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2nd August 1935
2nd August 1935
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Two Years' Road Work

W HAT have the past two years meant to the roads of Britain? Very little, if we exclude the Mersey Tunnel—a few corners rounded...

Harsh Application of the Law

T HE law may be brought into contempt in two opposite manners—by neglect to apply it and by administering it more in the letter...

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Passing Comments

n ITRING a recent short visit to the works of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., we were interested to see the new shop, which covers an...

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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...

TWO METROPOLITAN APPEALS DECIDED

QN Wednesday, the Appeal bunal Th announced its decision on two appeals against the findings cf the Metropolitan Licensing...

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HAULIERS WIN FISH-TRAFFIC STRUGGLE

THE controversy over the fi sh traffic from Shetland has ended in victory for road transport, Last week Mr. Henry Riches,...

UNLICENSED VEHICLE USED UNDER BAN

A T Birkenhead Borough Police Court, on July . 20, Mr. Owen McCoy, a Birkenhead haulier, and Mr. John English, a driver, were...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

East SUSSeX County Council is to buy six light lorries, three petrol rollers and six trailers. Oldham Watch Committee is...

Personal Pars

The retirement is announced of Mr. P. A. McKillop, who, for the past 35 years, has represented the interests of the Vacuum Oil...

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How the New Association Will Operate

T ULL details have been announced of the constitution of Associated Road Operators, Ltd., which has been formed by the...

Records Prosecution Dismissed With Costs

S ITTING at the Guildhall Justice A..-,Room, London,. last week, Alderman Sir W. Phene Neal had before him a batch of summonses...

Confusion Over Transfer

B EFORE Mr. Chamberlain, the North-Western Licensing Authority, .at Liverpool,. on Monday, Mr. H. Draper, of...

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New Trolleybus Design for Overseas

Fifty Ransomes Single and Double-decker Four-wheelers with Regenerative Braking for Cape Town Municipality A NEW fleet of 50...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

ROAD USERS SHOULD CONTROL THE ROADS. 146011 I am very pleased at the splendid stand you have taken up on behalf of...

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Using a Thornycroft in Well Drilling E NCCA.TRAGED by the Government's

promised assistance for approved schemes, up to a total grant_of .1,000,000, various local authorities and estate owners are...

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A New Oil-engined Model for the Showman

T HE oil engine is now finding a ready use in all spheres of transport, its reliability, performance and economy of working...

A Development of the Mechanical Horse

A N interesting Italian semi-bailer )utfit, known as the Bordone, and representing a version of the mechanical horse, is...

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Why Eastern National Transfer Application Failed

A Nimportant statement of policy in connection with the transfer of licences, and a reference to the restrictive-agreement...

FARE-CUTTING WITH I 2-JOURNEY TICKETS

- T HE Northern Traffic Commissioners agreed, last Friday, to allow the continuation of 12-journey tickets between Newcastle...

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BLACKPOOL SCHEME APPROVED,

vir/HERE the coach operators would VV appear to have failed to produce an acceptable co-ordination scheme, the North Western...

RULE AGAINST COMMISSIONER

rI N Tuesday, a King's Bench 'L./Divisional Court (Lord Hewart and Justices MacKinnon and Ifilbery) granted an application by...

Counsel Alleges Pre-judgment

nOMINANCE by the Metropolitan L./Traffic Commissioner was suggested to have been responsible for the_ long delay between the...

ANOTHER COMPANY-MUNICIPAL CO-ORDINATION SCHEME.

A NOTHER company-municipal coordination proposal was put before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, on Monday, in the form of...

Rail Attack on Extended Tours

A NEW phase of railway opposition was set forth in an appeal by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co., at Manchester,...

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APPEAL AGAINST BAN ON STATION

A N unusual case arose, last week, Pi.when Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., appealed against the refusal of Morecambe Corporation...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament By Our Special, Parliamentary Correspondent LICENCE REFUSALS CAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT. S 0 much attention has...

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The Influence of Road Safety on Passenger Transport

W ITH the low-priced car firmly established on the market and legions of cyclists flocking to join the present hosts on the...

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Higher Insurance Premiums for Haulage Vehicles

T HERE have, during the past few months, been many alterations in insurance rates, but the vehicles most affected are those...

A New Propaganda Scheme

T HOSE who have studied modern sales-promotion methods know that one of the most effective means for increasing the...

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A NEW RANGE

: 7 LEYLAND CUBS first description d full test report F OLLOWING a practice that is gaining popularity, but seems to be...

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C.M.U.A. National Road Transport Conference

T HE National Road Transport Conference organized by the Commercial Motor Users Association, 50, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1, will...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

PORTSMOUTH TO PARIS DIRECT. T HE new week-day service of Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation, Ltd., between...

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Solving the Problems of the Carrier

L IMITATION of space compelled me, in the previous article, to terminate it in the middle of a most interesting description of...

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New Aids for Transport Engineers

AN EMERGENCY SOURCE OF H.T. CURRENT. A useful item of equipment marketed by D. W. Riches and Co., Carrholm Crescent, Leeds, 7,...

A COMBINED CRANE AND JACK

A N accompanying illustration shows the H.F. Jackcrane, made by Harvey Frost and Co, Ltd., 148-150, Great Portland Street,...

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A High-efficiency Non-servo Brake

A Resume of Patent Specifications that have Recently been Published A BRAKE mechanism employing no servo effect, yet giving a...