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The Search for Natural L.• NGINEERS are still Oil Proceeding in 1—.d endeavouring to discover
Scotland . . . important oil supplies in Britain, but they are
experiencing difficulty at Dalkeith, Scotland. The• Midlothian No. I well, which is being drilled by the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., has now reached a depth of over 2,700. ft., and Mr. A. H. Chapman, the production manager, refers to the hard Scottish rock as the toughest proposition that he has ever encountered, although he has been in charge of drilling operations in many countries, and came from Roumania especially to superintend the work here. The result of the .difficult conditions is that the speed has . been reduced to 100 ft. weekly, whereas, under favourable conditions, as much as 1,000 ft. can be drilled in 24 hours. The plant is capable of reaching to a depth of 5,000 ft.
An A.A Cab and Car Census in Central London
NAUCH has been said regardnaing the congestion caused in Central London by private cars, and in a police census of London traffic, cabs and cars together. represented 38.4 per cent. of all vehicles. Observations made by the A.A. during four hours of a recent fine Tuesday, when the roads were dry, showed that there were nearly 1,3110 more cabs than cars in Piccadilly during that time. The actual periods of observation were 9 to 10, 1 to 2, 3-to '4 and .6 to 7. At a point in Oxford Street where an observation was made, of the 2,626 vehicles that passed, 1,469 were cars and 1,157 cabs, and of the latter, 984 were disengaged. Referring to the Piccadilly figures, the cabs numbered 3,172, and .2,365 had no passengers. If this does little else, it may prove that the cab industry is not so flourishing as some people believe.
An A.A Cab and Car Census in Central