NEW SAFETY CENTRE TO TEACH WISE ROAD USAGE TO-MORROW (Saturday)
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a perma nent Road Safety Training Centre and Exhibition will be opened by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents at 17, Knightsbridge, London, S.W.I. It will be known as ROSPA House.
The purpose of the centre is to train all classes of the community in wise road usage, and the Society hopes that it will be the forerunner of a chain of similar establishments to be opened by local authorities in the leading towns of Britain.
The ground floor of the six-storey building is devoted to matters affecting the driver. The theme is pride of ownership, courtesy and road crliftsmanship, based on the principles of the Highway Code. Two cinema halls, one seating 80 people, will be used for lectures and films. Nearly 500 students in organized parties can be dealt with daily.
The cost of equipping the premises has been met from the Society's Silver Jubilee Fund, contributors to which included the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Ford Motor Co., Ltd.,. London Transport Executive, Morris Motors, Ltd., Pyrene Co., Ltd„ and Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.
£6,000 PRIZES IN SALVAGE CONTEST WASTEPAPER collections improved IT in the first half of the year, but the need for salvage is still great: As a further stimulus to domestic collections by councils, the Waste Paper Recovery Association will hold another national contest, beginning this month and lasting until March next.
The councils that improve on the monthly average figures put up by them during the Spring contest from March to May this year, or, if they did not then compete, exceed the national monthly average per 1,000 of population shown by councils in their 'respective categories, will be eligible for prizes totalling £6,000.
EXHIBITION OF PLASTICS
A N exhibition of synthetic boards, plastic laminates and resin-bonded materials, some of which may find application in vehicle bodywork, was opened by Mr. Leslie Gamage, M.C., at Murray House, Petty France, London, S.W.1,-last Monday. It will remain open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily until November 13 and admission is free. The exhibition has been sponsored by the Council of Industrial Design.
U.K. PIONEERED WALLBOARD " S°14E people appear to be under I the impression that the wallboard industry originated in U.S.A. about 1915. The industry had its origin in Great Britain, the pioneer being the late Mr. D. M. Sutherland," states a brochure published by P.I.M. Board Co., Ltd., Sunbury-on-Thames, to celebrate its jubilee. The company makes Sundeala board, which is widely used for panelling goods and passenger iiehicIes, and is sold by Sundeala Board Co., Ltd.. Aldwych House, Aldwych, London, W.C.2.