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rONTROLL,1NG interest in Scary and McReady, Ltd., bodybuilder, has been acquired by Harold Radford, Ltd. The directors are Mr. N. Sharpe, Mr, B. Finnigan, Mr. F. E. Scary and Mr. H. Radford, chairman. Mr. G. H. McReady has resigiled from active participation in the company's affairs. Scary end McReady, Ltd., has a modern factory at 174, Brent Crescent, North Circular Road, London, N.W.I0, and will b.e building commercial-vehicle bodies as soon as chassis are available.
BETTER ROADS SAVE MONEY
PROOF of the economy which could be achieved if this country had a modern highway system is contained in "Roads—The New Way," by Harold Nockolds, the latest publication of the British Road Federation. It costs 2s.
Figures are given for the fuel consumption of a I2-ton vehicle with a 3-ton trailer over an old road and a stretch of autobahn. On the old road, at 25.8 m.p.h., the fuel-consumption rate was 5.9 m.p.g., but at about this speed on the autobahn the consumption figure was reduced to over 8 m.p.g. At 35.5 m.p.h. a figure of 5.8 m.p.g. was returned.
STUDENTS' GUIDE TO ROAD TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT students often ask " The Commercial Motor" for the titles of " books dealing with road
transport." A satisfactory answer is
provided in the publication by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., London, W.C.2, of " Road Haulage Operation," by George Dickinson, M.A., Minst.T.. at 15s. net.
Completely up to date, the chapters cover the syllabuses set in the examinations of the Institute of Transport and the Royal Society of Arts. Appendices deal, among other matters, with conditions of carriage, warehousing and the transport of livestock, and there is a comprehensive chapter dealing with the organization of a road haulage undertaking. The book is useful not only to students but as a work of reference for experienced operators.