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29th June 1934
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Page 71

Power and Agriculture

T HE Royal Show brings us around once more to the annual review of the position of power in agriculture. Rapid and great...

Beet Haulage and the New Act

I T is the practice of those haulage contractors who concern themselves with beet transport to reserve certain vehicles...

Page 72

Passing Comments T HE French Government has done more than any

other to encourage the employment of suction-gas producers, and for some years has held extensive trials annually. Despite...

Page 73

One Hears

That something must be done to eliminate the glaro from concrete surfacing. That the Pagefield refuse-collection system deals...

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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 roughness of the roads over which it...

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News of Municipal Activities

Motors Guard Liverpool's Health. In the annual report of the Liverpool medical officer of health, information is given by the...

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An Improved Forth Ferry Service

A LL classes of motor-vehicle user will be interested in the new ferry service which was recently inaugurated. between North...

Page 79

Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent GOVERNMENT REPLY. PETROLEUM PRODUCTION BILL. T HE House of Commons...

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PROGRESS IN MECHANIZED FARMING

Research Carried Out by Oxford Agricultural Engineering Institute Has Proved of Great Value. Many Important Recent Innovations...

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FARM VEHICLE

BODIES for many purposes Catering for the Needs of the General Farmer, the Livestock Breeder, the Market Gardener and the...

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Successful Results from

Pneumatic Tyres on Tractors C ONS1DERABLE progress has been made during the past few years in the development of pneumatic...

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THE COMMERCIAL MOTO 'S PART IN AGRICULTURE

F ARMERS are finding more and more use for motors and less and less us a for horses. The tractor is replacing the horse on the...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

HILLMAN'S NEW ESSEX AIRPORT OPENED. In the week to June 22, Hillmans Airways, Ltd., carried 170 passengers on the London-Paris...

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An Opening for Hauliers in Agricultural Transport

The Farmer of To-day Cannot Do Without the Haulier, from Whom He Needs Service Involving the Use of Many Types of Vehicle By...

Page 92

Future Plans of Yorkshire R.H.A.

, P for holding a series of goodstransport operators' meetings in various towns in Yorkshire, under the auspices of the Road...

Page 93

Licensing Problems Elucidated

The 24th Article of the Series in which We Answer Typical Questions on Different Subjects Resulting from the Passing of the...

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New Standards of Tractor Efficiency

Farmers are Demanding a Standard of Efficiency Never Before Required and Price is Becoming a Secondary Consideration By D. N....

Page 95

One Vehicle for Six Purposes

An Ingenious Jennings Body for Cattle, Livestock, Horses and General Merchandise Mounted on a Dennis Chassis Q NE of the most...

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DELAYS THE BUGBEAR OF BEET TRANSPORT

Contracts for the Forthcoming Season are Now Being Made: This is the Time to Devise Means for Diminishing Congestion M OST...

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THE ROYAL AGF

CULTURAL SHOW A Review of the Machines and Appliances of Interest to the Agriculturist to be Displayed, and in Some Cases...

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A New Automatic Brake for Trailers

A Simple and Effective Brake With Many Interesting Features A N automatic trailer brake, combining the advantages of both the...

Page 105

OPINIONS and QUERIES

Are the Railways Trying to Create a Monopoly? Regulations Governing the Lighting of Overhanging Loads THOSE RAILWAY OBJECTIONS...

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Ingenious Design in a New Horsebox T HE increasing use of

commercial motors for the conveyance of horses is a development which cannot fail to have impressed all those who, at any time,...

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Bus Chassis Developments

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications C OMPLIANCE with official regulaLions often limits the designer in his...

Page 108

The Value of Power Harvesting

Harvest Time Emphasizes the Vital Need for Efficient Methods, and the Advantages of Mechanization are Clearly Shown I T has...

Page 109

Success of the R.H.A. in the West

Over 100 Hauliers Attend an Important Meeting at Paign ton O VER 100 hauliers, drawn from a 50-mile radius, attended a meeting...

New Regulations in the Free State

Governing the Classification and Lighting of Vehicles, Drivers' Licences and Speeds 1 — IN Monday next, July 2, Parts 2, 3,...

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The M.T.T.A, Conference

A Resurnj of the Two Papers Read at the Conference of the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association Which Ends To-day in...

Slum-clearance Transport Problems

A T the outset of his paper on the above topic, Mr. Vane Morland says that, since relatively few towns can rehouse their...

Page 111

Publicity in Transport

T HEpaper by Mr. W. Allan Irvine, the publicity superintendent of Glasgow Corporation's transport department, opens with a few...

A Condemnation of the General Speed Limit

B EFORE the House of Commons. approached the report and thirdreading stages of the Road Traffic Bill, the Motor Legislation...

Page 112

PASSENGER TRANSPORT

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS Operating Aspects of " RED AND WHITE" EFFECTS IMPORTANT MERGERS IN WALES. A FURTHER and...

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MUNICIPAL BUS RESULTS FROM MANY CENTRES

OLDHAM'S HIGHER BUS PROFIT. 1 N the year ended March 31, 1934, the 53 buses in the service of Oldham Corporation were operated...

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A Useful Loading Device

A N interesting loading device particularly adaptable for use by ; f armers has been invented by Mr. Alastair C. Stewart, of...

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THE CLEANSING CONI RENCE in Retrospect

Points from the Discus sions on Papers am Observations on the Nei4 Vehicles and Appliance. at the Demonstration Some...

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B.R.F. Report Records Steady Progress

The Annual Report of the British Road Federation Clearly Points to the Value of this Important Organization FrIE annual...