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2nd March 1940
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Wages Problems Simplified

T HE Table of Wages Scales which appears as a supplement to this issue of The Commercial Motor is something which our readers...

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P assing Comments Act Too A NENT the comment we I -1

make, in our . leading article this week, concerning the complication of the Road Haulage Wages Act, and referring to our...

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• One Hears

That the Government help to the railways enables the latter to help 'themselves. That Dunlop advertisements will appear in...

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NEWS of the WEEK

FUEL RATION FOR PRODUCER. GAS VEHICLES INCREASED T HE present basic ration of liquid fuel fixed by the Minister of Transport...

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THIS WEEK'S WAGES PROBLEM

Please advise me upon the following :—I am a haulier running a 30-cwt. Bedford. 1 have a contract with the local council for...

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Are increased Repair Charges

Justified? D ISCUSSING motor-vehicle repair L./charges in war-time, at a meeting of the Leeds Section of the Institute of the...

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Permits for Services to Reception Areas

IT will be remembered that the 1 C.M.U.A. has repeatedly urged the Minister of Transport to authorize the regular operation of...

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EFFECTS of LOAD DISTRIBU1

ON on TYRE WEAR Studious Attention to An Important Tyrelife Factor Which Can Bring About Useful Economies How Better and...

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Mixer Trailer for fast road travel

N Ewapplications of the two-wheeled trailer always seern - to be appearing. An example, of fairly recent introduction, is a...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent RAILWAY FACILITIES ALREADY OVERTAX ED L AST week, in the House of...

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GETTING DOWN to FIGURES n QUOTING for NEW TRAFFIC Using

First Principles ; Which Were Set Out in a Previous Article, to Determine the Rate to Quote for a Specified Class of Traffic...

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• AUXILIARYE INE SCHEME FOR ENHANCING E( \TOMIC OPERATION

Novel American Booster Unit, Designed to Enable Vehicles to Run More Efficiently and to Maintain Faster Schedules at Reduced...

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Gas Not Only An Emergency Fuel

A GOOD summary, containing many valuable comments and facts, was made by C. M. Walter, D.Sc., M.Inst.Gas E., A.M.I.E.E., in a...

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Transport Notes for

Those Who Run Bedfords By F. S. Groom Editor, " The Bedford Transport Magazine." F ROM time to time the Minister of Supply...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT RAIL PROFITS FROM BUS PROSPERITY A CCORDING to the annual report of the directors of the Great Western...

BUS CRITICISM REBUTTED BY TRANSPORT MANAGER

rRITICISM of Glasgow's bus and .—.tram services were, as mentioned briefly in last week's issue, rebutted by Mr. Robert F....

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects

connected with the use of commercial motors. Leiters should be written on only one side of the paper. The right of abbreviation...

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Captain Walton Again Paints in Black the Alternative-fuel Picture

Departure from Liquid Fuel Impracticable Except for Negligible Proportion of Existing Transport Equipment. Hydrogenation...

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Positively Controlled Upper Cylinder Lubrication

An Ingenious Device by Which Lubricant is Fed to the Inlet Manifold During the Early Stages of Running After Start ing From...

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Steering Layout for Maximum Lock

A Risme of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published A DESIGN of steering mechanism, intended to permit...

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APPLICATION OF THESE Wis.'

SCHEDULES Conditions of Employment ; s Guaranteed Week and Guara ecia Cases ; Application of the teed Day ; Holidays with Pay...