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3rd August 1940
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Disgraceful, but the Government Policy

N official of the Ministry of Supply, in referring to delays of vital importance and greatly increased cost resulting from the...

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* Passing Comments Small Two-stroke IN its 1939 Bulletin, the

Oilers for Light 'Diesel Engine Users' Associ Vehicles ation, referring to the employment of oil engines on road vehicles,...

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One Hears

That the values of used vehicles have increased enormousiy in some instances. That certain vehicles of 1930-32 vintage which...

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NEWS of the WEEK

REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS SHORTLY T HE Secretary for Mines, Mr. Grenfell, having referred in Parliament to a statement he...

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Personal Pars

DIVISIONAL SUB-OFFICER LAURENCE CORBRICK, of Newcastle Fire Brigade, has been appointed Home Office firebrigades inspector at...

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S • Ripples Astir in the Wool-traffic Pool

An Answer to Complaints Relating to the Working of the Road Haulage Pool for Wool Traffic C R1T1C1SMS concerning the...

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Ministry of Transport Again

Thwarts the Haulage Industry Earnest Endeavours of the industry More Effectively to Organize itself and to Bring About...

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LIVELINESS OF WESTERN, AREA A.R.O.

P ROBLEMS which are stimulating hauliers in the western area to action relate to petrol supplies and the increasing scarcity of...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES •

The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of cornmercial motors. Letters should be written on...

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AUSTIN OFFERS ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES

IN September next, five new engineer.' ing apprentices will be accepted by the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Longbridge, Birmingham,...

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Arriving at a

National Scal( f Haulage Charges for Sugar Beet Full Explanation of the Methods of Calculation and Detailed Figures of the...

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MOBILE LUN DRIES Do th Vashing

FOR IF TROOPS M OBILE laundries evolved by the mechanical engineering branch of the Royal Army Ordnance Carps are being used...

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HAULAGE DRIVERS AND CALLING-UP CONFUSION

QOME of the troubles arising from inaccurate or incomplete registration of road-hauliers' employees under the Military Training...

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Has Producer Gas Failed? • T HE important question " Has

producer gas failed? " put so timely and answered in the affirmative b y your correspondent "Northern Engineer," writing from...

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A REPAIRER'S CONTRIBUTION T( ROAD TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY

W HILST the Sheepbridge Stokes Centrifugal Castings Co., Ltd., Chesterfield, is widely known, it is by no means so generally...

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Coal Haulage Rates Criticized

A Reader Concerned in The Coal Transport Business Puts Forward Views on Suggested Rates to Which Our Costs Expert Replies I...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT VARIATIONS IN W.D. COACH HIRING RATES INFORMATION from different parts Lot the country shows that there...

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Gradual Release Gear for Multi-stroke Brake

A R6ume: of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published T HE Neate trailer brake has for many years been...