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The L May Stand for (IN the busy main road out Either Learner or side Horsham we saw an Loafer elderly tramp walking uncon
cernedly in the traffic stream and wheeling the jt.nk-filled perambulator so favoured by his fraternity. Prominently displayed on the front of this was an L card So Unconventional He A N interesting story is told was Ashamed to riL concerning an early make Claim It . of light vehicle which was not outstanding in its beauty. A representative of the firm, being sensitive on the point, would leave the vehicle some considerable distance away from his place of call to avoid sarcastic st2
remarks. On one occasion his client accompanied him to the street and spotted the vehicle parked some way up the road. After comments which followed a closer examination, the representative had not the courage to claim the vehicle and had to return to it some time later, like a thief in the night.
Trolleybuses are WHILST the adoption of More Popular in the VY trolleybuses in this country
U.S. A. goes ahead we are still well
behind America in this means for passenger transport. The scope in the U.S.A. is. of course, much larger, but the average American is so engine-minded that it is a point not without
interest. ,
New, Form of MEWS comes from Italy Coupling for Road 114 that a new type of gas
Vehicles driven transport medium has been put into operation on the road between Bologna and Imola. The outfit consists of a vehicle coupled to a trailer by a collapsible gangway of the type used on the State Railways, the coupling being so designed that the trailer is neither independent nor able to leave the road, but must follow the track of the tractor vehicle as though it were on rails. No further details are available.
Flood Water Causes ECENT heavy rains caused Some Excitement at A %perturbation in the Leyland Ley lands factory at Ham, the home
of the Leyland Cub. The works are adjacent to the Thames, into which the drainage is carried, and the unusual volume of water, in its endeavour to level things out, covered the works to a depth of 0 ins. The machinists took refuge on every suitable object above the water line, " rescue " work being carried out by Lister trucks. The damage, whilst not great, caused considerable inconvenience. For instance, a centrifugal tank', which was sunk below ground level, was floated by the volume of water, the pipe connections being torn away as the tank rose. The men working on the galleries had the laugh.
The State of EmployTHE official figures for m en t I n Great A employment in Great
Britain Britain make interesting read ing. The number of insured persons betweert the ages of 16 and 64 employed in July was 11,517,000, representing an increase of 511,000 in 12 months, and a total of 2,266,000 over the figure for 1932. The number of unemployed has fallen to 1,321,439, representing a decrease of 273,812 in the year, and of 1,517,865 since 1932. The largest decrease has been in the manufacturing industry, the figure being 900,000.