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Easy Adaptations to A PAMPHLET of particular Make Machine Tools r-ln value to those making More Efficient . • . engines for Tanks and other important uses has been prepared by the Public Relations Department of the. Nuffield Organization, Cowley, Oxford, as a contribution to the national effort. It deals with the utilization of simple, single-purpose unit adaptations. These• devices take the place of expensive and complicated machine tools that are in short supply, and consist of modifications and additions to such tools, which are well illustrated and fully described. FROM 85,600 in 1914, the number of commercial vehicles in the U.S.A. rose to ' 4,600,000 in 1940, whilst the mileage of hard-surfaced routes increased from 257,000 to 1,200,000. During practically the same period, railway equipment decreased—trucks from 2,263,000 to 1,650,000, whilst the mileage of the iron way shrank from 254,000 to 235,000. It is now estimated that from 35 to 50 per cent, of lorries and trailers are carrying purely defence materials and supplies. Part of this great transport work is due to the decentralizing of the defence industries,

American Defence Programme Involves Great Use of Vehicles Setting Land Mines by the Aid of Mobile Drills

FROM "Transport Topics," of Washington, we learn that the U.S. Army is employing mobile earth drills for setting land mines, by which method the operation is reduced to a matter of minutes. Such drills have also been employed for the rapid installation of telegraph poles, etc.

Delivery at the TailA NENT that condition of board of the Haulier's 1-1 delivery which, as was Vehicle pointed out in the article by

S.T.R. on November 28, the Minister is endeavouring to rule that delivery of goods is to be at the tail board of the lorry, it is of interest to note that the same problem arose nearly a Tear ago in connection with the delivery of meat under the auspices of the Meat Pool, which, as is known, is the model for this later and more ambitious scheme. Meat retailers reported that carriers were objecting to delivering carcases of meat into the shops. The matter was investigated and, as the outcome, the Superintendent of Transport ruled that the meat-distribution arrangements included the delivery of meat into shops, but retailers were expected to give assistance when the load included sides of beef and there was no second man osi the vehicle.

THE R.A.C. is receiving complaints from motorists who have sent tyres to be

reconditioned and find that they are charged with Purchase Tax. As we pointed out recently, concerns undertaking this work are permitted to treat tyres on a tax-free basis only when the outer cover is supplied by the customer, it is identifiable by the maker's serial number, and the owner signs a declaration that the cover is his own property and is to be returned to him for his own use after treatment. The identity of the cover must be maintained throughout the proceedings. Consequently, the serial number must not be defaced or obliterated. Large commercial tyres are not affected by the Tax. •

Renovated Tyres and Some Purchase Tax

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