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3rd December 1937
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Strengthen the B.R.F.

HEN dealing with road-transport matters of national importance, and which, consequently, affect' the whole of the industry, the...

Pedestrians and Cyclists Help Drivers

IS there as much friction between pedestrians, cyclists and drivers of motor vehicles as may appear to be the case from a...

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Will Taxation Changes Benefit the Railways ?

T HE railways are interesting themselves in the taxation of goods vehicles. Readers of this journal are receiving calls...

Passing Comments

Motoring Magistrates VERY bench of magistrates Should Deal with " should have upon it at Motoring Offences . least one J.P....

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One Hears

Of the travelling public becoming brake conscious. Of increasing interest in "frameless" vehicle design. That the reorganized...

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NEWS of the WEEK

LONDON DRIVERS WANT ANOTHER 6s. Application has been made by the Transport and General Workers Union to three associations and...

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PERSONAL PARS.

MR. J. V. FRANKLIN has been appointed a director of Black and Decker. Ltd., to act as assistant managing director. In the...

Training Young

Tractor Drivers DRESIDING at a conference con vened by the, Tractor Users' Association, in London, on Tuesday, Lord...

Hotel for Lorry Drivers ONG-DISTANCE drivers are now Li particularly

well catered for at the David Lewis Hotel, Great George Place, Liverpool, where there was officially opened on Monday, by . the...

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HOW LONG SHOULD PUNISHMENT CONTINUE?

Whether disciplinary action should continue throughout the currency period of a licence was an issue at a Manchester inquiry,...

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Application Rejected Twice

A LTHOUGH Mr. Henry . Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, had refused in September an application by. Messrs. Elrick...

Bouts-Tillotson a Newcomer?

A CONTENTION that Bouts-Tillot. scin Transport, Ltd., should he classed as a newcomer in the Liverpool district was made by the...

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FUEL EXPERTS TO CONFER.

Arrangements are being made by the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, in co-operation with an organizing committee in...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Stoke.on.Trent Electricity Committee is huYing a Wilson Electric tower wagon. Sheffield Health Committee is to purchase a...

Thornycroft's for Military Service in the Argentine A MONGST recent shipments

made by John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., is one against an interesting repeat order received from the Argentine Ministry of...

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New Air Suspension System

Firestone Company Evolves Ingenious Pneumatic Springing Device, Suitable for Independent SusPension and Incorporating Automatic...

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The Thirst for Costing Knowledge Grows

Special Problems Arising Out of the Present Tendency to Buy New Vehicles A NOTHER season of lectures is now in full swing and I...

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BAKERS' NS CAN BE STYLISH

A BAKER'S streamlined van for house-to-house deliveries has a domed roof and top back panel, well-rounded rear corners, a set...

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THE MECHANICAL SE OILER ON TEST

A Unique Type (u) Unique Performance T O the Mersey Tunnel may be attributed the birth of the machine about which this...

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New Features in a 12-wheeled Low-loading Trailer

Built to Deal with 75- Ion Concentrated Loads, the Latest Dyson Product Incorpotates Some Advanced Features in Design A...

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What the Associations Are Doing

A CALL TO ARMS AT CROYDON. Croydon Sub-area of the C.M.U.A. held what the chairman, Mr. Frank F. Fowler, styled a " call to...

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A.R.O. Meeting. Draws Over i oo Users

WELL over 100 operators in the district attended the A.R.O. meeting held at Croydon on Monday. Mr. Rusholm Brown was chairman....

Bolton C.M.U.A. Preparing Rates Schedules R EFERENCES to steps already taken

in the Bolton area to build up a rates structure, and questions germane to that subject, but arising out of an address by...

"C-Licensees Must Make a Stand"

He declared that, in the case of the Salter Report, which changed the whole aspect of the excellent work of the Royal...

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249i GUESTS AT A.R.O. AREA • DINNER.

Last week's annual dinner of A.R.O. South-Eastern Area was one of the most successful divisional functions yet held by the...

Licensing Difficulties Cleared Up

Yorkshire Conciliation Board Employers' Panel Consults Licensing Authority Q UEST_TONS as to the possibility of eliminating...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES BUSES CAUSE LONDON TRAFFIC CHAOS. [5204] As a keen observer of London traffic conditions, I was interested to...

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A Jack-of-all-trades in

Municipal Units A PIECE of apparatus recently introduced by Tuke and Bell, Ltd., Carlton Engineering Works, Lichfield, Staffs,...

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Exide Batteries in the Making

Some Observations Following a Visit to the Extensive Works at Clifton function of the Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd. A...

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Fast Motors Brii

Scotland's News by Night I S it news? That is the mental question which every newspaperman puts to himself probably a dozen or...

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Diesel Dobbin Does Its Stuff

Scammell Perkins engined 10-ton Mechanical-horse Outfit Demonstrates Its Capabilities to a Railway Company When ordered, tne...

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Operatin c y Aspect s of PASSENGER TR ANSPORT

EXCURSION FARES " PROHIBITIVE " D URING the annual revision of . excursion fares at a public sitting of the North Western...

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NO WIVES AT CHEAP FARES"

" N O wives to te carried at cheap fares' is the ruling of the North Western Traffic Commissioners in respect of the...

Road Transport Topics

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Carrespondent PROGRESS IN FREEING TOLL BRIDGES. R EPLYING in the House of Commons...

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Four-wheel Steering in Independent-suspension Trailer

Small Turning Circle and Low Weight are Features of New Italian Machine A . GOOD deal of attention is being centred in...

Arc Lights on Metallurgical Progress

Stainless-clad Steel Now Being Welded, New Method of Sheet Making, Better Sparking-plug Electrode Materials, Avoiding Wear in...

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Commercials Eclipse Cars at Italian Show

F ROM the interest point of view, the commercial section at the recent 10th Italian International Motor Show, at Milan,...

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New Engine for Low-grade Fuel

A Résumé of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published N OVEL designs of power unit are always of interest, and...

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Alleviating London's Congestion

What London Transport Thinks of Methods of Overcoming the Existing and Future Difficulties ARIOUS remarks made by officials of...

Our Industry Belies Depression Rumours

N OTHING does more to contribute to a depression of trade than to adopt and ventilate the belief that such a happening is...

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Passing Comments

Speed Limits in Areas (IN certain sections of arterial With Derestriction •-Jroads leading out of Signs London, the Minister of...