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7th November 1947
7th November 1947
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Export Targets' Effect on Design

T HE demand for goods vehicles weighing under 3 tons unladen, so that they come within the present classification of those...

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Birthpangs in Broadway

F OR the first time since the appointment of the British Road Transport Commission there has been an announcement that it has...

Passing Comments

Australia's Safety THE Council of Manage Council and Cornpul ment of the Road Safety sory Fitness Tests • . Council of...

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One Hears

Of the home market's crypt." And sees lots of street arabs with guys That fewer gallons mean more quarts in pint pots. That...

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News of the Week

LAWSUIT OVER "CLOSED SHOP" LL EGAL action is to be taken by one of four employees who were dismissed from Leeds Transp o rt...

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I.R.T.E. Report Shows Progress A T the second annual general meeting

of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, held yesterday at the Royal. Society of Arts, the president and chairman, Mr. G....

Nationalization Plans completed

A S finally approved, the nationalization of road passenger transport in the city of Madras is expected to be completed by...

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Dock Inquiry: Road Haulage "Not Represented" COMPLAINT was made at

Liverpool .‘....Chamber of Commerce on October 28 that the. delays in clearing roadborne goods traffic at - Merseyside docks...

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Authority Cannot Change

Licence Application NINE TO ONE A PPEALS by Pulsfords Haulage, 1 - %. Ltd., and eight others against a grant by the Western...

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BRAKING PERFORMANCE

It is obvious that, with wheeled vehicles, there are road conditions which rather nullify the mechanical perfection which is...

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MUST BE CON SISTENT

main designs of the R.P. automatic brake adjuster, the earlier designs having been improved in the light of running...

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The Truth About Mersey Dock Delays

A LTHOU6H the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board has set up a working party committee to see whether the turn-round of goods...

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New Fire-engine with 100-ft. Turntable Ladder

QPECIALIZ1NG in. appliances for the fire services; Merry-weather and Sons, Ltd., Greenwich, London, S.E.10, has now introduced...

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with a Three-wdyVan

I HAVE been anxious to test the Austin 25-cwt. Threeway van ever since its details were first released to "The Commercial...

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50 Years of Progress Shown in Pictures

F lFTY years ago, the manufacture of Ferodo facings for clutches and brakes was begun in a shed measuring 9 ft. square. That...

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Make an ESTIMATE of Your COSTS I N discussions with newcomers

to the industry which have been reported in two brief series of articles recently, it occurred to me to devise some method...

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VISCOUNT NUFFIELD, G.B.E., ASKS BRITONS TO BUY BRITISH 1 T becomes

increasingly apparent that, if Britain is to bridge the gap between imports and exports and increase her overseas sales, she...

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New Trailers Solve Special Problems

nNE of the latest and most interest ing products of Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd., North Finchley, 1.ondon, N.12, is a...

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New Design of Combustion Head

Q ATISFACTORY turbulence, elimi6%3 nation of shock waves, and improved cooling, are the advantages claimed for a combustion...