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3rd April 1942
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TRANSPORT SERVICES, LIMITED

RECORD REVENUE-COMPANY'S GREAT NATIONAL EFFORT Mr. H. C. DRAYTON'S SURVEY rrkIE adjourned annual general meeting of Transport...

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Purely Hauliers' Association Needed

A GROUP of retailers in Chester has decided to form a company to operate its road transport. That important announcement was...

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An Important Principle Established

A PRINCIPLE for which we have long fought is apparently accepted and granted in the recent Order which controls increases in...

Passing Comments

Another Edition of A WELL-KNOWN cornmerthe Babes in the 1-1 cial-vehicle manufacturer Wood who has had returned to him by the...

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One Hears

That Hitler is looking for a "helper spring." That he hopes this will relieve him of some of his burden. Of fewer "spare...

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News of the Week

NEW PROPOSALS AGREED BY CENTRAL WAGES BOARD A T a meeting of the Central Wages Board on March 19, agreement was given to a...

Dunlop Wins Trade Mark Appeal

I N the Chancery Division, last week. Mr. Justice Simonds heard an appeal by the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd„ from the decision of...

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Producer Gas Viewed with Favour in South Africa

WITH the introduction of petrol Ylf rationing hi South Africa, the Minister of Commerce and Industries, the Hon. R. Stuttaford,...

" Finals " Day in Regional Driving Competition

U NDER "active service " conditions a great deal may depend upon. the Akin with which Civil Defence vehicles are manoeuvred. As...

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LONDON TRANSPORT SAVING 360,000 MILES A WEEK r OMPARED with last

year's summer time-tables for road services, this year's schedule of London Transport shows a saving of some 360,000 miles a...

G. D. PETERS 1941 RESULTS fl'^I 1941 G. D, Peters

and Co., Ltd.. I made a net profit of £54,287, after providing for E.P.T., against £114,901 in the previous year, before...

WELLINGBOROUGH C.M.U.A, ELECTS OFFICERS

WHEN the Wellingborough Sub-area VIr of the C.M.U.A. recently met, Mr. B. J. Bagshatv was re-elected chairman, whilst Mr, W. J....

A.R.O. AREA CHAIRMAN ON POST-WAR INDUSTRY S PEAKING at the annual

meeting of the Derby Sub-area of A.R.O., Mr, A. W. Darby, East Midland area chairroan, referred to the part that the...

Notes on the Government Road Haulage Scheme

• CHARTERED VeHicus.—The number of vehicles offered for charter has now reached a total of 2,600. The industry has therefore...

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U.S.A. Is Retreading 10,000,000 Tyres a Year

/ Operating Records Show Big Resultant Economies and No Rise in Failures: Hints on When to Retread and How to Judge Used Tyres'...

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Army Solves Work&s' Transport Problems

The Work of the R.A.S.C. Motor coach Companies and How They Are Helping in the Solution of the Difficulties Associated With the...

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Will H.N.T.P. Area Committee's New Rates Schedule Become National?

Leeds Area Committee of Hauliers' National Traffic Pool Formulates a Schedule Based on a Common Per Ton Lead Mile Standard A...

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Current Rat( Municipa Df Hire for Haulage

Figures Show that Open third, as Compared v Should Increase by ivfi c:Ists are Up by One'e-war Days. Rates tan That...

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Post-war Reconstruction Discussed

L AST week we referred to the British Road Federation luncheon which marked the setting up of a Post-war Reconstruction...

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Lessons Which Must Be Learnt

A Call For Initiative, Foresight and Bold Leadership Freed From the Trammels of Red Tape, Spates of Forms and Departmental...

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OPINIONS and O UERIES

Food and Accommodation for Drivers T HE suggestion, made by Mr. Edward Thorpe in "The Commercial Motor" on March 13, that...

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A Comprehensive Book on Armoured Mobility

A BOOK that may well be destined to rank as a motoring classic as well as a military one, is " War on Wheels," by Capt. C. R....

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Crawler Track with Spring or Air-cushioned Shoes

A Résumé of Patent Specifications That Have Recently Been Published A LL-METAL tracks as employed on track-laying machines are...