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National Licensing Scheme Needed

T HE railway onslaught . on the A-licensee will commence shortly, when renewals of this class of licence become due. The need...

Examiners Shadowing Drivers

OODS-TRANSPORT operators and em ployees are complaining against the methods adopted by traffic examiners and the police in...

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Passing Comments

A Way of Learning AT an ambition to become to Drive that Proved a l bus driver should be Expensive . . . . realized in an...

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One Hears—

Of intense interest being taken in Germany in cross-country driving. That this sport fully tests the stamina of man and...

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NEWS of the WEEK

IDENTITY CERTIFICATES FOR CLICENCE VEHICLES. On October 1, all C-licence vehicles must display identity certificates, similar...

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NEW ELECTRIC GULLY-EMPTIER NOW IN SERVICE.

In. our issue dated March 13 last, reference was made to a new electrically driven gully-emptying machine built for Westminster...

K.C. Magistrate Champions Employers A JUDGMENT which, if upheld by

a higher court on appeal, may prove to be of the utmost importance to the road-transport industry, was given by Mr. J. Bowen...

Railways Exploiting Hauliers

WHEN letters in support of VI/ haulier's licence application were being read before the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority...

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FIVE DAYS BY THE " GREEN ARROW" SERVICE.

Unsatisfactory experiences with the railway Green Arrow service were related. before the Western Licensing Authority, at...

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RAILWAY COMPANY WINS TEST

Early last year the rating assessment of the Southern Railway was reduced from £2,180,000 to £1,077,131 by the Railway and...

Personal Pars

MR. H. C. MALLETT informs US that he has resigned from Garner Motors, Ltd., but will shortly be actively interested in a new...

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MAIL CONTRACTS EXTENDED.

The present contract which McNamara and Co. (1921), Ltd., has with the General Post Office for the conveyance of letters is to...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

L ewisham Borough Council is buying an Aveling-Barford motor roller. South Shields Tranaport Committee proposes buying_ two...

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Road Transport Topics

In Parliament By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent PARLIAMENT DEMANDS UNIFORM ROAD LIGHTING. THE House of Commons had...

N ational Spring - repair Service Projected A CONSIDERABLE extension of .1 — '1facilities for

the' repair of motorvehicle springs, with the object of providing nation-wide service, is projected by the big group of spring...

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What the Associations are Doing

INDISCRIMINATE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS? Letters sent out by two of the workers' unions, accusing hauliers of not paying...

Standard Charges for Removals

C ONFIDENCE in the success of the Association's efforts to stabilize rates for local removals is expressed in the annual report...

Stabilizing Rates in Scotland

P ROGRESS in rates stabilization was reported at the annual meeting of the Glasgow and District Horse and Motor Contractors...

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Equipment for Efficiency in Maintenance A PIONEER of vulcanizing and the

supply of general garage equipment, Harvey Frost and Co., Ltd., 148-150, Great Portland Street, London, W.1, has specialized in...

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New Four-wheeled Bus Has Side Engine

O NE of the most enterprising bus concerns in the country is the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., which operates a large...

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Albion Production Record Set Up Last Year

T HE iucreased profits recently reported by the directors of Albion Motors, Ltd., indicated satisfactory progress during the...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

Summer Outlook Promising CHEAPER THAN BY TRAIN. THIS summer, Norman Edgar 1 Western :Airways, Ltd., will con _ tinue its...

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Organizing a Parcels Service

I N the various descriptions of road goods haulage, parcels carrying has certain features which should make it attractive to...

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VULCAN INTRODUCES A

DRMAL-CONTROL 2-TONNER W E are able, this week, to announce the introduction of an interesting new vehicle by the Vulcan Motor...

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Mobile Dark Room Speeds. Up Picture Presentation

C OMMERCIAL-VEHICLE operators and private motorists throughout the British Isles will be familiar with The Motor van, which,...

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The Policy of the British Road Federation

A STATEMENT of policy has just been issued by the British Road Federation, 50; Pall Mall, London, S.W.1. It . is. a booklet...

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The Desert Song 1936 Version T HERE are two systems of

land transport from Baghdad to Damascus. One offers attractive prices ; the other an attractive reputation. We chose " the safe...

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Is Rates Control Imminent ?

THE First Annual Reports of the Licensing Authorities reveal that approximately 50 per cent. of Alicence holders operate only...

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Oil Engine Influence on Road, Rail and Air Transport

I N his paper, " The Oil Engine and Its Influence on Road, Rail and Air Transport," the author introduced the subject by...

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GLASGOW STRUGGLE TO BE RE-OPENED

rC controversy between Glasgow Corporation and the bus companies regarding the running of passenger vehicles through the centre...

Railways to Fight Cheap Fares

r E decision of the Minister at Transport, on appeal, not to allow cheap coach fares on special occasions, such as football...

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REVISED TERMS IN GLOUCESTER DEAL

R EvisED terms of an agreement betivccn Gloucester City Council and Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., 'under which the...

BID TO RAISE FAR-ES LEGALITY DOUBTED

A REMARKABLE position, includ ing the calling of a Trades Council mass conference and the retention of legal advisers, is...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES A STRONG INDICTMENT OF THE CONCILIATION BOARD. [4794] As is pointed out in the article "Is the Conciliation...

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• A New Daimler-Benz Pre-combustion Chamber

A CCORDING to Daimler-Benz, A.G., Stuttgart, Germany, in an oil engine of:the pre-combustion-chamber type it is desirable when...