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27th January 1931
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Constructional Rules Modified

A FTER a hard-fought battle the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1931, have been published in their modified...

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LOOSE LEAVES

W ITH regard to the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Transport that vehicles having an unladen weight of over four...

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ONE HEARS

Of bus-times syncopation. That the railways must not be too cocksure. That free wheels are again coming to the fore. That...

HERE'S ONE.

There is a very impatient manager in the haulage industry whose cure-all for the slightest error or late running is to dismiss...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as ascarriage is by the...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS MIDDLESBROUGH Corporation has decided to purchase an additional six enclosed-top double-deck buses.

The works committee of REDDITCH Urban District Council recommends the purchase of a Bean 2-ton tipping lorry at a cost of...

Road Transport Activities in Parliament

Coaches in London. T N reply to a question regardine ' the circulation of motor coaches in Loudon, Mr. Morrison has stated...

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A New Ticket-issuing Machine

A SURVEY of the ticket-imting machines now available, all of which appear to be the resultl of several years of experimental...

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SINGLE-DECKERS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY ROUTES

How to Plan the Body of a 28-30-seater Bus In a Sliding Door. Providing Ample Accommodation for Luggage Using the Available...

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G.W.R. Road-motor Progress in 1930

During the Past Year Moantage Has Been Taken of the Passenger and Goods Facilities Offered, and New Schemes Have Been...

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THE ROAD TRANSPORT SITUATION IN AMERICA

By James A. Dunnage, F.S.S., A.M.Inst.T. Mr. J. A. Dunnage, who is the Hon. Secretary of the Industrial Transport Association,...

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Cost and/or Consumption

T HERE is a good deal of confusion in the minds of motorvehicle users concerning the twin matters cost and consumption....

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An Important

British Bid for Export Trade The Works of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, Offers a Range of Overseas Models and Goes Out for...

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THE SCAMP FOUR-WHEEL IELL 8-TON ER TESTED

A Description and Report of this New British Chassis, Suitable for High way Service and Con tracting Work The Latest Scammeil...

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AN INDICTMENT OF THE RAILWAYS

Striking Article by an Authority on Goods Transport, By Who says : " The Fatal Mistake of the Railway Walter Companies has...

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A Baico-extended Four-tonner

W E have in the past referred to the Baico system of converting fourwheeled chassis into rigid-frame sixwheelers, but recently...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Criticizing the Proposed London Traffic Bill. Our Argentine Article Supported. The Popularity of the Eight wheeler. Positions...

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Phases of P assenger Travel

A COMPLETE LIST OF GREEN LINE COACH SERVICES A Useful Record Prepared from the Latest Information A ' the time of going to...

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THE NORTHERN ASSOCIATION MAKES EARLY PROGRESS

• Membership Growing . Satisfactorily. The Association Recognized by the Northern Traffic Commissioner S TEADILY increasing...

A COMPLETE MOTORBUS SYSTEM RECOMMENDED FOR BOURNEMOUTH

Bournemouth Chamber of Trade Does Not Propose the Substitution of Trolley-buses for the Tramway System 11 A DEPUTATION of the...

OPERATORS OBJECT TO ABANDONING A PIONEERED ROUTE

A Ministry Appeal in Connection with the Ammanford Poritardulais Route A T Ammanfor d , South Wales, on hehalf of the Ministry...

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INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS AGAINST CENTRAL LONDON COACH BAN Cases of Definite

Hardship Should be Placed Before the Minister of Transport by Letter To-day our issue of last week, in the icourse of a...

ROAD RE-INSTATEMENT PRECEDENT IN TROLLEY-BUS ACT

The Act Goes Through, Imposing Only a Moderate Liability Upon Bradford Corporation T HE finance committee of Bradford...

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Problems of

THE HAULIER AND CARRIER Continuing the Series of Articles in which a Simple Method of Book-keeping is Described, I MENTIONED...

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THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE REGULATIONS

A Precis of the Rules Concerning the Building and Employment of .Motor Vehicles, which Came into Force on January 15th T o...

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Graceful Lines in New Coaches

A SMALL - fleet of A.E.C.Regal 28seater coaches is being supplied by the Arlington Motor Co., High Road, Ponders End, London,...

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An Unusual Motor Roller

T IIERE are many cases in which single rollers are still found to be the most suitable for the consolidation of asphalt,...

Electric Truck on Postal Parcels Delivery

R EFERENCE . has previouslyvionsly been Made in these columns to the fact that whereas in this country electric industrial...

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The New B1 a ckstone Oil Engines I N our issue

dated .January 20th, the new range of Blackstone oil engines was referred to and we dealt, in particular, with the...

Clever Publicity Caravans

T HE accompanying illustrations show two commercial caravans, one a Chevfolet six-wheeler for the Animal . Defence Society and...

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A Compact Four speed Gearbox

P ATENT No. 340,140, by the Daimler Co., Ltd., Coventry, A. E. Bush and E. 1). Frost, describes a four-speed gearbox which is...