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4th October 1935
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Special Courts for Road Cases

F OR some time the establishment of special courts to deal with motoring offences has been advocated in road-transport circles,...

Valuable Operating Cost Tables

F OR over a quarter of a century The Commercial Motor has published complete and wellauthenticated operating costs applying to...

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Passing Comments nPERATIONS of clearing-houses have recently been engaging the

attention of R.H.A. (now A.R.0.) committees in certain areas, and we understand that action is being considered to check...

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One Hears

Of a " recovery " in magnetos. That some people think that road transport is hard lines on the railways. That the railways...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY

"S.T.R." EMBARKS ON NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF LECTURES. Our special contributor, " S.T.R.," is to give a series of lectures, this...

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NEW T.T.A. " FOUR-IN-LINE " SEMI-TRAILER

IT is announced by the Truck and 1Tractor Appliance Co. (Manchester), Ltd., Richmond Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, that an...

YORKSHIRE CONCILIATION COLLAPSE

A S anticipated, the Yorkshire Area Joint Conciliation Board failed to reach an agreement when it met in Leeds, on Tuesday, to...

STRIKING BRAKING TESTS

S EVERAL interesting tests were carried out during the demonstration of Tenoid brake facings under working conditions, which...

ULSTER WAGE AGREEMENT.

It was announced on Monday night that an interim agreement, from October 1, 1935, until January 31, 1936, has been concluded...

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Licensing Clerk Warns Hauliers

" I KNOW of no Act which has re ceived more notice from the Press and the public than the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933. Yet...

"Far Too Much Rate-cutting"

Says North-western Licensing Authority in a Warning to 'Carriers " 'THERE is only one end for the 1 haulage industry at the...

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LIGHT VANS INVALL i•BLE N AGRICULTURE

By Our Agricultural Correspondent A LTHOUGH the larger lorries, ranging from 1-tonners upwards, are employed in farming in...

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The First Report of the Road Research Board

T HE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research issued, last Monday, the first report of its Road Research Board covering...

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Precision Methods in Injection-pump Making

O F all items in the composition of a modern commercial vehicle, we believe we are Correct in Stating that the injection...

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Practical Features in New Tyre Retreading Process

I NTRODUCED a year ago, the Tyre sole method of retreading worn tyres has proved so successful that Henry Simon, Ltd., Cheadle...

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A MULTI WHEELER TEK ED ON ACTUAL SERVICE

A LTHOUGH a trial of a commercial vehicle carried out during its normal operation in the Service of its owner is liable to be...

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A Light Hydraulic Tipping Gear WHILST the Weston hydraulic tipW

ping gear, manufactured by Sunsaloon Bodies, Ltd., Weston Lane, Birmingham has, for some time, been used as the standard unit...

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ONLY FIVE WEE :S TO THE SHOW

p ROGRAMAIES for 1936 are already being announced, and speculation is rife on -what plans and surprises manufacturers have in...

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T HE type of vehicle usually required for the transport of

coal and coke is one which will carry safely a load in sacks. Facilities for bulk transport are often necessary, particularly...

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NIGHT FLYING ON ENGLISH SERVICE.

T HE winter schedule of United Airways, Ltd., which starts on October 5, includes, for the first time in this country,...

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01 1 INIONS

and QUERIES THAT MUCH-CRITICIZED ENSTON CASE. 146411 I am at a complete• loss to understand why local solicitors and others...

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• The Latest Guy Trolleybus Chassis

WHEN, some eight or nine years IN ago, Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, first introduced a. trolleybus with regenerative...

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Duplication Issue Fought

T HE adjourned application by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for increased duplication on the London-Edinburgh service,...

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COUNCILS BAN TUNNEL BUSES

T HE first businesa meeting of the recently formed Merseyside Coordination Committee was held at Liverpool, on September 26, to...

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GOODWILL SALEABLE: APPEAL DECISION

T HE Minister of Transport has given a decision which means, in effect, that it is legal to sell the goodwill of a transport...

The Vital Need for Accurate Costing

T " processes of the law are more and more sharply dividing the ancillary user from the haulier. They will always. however,...

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A Redesigned Stevens Three-wheeler

T HE Stevens three-wheeled commercial vehicle has recently been redesigned and now has a shaft-drive transmission system. Its...

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Solving the Problems of the Carrier

I N the issue of The Commercial Motor dated September 13, I set out a scale of minimum rates for beet haulage. The figures...

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A New Lucas Inductor Magneto

A MAGNETO that gives 12 sparks fl.per revolution forms the subject of patent No. 433,628, by Joseph Lucas, Ltd., and J. A....