Makers May Carry for Customers
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THE Western Licensing Authority on Monday granted a B licence to a Bristol company of furniture makers, J. Whiting and Son, Ltd., to enable them to carry customers' own furniture. He said that he had no reason to think that the grant would start a landslide of similar applications. To be able to carry a customer's own furniture was in the interests of business.
Loads up to 250 Cu. ft. were stipulated, together with a radius of 25 miles. The railways, British Road Services, Messrs. James and Britton and Messrs. C. Reed and Sons objected.
NEW AUTOMAT (C OIL HEATERS A NEW type of thermostatically confit trolled oil-burning space heater is being offered by Messrs. D. E_Stuttard, Westfield Mill, Mythoimroyd, Halifax. The Little burner, as it is known, has been developed in the U.S.A. and its chief feature is that it is self-igniting and self-extinguishing.
Units arc available in different sizes and of 55,000-350,000 B.T.U. per hr. input. They may be incorporated in wall and ceiling furnaces as well as normal floor-type heaters. It is claimed that the Little gives out 50 per dent. More heat than a coal fire for the sajne expenditure onfuel. Combustion is clean and free from smell.
Prices. range from £38 8s.. to £56 2s. Manually operated types are available at lower cost.
TAKING CARE OF A CAR
ftA MODERN car will keep running satisfactorily for many thousands of miles without need for expensive repairs provided that it is not neglected. Even non-mechanical owners can make many adjustments which, if not carried out in time, can lead to annoying troubles.
Such points are clearly explained in "Taking Care of a Car." the fourth edition of which has just been published by Temple Press, Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.I. It is strictly nontechnical, and all the drawings and halftone illustrations are large and clearly explain the point with which each is concerned.
The price is 2s. from all booksellers and bookstalls, or 2s. 2d. by post from the publishers, UNION OBJECTION OVERRULED
nESPITE opposition from the local branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union, Nottingham Transport Committee decided on
• Monday to give powers to the general manager to engage coloured labour.
£11m. DIVIDEND BY VAUXHALL A DIVIDEND of £11,240,000 on last Ik year's trading is being paid by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., to General Motors Corporation, U.S.A. Most of this sum will be retained for investment in Britain.
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