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9th September 1919
9th September 1919
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COMMERCIAL MOTOR

Recognized in Business Circles as the Leading Journal. The Authority on all forms of Motor Transport. Largest Circulation....

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Detachable Loads—Lancashire Flats.

S INCE WRITING our short editorial article on page 26 of our last issue, in which we pointed out that, whether Mr. Gattie's...

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Of the dear Homeland. That there will be a lot less W.D. joy-riding from Pow on. That, with the sovereign at 33 frs. 90c.,...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

"The wheel of wealth Will he slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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Personal Pars.

Mr. M. V. Ambler, the transport manager of the Shell Marketing Co., owes much of the success of anTorganization at which he has...

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Traffic Congestion.

The Joint Industrial Council for the Road Transport Industry is interesting itself in the present serious traffic congestion,...

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COAL TRANSPORT IN CARDIFF.

Electric Vehicles Engaged in the• Service of a Coal and Coke Merchant. T RE EXPANSION of British industry and cornnrierce is...

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LEAVES FROM THE INSPECTOR'S NOTEBOOK.

Dodging the Holiday Travel Scramble. Gattie and H6 Scheme. L ARGE numbers pf us, in these spacious times, must have been...

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VETTING THE WAR-WORN VEHICLE.

Hints to Agents and Others Examining Surplus Army Lorries Before Purchase. .. . . B UYERS OF war-worn surplus Government...

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THE STORAGE OF PETROL.

Details of the Bowser Underground System. I N CONTINUATION of our previous articles on the storage of Petrol we will Proceed...

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TRANSPORT OVER CAMEL TRACKS

An Account of the Difficulties Met With by M.T. Units Operating in Persia Which Should be Helpful to British Manufacturers...

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TRACTORS FOR THE LINCOLN TRIALS.

Main Features of the Wallis junior, G.O., Summerscales and International Junior Models. A TRACTOR of great merit and...

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THE CARSAFE LOAD GOVERNOR. •

An Ingenious American Device for Preventing Overloading. rr'l HE two pincipal causes of rapid wear in commercial vehicle...

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OUT AND HOME.

By "The Extractor." Bis dat qui cito dat. An old Americaa aphorism remains on my mind which is to the effect that "Insurance...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

Our Chaotic. Railway Transport. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOP., Ll,6881 Sir,—Referring to Air, _Granville F. Bilhi-Leigh's...

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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

Our readers will be informed by the Editor on any points connected with the construction or use of commercial motors. Where a...

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For DRIVERS MECHANICS & FOREMEN.

A PRIZE OF TEN SliILLIIVOS is awarded each week to the render of the lest letter which we publish on this page: all others are...

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ROAD WHEELS WITHOUT BEARINGS.

A Résumé .of Recently Published Patent Specifications. An ingenious method of supporting a vehicle from its road wheels...