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7th October 1930
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New Passenger-vehicle Services—A Ministerial Warning.

T HE Minister of Transport has deemed it desirable to sound a note of warning concerning the recent establishment of a number...

The Value of Our Series of Comprehensive Road-test Reports.

TN 1929 we commenced the present series of -I-road tests ; in this issue we publish the 44th report. No other journal -has...

LOOSE LEAVES

T HE motor coach is undoubtedly a great asset to the seaside toss n and it is, therefore, strange that, in some cases,...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY The wheers of wealth will be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising as a carriage is by the roughness of the roods over which it...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

The fire-brigade Of EALING Corporation is obtaining tenders for the supply of a fire-engine. Two Leyland buses, costing 11,379...

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Mobile Talking -picture Equipment

An Interesting Vehicle Equipped so that Talking Pictures . Can Be Provided at Kinemas which are Not Wired for the Display of...

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Mr. Morrison's Statement on the Traffic Act

When the Sections Will Come Into Force. Offices for the Area Commissioners. Applications for Vehicle Licences Co-ordinating...

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The Commodore Proves its

M erits A YEAR ago we introfteed to our readers the A.J.S. Commodore chassis for 32-seater vehicles; up to that time A. J....

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A Clever

Dust-trap Cover for Refuse Vehicles First-published Details of the F.M. Cover—One of the Best of its Kind that We Have Yet...

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FLUID FLYWHEELS

for LONDON BUSES Experimental Use of the Daimler Fluid Flywheel and Pieselective Gearbox on Three New Vehicles to be Put into...

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The Value of A . grimotor

Trials By Our Agricultural Correspondent T HE recent World Tractor Trials, which were held 1 at Ardington, near Wantage,...

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THE POSITION OF r kSSENGER VEHICLES

Under the Road raffic Act, 1930 The First Article of a New Series Which Will Undoubtedly Prove of Great Value to All Those...

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Co-ordinating London ' s

Passenger-transport Services I T is annotinced by the Minister of Transport that on two days last week he met in successive...

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Using Superheated Steam in the Petrol Engine

An Interesting New System for Heat-intensifying the Carburetted Mixture, also Preheating the Induced Charge F OR many years...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES "Frivolous" Summonses Brought by Police. Up 1 in 1.5 with a 30-cwt. Lorry. Why Buy

Foreign Vehicles? Our Invaluable Tables of Operating Costs Again Praised. Against Brake Compensation. Subtle Point in Hire...

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Phases of PASSENGER TRAVEL 'MUNICIPAL RESULTS IN YORKSHIRE.

A Review of the Year 1929.-1930 from the Point of View of Municipal Operators. N OW that most of the municipal results are...

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THE "UNITED" ORDERS T.S. EXPRESS COACHES.

Economical Operating Figures Obtained by Users of This Make of Chassis. NTOT very long ago—in fact, as re cently as the first...

GLASGOW CORPORATION'S NEW POWERS.

'The Extended Range of the Municipal Buses and the Way in Which Competition is Restricted. e I N a communication from the town...

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A NEW PROPRIETARY ROUTE - INDICATOR GEAR.

A Leeds Concern Markets a Gear in which the Relative Positions of the Rollers are Adjustable. 1 - 1_ A NEW type of gearing for...

A MINISTRY APPEAL HEARD AT TREDEGAR.

A Dispute as to the Popularity of Coach Services Between London and South Wales. O N September 25th Mr. N. A. J. Cohen, a...

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Queries on

SUGAR BEET TRANSPORT Selected Answers to Queries of General Interest which will at the Present Juncture be Helpful to Readers...

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ITEMS OF NEWS IN A FEW LINES

The Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., announces an interim ordinary dividend of 6 per cent. Poole Chamber of Trade has expressed the...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER More About the Man Who Carried Out His Own Running Repairs and Whose Accounts were a Splendid Example of...

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Still In Service After 23 Years

TT is a remarkable testimony to the quality of work!. manship and the careful design of any manufacturer that one of his motor...

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Some Unconventional

DESIGNS OF 1 4 SEATER In this Article our Bodybuilding Authority Puts Forward Suggestions Not Only for the Construction of...

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Municipal-transport Officials Discuss DIESEL ENGINES

Some Interesting Comments on a Paper Read at the 29th Annual Conference of the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association....

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The Bus Rapidly Defeating The Tram

.1... iNT connection with Councillor Gledhill's paper on the transition in road-passenger transport, a discussion followed and...

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A Novel Gearbox Mounting

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications A NOVEL method of mounting gear11,„ boxes is described in patent No....