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29th April 1938
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Transit Insurance Problems

T HE policy of this journal is automatically divided into two main trends, which may be summed up as guidance and service to...

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Passing Comments

Care Would Reduce URING a lecture to the Industrial and Road " employees of Blackstone Accidents and Co., Ltd., of Stamford,...

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One Hears

Of foreign inquiries for British tanks. From official circles that rubber paving has a low resistance to skidding. That most...

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NEWS Orol E WEEK

Speaking on the Budget, Lieut.Colonel Moore-Brabazon said he was sorry that the Chancellor had accepted the fetish of the...

NEW HAULAGE ASSOCIATION REGISTERED.

Much interest will undoubtedly be aroused by the notification of the registration, on April 19, of a new association' under the...

Budget Increases on Petrol, Oil and Power Alcohol

O N Tuesday, Sir John Simon introduced his first Budget and the changes in taxation which he an nounced included the increase...

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PARCEL-CARRIERS' CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. .

At a meeting of the executive of the National Conference of Parcels Carriers, held in Birmingham on Friday of last week, Mr. G....

G.P.O. ESCAPES AUTHORITY'S CRITICISM.

" If the General Post Office think that is a proper way of doing their business, it is not for me to criticize them,'' remarked...

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'THE SUBSIDIARY-COMPANY QUESTION IN LICENSING.

Three unusual requests for B licences came before Mr. W. Chamberlain, North-Western Licensing Authority, in Manchester, last...

L.N.E. R. "Not S COME sharp comments concerning railway opposition's attitude

were made by Mr. Russell Gurney, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, during the hearing of an application by Quayside...

Very Courteous"

raise this point of the appeal in this court. It seems to me to amount to pressure." Mr. Merritt: " I am quite certain that...

R.I.A. Reviews

Road Situation T HE annual report of the Roads Improvement Association, issued on Monday last, opens with a note of lament...

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TUNNEL TRAFFIC GROWS.

The London County Council reports a further traffic increase in Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels and on Woolwich ferry. Over a...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

now Corporation has authorized the purchase of a van for the gas dept. Chester Transport Committee is to obtain tenders . for...

New Coventry-Victor Vehicle Power Unit

Twin-. cylindered Oil Engine Now Standardized Complete with Clutch and Four-speed AAINLY to meet a demand from lifloverseas,...

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Fair Shares for Road and Rail

Division of the Functions of the Two Systems Seems Inevitable, and the Time is Ripe for Going Thoroughly Into This Problem S...

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What the Associations are . Doing

BIG C.M.U.A. MEETINGS ON WAGES BILL. An important mass-meeting of A-, Band C-licence operators is being held by the C.M.U.A....

S.T.R. on Depreciation and Insurance O UR costs expert. S.T.R., addressed

a crowded meeting of haulage Contractors in the Chatham Sub-area of A.R.O., on Monday of this week. The success of the meeting,...

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NEW COMMITTEE FOR LONDON C.M.U.A.

At a meeting of the C.M.U.A. London and Home Counties Divisional Committee, held on Tuesday, the following were elected...

Our Latest Mobile Darkroom

Details of the Design of a Modern and Attractive Vehicle Acquired, for Photographic Duties, by Temple Press Ltd. TEMPLE PRESS...

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Your Tyres Ask for Reasonable Care

Lack of Simple Attention Often Results in Premature Failure of Tyres, Which Could Easily be Avoided if Operators Would Get to...

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The Right Timber for Trailers

A Timberman Points Out How Many Different Woods can be Used for the Construction of Trailer Bodies and Gives Details of Some of...

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An Epicyclic Gear Desigr for Automatic Control

The Fleischel Unit in Which Changes Can Be Made, by Automatic Means, Without Interruption of Driving Torque. Four Forward...

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A New Six-cylinder Row-crop Tractor A FEATURE of the new Oliver 70 row-crop tractor is

the smooth-running six-cylindered power unit with which it is equipped. The model sold in this country is designed to run on...

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CASE FOR CO-ORDINATION kS AGAINST CO-OPERATION

"Haulier" Criticizes S.T.R.'s Series of Artio Best Results Can Be Obtained by a C a "Why Sell Now?" and Thinks that the ination...

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BODY DESIGNS FOR LIQUOR TRANSPORT VEHICLES

F OR the transport of beer in barrels platform and sided lorries, having floors without wheel arches, are chiefly used. The...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES USERS' SATISFACTION WITH WELL-KNOWN BRITISH VEHICLES. [5333] As regular readers of The Commercial Motor we were...

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Making Provision in Costs for the Reserve Vehicle

A CHAT I had with an experienced haulier the other day about The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Cost is of particular...

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Operating

Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT WORKERS OBJECT TO TROLLEYBUSES T HE Northern Traffic Commissioners, at Newcastle, last week,...

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BATTLE FOR TOURS TO EXHIBITION

"THREE applications for tours from J. Strathaven. Larkhall and Stonehouse to the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, were made by Mr....

LEGAL TUSSLE ON TRIP RECORDS

rONSIDERABLE legal argument on the keeping of records took place at Liverpool Police Court, last week, when Gavin Murray, of...

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GLASGOW WORKERS EXPECT INCREASE

G LASGOW municipal transport employees are expecting an increase of 2s. a week, as the result of the application by the...

FARE PROFITS PUZZLE COMMISSIONERS

B EFORE the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners, last week. Geo. Ewer and Co., Ltd.. applied for a road-service licence to...

Fish-transport Battle Begins at Aberdeen

Early Stages in the Fight Over Traffic from Aberdeen to English Marts T HE future of the transport of fish from Aberdeen to...

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A Three-wheeled Battery electric Van Chassis

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications P ATENT No. 481,661 discloses details of a battery-driven threewheeled...