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3rd August 1934
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Road Service Reliability

A FEW months ago we referred to the fact that the road motor, in its various forms; is the least vulnerable of our several...

The Futility of Rate-cutting

( - N NE of the best arguments against rateVa./cutting in road haulage is, or should be, the futility of it, its absolute...

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Passing Comments

A PPLICANTS for Class B licences are finding their entrance into the haulage industry somewhat difficult. There was a butcher...

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One Hears-

Of the North-Western Traffic Commissioners selftermed " the high priests of co-ordination." That, according to a provincial...

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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...

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News of Municipal Activities

Applicants for Transport-manager's Post at Middlesbrough. The transport committee of Middlesbrough Corporation recently...

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

Shipley Urban District Council is to purchase a motor ambulance. The woks committee of Southwark Borough Council recommends...

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An Entirely New and Practical Road Roller

I N the past there has been a natural tendency to design internal-combusrion-engined road rollers on lines similar to those of...

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Assembling English Vehicles in the Irish Free State

VirlITHIN recent W years the Irish Free State Government, to protect Irish motof traders and to relieve ' unemployment, has...

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THE NEW BEE 'ORD 3-TONNER

Manifests Many First-class Qualities W ITHOUT sacrificing performance or strength, or inconveniently limiting the...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES FURTHER VIEWS ON ENGINE GOVERNING.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR, 143571 believe I am right in saying that the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., never used...

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Improved Stability in a New Semi-trailer

O NE of the major problems to be determined in the design of articulated six-wheelers is the amount of flexibility to be...

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Standard Oilers Perform Well Under Military Conditions

WHEN, in May last, the War DepartVV meat held a series of trials of standard 4-6-ton petrol engined vehicles, another set of...

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SUCCESSFUL l■ - 3THODS OF A

PROMINENT INDEPENI NT Bus OPERATOR T HE largest independent bus operators in Scotland, Messrs. Young's Bus Services, deserve...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

INTERNAL AIR MAILS WITHOUT SURCHARGE. In our issue dated July 20 we state( that the Postmaster-General was sells fled with the...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER 0 UR Tables of Operating Costs are in their 25th year of publication. The object of issuing these data has...

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MAKING 142,500 CALLS a

WEEK on LAUNDRY ER VICE A LARGE laundry concern in a populous arta operates its motor vehicles under conditions almost as...

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The Road Traffic Act, 1934, Now Law

T HE Road Traffic Act, 1934, is now law, having received the Royal Assent last Tuesday. It is important, however, to realize...

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Road Transport Activities

IN PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent ROAD TRAFFIC BILL: PARKINGPLACE CLAUSE. O N the Report Stage of the...

DISCRETIONARY-TONNAGE REFUSALS IN THE WEST

Q0111E interesting applications for L./licences were heard by Mr. A. F. 'Nicholson, the Western Licensing Authority, at...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS P.S.V. CONCESSIONS IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACT. pIPORTANT provisions...

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Haulage Opportunities

A N occasional criticism of these notes is that they paint the trade situation in this country in colours which are too...

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Epicyclic cum Hydraulic Transmission

D 4.TENT No. 412,231, by the 1 Daimler Co., Ltd., L. H. Pomeroy, C. M. Simpson and S. H. Shellard, all of the Daimler Works,...