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7th January 1938
7th January 1938
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Implementing the Law

T HE industry expects to derive considerable benefit when the new law regulating wages and conditions of employment is placed...

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Passing Comments

American Roadway THE site of the old. South Being Built on Old Pennsylvania Railway, the Railway Route . . . building of which...

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NEWS of the WEEK

• NEW YEAR HONOURS. Several well-known personalities connected with the commercial-vehicle industry are included in the New...

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Transit Insurance Notes

Conditions of Carriage PA. A BRIEF review of the contract notes used by, say, 12 representative haulage contractors makes one...

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HERCULES INTRODUCES TWOCYLINDERED ENGINES.

Hercules Motors Corporation. Canton, Ohio, U.S.A., the products of which are handled in this country by Automotive Products...

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SPEED LIMIT REGULATIONS FOR TRACK-LAYERS.

The Minister of Transport has issued the Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limit) Regulations, 1937, dated September 7. They...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Rambottom Urban District Council is bluing a Leyland Cub vehicle. Barking Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of...

LONDON TRAFFIC T SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT.

A scheme to improve the visibility of traffic light signals in Oxford Street, London, has been approved by the Minister of...

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What the Associations

Are Doing CLOSER LINK WITH RAILWAY& Consideration has been given by raembell? of the motor section of the Liverpool Cart and...

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Constant Velocity Assured by

Bendix Tracta Universal Joint A Simple Mechanism for Coupling Shafts Having a Wide Angularity, in which all Mathematical Rules...

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London Transport's Future ?

Costs are Rising More Quickly Than Receipts. Will C Stockhold ers Demand Appointment of Receiver? By a Special Correspondent...

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1938 Will be

A FIGHTING YEAR Vigorous Campaigns for Amendment of 1933 Act and Other Vital Reforms to be Conducted by B.R.F., A.R.O. and...

A.R.O. Faces a Big Task

A STRONG policy will be maintained during 1938 by. A.R.O. The Association will continue to urge the need for. amendments to the...

C.M U.A. to Pursue Broad Policy

A MONG the cardinal points of the C.M.U.A.'s "policy towards goodsvehicle licensing are the following :— Application of a test...

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B.R.F. a Power in the Land

IF the rate of growth witnessed in 119:17 continues this year, the B.R.F. will become, perhaps, the strongest and most...

The Cost of Lubrication

The Selection of Oil is a Matter of First Importance and it is False Economy to Attempt to Save Money by Buying Unsuitable...

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Passenger Service Principles Lpplied to Goods Transport

Red and White Associated Companies Develop an Extensive Fleet of Goods Vehicles Coupled With a Red and White Combined System of...

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HIGH SPOTS OF TECHNI1 , DEVELOPMENT IN 1937

T HE past year has been a busy one for commercialmotor manufacturers. Whilst rearmament work has helped to fill many factories,...

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GARNER OPEN:

T EAR WITH NEW RANGE Four New Models in a Variety of Wheelbase Lengths for Pay-loads Ranging from 50 cwt. to 5 tons and All...

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KEEP TH 30VTRNMENT OUT OF TH ?NIES QUESTION

Start Now on the ' Preparation of Rates :Schedules and Do v Not be Influenced by ,Railway Classification 11 I-1 , kT about...

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Making Every Day a Market Day

Properly Handled, the Travelling Shop Will Improve Facilities for Country People, at the Same Time Increasing the Tradesman's...

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Modern Fashion in a Demonstration Van

G AS cooking stoves, a sink supplied with running water, an electrically operated gramophone, an amplified loud-speaker system...

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The Lockheed Gates Servo Brake on Test

Favourable Impressions Formed of a System Operated by Force Derived from cm Hydraulically Controlled Friction Clutch J UST...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES OIL IN WAR TIME. [5232] Public men of all parties are viewing the question. of the supply of oil in war time,...

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100-BUS MERGER IN LANCASHIRE?

A MERGER of municipal-transport interests owning altogether about 100 buses is projected in Lancashire. It has been suggested...

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RACE FOR TROLLEYBUS RUNNING POWERS

O N Monday, Gateshead and District Tramways Co. is to hold an extraordinary general meeting, in London, to consider a...

Rates Officers' Power Must Be Limited

WHILST he expressed general cornWV mendation of the Transport Advisory Council's report on services and rates, a criticism of...

A Self-lubricating Steering Joint

CMALL, but particularly important, details of any motor vehicle are the joints in the steering connections. Many types have...

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Improving Oil-engine Slow Running

O IL-ENGINE combustion systems L./form an ever-fruitful field for research, and the latest suggestions in this respect are...

A Résumé of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published

air throttle (2) is shown in the air inlet pipe; this is an important feature, and serves to limit the comprengiOn at low...