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2nd July 1929
2nd July 1929
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The Promotion of Safety in Pas. senger Vehicles.

T HIS week we publish the names of the prizewinners in our competition for ideas which will promote the safety` of passenger...

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The Precedence of Interim Reports from the Royal Commission.

lop EFERENCE back to official announcements liiconcerning the proceedings and programme of the Royal Commission on Transport...

The Overseas Success of the British Six-wheeler.

w E feel that we are justified in taking unto ourselves a measure of credit for the success which the British six-wheeled...

A CASE recently came to our notice of a vehicle being

temporarily put out of commission in wet weather due to jamming of the windowwinding mechanism, some of the windows being stuck...

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ONE HEARS

Too much of some motor mowers. Of more parcelcars on the stocks. And of one or two which should be in them. Some harsh words...

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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...

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Control of East Coast Road Services.

United Automobile Services, Ltd., to be Bought Out by Tilling and British Automobile Traction, Ltd., and the London and...

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LARGER LOADS on a Popular Chassis

W ITH so robust a chassis as the model AA Ford there is, to some users, always a temptation to overload it, whilst others find...

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The Preservation of the

BUS BODY A LTHOUGH the nightly cleaning of a bus is now carried out more efficiently than formerly, owing to the use of...

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What the ROYAL SHOW Will Reveal

O N Tuesday next, July 9th, at Harrogate, the Annual Show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England opens to the public, the...

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A NEW CONVERSION SET for Large Rigid Six-wheelers

H ITHERTO the majority of conversion sets, by means _Lief which four-wheeled chassis may be transformed to the rigid...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

The works committee of the FULHAM Borough Council recommends the purchase of seven low-loading motor vehicles for refuse...

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IDEAS

For Promoting SAFETY On Passenger Vehicles O WING to the large number of entries received in The Commercial Motor competition...

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Specialists in Horsebox Design

Describing Some Recent Products of a Concern which Has Paid Considerabie Attention to the Transport of Horses by Road. A...

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Testing the Daimler CF6 Chassis

How a Daimler 28-seater Single-deck Bus Performed During a Run Through Several Midland Districts. A N interesting test was...

THE CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF QUARRYING

The annual conference of the Institute of Quarrying was opened at Brighton on Tuesday of last week by Sir Henry Maybury, the...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS

Steel for Van Bodies, The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. • [2815] Sir,----Thanks for excellent Goods Transport Nutnber. In...

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MOBILITY FOR THE DEMOLITION PLANT

TT is not so very long ago ithat rock-breaking and demolition Work were executed only by explosives and by manual labour with...

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AN INDUSTRIAL TRACTOR Proves Its Merits

O NE of the first points which strike the critical observer in connection with the Chenard-Walcker tractor and 10-ton trailer...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. A NEW CROSS-COUNTRY SERVICE. The Opening-up of a Route which Connects...

ENTERPRISE OF A FURNESS BUS COMPANY.

Interesting Details of the Services of a Concern which is Standardizing on Leyland Single-Deckers. F URNESS is flat part of...

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KARRIER PASSENGER - VEHICLE DELIVERIES.

Brief Details of a Bus and a Coach Body Mounted on a Popular Make of Cl.assis. T 114}3 demand for the JKL passenger chassis...

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ROOMINESS IN A 20-SEATER COACH.

Descriptive of a New Commer Coach the Body of which has been Constructed by a Manchester Concern. W . E have recently received...

Leyland Employees Visit Flanders

O NE of the most striking and original works outings which has ever been organized was that which took place between Friday and...

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A LOW LOADING CHASSIS of Straightforward Design

CIONSIDERABLE popularity has A.)been obtained, particularly in the north, by the Dearne 2i-8-ton sanitary tipping wagon, which...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER TT is the duty of every busi ness man to ... watch his alarkets. — A haulier's market is, as I have...

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A New Small Track-laying Machine

S EVERAL authorities in the tractor world a short time ago expressed the opinion that the track-laying type of machine had...

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RUNNING, UPKEEP AND OVERHAUL

Interesting Contributions from Maintenance Engineers, Drivers and Mechanics. Refacing Mushroom Valves with Accuracy. FINE of...

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A Mechanical

Servo Brake rpHE brake described here is of the type in which a servo effect is produced by the friction of a certain part of...