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31st October 1941
31st October 1941
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The Future of the Battery-electric

rIERTAIN remarks which we have Made recently concerning the position of batteryelectrie vehicles, and which were included more...

Passing Comments Pointers on the UninURING his presidential versity Training of I– I address to the Institution

Engineers of Civil Engineers, Professor . C. E. Inglis, 0.B.E., M.A., speaking on the subject of engineering education, said...

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One Hears

That "old bones" are wanted—both for work and salvage. That "one-man" buses can easily be converted to '" one-woman." That...

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News of the Week Government Haulage Scheme Taking' Shape

O UR leading article this week deals with the new Government roadhaulage scheme resulting from consultation with the Road...

S.J.C. APPROVES MINISTRY'S HAULAGE SCHEME TIIE Standing Joint Committee met

. on October 24 to receive a report ' on the scheme which the Ministry of War Transport is putting into operation in...

ROAD HAULAGE CENTRAL WAGES BOARD RECONSTITUTED

T HEMinister of Labour and National Service has reconstituted the Road Haulage Central Wages Board' for the regulation of wages...

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SCOTTISH BACKING FOR OFFICIAL ' HAULAGE SCHEME " AM confident

that we in Scotland are going to see that the scheme does not fall down, so far as we are concerned," said Mr. Archibald...

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SAVING TRANSPORT BY LOCAL CONSUIVJ A PTION A NEW scheme to assist

in economiz ing transport has been announced by Lord Leathers, Minister of War Transport. Briefly, the Government is arranging...

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COMPANY AND DRIVER FINED FOR SPEEDOMETER OFFENCE

D IFFICULTIES of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., in keeping speedometers in good repair for 200 express buses were commented upon...

Lords Blame Speed, '"Heavies" and Walkers for-Accidents

• r■OMMERCIAL vehicles were quoted L in the House of Lords, last week but. by no means convincingly-as responsible to a...

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War-time Bus Bodies to Official Specification

WITH the object of facilitating pro, W duction and effecting economies in labour, time and materials, a standard specification...

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Big Oilers to Make Greater War Effort

lk.ST operator, we believe, to take advantage 6f the recently granted concessions relating to weight and length of...

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Substantial Increases in Haulal

The Story of a Talk which S.T.R. Had with a Haulier Who Thought That They Were Not I T is still substantially true that most...

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ates Are justified

DETAILS OF INCREASING COSTS, AS COMPARED WITH ONE YEAR AGO (The figures are "per hour") Again, if you have had ato engage fresh...

Trolleybus Design Makes Steady Progress Some Interesting Developments Brought to Light by a Municipal Official Concerned with Rolling Stock

WHETHER trolleybus operation will 1fIr some day be revolutionized by wireless transmission of electric power to the vehicle was...

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Raising the Status

of the Road-transport Worker By J. C. FRANCIS General Seererary of the Uniled Road Transport Workers Association of England...

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BRITAIN'S FAMOUS GENERALS No. 8

SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER 1782-1853 .,, — APIER (incidentally a brother of A Sir William Napier whose history -4of the Penins...

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Achieving Co-ordination .

in the Sand and Ballast Industry • Where the Development of One Representative Association Has Achieved Important and...

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GAS-BAGS LIFT MIDLANI DPERATOR'S BUS MILEAGE

Barton Transport, With Town Gas and is To-day Rut] on this Alternative Experiences and T had Much Experience nger-vehicle...

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SOME ADVANTAGES OF RUBBER-TRACK VEHICLES

A CORRESPONDENT of our assoP1 ciated journal " The Motor " calls for a revival of the rubber-track vehicle for war service, and...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence On all subjects

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

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Big Bus Mileage by a

Herefordshire "Independent" Fleet DROBABLY the best' known of the / independent bus . operators in Herefordshire, Messrs....

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A Place in the Sun for the Small Haulier

A Plea for More Recognition of the Value of Operators With From One to Five Vehicles By "TANTALUS" T O identify the, part...

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Non-sticking Feed V. - Ives

for Hydraulic Brakes A Resumi of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published , A 'hydraulic braking system must of...