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28th March 1947
28th March 1947
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A Dagger in the Back

A N extraordinary general meeting of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association was held a few days ago for the purpose of...

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One Battle Won—More to Fight

M ANY C-licensed operators thrdughout the country must have heaved sighs of relief when they learnt that, as a result of the...

Passing Comments

Motor-operated Doors A T Stockholm's bus and Which Stop Automatic I - 1 trolleybus depot there is ally a number of tall and...

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One Hears

More of 4 unsettlement than resettlement. Of advocacy of the "right-hand rule," by which drivers give way to vehicles on their...

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News of the Week

GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT AFFECTS C-LICENSEES A LTHOUGH C-licensees are released 1 - 1. from the 40-mile limit proposed by the...

Economical New Farm Truck

A NEW vehicle designed specifically .1 - 1 for farm work has been produced by S. E. Opperman`and Co., Ltd., and is being...

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Lord Wootton President of N.R.T.F.

AA N important announcement was made by Mr. H. T. Duffield, chairman of the National Road Transport Federation at a dinner of...

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Tribunal Allows Appeal T HE Appeal Tribunal has allowed the appeal

by Mr. N. B. Criswell against the refusal of the Eastern Deputy 'Licensing Authority to grant him A licences for two vehicles...

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I.R.T.E. Lecture

on Carburation March 20, Mr. L. J. Spencer. sales s.ati and service manager of the Zenith Carburetter Co., Ltd., lectured...

Person at Pars'

MR. FRED MANTLE, of Rawtenstall Corporation, has been appointed assistant traffic superintendent to Birkenhead Corporation's...

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Machine to Clean and Test Plugs A NEW sparking-plug cleaner and

tester, made by the A.C.-Sphinx Sparking Plug Co., Ltd., was demonstrated in London last week. Known as the Plug Doctor, the...

"A" Licences. to Replace Trade Plates?

WHE case of a firm who began spe cialized work during the war and were refused "A" licences last January for three units, came...

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Fighting the

FIRE _Menace D ESTRUCTIVE as a fire is in itself, the damage caused in getting it under control may be even worse. The fire...

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Why Britisl and American Design, Differ

A Canadian Engineer Examines Contemporary Trends in Design and Explains the Fundamental Differences Betiveert the Attitudes of...

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The

krm Ve By J. E. Mayne, B.Sc.(Agric.) Some of the Home-made Vehicles Used by Farmers Give an Indication of the Special Needs of...

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Rates for Tippers on

MUNICIPAL HIRE Fixing Fair Charges for the Hire of Tipping Lorries by the Day and by the Week, Taking into Account the High...

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Passenger Transport News

CORPORATIONS SEEK CONTROL OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT NAEMBERS of the Municipal PassenMger Transport Association are trying to...

Still Hope for 304t. Four.wheeters A LTHOUGH so far the Minister

of Transport has been unsympathetic, there is still hope that permission may be secured to build four-wheeled publicservice...

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Hints on Servicing a

TRACTO] 4AGNETO Careful Attention to the Magneto Will Do Much to Maintain Electrical Efficiency in Farm Tractors. This Article...

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An Ingenious Internal

Thread-cutting Appliance W E have reviewed a number of interesting pieces of equipment produced by W. H. Marley. and Co.,...

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The QU1CK—and the

DEAD By Our Legal Adviser T HE five sittings of the Standing Committee on March 18-20 were devoted to consideration of the...

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PLANNED PRODUCTION

in repair work How the Incentive Method of Organization May be Applied to the Business of a Repairer to Speed up Production...

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LUBRICATION

Automatically Controlled BY MILEAGE A LONG-SOUGHT stride in the pro gress of chassis lubrication has been made by Tecalemit,...

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A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications

Keeping Ott Engine Injectors Cool F ROM Fodens, Ltd. ' W. Foden and E. Twemlow, all of Sandbach, Cheshire, come details of an...