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2nd December 1939
2nd December 1939
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Rail Rates No Good to Hauliers

T HE suggestion is again being made that railway rates and classifications should be applied to road haulage. We think the idea...

Motors Aid Decentralization Economy

EVENTE VENTS of the past two months or so'have served refocus attention upon the ethics and economics of decentralization. They...

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NEWS of the WEEK

OUR 'OWN CORRESPONDENT AT THE FRONT .A SPECIAL correspondent of The Commercial Motor and The Motor, Mr. R. L. de Burgh...

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Enness Producer Put Through Its Paces in

Scotland A DEMONSTRATION was given on Pt November 24 at the garage of William Gillespie and Son, Ltd., Paisley, of the Enness...

Croydon Decides to Employ compressed

Methane Gas NiTETHANE gas, a by-product of alsewag,e disposal, is to be used to run the heavy transport of Croydon...

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A.R.O. Traffic Scheme Open to All

Further Details of a' 'Comprehensive Clearinghouse Scheme to be Arranged on a Voluntary membership Basis S OME details of the...

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Past, Present and Future Gas Activities at Newcastle

Concentration Now on Low-pressure Bags. Possibilities Later of Reinforced-rubber 100 lb. per sq. in. Containers. High pressure...

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Thermo-dynamic Characteristics of GASEOUS FUELS

A N article in a recent, issue of this journal was devoted to a survey of outstanding thermochemical aspects of some of the...

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How MECHA

TACKLES NEW America's Leading City Has Completely Modernized Its Sanitary Services During the Past Four Years Features of...

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Road-transport Topics in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent GARAGES ARE NOT SHORT OF PETROL T HE Secretary for Mines denied that garages could...

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What You Want to Know A

i t Producer-gas Operating Costs I N the course of a discussion of the operating costs of a 5-54-ton 30 m.p.h. vehicle, on...

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Emergency-service Ambulances Convertible for Normal Deliveries

T O meet the increased demand among municipalities, large industrial concerns and other operators for economical...

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Liquid Fuel From Waste Coal Product

A SPECIAL fuel and a carburetter to use it with are products of Carbohydrol, Ltd., Star Works, Lymin, near Warrington. The...

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A Collapsible Ramp for Wheel Jacking rrnli raise by hand,

even with the aid of an hydraulic jack, 1 the wheel of a heavy laden lorry is a laborious operation. When a big-section tyre is...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

A.R.O. FREIGHT BROKERS AND THE NEW SCHEME WITH reference to the Press announcements of the " A.R.O. Clearance House scheme...

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Built for Exacting Transport in Turkey

R ECENTLY completed for the .British Geco Engineering Co., Ltd., of London, is the interesting Thornycroft outfit shown in the...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

MUNICIPAL BUSMEN'S WAGES CLAIM LAIMS for an increase of wages for • drivers and conductors of municipal passenger-transport...

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Manchester Sets Great Store by Motors for Health Services

A T a time like the present, when so many municipal committees • appear to be suffering from a severe bout of indecision...

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SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT FOR TYRE RETREADING

I N view of possible tyre price fluctua tions, the question of re-rubbering covers has become of increased importance . to...

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Improved Injection-pump Delivery Valve

DATENT No. 513,349 comes from Bryce, Ltd., and G. Green, both of Kelvin Works, Hackbridge. The subject is an improved form of...