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6th April 1920
6th April 1920
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The Improvement of Solid Tyre Design. I T IS CURIOUS that

a material of the comparatively soft character of the rubber used in a solid tyre should be liable to a chavgoof road surface...

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ONE HEARS

Of Sir Raymond Dennis, That fusion might mean confusion. That politics are in the melting-pot anyway. That the prices of...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

" The wheel of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by The...

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CHARS-A-BANCS PROSP1 FOR THE 1920 SEASON.

What Proprietors in Vani the Country Are Doing. T HE PUBLICATION . of this issue coincides with what is generally considered...

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ENTRANCES FOR MOTORBUSES.

The Divergent Reasons for Employing Front and Rear Entrances. I N THE EDITORIAL columns of The Commercial Motor a few weeks...

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SERVICE" IN CONNECTION WITH TRACTORS.

S ERVICE WAS at one time, in the sense in which . we now use it, purely an American word. In the beginning, when Americans sold...

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GETTING MAINTENANCE BUSINESS'.

Garage Proprietors Are Not Likely to Find Tradesmen Offering Maintenance Contracts—They Will Have to Work to Secure Them. By...

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STANDARD HAULAGE RATES.

Liverpool Sets An Example in a Direction Where It Is Claimed That One Was Needed. I T IS, PERHAPS, not unnatural that so...

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RENOVATING COMMER CARS.

How Commercial Cwr ,Hirers, Ltd., are Helping to Meet the Demand for Lorries by Overhauling Way-worn Vehicles. ARCE NUMBERS of...

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TRANSPORT TIPS FOR TRADESMEN.

Particularly Addressed to Those Who are Replacing Horsed Vehicles by Motors, or Contemplating So Doing. O NE of the first...

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HINTS FOR HAULIERS.

An Occ'asional Chat on Subjects and Problems of Interest to Those Who are Engaged or About to become Engaged, in Running...

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HOLIDAY-MAKING BY MOTOR CHAR-A-BANCS.

In Anticipation of the Demand This Season for Tours by Motor Coaches, Pickfords, Ltd., Have Prepared an Excellent Itinerary....

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MIDLAND OIL RESOURCES.

E XPERTENCE since the earlier days of the booming of potential oil resources in that part of Derbyshire which lies contiguous...

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LEAVES FROM THE INSPECTOR'S NOTEBOOK.

A Tendency in Design. Smooth Engine Exteriors and Efficiency. p ERHAPS IT IS NOT so noticeable, in connection with such new...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

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

THE MOTORBUS INVASION OF HEREFORDSHIRE.

L AST week the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. commenced their services in Herefordshire, and the buses Were received...

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AGRIMOTOR NOTES.

Mr. S. Ft Edge and the Cost Of Ploughing. I N AN INTERESTIRG article appearing in the "Transport Supplement" issued...

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For DRIVERS, MECHANICS & FOREMEN.

TEN SHILLINGS is paid to the sender of any letter which we publish on this page, and an EXTRA FIVE SHILLINGS to the sender of...

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ACCESSORY AND COMPONENT IMPROVEMENTS.

A Résumé of Recently Published' Patents. In dealing with the patent specifications this week we are concerned with no vital...