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3rd January 1941
3rd January 1941
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Road Transport Dying While Ministries Fiddle

H ERE we are at the start of a New Year. Let us hope that all those who can in any way be held responsible for the present dire...

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Dangers of the "Lift" System

W HEN "lifts " are given on a wholesale scale a variety of difficulties is bound to arise and in the very nature of things the...

Passing Comments

WHILE chatting a few days ago with a ..well-known north country commercial vehicle agent and dealer, he. expressed in no light...

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One Hears—

That "Thy Sentinel am L" in connection with some good old steamers, can still ring true. Of part of the duties of a...

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Probationary Drivers' Wages Scottish Action

I N a leading article in our issue dated December 6 we commented upon a suggestion by Mr. Hamish MacDougall, secretary of the...

New Head-lamp Mask of High Efficiency

E WEN, distribution over a wide area of light at the maximum permitted intensity is the object of a new headlamp mask designed...

" Mystery " Advertisement Shoal of Drivers Produces

R ECENTLY, an advertisement in a Liverpool evening newspaper for 100 H.G.V. drivers and 100 secondmen for Government work for...

REQUISITIONING OF GARAGES

T HE Southern Scotland Regional Commissioner requests that proprietom of all important garages used for the garaging,...

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Dealers' Used-vehicle Stocks Aid Port Clearance

VUE learn that action is being taken VV to draft into service heavy-goods machines which .form part of dealers' used-vehicle...

Commandeered Lorry's Mishap : Claim Against Owner Fails

I N the first case of its kind heard by judge T. W. Longman at Scunthorpe (Lines) County Court, responsibility for the conduct...

Use of Home Fuels Without Coupons Penalized

I N a Parliamentary question just before Christmas, Captain Strickland called the attention of the Minister of Transport to the...

Illuminating Military-vehicle Back Axles

I N Parliament, recently, Mr. Caw, Financial Secretary to the War Office, informed Mr. Touche that the rules applying to the...

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Tar-oil Schemie Effective from January 24

B EFORE the adjournment of Parliament for the Christmas recess Mr. David Adams asked the Secretary of Mines two...

The B.R.F. Stresses Importance of Vehicle Maintenance

T HE leading article in the January edition of the Monthly Bulletin of Road Infarmation issued by the British Road Federation...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

EXEMPTION FROM CAMOUFLAGE REGULATIONS S TEPS have been taken to prevent the vehicle-camoufla g e re g ulations from causing...

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The War is iving South-coast Gt

ers a Busy Time increased Work for the Fleet of a Worthing Firm of Wholesale Commission Salesmen Who Collect Fruit and...

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The Simplest Way c KEEPING HAUI GE ACCOUNTS

Showing, in Detail, How "The Commercial Motor" Operating Costs Record Can be Applied so as to Give the Small Operator All the...

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Present-day. Trends in Commercial-motor Metallurgy

A Review of the Latest Alloys Used in Modern Special-purpose Mobile Appliances and in Auto* mobile Manufacturing Processes and...

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Tool Maker Keeps Pace With Design Progress

Modern Vehicles Need Up-to-date Equipment for Servicing and Maintenance. Black and Decker, Ltd., is a Specialist in Portable...

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THE NAT:

■ IAL CALL for road-tra )ort services W HEN this war began, nearly 16 months ago, a policy for transport, prepared in...

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OPINIONS and O UERIES

The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of com mercial motors. Letters should be written on...

The Hydrogen Content In Producer Gas

A S one who is anxious to exchange a state of depressing ignorance for one of moderate knowledge in the matter of producer gas,...

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An Hydraulic Remote-control System

New Hudson, Ltd. has Developed a Device for a Specific Wartime Need which has Big Post-war Possibilities for Commer cial...

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Rotary Motors In Hydraulic Transmission Scheme

A Resume' of Patent Specifications that Have Recently Been Published A LL HYDRAULIC transmission forms the subject of patent...