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5th February 1929
5th February 1929
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Excessive Hours Worked by Many Bus and Coach Drivers.

ONSIDERING the great responsibility which rests upon the driver of a coach or bus, both from the point of view of the safety of...

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A FEW evenings ago IA we bailed a taxi at

Victoria and asked the driver to convey us to an lintel in Bayswater. somewhat to our consternation the driver remarked that he...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

"The wheel's of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage Is hy the...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals.

CHORD= Corporation has decided to purchase a motor lorry for the gas department. The LONDON County Council has accepted the...

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN OTHER LANDS.

Items of News Intended to Stimulate the Interest of British Makers in Overseas Markets. British Fire-engines in New South...

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I N a recent issue we briefly mentioned that the Miesse

Automobile Co., of Brussels, Belgium, had just completed a special six-wheeled motor coach for service in the Syrian Desert...

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Replenishing the Radiator Automatically.

How, by a Simple Device, the Radiator can be Kept Constantly Filled with Water from a Reserve Tank. W HILST the average...

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ROAD TRANSPORT MATTERS IN PARLIAMENT.

Increased Maintenance Grants for Classified Roads. Regulations Regarding Petrol Pumps. Road Surface Experiments. Opposition to...

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SOMEONE has

TOLD THEM OF IT! TN our issue dated January 8th we dealt with 'fragments of conversation from an imaginary club of maintenance...

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A Much-needed Bus and Coach Time-table.

A £200,000 PUBLIC COMPANY TO BE FORMED. I N our issue dated November 27th iast we had an opportunity for outlining the...

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A NEW COACH CHASSIS FR( A MOTORCYCLE FACTORY.

11 Particulars of an Entirely New Sixinder-engined 26-seater Bus and Coach assis Produced by A. J. Stevens and Co. (1914),...

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THE REAR PANEL

of the SALOON BODY. From this Article it will be Gathered That There are Many Designs for the Back of a Passenger Vehicle...

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THE LATEST 2-TON SHEFFLEX.

A New Model with Semi-forward Control. T HE accompanying two illustrations are of a new 2i-ton Shefflex chassis, which, as...

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SIX CYLINDERS FOR THE NEW CHEVROLETS.

Capacities Increased by 20 per cent. Pinal-drive Gears Raised and Driver's Comfort Bettered. I N accordance with the modern...

AN ORIGINAL ANTI - DAZZLE DEVICE.

.tiA X anti-dazzle device, which is the result of investigations along a new line in connection with the subject of the...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

The Editor invites correspondence on all subject" connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one side of...

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PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. AN ESTABLISHED BUS COMPANY'S PROGRESS. Details of the...

WILL THE STEAM-PROPELLED BUS RETURN?

Some Notes on the Situation and Details of an American Steam Vehicle Recently Completed. MHE bus propelled by steam is DO...

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TRYING-OUT A NEW TICKET-ISSUING MACHINE.

Experiments being Conducted by the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., with a New Device of which we Give Brief Details. I T has...

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A ' ingenious design of ticket for use on passenger-carrying vehicles

has been brought to our notice by the Non-Equipment Ticket Cancelling Syndicate, 24, Pepper Street, 'Chester. Sample packets of...

IN A LINE OR TWO.

The fines imposed on motorists in the Metropolitan area during the latter half of 1928 amounted to £23,496. * • Wemyss...

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AGRIMOTORS

at the PARIS SHOW. Remarkably Interesting Exhibits of Specialized Machines, Many Suited to Road Use. T IIE eighth annual...

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Jacks for Low-built Vehicles.

W TE have on more than one occasion described the jack V V handled by the Whiteman Smith Motor Co., Ltd., in which guide rails...

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PROBLEMS OF THE HAULIER AND CARRIER.

Various Methods of Tendering for Work, with Examples of Their Application. I N my article for last week I referred to a method...

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Securing Springs Against Lateral Movement.

I N our issue of November 6th we published a letter by a correspondent, " C.T.Y.," in the page which is devoted to the...

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RUNNING, UPKEEP AND OVERHAUL.

Interesting Contributions from Maintenance Engineers, Drivers and Mechanics. Turning Cardan-shaft Trunnions. W E have...

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RUBBER BUSHES FOR SHACKLES.

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications. r - FIEE use of rubber under pressure for bushes in parts .1 where a...