE GROUP T HE whole of the issued sharo capitals of another big group of road haulage...

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Personal Pars

MR. F. W PRUDEN, director of A. G. Pruden and Co., Ltd., Leyland agent in the Argentine, has arrived at the headquarters of...

In a Line or Two

A party of members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers is to visit the engine works of F. Perkins. Ltd.. at...

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New British Two-stroke Oil Engine

Using the Kadenacy Exhaust Scavenging System, the Foden Two-stroke Engine Affords a Comparatively High Power Output for Its...

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Hydraulically Operated Tailboard Loader

Hydraulic Power Employed in New Loading Device Which Can Be One-Man Operated A DVANCED as.. we are in this country in the...

FUEL FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATORS

IN reply to a question asked recently 1 by the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd.,...

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ROAD TEST RESULTS

Unbiased Reports Which Help the Operator in Vehicle Selection, and the Maker with Valuable Performance Data for Comparison I N...

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The Main Essentials in

ENGINE OVERHAUL Permissible Limits of Wear Which Determine the Need for Reconditioning or Replacement of Petrol Engine...

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Power Tools on Parade

A Brief Review of Some of the Tools and Equipment of Interest to Operators, on Show at the M achine Tool and Engineering...

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P orth Westeril Celebrate

The Silver Jubilee Year of a Public Service Organization which Operates a Fleet of 542 Vehicles. How Transport Difficulties...

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Opinions and Queries

REGISTRATION OF LORRY DRIVERS SUGGESTION RECEIVES SUPPORT R EGAR.D1NG the article "Register All Lorry Drivers and 'Clean Up'...

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Costs Critics Often Do Good

Showing how Criticisms of Past Editions of the Tables of Operating Costs are Welcomed while a New One is in Preparation T HIS...

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Logger Has Air-pressure Winch Control

Powered by an A.E.C. 9.6 litre Oil Engine, the Tractive Unit has Eight Speeds, and Air Brakes I NTERESTING features of a new...

MobileMaintenanceintheU.S.A.

B ELIEVING that the major cost of maintenance is frequently the loss of operating time, many American commercial vehicle users...

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O.H.V. Performance from Side-valve Engines

A Resume of Recently Published Patent SiteafiCations DATENT No. 601,480 shows combus tion-head improvements which, it is...