Food Vehicles May be Stopped
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LINDER the new Food and Drugs "-' (Scotland) Act, 1956, an authorized officer of a local authority is entitled to examine food for human consumption which is being delivered. He maydetain a C-licence vehicle or a car for this purpose. He may not, however, delay any Aor B-licence vehicle or "any vehicle belonging to the British Transport Commission and used by them for the purposes of their railway undertaking," and any vehicle owned by a railway company (including, presumably, a lorry).
Power is given to an officer to enter any vehicle delivering food on tendering 24 hours' notice, and provided that the entry is at a reasonable hour.
" Food " includes drink, chewing gum and ingredients of food and drink.
B.R.S. PLAN BIG MOVEMENT
PLANS are being made by British Road, Services to move ...a 132-ft.long steel vessel weighing 90 tons from Stockton to I.C.I., Ltd., Wilton, along the main Middlesbrough-Redcar road. The outfit will be 160 ft. long.
A local authority has given permission for the cutting of a track straight through a roundabout at Grangetown, on condition that it is restored to normal within three days. The route will be 13 miles long.
"HOW A CAR WORKS"
USEFUL as a primer for garage apprentices, or for reference by the more experienced, the third edition of "How a Car Works" has been published by Temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1, at 2s. or 2s. 3d. by post. Copiously illustrated with line drawings, the book gives simple explanations of the functions of the various components of a vehicle.