Technical Officers Required for R.A.F.
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VACANCIES still exist in the R.A.F. for technical officers for employment on engineering, armament, and signal duties. The following minimum qualifications are required :—
Engineer: (a) Holders of mechanicalengineering degrees or (b) holders of mechanical-engineering, certificates or mechanical engineer members of engineering institutions who also have two years' practical experience, or (c) practical engineers who have served their apprenticeship, followed by a number of years' experience in erecting or overhauling i.e. engines or aeroplane structures, and with knowledge of the properties of engineering materials.
Armament : (a) As in (a) and (b) ,,above, but particularly those with experience in armament manufacture, or (b) practical engineers who have served an apprenticeship followed by a number of years' practical engineering experience, aqd with a knowledge of the properties of engineering materials.
Signals: (a) Holders of electricalengineering or science degrees with experience of wireless, or (b) holders of technical college or approved-institution diplomas and two years' experience in telecommunications engineering.
A number of posts is also available for candidates possessing a sound theoretical knowledge of elementary electricity and magnetism, of the principles of wireless, telegraphic, and telephonic communications and transmitter circuits, modern wireless receiving apparatus, and that for the measurement of highfrequency potentials and currents.
Commissions in the R.A.E.V.R. will be granted for the duration to suitable applicants between 21 and 50 years of age.
Candidates should write at once to the Air Ministry S.7 (e) 1, Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, giving full particulars. Those who have previously applied should not renew their applications in respect of any of these vacancies. TRADE AND TRANSPORT HONOURS
PERSONALITIES in the motor industry, road transport and others well known to our readers have not been forgotten in the New Year's Honours. Included in the official list are the following:—
Knights Bachelor: Mr. P. F. B. Bennett, 0.B.E., J.P., well known in connection with Joseph Lucas and Co., Ltd.; Mr. P. J. Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow, who was prominent at municipal transport association gatherings.
C.B. (Civil Division): Mr. R. H. 'Folerton, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of . Transport.
K.B.E. : Sir A. G. Gordon-Smith, D.L., managing director, S. Stnith and Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd.
C.B.E.: Mr. G. E. ' Bailey, M.I.Mech.E., managing director, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.; Commander A. N. G. Firebrace, R.N. (Retired), Chief Officer, London Fire Brigade; Mr. S. E. . Garcke, M.I.Mech.E., member Transport Advisory Council, vice-chairman Tilling and B.A.T. Co., Ltd.
0.B.E. : Mr. C. Birch, Chief Officer, Brighton Fire Brigade; Mr. G. S. Hallas, MC., Chief Engineer, Air Ministry; Mr. J. W. Mills, M.I.A E., Deputy-Director of Armament Production, Ministry of Aircraft Production; Mr. F. J. Orchin, Ministry of Transport.
IDENTIFICATION OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT
rOMPLETELY revised editions • of " Aircraft Identification," Part (British and German .Fighters and Bombers), and "Aircraft Identification," Part II (British and German Troop-carriers and Seaplanes and British Trainers) have just been published at 2s. net from the offices of The Aeroplane. Each part. has been enlarged to 64 pages and the two'books, between them, now include 271 photographs and 800 silhouette drawings of 36 British and 34 German aeroplanes.
Each aeroplane is treated in a standard manner, with four photographs, carefully selected to show characteristic details, five silhouettes and particulars of construction, crew, armament, recognition features, dimensions, weights and performance. There are also details of standard markings of all British and German aeroplanes: The publisher, Temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1, believes that these two books now contam the the most accurate and comprehensive information yet gathered together,. officially or unofficially, on the aeroplanes included. For this reason " Aircraft Identification" is officially recognized and 'recommended.
SERVICING ELECTRIC TOOLS
THE after-sales service arrangements of S. Wolf and Co., Ltd., Pioneer Works, Hanger Lane, London, W.5, which markets a wide range of electric tools, has been further strengthened by the addition of a service van for the Greater London area. The appointment of service agents by the company has been extended, and a first-class maintenance and repair service is now available in a number of important centres, including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gloucester, Manchester and Sheffield.
INDIA TYRE SERVICE IN MIDLANDS VUE are advised by the India Tyre VI' and Rubber Co., Ltd., that its Midland service depots in Essex Street and Bromley Street, Birmingham, have been transferred to Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield. Complete service facilities are available at the new address and special transport arrangements have been made to effect speedy deliveries.
The Southampton salesdepot of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., has been re-established temporarily at 125, Athelstan Road.
We regret to learn of the death, in his 77th year, of Mr. R. F. Hickman, founder and proprietor of the Universal Ball Bearing Co., which was established in 1907.
PORT DETENTION OF VEHICLES HAMPERS EXPORTS
DETENTION of motor vehicles at Liverpool docks is the subject of comment by Mr. Allen Walter, secretary of the Liverpool .Cart and Motor Owners' Association, in his emergency bulletin. The seriousness of the delays to vehicles had been brought to the notice of the Regional Transport Commissioner, but, adds Mr. Walter:—" It would appear that no solution is feasible until the Ministry of Transport-decides to put someone in a position of authority to control the flow of export traffic into the port.
" It is clear that unless something dra%tic be done, the slogan that Britain 'delivers the goods' will lose its meaning and our export trade will suffer in consequence."
NORTH-WEST TRANSPORT LEADER DEAD
BY the death of Mr. T. H. Dunbabin, M.Inst.T., which took place following an accident in December, the north-west has last one of its most prominent figures in road transport. Mr. Dunbabin, who was a general carrier and coal merchant, had taken a prominent part in association affairs for over 40 years. He was a founder member of the original Manchester Team Owners' Association and , was chairman of the Manchester Transport Owners' Association, Ltd., throughout its career.
He was first chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire group of commercial • road-transport associations, which was followed by the North-western Traffic Area Joint Conciliation Board for the road-transport industry, and he continued as chairman after the setting up of the new wages board. He also acted as Manchester district representative on the National Joint Conciliation Board.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF JOINT UNDERTAKINGS NAR. CHARLES WHALER, who,, for LVI many years, has been connected with the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., has taken up a post as assistant engineer with the joint undertakings of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., and the Tyneside and Tynemouth Transport Co. He served his apprenticeship with the Northern concern at its Stanley depot and in 1921 was appointed superintendent of the Stanley garage, 10 years later becoming district superintendent in charge of the Stanley, Consett, Chester-le-Street, Sunderland, and Murton garages.
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS
THE Royal Automobile Club and the National Cyclists' Union are together making an appeal to all the classes of road user they respectively represent, asking that drivers should not crowd cyclists when overtaking them, thus driving them into the gutter, which, at present, is frequently Uttered with broken glass. In return, cyclists are asked never to fide in the dark or, what is probably worse, in the half-light, without proper front and rear illumination.
A tractor equally suitable for hatilea and unit-mounted implements, that will pull the former up steep hillsides, that will operate an 8-ft. binder, and that has sufficient flexibility of application to render it capable of performing all cultivation work and, in addition, of doing road haulage at 20 m.p.h.
Machinery that is of British Origin and not dependent upon supplies from abroad.
A design that allows changes from hauled to unit-mounted equipment, and vice versa, to be effected without delay, and that incorporates self-contained hnits which can readily be replaced by service units, so that overhauls do not entail the tractor ceasing work.
An outfit that can operate with absolute safety and in confined spaces and that can be easily manceuvred.
Implements that can be attached in a few moments, that can be controlled,