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T HE Government is preparing a programme of rearmament, but in the published details of this no mention has been made of the...
A A CCORDING to a recent decision of the High .1,.Court, in Scotland, a lorry which, at infrequent intervals, carries a...
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The Success of ConTHE concrete roads laid in crete Roads in the I Cardiff in 1927 have so Cardiff Area reduced maintenance cost...
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That the magneto is far from extinct. That the success of the Ford V-8 has started a Continental fashion. That while 80...
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" The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all elfficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...
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" IF there he no material improvement between now and the date when your licences come up for renewal, I shall not hesitate, in...
T HAT all transport operators should be brought into one organization under a charter from the Board of Trade, membership to be...
1 difficulty. I have realized your difficulty and there may be some merit in your application, and on previous Occasions I have...
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The report of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1935, shows a healthy state of affairs, the trading profit...
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SIR EDWIN STOCKTON, chairman of Fodens, Ltd., collapsed last Saturday. His condition is stated to be serious. MR. F. G....
R AILWAY, rates for the transport of fruit from London to the Nottingham wholesale market have been cut to abstract traffic...
formed the 1 sUbject of considerable 'discussion before the Appeal Tribunal, at Liverpool, last welt when the appeal of Mr....
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Merger , in Scotland Forecast MEGOTIATIONS were in progress i I for a further amalgamation of associations, said a speaker at...
T O present applications in the proper manner is essential, and the work of the associations in this connection is of...
A general meeting oi the A.R.O. North Staffs members in the Potteries, on Monday, was addressed by Mr. H. H. Lapsley, C.M.U.A....
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O VER 150 persons attended the lectureture given by S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, under the auspices of A.R.O., at...
A SERIOUS position has arisen in Lancashire, and it concerns all public-service-vehicle operators, says the report of the...
R ESOLUTIONS deprecating further restrictions on road transport have been passed by the Chambers Of Commerce of Swansea,...
Should the Devon and Cornwall Con ciliation Board be continued? This question was keenly discussed at the annual general...
At the annual general meeting, Mr. T. Caddy was elected chairman of the A.R.0, North Staffs Sub-area; Mr, G. F. Goodwin was...
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L AST Friday, Mr. John George Nash, Chertsey Bridge Road, Shepperton, unsuccessfully appealed before Lord Roche, Lord Justice...
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Tis, HAT the general health of the people of this country cannot be denied, and the adaptability of commercial to-day, at a...
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r i NE of the first cases of its kind, re lating to drivers' wages, and described by Judge Dowdall, K.C., at Liverpool County...
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AMBULANCE BODYWORK and Equipment T HE general-purpose municipal ambulance carries patients between home and hospital, and...
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I F you bear in mind the fact that the normal population of Blackpool, the queen of the northern watering places, is about...
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A N extraordinary position arises from the long-awaited decisions on a number of appeals, two of which were heard in July and...
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M UNICIPAL enterprise in the provision of passenger-transport facilities is a subject of constant interest. At the present time...
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S INCE Mr. Vane Morland became Leeds, many advances have been municipal transport manager for made, particularly in respect of...
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I N the 'issue of The Commercial Motor dated February 21, there appeared an article by Mr. Humphrey Cooke and a letter by...
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For Municipal Work Such as Refuse Collection, Which Involves Constant Stopping and Starting, the Type is Ideally Suited T HE...
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in Varied East Lancashire Centres The Smaller Boroughs are Following the Lead of the Larger Towns and Cities in Abandoning the...
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I T was in 1926 that it was decided to replace all the steam and other vehicles in the service of Stoke-on . -Trent Fire...
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The Railways Act of 1928 Provides a Possibility of Preventing the Undercutting of Road Rates. Return Loads Constitute a Serious...
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E'XISTING ticket restrictions on sea 'sonal express services from the coast to London are to be perpetuated, and, in some...
T "Equestion of the age limit for free travel for children on buses was again raised before the East Midland Traffic...
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of the L.N.E.R. train service from Nottingham to Skegness on Christmas Eve was made at Nottingham, last week, by Mr. J. H....
D IFFERING opinions between operators' associations on wages in the North-West have been evident this week. Officially, the...
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and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be...
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Capacious Carrimore Semi-trailer for Use with Karrier Cob. Contents Discharged through Sliding Trap-doors in Floor A N...
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Resolution to Achieve a Further Reduction. MinisterSurnrnarizes the Present Position By Our Special Parliamentary...
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As to lighting, which was not directly within his province, County Councils in 1934 were empowered to take over the...
A 5-tormer Introduced; 3-ton and 4-ton models in Much Improved Form; A Tractive Unit for Use With a 6-8-ton Semi-trailer Also...