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2nd April 1937
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Contrariness of Some Hauliers

AL L over the country, as the result of association efforts, improvements are being effected in the conditions of the haulage...

Tackle the Dazzle Problem

A A T the beginning of October this year, it will ..tbecome illegal to use any vehicle with headlamps that dazzle or cannot be...

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Passing Comments

Motor Spirit Prices ESPITE the recent rises in Lower Here than on 1 --" the price of motor spirit, we Continent . . . are a...

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One Hears

Of hot business in the North. That the vehicle-marking mania is growing. Of a huge loss caused by the Scottish strike. That...

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NEWS of the WEEK

"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

Amble Urban District Council is to buy a refuse collector. Chailey Rural District Council is to buy a refuse collector....

What is Adequate Evidence ?

T"' 4 0RETICAL deductions, based on fonnulm, are of little value in assessing the need for additional vehicles. Mr. Ouseley...

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Film Business Must Have Motors

T HE importance of foad transport to the cinema business was illustrated during proceedings before the Yorkshire Licensing...

McNamara Refused Trunk Vehicles

.WHEN McNamara and Co. (1921), VY Ltd., applied before the West Midland Licensing Authority, last week, for licences for eight...

Film Transport Appeal Allowed

L AST week, the Appeal Tribunal allowed, with costs, the appeal of Mr. C. J. Hazell, of. Southampton, against the refusal of...

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U.S.A. BUYING MORE FOREIGN TRACTORS.

Notwithstanding the great development of the tractor industry in the United States, America is purchasing increasing numbers of...

Fish Struggle : Protest Against Rail Claim

Railway Evidence on Return Loads Disputed in Aberdeen Fish-transport Case A CLAIM that the railways were en deavouring to...

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Increased Capacity of Latest Lawson Van

Two New Overtype Vans Have Capacities of 1,000 cubic ft. and 1,250 cubic ft. Based on Fordson 2-ton Chassis, These Useful...

Trade Marks Law to Be Altered ?

Important Amendments to Existing Trade Marks Act Proposed in Bill Presented to Parliament I F a Bill that has been presented...

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Basic Charges for Sand Haulage

I SHOULD like, before continuing this series of articles dealing with the haulage of sand and gravel, to state that, in my...

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What the Associations Are Doing

SCOTTISH C.M.U.A. FIGHTING " PERMITTING " CASES. Traders' free choice of transport, said Sir John MacDonald, J.P., presiding...

Yorkshire P.S.V. Owners Support A.R.O.

A RESOLUTION expressing conPl tinned loyalty to A.R.O. was unanimously adopted at a wellattended meeting of members of the...

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Rubber Suspension Makes Headway

New Scammell System Affords Balanced Suspension Combined with Independent Movement for Pairs of Wheels Arranged in Tandem S...

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Easy Accessibility Ii

Light Luton Bodies T HE Luton-type body, which has a superstructure above the cab, is mounted on all sizes of chassis and is...

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IS VEHICLE DESIGN DEVEL PING ON CORRECT LINES?

gilding Chassis and Body as Separate Entities oes not Constitute the Ideal Method of ommercial vehicle-Construction....

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Why Use Foreign Deal?

By A Timberrnan With Prices of Foreign Wood Soaring, Users are Turning a More Sympathetic Eye Towards British Timber D URING...

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An Ambitious Scheme to

Stabilize 7 1 HAT there has been for some time 1 a scheme afoot for Associated Road Operators, directly or indirectly, to take...

Beet Haulage

Mr. R. W, Sewill,Nationai Director of A.R.O., in an Interview with S.T.R., Explains the Association' Plan for Transporting the...

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How Berlin Supplies its Buses with Compressed Gas

There are 50 Motor Vehicles in Berlin Running on Town Gas. These are Fuelled from Three SemiTrailers Drawn by One Tractor and...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament IMPROPER LICENSING DECISION. I N the House of Commons last week Lieut.-Colonel Sandeman Allen asked the...

Summoned for Dropping Mud From Wheels I

C HARGED with allowing mud to fall 1 .--"from a lorry on to the public street, a driver appeared at Hawick Police Court, last...

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Meeting the Special Needs of the Distributive Trades

Bodies Carefully Designed to Meet the Special Requirements of the Operator Can Do Much to Increase Transport Efficiency. In...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES THE PROSPECTS FOR HOME-PRODUCED FUEL. [5011] In fairness to a great new British industry, may I be allowed to...

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Road Transport Essential in,

Air-raid Precaution Schemes Private Operators, as Well as Municipalities, Carry a Duty to Organize Effective Steps to Combat...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

ANOTHER LONDON STRIKE? A NOTHER difficult situation is developing in London Transport circles. The central bus workers,...

Special Plans for Coronation Tours S PECIAL plans have been made

by the Metropolitan and City of London Police for the operation of sightseeing tours by contract carriages in London during...

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NEW TERMS FOR BUS WORKERS

F OLLOWING negotiations between the Transport and General Workers Union and the Venture and Reed and Robson Bros. undertakings,...

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Developments in

The Finishing of Metals Plating, Lacquering, Colouring and Rust-proofing Among the Different Treatments that are Discussed and...

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Increasing the Performance of Existing Engines

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications That Are Obtainable From the Patent Office, Price is. Each T "'patents...