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4th June 1937
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The Railway Attitude

E ARLY this year a railway goods manager, Mr. A. E. Sewell, read a paper entitled "Competition in Freight Transport," which not...

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Passing Comments

Increase in Workers r r '1-1E remarkable rise of Indicates Britain's L prosperity in 'Britain is in Trade Recovery . dicated...

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One Hears

Kerb reflectors praised. Of lubricating oils benefiting by inhibitions. From Lord McGowan, that hydrogenation is not a good...

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MINISTRYCONSIDERING AXLEWEIGHT CONCESSIONS.

Consideration is being given by the Ministry of Transport to - the comments received from the associations on the proposals...

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DID SELLING PRICE INCLUDE TRANSPORT CHARGE?

Is a B-licensee immune from restriction when delivering his own' goods . ? This issue was raised by a prosecution in Dundee...

Misconceptions Suggested in " Transfer " Action T HE suggestion that

misconceptions as to the law with reference to -A licences had been widespread was made on behalf of the defendants when the...

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GERMAN BOLTS FOR BRITISH ARMAMENTS.

Reference to the importation of German nuts and bolts for British rearmament was made at Lincoln, last week, when Grimsby...

"Dr. Jekyll" Appears as " Mr. Hyde"

Q g that °erasion, learned counsel Dr. Jekyll made submissions to the Tribunal which are entirely different from those to-day...

More Business: No Extra Vehicles?

'THERE is a growing tendency on the part of operators in this area to imagine that an increase in tonnage or turnover earned by...

Grocers Attack

Hours Regulations " IN practice, they are irksome and impracticable, are an infringement of freedom of action, and an...

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NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT.

Mr. Hore-Belisha is no longer Minister of Transport, his active career in that office having won him promotion to Secretary of...

Personal Pars

' The Minister of Transport, the RT. HON. E. LESLIE BURGIN, M.P., has appointed Ma. J. A. L. DUNCAN, M.P., to be his...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Blackpool Fire Brigade is buying a 1.cyland saloon-type fire-engine. Poplar Works Committee is buying two Thornycroft chaseis...

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TRAVELLERS PROTEST AGAINST TEST RULE.

A protest against the clause of the Construction and Use Regulations which enables police or examiners to test vehicleS in...

Russian Vehicles for the British Market

Four Models of the Technoexport Chassis to be Made Available to British Operators. With Pay-load Capacities of 3 to 5 Tons, the...

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Ingenious Design in NEW REAR-ENGINED CHASSIS D URING the past few

years, much attention has been given to the possibilities of rearengined vehicles. This form of layout has been developed...

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ARE YOUR COSTS ABOVE THE AVERAGE?

If so you may find some of the reasons here E VERY reader must, not once, but many times, have heard the expressions, the...

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What You Want to Know About

The New Regulations Q UESTIONS addressed almost daily to The Commercial Motor indicate that certain provisions of the new...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent WHEN UNLADEN WEIGHT INCLUDES CONTAINER. THE clause in the Finance...

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W.D. VEHIC ES AT WAR

with Welsh Test Hills A LT-Y-BADY, Bwlch-y-Groes and the Old Horse Shoe Pass in North Wales, are notorious test hills, and...

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Monopolies a Prey to Strikes D URING the past few weeks,

the bus industry has been engulfed in a wave of labour troubles, which has swept the country from north to south. The Transport...

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Mobile Cinema as Propaganda Agent

I' is not in the least troublesome to 'induce people to enter a cinematograph theatre to see a display of films in which they...

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Light Alloys for Commercial Bodies

0 NE of the biggest producers of light alloys in this country is the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., with head offices at Bush...

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Tribunal's Decision Flouted ?

I N granting Stevenson Transport, Ltd., Liverpool, certain additional tonnage for maintenance purposes, Sir William Hart, North...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES HEAVY PENALTIES FOR TECHNICAL • OFFENCES. [50551 The following are recent illustrations of how defendants are...

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Remote Control in New Windscreen Wiper

R EMOTE control, silence in operation, and synchronization of the twin blades are features of a new British Berkshire...

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What the Associations are Doing

S.T.R.'s DINNER LECTURE A GREAT SUCCESS. A.R.O. South-Eastern Area is trying out the scheme of arranging " gettogether "...

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55 of PASS

ENGER TRANSPORT BRISTOL PUBLIC APPROVES PACT B RISTOI, electors last week sanctioned the promotion by Bristol Corporation of...

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Leicester v. "Midland Red" Again

ECALLING the keenly contested 1N-claims of Leicester Corporation and the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus CC., Ltd., to...

Fine Motor Display at "Royal Counties"

A N exceptionally comprehensive display of vehicles is a feature of the 'exhibit pnt up by the Commer concern, in conjunction...

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Novelty in Agricultural Tractors

A Resume of Patent Specifications tha Have Recently Been Published A lliACT.OR claimed to be of much. more general utility...