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4th February 1938
4th February 1938
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Take Up Your Cudgel!

A STRIKING article in this issue deals with the political lethargy of the industry, which has, to a great extent, resulted in...

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Putting it to the Vote

I T seems to us to be an invidious position when those members controlling the transport facilities of a district cannot agree...

Passing Comments

Third a Road on Old cOMETHING like a record in U.S.A. Rai I way . is the length of road carried Bridges over bridges will be...

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One Hears

That " oilers " may improve cab profits. That four-shoe bralc.,es are going "great guns." Of British oil-engine designers...

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OPEN-MINDED LORDS ON ACCIDENT COMMITTEE.

The House of Lords on Tuesday agreed to the appointment of the following to constitute the Select Committee on the prevention...

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OILERS AND THROTTLED IMPORTS.

Mr. II. L. Pine, M.I.M.E., chief engineer of the Coal Utilization Council, recently emphasized at Portsmouth the disquieting...

Call for Uniform Speed Limit

T HE 20 m.p.h. speed limit was strongly .criticized by Mr. J. H. Toulmin, J.P., chairman of Leyland Motors, Ltd.. at the annual...

What Leicester's Black-out Proved

T RAFFIC regulation during times of air raids was the problem which the Leicester black-out on Friday last was intended to...

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"DEAD MILEAGE NOT FAIR."

"I think this is a perfectly reasonable application. I do not want to put the applicant to the trouble of running dead mileage...

Tribunal Upholds Yorks Authority B Y a reserved decision, the Appeal

Tribunal has upheld the action of the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority (Mr. Russell Gurney), in authorizing John Lawson...

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ENCOURAGING MOTOR ROADS.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that thinking members of the public and well-known men throughout the country are strongly...

Witness interviewed: Railway Reproved

A NOTHER irregularity in railway / - 1. practice, in reference to customers of hauliers, was exposed and reproved at an inquiry...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Keighiley Corporation is to purchase a light van for the treasurer's dept. Keighley Corporation is to obtain tenders for the,...

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Gleanings from the German Roads

T HE Minister of Transport and the other road authorities in this country are considering the recently issued Report of the...

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How the World's Biggest Bulk Load Came to Town

T HE story behind the conveyance of a steam accumulator, weighing over 90 tons and measuring 70 ft. in length and 12 ft. in...

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British Vehicles for Trans-desert Service

Number of Interesting F eah2res Included in Specification of Thornycroft Oilers for Service in Northern Iraq /A A N order for...

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THE EO A GOOD LOOKER VITH A• GOOD PERFORMANCE

O NE of the pleasantest machines to drive of the many mediumweight models with which we are acquainted, , the latest Reo...

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White Lorries Again to be Marketed Here

Three Goods Models from 5-8tons Pay-load Capacity to Form Nucleus of Range to be Handled by London Distributor CANINGthe...

Electric Vehicles in the Limelight

A Representative Display of Vehicles and Equipment at a Two-day Convention Held at Manchester A GRAPHIC analysis of electric...

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British Pipe-carriers for Burma

More Leylands for Employment in the Oilfields. Special Features that Aid Rapid Loading F OR six years, eight Leyland pipet...

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How to Fill Those Empty Vehicles

A Suggested New Activity for the Associations, Which Will be of Practical and_ Direct Benefit to AU Members of the...

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Is Road Transport Lethargic?

An Unbiased' Observer Castigates Operators Who, Without Any Active Protest, Are Allowing the Government and the Railway to Bind...

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Stabilizing the Fuel Supply

A DEVICE which is claimed to eliminate those troubles attendant upon fuel shortage in the carburetter is that known as the...

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FIRST BRITISH TORSIO BAR-SUSPENDED VAN

F OLLOWING the introduction of the Vauxhall . 10 h.p. car, Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, now announces a new Bedford 5-6-cwt....

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Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

T ENDF.RS are invited by the following (latest dates given in parentheses):Iloyland Nether rr.D.c., for bituminized Derbyshire...

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Watch Your Tyre Costs

Minor Periodical Attentions and Record Keeping That Are Necessary to Obtain Satisfactory Service , From Tyres THERE are...

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What the Associations Are Doing

S.T.R. ADDRESSES MANCHESTER UNDERTAKERS. Some really astonishing examples of rate-cutting were quoted in the course of 'the...

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"Road Transport a Monopoly If-

R ARELY can the case for membership and support of a trade association have been so favourably put as it was in the course of...

A Savage Act.

" Road transport had two great enemies, the Treasury and the railways," said Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. MooreBrabazon, M.P., speaking...

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An Idle Vehicle is Better tha Losing Contract

T HERE is a tremendous amount Of interest in many of the discussions that develop as the result of the addresses which I am...

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Co-ordination Between Sales and Transport

A T a joint meeting of the Birmingham branches of the Industrial Transport Association and the Incorporated Sales Managers...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES THE VALUE OF VEHICLE ROAD TESTS. [5259] I would like to add my appreciation to the many who have already done...

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Operating Aspects o

Passenger Transport STILL ON STRIKE AFTER • 30 WEEKS S TATING that no good purpose would be served • by a conference, the...

A Sale Claim Fails I N the King's Bench Division, on

Monday last, Mr. Justice Goddard gave judgment for the defendant in an action for damages for breach of warranty on the sale of...

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COMBINED BUS AND FERRY CONTRACTS

F C: a lf as W ey IN ( G ches t hi h r e e) instructionat oaf scheme be prepared whereby combined bus and ferry contracts...

Beware of Carbon Monoxide

Whilst its Lethal Qualities are Fairly Widely Known, the Injurious Effects of a Small Quantity of this Gas May Pass Unnoticed...

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Connecting Rods From Sheet Metal

A40DERN production methods L Y1 favour pressed sheet-metal components, and patent No. 477,342 shows a design of connecting rod...