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2nd September 1938
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Sugar-beet Haulage—a Solution

THERE is a vast difference, of course, between 1 the quantities involved in meeting the season's requirements for a sugar-beet...

Passing Comments

Lord Nuffield Con Q, PEAKING at the Morris demns Import of 6 .-/ London Dealers meeting last Subsidized Vehicles . Friday, Lord...

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One Hears

That showmen are big buyers of second-hand vehicles. Of prodigious feats by showmen's motors which were purchased at...

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SLUMP IN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

The Board of Trade returns for July, 1938, show that the value of commercial vehicles, cars, chassis and accessories imported...

Driving Hours: What Constitutes a Week ?* A CASE of unusual

interest and importance to hauliers was heard on August 25 by the Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham arising out of the...

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Transit Insurance Notes—EXCESS LOADS

THERE are some hauliers who, as a general rule, use their vehicles for carrying merchandise of low value, but who, every now...

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2 000TH LEYLAND TORQUE. _

CONVERTER ORDERED. A few days ago, Leyland Motors, Ltd., secured an order for its 2,000th hydraulic torque converter....

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A James Industrial Truck Introduced

Twin-cylindered 15-cwt. ThreeztAeeler for Factory or Farm, but Complying with Legal Requirements for Road Use. VOR the past...

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A CRITICAL PERIOD IN THE LIGHT LORRY'S LIFE

T HE discussion a the scheme of maintenance operations (as devised by Captain Walton, of . Unilever, Ltd.), has progressed, in...

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AN OIL-ENGINED COACH FLEE SHOWS SPLENDID ECONOMY

p RIMARILY notable, in connecwith the coach services run by the City Coach Co., Ltd., Zr2-84 Leighton Road, Kentish Town,...

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When an Agrimotor Can be Used on the Road

For Occasional Road Use, Special Exemption May be Had for Farm Machines A SOMEWHAT unusual case, of particular interest and...

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What the Associations Are Doing

. COVE RNMENT ROAD-TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS. Representations have been made by the C.M.U.A. to the Government to give serious...

"Evening Standard's" Attack Countered

(I N our first editorial page in this ‘../issue of The Commercial Motor we state our views on an outspoken and unfair...

Page 40

Big Operator's Alternative-fuel Investigations

A N important contribution to the information available in this , country on the subject of fuels, other than those normally...

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN

FR A AMERICAN BUS DESIGN? PERATORS of 50,000 buses and coaches in the United States, not being content with having secured...

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PART PLAYED by ROAD MOT S in 7,000-TON PEA HARVEST

A Haulage Operation, Simi in its Outline but Complex its Details, Carried Out a Way Which May Ser as a Model in Simil,...

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Strength of the British Motor Industry

Statistics for 1937 Show that the Commercial Vehicle Side of the Industry Maintains Its Position of Solidarity P UBLISIIED...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES MORE ON THE PLATING PROBLEM. [54351 Your leading article in your issue for July 22 and further correspondence by...

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Burst Tyre No Longer a Danger

The Goodyear Lifeguard Two-compartment Tube Which Cannot Become Suddenly Deflated Even if the Outer Cover Suffers Serious...

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The Value of Deflection in Tyres

Capacity of the Lowpressure Tyre to Absorb Shock. Why Fixed Volume is of More Importance than Fixed Pressure D EFLECTION is...

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A Fire-fighter for Aeroplane-factory Protection

F OR the protection of its extensive aero factory, aerodrome hangars, etc., at its Longbridge Works, Birmingham, the Austin...

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Operating Aspects o PASSENGER TRANSPORT

FIGHT FOR TROLLEYBUSES IN GLASGOW I N his report on the suggested use of the trolleyhus in Glasgow, Mr. R. F. Smith, general...

43 PASSENGERS ON A 20 - SEATER.

A HAWICK operator, who was alleged to have grossly overloadred his bus, appeared at Hawick Sheriff Court last week and admitted...

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OPENING OF LEEDS NEW .BUS STATION

T HE new central bus station of Leeds Corporation, the principal features of which have already been mentioned in these...

ABERDEEN'S INCREASED REVENUE

I N the annual report of Aberdeen, Corporation Transport Department, which was submitted to a meeting of the transport...

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Apportioning Braking Effort

A SCHEME for distributing equally the braking force on moderate application, but with increased effort on the front wheels...