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2nd January 1942
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Post-war Transport Opportunities

Q CITE often we receive from men in the Forces and elsewhere requests 4 for information as to how they can, either immediately...

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Food Wastage By Transport Delays

T HE great importance of trowing more food is being drummed into the Nation from hoardings, from the cinema screens and by the...

Passing Comments

Beware of Poisoning by Carbon Monoxide Gas rINE of the chief constituents \-/ of proddcer gas is carbon monoxide, and although,...

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One Hears

Care for brakes and avoid breaks. That it does not do to confuse seal oil with oil seal. • That at Hogmanay in war time no one...

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News of the Week

How Hauliers' National Traffic Pool Will Work A NOTE from the M. of W.T. set out the conditions under which the Hauliers'...

WAR-TIME INCREASES IN EARNINGS

A S a result of the census of earnings taken by the Ministry of Labour last July, it has been shown that, as compared with a...

SPARE PARTS FOR BRITISH VEHICLES OVERSEAS

T HE principle has been secured that all motor-vehicle and trailer menulecturers in this country shall be eligible to receive...

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APPOINTMENTS TO HAULIERS' NATIONAL TRAFFIC POOL

WITH the approval of the W M. of W,T„ the Hauliers' National Traffic Pool, constituted as part of the Government road-haulage...

Bid for Removal •of Restrictions on Ferry Bridge

P ROTESTS against the high toll charges and usage restrictions on the Connel Ferry rail-road bridge were made last week at a...

Even Flow of Traffic Benefits "East Kent" Company

I N the course of his remarks at the 25th ordinary general meeting,of the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., Mr. _Sidney Garcke,...

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Goods Insurance Problem at Liverpool "Smalls" Transit Depot

JERSEY Docks and Harbour Board alhas declined to accept responsibility for the insurance of goods deposited by hauliers in the...

Snowploughs for distance Vehicles of ShortHauliers ?

P UTTING forward suggestions for snow clearance and anti-slip treat'talent of road surfaces, a sub-committee of the C.M.U.A....

London Transport's Paper and Other Salvage

O CR leg has been gently pulled by the London Passenger Transport Board in reference to oar heading, " Scrap Your 'Files—Don't...

VALUABLE BLACK-OUT AID FOR BUS PASSENGERS DECENTLY the Press has given

‘prominence to an appeal for the introduction of a microphone system on public transport vehicles, to enable drivers to...

COMMISSIONER . INVESTIGATING .LOADING DELAYS

A LETTER has been sent by Sir William Chamberlain, Northwestern Regional Transport Commis- . sioner, to the Liverpool Cart and...

TRADER CELEBRATES HIS 60th BIRTHDAY

A T the invitation of Mr. John Knape, .managing` director of Jubilee Garages (1940), Ltd., of Burnley, more than 100 people...

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To-day's Conditions Demand Making Repair Work Easy.

How a Lead'ng Heavyveh: cle Repair Concern is Combating Present Difficultie§ and Maintaining its Workshops at High Output ri...

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"SMALLS" What to 'Avoid n Dealing With Parcels Traffic

The Third Article of a Brief Series Intended to Help the Parcels Carrier in a Small Way of Bus ness. Typical Example of an...

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The Future of Inner Zone Transport

By A. C. Morrison 170,000 Vehicles, from Pedestrian-controlled Outfits lb 6-tonners, Will be Needed for Operation Within an...

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Tool Heat-treatment in the Garage

How to Obtain the Best Results in Hardening and Forging, and to Avoid Spoiling Good Tools and Wasting the Initial Work of...

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. Building Roads on a Mass-production Basis

THOSE in control of the construction 1 of our roads still have a lot to learn regarding the building of these iii a speedy and...

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DIFFERENTIALS THAI ECLUDE WHEEL-SPIN

Two Inge Mechanisms Torque Eq Wheels in stances, bu Case, the 1 Gripping Other is ( and, in t Useful nal-drive Distribute the...

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OPII

UER1ES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be...

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New Steam Technology

Could Revolutionize the Steam Road Vehicle With the Adoption of Super-pressure and Forced Circulation, all Types Could be...

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Plurality of Hard Inserts for Piston-ring Grooves

T "problem of providing a hardwearing ring groove in a soft piston is often complicated by the differing expansion rates of...