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3rd November 1931
3rd November 1931
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Olympia Calling !

N EXT Thursday there will be opened a Commercial Motor Exhibition which gives every indication of being the greatest of Its...

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LOOSE LEAVES

O NT] reason for the non-shccess of Mr. Herbert Morrison at the General Election was the resentment which was felt against...

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ONE HEARS

Of new Guys for the fifth, aral a REAL Guy on Stand 48, That, however, some of them being equipped . with oil' engines are...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY Roadways Federation Public Meeting.

A public meeting under the auspices of the Roadways Federation, Ltd.; 39, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, will be held on...

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Official Orders in September.

A relatively small number of orders for motor vehicles was given out during September last by Government Depart ments. The Air...

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Items of News in a Few Lines

East Ham Corporation is recommended to have Burges Road prohibited to solid-tyred vehicles weighing 7 tons or more. - United...

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Heavy-duty Six-wheeler Conversion

A RIGID six-wheeler of the trailing11.. axle type, employing as its basis the Bedford 2-ton long-wheelbase chassis, has...

Municipal Purchases

and Proposals _Messrs. Pilkingtons are supplying a light van to Bovrost Corporation. BELFAST Corporation has given authority...

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OLYMPIA'S MOST UNORTHODOX EXHIBIT

T HE unconventionality of design of the Gilford front-drive oilengined passenger vehicle, which was briefly described in our...

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A VITAL, VIGOROUS

and SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY W E have considerea It important from time to time to publish comprehensive and comparative figures...

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Forward Control in a New Manchester

A LTHOUGH of recent years Willys 1 - 10verlaud Crossley, Ltd., has greatly increased the percentage of components, made in...

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THE OIL ENGINE

To DAY AND TO-MORROW A T the Commercial Motor Show in 1929 there were present three makes of oil-engined vehicle. All the se...

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A British Petrol-electric Trolley-bus for Italy

A STRIKING example of the appre ciation which is being accorded overseas to British products is the purchase of a T.S....

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT THE COMMISSIONERS' FORTHCOMING PUBLIC SITTINGS MILE following are the times and 1 places announced by Area...

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FIFTEEN PRINCIPLES IN THE REGULATION OF FARES

Metropolitan and South-Eastern Fares Inquiry, December 7th : What the Fares Tribunal is Doing MEE fares tribunal set up by...

BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS FROM THE TRAFFIC AREAS

Appeals Rejected. THE Ministry of Transport has re jected an appeal by the East Bergolt and District Services, of Colchester,...

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ADVANCE NEWS )F THE EXHIBITS

at the Commere al Motor Show New Trailing-axle Rigid Six-wheeler, New 5-tonner All Engine Powers Increased 11HE new Mandator...

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A New Worm Gear of High Efficiency

(\NE would have thought that everykJ thing possible regarding worm gearing had been discovered, but, apparently, this is not...

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Progress of the L.D.R.H.A.

C OMMENDABLE activity is being shown by the council of the Long Distance Road Haulage Association, the headquarters address of...

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The Objects of the S.D.H.A.

T HE Short Distance Hauliers' Alliance, born in May of this year, came into being with the specific object of endeavouring,...

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Outstanding Features of the

BODYWORK EXHIBITS ABBOTT Stand 13 A 20-seater Semi-de-luxe Bus Body A GUY Victory chassis will be used to draw attention to...

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BEARDMORE OIL ENGINES

for road vehicles T E oil-fuel engines produced by Wm. Beardmore and Co., Ltd., of Parkhead,. Glasgow, and 80, Victoria...

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A DENNIS 32-SEATER

CHASSIS FOR £595 D URING the past . two years the number of Dennis passenger. carrying vehicles has increased considerably....

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GOODS BODYWORK

T HE modern driver's cab owes much of its development to the excellent design of standardized products, some of which are of...

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Scientific Methods in

Bus PAINTING A LITIOUGEI the painting of the buses owned by the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., 55, Broadway, S.W.1, may seem...

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A NEW SIX-WHEELER

for Highway or Country F OR many years vehicles of ingenious design, intended for a wide variety of purposes, have been...

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Striving for Lightness

T HE desirability of lightness with strength is so generally admitted that no commercial-vehicle designer can fail to be...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES Upper Cylinder Lubrication.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [3556] Sir,—Your remarks under "Loose Leaves" in your issue of October 20th, concerning the...

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A Forecast of the Trailer Exhibits

A RATHER more comprehensive dieplay of trailers will be seen at 'Olympia this year than was shown in 1929. J. Brockhouse and...