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2nd September 1932
2nd September 1932
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Outmanoeuvred

A CLOSE study of the recommendations contained in the report of the Conference on Rail and Road Transport . cannot but lead to...

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THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Another Insurance Difficulty.

H AULIERS and other owners of road -ILI-vehicles usually have quite sufficient expense to meet without having to pay insurance...

Passing Comments

K ERBSTONES and flagstones are tested for wear at the National Physical Laboratory by arranging specimens in an apparatus to...

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ONE HEARS

That licensing will become Britain's premier industry. That there will now be many "ifs" about chassis sales in the I.F.S....

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

"The wheels of wealth will he slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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Personal Pars.

We learn that Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd., has appointed Mr. W. U. Goddard as its sole conversion agent for Lancashire, in...

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A Guard-rail Concession.

Replying to representations by the Commercial Motor Users' Association concerning the difficulties which would arise if the...

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News of Municipal Activities

Liverpool's Busy Municipal Motors. Daring 1931 over 400,000 tons of domestic and trade refuse were collected by the vehicles,...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Rusanmar Urban District Council is buying a 30-ewt, lorry costing 1213. Chas. H. Pugh, Ltd., of Ormskirk, is suppl ying...

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Birmingham's Electric Refuse Collectors Save Money.

The salvage department of Birmingham Corporation has decided to abolish its remaining 70 horse-drawn refusecollecting vehicles...

Morris Vans for 1933

T "programme for 1933 of Morris Motors, Ltd., Oxford, has just been announced, and, apart from interesting developments on the...

Scarnmell Lorries Turns to Fire-engine Production

W E are able to announce that Scamraell Lorries, Ltd., London and Watford, has just turned its attention to the manufacture of...

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A New Refuse Collector

for small districts The Pagefield Prodigy in Which Loading Takes Place from the Rear. Oil or Petrol-engined Chassis Available...

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All-round Opposition to the "Report"

A Selection from the Many Letters and Official Statements Which We Have Received, Criticizing the Road and Rail Conference...

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A New Tangye

Six-cylindered Oil Engine An Interesting Cornbuslion Principle and Other Features Characterize the Latest Unit for Road and...

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It is Not Too Late Constructive Criticisms That Were Put

Forward in this Journal Before the Conference on Rail and Rcad Transport Began Its Work. Grave Warnings That Became Accurate...

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How HEAVY ROA

) TRANSPORT AIDS NATIONAL EFFICIENCY The Employment of Heavy Haulage Vehicles is Bound Up with the Efficient Transport of...

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WHERE TO FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS

.A Feature which Hauliers Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining Contracts rilltADE is still...

The Strength of The British Motor Industry

T" H E strength and importance of the motor industry of Great Britain is abundantly illustrated in the 1932 edition of "The...

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Pleasing Performance by

71 AN OIL-ENGINED 2-TONNER The Mercedes-Benz Miracle Yields Interesting Performance Figures, is Easily Handled and Shows...

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Scilly's 1933 Flower Season Depends on Road Transport

The Season will Open about Christmas Time —Growers are Anxious to Know Whether They Can Again Have the Benefits of a Road...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Value of Blended Oils and Lead Oleate. How to Obtain Overseas Orders. Registering a Haulage Firm Refuse Collection by...

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INTERIOR DECORATION

present-da y tendencies Designing Decoration Schemes for Coaches and Buses With a View to Securing Novelty,Harmony and Easy...

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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT

UNITED ACTION BY M.H.C.S.A. MEMBERS OVER AMULREE REPORT Resolution Gives Full Power to Deputation to Present Case to the...

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS

Southern Scotland. AT the Southern Scotland Traffic Commissioners' sitting in Edinburgh on September 7th, the bulk of the...

LATEST NEWS FROM THE TRAFFIC AREAS

ORDERS ON COMMISSIONERS. ORDERS on the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners have been made by the Minister of Transport in...

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First Fluid Flywheel Coaches in Canada

T EE Gray Coach Lines, a subsidiary of the Toronto Transportation Commission, has recently put into service two, A.E.C. Ranger...

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A Non-rigid Coupling for shafts

T HE names of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., and Seth Sadler appear in patent No. 377,454, relating to a coupling for shafts...