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5th September 1941
5th September 1941
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ROBERT CLIVE maw-

Baron . Clive 1725-1774 F T ER schooldays, more adventurous than studious, and a brief stay in a lawyer's office, Clive...

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Passing Comments

W HAT is being done by the Central Register, organized by the Ministry of Labour, in the supply of round pegs for round hi?les?...

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One Hears

That the puncturing of hydro-tyres would form just another pool. That the Ministry of Labour's 50-seater has inspired the...

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News of the Week Sugar-beet Rates in Lincolnshire

R EADERS will no doubt recall a paragraph published in our issue dated August 1 relating to an interesting development in...

• New Transit Depot to Help Hauliers

L IVERPOOL Port Emergency Committee announces that as from September 1 road hauliers and -shippers of small consignments of...

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PERSONAL PARS

MR. W. J. PARSLOW, director and general manager of Tecalemit, Ltd., ' has been 'appointed to the position of joint managing...

The Gas Decontamination of Goods and Passenger Vehicles

C ONSIDERABLE thought to the position of road transport that might arise in the event of sustained gas attacks has been given...

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HUGE SUBSIDIES TO THE RAILWAYS

THE Government decided, some time L ago, to introduce legislation placing all public-utility undertakings upon the same basis...

Bearings Damaged Not by Service but In Transit

THERE is a rather strange story I connected with the development of the " superfinishing " process for surfaces such as those...

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Costs Cut and Customers Benefit by Hauliers' Merger

Two Progressive Devonshire Hauliers Achieve Marked Benefits, which Redound to the Advantage of Their Clients, bu Pooling...

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THE VEXED QUESTION Of LETURN LOADS

An Alternative Method of Assessing Rates Which Makes it Easier Logically to Deal With the Return Load Problem T HE results of...

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Single-deckers May Now Carry 60 Passengers

M. of KT. Sanctions the Adaptation of Existing Vehicles to Help Solve Peakload Problems of the Winter 1IL IILNDFUL of the...

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The Return of Producer Gas

is Imminent Modern Plants Are Free From the Faults that Militated Against the Success of Their Predecessors and 10,000 of Them...

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AMERICA'S VITAL Al IN ARMY TRANSPORT

IN the early days of the war subIstantial numbers of civilian vehicles were requisitioned by the British military authorities...

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Members of Associations Should Exercise More Control

There is a Tendency in Some So-called Representative Bodies for the Officials to Become Self-centred and Unduly Autocratic By...

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A High-pressure Multi-purpose Portable Pumping Set

The Four in One Made by Messrs. Equipment Repairs and Equally Suitable for Fire-fighting, Vehicle Cleaning. Whitewashing and...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

More Views On An Association for Drivers WITH reference to the article, " Value of a Drivers' VT Association," by " Tantalus,"...

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A New H.F. Towing Ambulance

Developments in Salvage and Garage Service Equipment Are Continuing to Feature Among the Activities of the Harvey Frost Works...

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Roller Clutch to Replace Hand-brake Ratchet

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications A HAND-BRAKE lever which does not require the usual toothed rackbar, but...