Punner's Folly
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Bird's Eye View By The Hawk
" Pfutyl to make butyl." Americans used_ to say. But Dr. W. J. Sparks, the American scientific 'adviser to Esso Research and Engineering Co.. and co-discoverer of butyl. and of the more recent synthetic rubbers; laseweek told me how
wrong the cynics were. • _ • •
The great success has been with butyl commercial-vehicle tyres. When stored. for a long time, as happens in the Army. they apparently do not crack along the side walls under the influence of ozone. As a result, these tyres are.now used by the U.S. Army. Dr. Sparks claimed that they gave greater riding comfort and safety, and made less noise.
He expects to see a wide variety of pdividual synthetic rubbers introduced. Their use, he thinks, will lead to the construction of the first composite tyrc, in which each component rubber will serve the function for which it is best suited.
On Ice nNE of the casualties during last week's icy spell was my \--fold friend Frank,Lyon. public relations officer of the Road Haulage Association, who slipped and broke his leg. He is now hobbling on crutches and working at home, but his cheery smile will be missed at i46 New Bond Street, particularly at a festive time of the year.
In Good Company nRIVERS • who arc perplexed by the Court of Appeal's decision placing a: high degree of liability for 'a road accident on a driver who gave an overtaking signal, may be comforted by the knowledge that the man who may become the next President of the United States has also been concerned, in the intervals of his meteoric career, to try to unravel the
varying laws of legal liability for road accidents. Thai man, Mr. Richard Nixon, considers such problems so important that the only publication he has listed under his biography. in
Who's Who '.' is entitled "Changing R.ules of Liability iu Automobile Accident Litigation."
It is probably too much to hope that every driver has a President's or Premier's insignia in his toolkit.
More for Less
AREMOVER who quoted £6 15s. for a small job, compared with £7 15s. and £8 5s., respectively, by two rivals, was suspected of rate-cutting. On inquiry it was found that he made £2 profit, whereas the estimate of £7 I5s. was expected to show • a profit of 10s, and the £8 5s. quotation, 15s. The secret? The successful tenderer used modern equipment instead of expensive manual labour. Victory A HAULIER at Chipping Sodbury, Mr. Roy Matthews, has won a new Vauxhall Victor Super car in a competition promoted by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd. 'It is the first new car he has owned in 42 years. My colleague, Mr. Christopher Jennings, editor of The Motor, was one of the judges in the competition, which was intended to produce ideas for advertisements.
Cookery Nook
"THE omelette of the new transport world will not be made without breaking some eggs."—Maj.-Gen. G. N. Russell. chairman of British Road Services, in an address to the Institute of Transport last Monday.
I can assure him that an omelette made without breaking the eggs is not only tasteless, but extremely indigestible.