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30th August 1935
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The Prevention

of Overloading T HERE can be little doubt that if the important matter of overloading be not dealt with effectively by the...

The Importance of Research

( - N NE of the most deserving institutions of the motor industry is the Research and Standardization Committee of the...

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Passing Comments

S TANDARDIZATION of design benefits the user, simplifies works organization and is a big factor in reducing prices. It does...

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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 roughness of the roads over which it...

ULSTER TRANSPORT BOARD PERSONNEL

T HE Northern Ireland Minister cf Home Affairs has, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of the Northern Ireland Road...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

Dundee Corporation is considering the Mirchase of a gully emptier, Stockton Town Council is inviting tenders for the supply of...

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THE RAILWAYS' INVESTMENT IN ROAD TRANSPORT

A MIDST the welter of figures that appear in the Railway Returns for 1934, issued a few days ago by the Ministry of Transport...

THE WORK OF THE RESEARCH AND STANDARDIZATION COMMITTEE

T HE fourth annual report of the Research and Standardization Committee of the Institution of Automobile Engineers deals with...

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Crossley Enters the Tractor Market

B ASED principally upon the design of the existing Delta oil-engined chassis, Crossley Motors, Ltd., has developed a...

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The Lighting of Tractors and Trailers

D URING a meeting of the Federation Internationale des 1./Transports Commerciaux par Automobile (F.I.T.C.A.), held at the...

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A New and Larger Wilson Electric

A POPULAR battery-electric vehicle, specially designed for facilitating delivery work where there are many stops, is the Wilson...

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HULL'S £244,000 TROLLEYaUS . SCHEME

I AST Friday, Hull Transport Com mittee decided to. press the city council to replace the tramways by a' trolleybus service,...

WELSH STRIKE EXTENDED

L AST week-end, the bus strike in West Wales extended to other concerns, the , ,employees of 21 undertakings already...

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LANCS BOARD PLAN IN THE BALANCE

I T is understood that a meeting of Manchester, Salford, Oldham and Rochdale Corporations, the four authorities which are...

MAY COMMISSIONER CHANGE HIS MIND?

M AY a Traffic Commissioner 4 change his mind? This question was raised in the appeal of the Eastern National Omnibus Co.,...

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TROLLEYBUSES TURN LOSS INTO PROFIT

D UE entirely to the popularity of the trolleybuses, Derby Corporation's transport department, last year, made a net profit of...

LONDON BUS IN "SMOKING" CASE

A CITY police constable was cornlimented on the presentation of his case, and on his technical and legal knowledge, by counsel...

Features of London's New Leyland Trolleybuses

D ETAILS of the new Leyland 60seater six-wheeled trolleybuses for London Transport have now been announced. Each vehicle has a...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

HILLMANS AND LikITED AIRWAYS: JOINT EFFORT. TT is understood that Hillmans AirI ways, Ltd., and United Airways, Ltd., are...

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Road Transport Indispensable in

FRUIT and VEGETABLE MARKETING T HE organization of fruit and vegetable transport by road is one of the triumphs of the motor...

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What the Metallurgist Has Done

for the Motor Industry T HERE are few metallic parts of commercial vehicles which have not been heat-treated or finished in...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

• WHAT CONSTITUTES DANGEROUS TYRE CONDITIONS? 146191 We presume that in all cases of summonses in respect of the condition of...

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Ingenious Lorry Adaptation by a Farmer A N important principle of

construction is exemplified in the accompanying illustration of a six-wheeled articulated farm lorry, one of several actually...

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SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE CARRIER

I T may be as well, before continuing to discuss the figures which were set out in Tables I and II in last week's issue, to...

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A New Leyland Combustion Chamber

A N oil-engine combustion chamber of the last-moment-kick" variety is the latest development in Leyland practice, and it is...