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New Synthetic HILST leather • has for
Materials Used for " rriany years been the most Vehicle Seats . . . popular material for the up holstery of cars, coaches and buses have in the main made use of moquettes. In the future it may be that synthetic fabrics will become increasingly employed. Suitable materials in this field present the advantage that they can be sponged, they are moth-proof, free from rot or mould, and although flexible are tough and wear well They are being developed in a variety of colours and designs and are fast to light.
Fuel. Cuts are Bringing WEDEN is having rather a
Producer Gas Back tough time in respect of the
to Sweden rationing of petrol. The supply
for commercial vehicles is only 50 per cent, of their normal consumption. The operators have warned the authorities that haulage vehicles may be brought to a standstill after working from 15 to 20 days in each month, and it is possible that the ration will have to be increased by 30 to 40 per cent. As a result, several hundreds of lorryowners have already gone back to the use of gas producers, employing wood, as the use of charcoal is not permitted,. Sweden was, of course, during the war, the country which made tremendous use of producer gas, and could do so fairly easily because it is so well forested, but immediately liquid fuel became generally available, the gas producer died out. A24
CONGRATULATIONS to
our contemporary, "The Automobile and . Carriage Builders' Journal," which this month completes its fiftieth year of publication. The Technical Editor and the most prolific contributor is Mr. H. J. Butler, who at one time was the bodybuilding • expert of "The Commercial Motor" and a constant contributor to it, he having the unusual aptitude of being able to illustrate his own articles by clear drawings. His journal is maintaining, until more text-books appear, the interesting policy of restricting news and concentrating on articles of a technical and instructional nature.
Coachbuilders' Technical Journal Completes Golden Jubilee . . .
Some Remarks by A PAPER in Eire, published London Transport " on behalf of the road Visitors to Dublin . ., passenger transport service in
Dublin, deals with the recent visit to that city of representatives from London Transport. The leader of the party is said to have remarked upon the great congestion in the streets of the city caused by parking, which would not be permitted in London. He is said to have made one comment, however, which we find difficult to believe. This was to the effect that in London each end of a pedestrian crossing is marked by a beacon and any driver who failed to give right-of-way to pedestrians would be summoned immediately. The police have not gone quite so far as that yet !