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7th April 1931
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Page 57

A Bill No User Wants•

T HE Minister of Transport is in the curious position of trying to force through Parliament a. Bill with Which practically all...

Page 58

OHATTING re'LA cently with Air. G. J. Shave, chief engineer

of the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., one of the subjects touched upon was the future type of bus for London traffic and, in...

Page 59

ONE HEARS

That giant tires give rise to midget bills. Of more steam-wagon bids for overseas markets. That JOY is to be found at the...

Page 60

WHEELS of INDUSTRY New Regulations Concerning Drivers' Hours.

On April 1st there came into force a new Order regarding the working hours of drivers of locomotives, motor tractors and...

Page 63

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

An A.B.C. Regent oil-engined bus is to be tried out by liven Corporation. The LONDON County Council has ordered two 6-ton and...

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POINTERS IN OIL-ENGINE CONSTRUCTION

TN our issue dated March 31st we .1.gave a resume of the paper read before a meeting of 11 technical bodies in London ; the...

ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

Tt is reported that the Soviet Russian Government has recently placed a contract with the Fiat Co., of Turin, for the supply of...

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Building Giant Pneumatics

Interesting Methods Employed at the Goodyear Factory at Wolverhampton T "past few years have witnessed a great increase in the...

The Protection of Mechanical Joints

p ERHAPS one of the most important minor developments in chassis design that have taken place during recent years has been the...

Page 66

The Maintenance

of an Important FIRE-FIGHTING FLEET S INCE the completion of the extensions to the Salford Central Fire Station the two...

Page 67

A 10-12-ton 35-ft.

Trailer for Carrying Timber NxTE recently bad an opportunity for I" V inspecting a new 10-12-ton allsteel timber trailer,...

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A N ew OIL-ENGINED TRACTOR

for HAULAGE 1010R many „years Mr. Thomas Farrimond has been well known in the haulage industry and, amongst - other activities,...

Page 70

The New

BEDFORD 2-TONNER for Great Britain T HE intention of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, which is a branch of the General Motors,...

Page 74

Problems of the

HAULIER AND CARRIER I COME now to the consideration of the question that was raised in the previous article, in which an...

Page 76

VENTILATION SCHEMES

for passenger vehicles E FFICIENT ventilation is a characteristic of the modern public-service vehicle and the improvements...

Page 78

An Original Anti-dazzle Lamp Bulb

F ROM time to time many methods of combating the : dazzle danger have been brought forward; one of the' Most simple.Principles...

Page 79

Legal Pointers on Trailer Use

I N considering the question of trailers and hauling vehicles it is as well, in the first place, to recall that a heavy...

Light Trailers for All Purposes

I N addition to a variety of trailers for loads of 0 cwt., 8 cwt., 12 cwt. and 18 cwt., intended primarily for private use, Mr....

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Road Transport Activities

in PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent • Highway Code Adopted. B OTH Houses of Parliament have adopted the...

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OPERATING ASPECTS

of Passenger Transport F OR the 1931 season members of the Blackpool and District Motor Coach Owners Association have agreed...

THE G.W.R. AND S.R. INTERCHANGEABLE-TICKET SCHEME

Details of the New Arrangements Affeoting Long-distance Motor-coach Services A S announced briefly in our issue for ,last week,...

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THE SOUTH WALES TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS BUSY

Many Applications for Licences for Regular Services and Tours under Consideration T BE Traffic Commissioners in the South Wales...

CONTRACT-TICKET FARES REVISED IN THE PRESTON AREA

A N interesting new form of contractticket travel is being introduced by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., in the Preston...

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MANCHESTER COACHING RATES NOW ALL SETTLED

Full Schedule Produced by Local Association will be Rigidly Observed T EI Manchester and Salford motorManchester coach owners,...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

Using a Trailer with a Light Vehicle. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. 133731 Sir,—Whilst entirely agreeing with the reply...

Page 87

An Ingenious Clamp

T O machinists the problem of procuring adequate clamps for securing to the machine bed varying thicknesses of metal is always...

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Touring the Continent by Motor Coach

M OTOR coach travel on the Continent is gaining in popularity, more and more visitors from Great Britain and America being...

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14th ANNUAL DINNER OF THE L.G.O.Co.

S OME 450 members of the staff of the London General • Omnibus Co., Ltd, and their guests assembled recently for the annual...

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AN EQUALIZER

for Four-wheel Brakes T HE brake-equalizing device described in patent No. 343,489, by the Gilford Motor Co., Ltd., and E. B....