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5th January 1945
5th January 1945
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High Lights on 1944 and 1945 T HIS being the first

issue of this journal for 1945, it may be of interest to consider some of the major events which occurred during the .past year...

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A Government Census of Distribution

A SIGNIFICANT move by the Board of Trade is its new scheme involving a census of distribution. The apparent reason is that the...

Passing Comments

Timken Chairman rAUSTIC remarks concernTakes Poor View of •-'ing the many controls Controls . under which industry has to...

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One Hears

Of interest In the Clayton Dewandre futuristic double-decker. That the company does not yet intend to compete in bodywork. Of...

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News of the Week

CHANGES IN UTILITY-BUS BODIES A T the request of the M.O.S. a committee of operators and bodybuilders has reViewed the...

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Personal Pars

Carr. A. P. Wet.ss, sales manager ot Crossley Motors, Ltd., has been awarded the M.B.E. (Military.Division) in recognition of...

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Yorkshire Bid to Raise R.H.A. Membership

D ECISIONS to launch immediately an intensive membership drive in the West Riding (Leeds) Area of the Road Haulage Association,...

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Are We Prepared for Progress ?

Long-standing Prejudice Against New and Unconventional Features in Design May be Responsible for But Few, if Any, of the...

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The Reclamation of Worn Engine Valves

T "Eprocess of reclaiming engine valves by depositing suitable material on the previously prepared valve head, has been...

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The Maker's Part in Post-war Maintenance

How the Small Haulier Suffers in Respect of the Availability of His Vehicles as Compared with the Big • Under taking T HE...

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Current Italian Motor Coach Practice Oil-engined Machine, Designed for 39 Passengers; With a Cruising Speed of 50 m.p.h.

D ETAILS have reeently come to 1.-/hand of a long-distance coach which had just passed its acceptance tests by the Italian...

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S.T.R. CELEBRATES HIS ER JUBILEE WITH "GM."

T WO-MILLION words at the least. What a spate, what an example of exuberance of verbosity! Enough to fill 20 or more novels,...

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The Railways Should Give a Square Deal

By E. R. B. Roberts Formerly Chief Assistant of the Wagon-control and Train-operating Departments, Buenos Aires Great Southern...

Small-power Reduction Gearbox

S INCE 1923, David Brown .and Sons (Huddersfield)„ Ltd., Huddersfield, has been producing a range of reduction gearboxes sold...

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Small Hauliers Must Not Despair

They Total a Considerable Number and Possess Much Potential Strength Which, However, to be of Value Must be Properly Organized...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES IS ALL WELL WITH MEAT TRANSPORT . ?

VOUR journal dated December 15 contained a criticism I of the arrangements for the transport and distribution of meat in the...

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Improving the Mechanics of the Crankshaft

1T is one of the basic defects of the 1 conventional engine that the maximum cylinder pressure occurs when the crankehaft is...