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7th April 1944
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Select Committee's Indictment of M.O.W.T. Haulage L AST week we summarized

the critiCisms of the M.O.W.T. Road Haulage Organization made by the Select Committee on - National Expenditure. We know one...

Passing Comments

Will Coal Derivatives OFT coal is the logical fuel, be Fuels of the 'N-Jboth for heating and power, Future says Professor...

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One Hears—

Of country folk looking forward to the return of the local' carrier. That this must be assured, for no one can really take his...

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News of the Week

TRANSPORT ENGINEERS' LUNCHEON-CON FERENCE T HE tickets for the luncheon-confer1 ence of the proposed Institute of Road...

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Bus Driver Loses Travel-priority Test Case

A BL'S driver in the employ of Halilax Corporation, who claimed priority right to travel as a passenger an a special late night...

f-cwt. of Ball and Roller Bearings in a Heavy Vehicle

T HE number of ball and • roller bearings fitted in -a heavy motor lorry might be as high as 50 and weigh about cwt. This...

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Have M.O.W.T. Haulage By Complaints Been Justified . ? "Tantalus " Comments

Upon Certain Aspects of the Recent Report From the Select Committee on National Expenditure QS They Affect the Road ,Haulage...

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The Man

Who Couldn't Take It! Being the Story of a _Once • Useful and Lawabiding Citizen who is Now Not Only Under Control, tut Under...

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Should the SJ.C. Be Reconstituted ?

The Author Is of the Opinion That This Bady Can No Longer Be Considered Representative of the Haulage Industry By E. B. Howes...

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Some Erroneou deas Concerning Ton-mileage

Criticism of Certain Published Information About Ton-mileage Leads to Enunciation of Some Principles Which Ancillary Operators...

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Two Notab ■ Tew Models by Thornycroft

First Published Details of the " Thornycroft Coles" 5-ton Mobile-crane Chassis and of an 8-ton Oil-engined Freight Chassis with...

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American Operators' Criticisms of Present-day Vehicles

The Society of Automotive Engineers Obtains, by Questionnaire, a Valuable Post-war Guide r\ LTRING the past few Months we Li...

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The Metallurgist Aids the Solution of Engine Troubles

Surface Amelioration of Steel by Ni/riding, Carburizing or "Compressing," Constitutes Outstanding Means for Lengthening Service...

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A Jack Crane for 35-cwt. Loads

A NEW type of crane for use in the garage or Workshop, and which embodies several. interesting features, has recently been...

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How London Transport Overcame a "Staggering" Problem

The Inside Story of the Efforts Made by the L.P.T .B. in Easing the War Peak-hour Passenger Problem IOW best to cope with the...

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Swash-plate Transmission Mechanism

F ROM C. Frederickson, Chicage, Illinois. - U.S.A., comes patent No. 558,992, describing an hydraulic mechanism which is...