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28th May 1929
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INTERESTING personal details are given of Iwo well-known pioneer officers in army transport. 4.* • Page .528.

SOME interesting features of body construction nre referred to in an article concerning the activi ties of a well-known...

Strangling Road Transport to Help the Railways.

THERE is every indication that the future ^L prosperity of Great Britain is bound up with and dependent upon efficient...

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LOOSE LEAVES

N OW that the warmer weather has come it is important for operators to check whether their drivers have reset the engine idling...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY

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

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals.

The City and County Borough of CANTERBURY has placed an order with Eleetricars, Ltd., for a 30-40-cwt. lowloading vehicle...

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN OTHER LANDS

Items of News Intended to Stimulate the Interest of British Makers in Overseas Markets. Analysing Canada's Lorry Exports. C...

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A FREE WHEEL under Service Conditions

How a De Lavaud Device Functions on a W. and G. Van Owned by a Well-known Furniture-removal Concern. TIURING the past few...

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A NEW METHOD OF TESTING CASE - HARDENING.

U P to the present the most'.popular Methods of testing the hardness of metal have been by the use of the Brinell and-Herbert...

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Strengthening Plates

in Body Construction T R E NGTHOENINCI plates are essential for almost any class of woodbody framework, but they may also be...

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Pioneers in Army Mechanical Transport

TN a few months Major-General G. F. 'Davies, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., will retire from his present position as Director of...

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ROAD DEVELOPMENT

and its Bearing on NATIONAL PROSPERITY A MOST interesting booklet, entitled "Roads," has 11.. been issued by the Roads...

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INCREASING EFFICIENCY

of STEAM NAGONS - FOR many years there has been but little change in the general principles of steam generation and...

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• A SIX-WHEELER Built from Components

M ANY a lorry made during the past few years from war-time stocks of subsidy-chassis components has proved a sound investment...

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Some Notes on One-way Clutches

T HE construction of an infinitely variable gear has never been a difficult problem so long as one is content to employ the...

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Problems

of the HAULIER and CARRIER M OTOR haulage could be a profitable business for everyone concerned and it would be were it not...

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English Motorbuses

for the Montreal Convention S a striking example of the progress which is being made by British manufacturers in the...

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Extensive Marketing Plans for an American Chassis

F ROM a new works and assembly depot at Beaver Lane, King Street, London, W.6, the Reo Motor Car Co., of Lansing, Mich., 'USA.,...

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Tractor-vans on Biscuit Transport.

IT LIE transport of biscuits and similar commodities by road motor d'ernands!the employment of a type of vehicle which, above...

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Promising Features in COACH CONSTRUCTION

T HE '.essential features of coach and bus bodywork are common to the products of most modern coachbuilders, but every designer...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS

The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one side of...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. need for suitable accommodation for passengers before and after a journey...

NOTTINGHAM'S NEW MUNICIPAL GARAGE.

The Organization Dealing With a Large and Growing Fleet of Motorbuses, Trolley-buses and Tramcars Now Centralized at a Depot...

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THE LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK BUS BILL.

Details of an Agreement Arrived At Between the Promoting Company and the Municipal Authorities Concerned. S EVERAL conferences...

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SIX - WHEELERS FOR TOURING.

Enterprise of a Hyde Company Which, This Year, is Specialising, in Long-distance Work. rrIELIS year Goodfellow Services,...

AN INTERESTING PLYING - FOR - HIRE CASE.

Swansea Police Court Considers the Unusual Circumstances of Operation of Some Local Bus Services. • A N interesting "test...

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An Interesting

INFINITELY VARIABLE GEAR T EE gear described in specification No. 310,064 is particularly interesting, as it provides an...