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Traffic Lights Which AANY and bitter have been Cause Delays to "Ithe complaints against the
Vehicles eccentricities of certain traffic light signals in London and elsewhere. For consistent bad working, however, we think that the lights between Gray's Inn Road and Holborn, W.C.1, take the biscuit. For many weeks past, they have been so adjusted that only one vehicle cad filter through safely into Holborn; the second has to go over on the "yellow," and that only with a rush. Yet nothing seems to be done to improve matters. Sometimes half a dozen or more vehicles may be waiting, and this means delay while the light changes that number of times.
Co-operation Better0 bus operators, running Than Competition BeroVver common territory in a
tween Bus Services . country district, used to issue return tickets which, alternatively, permitted the holder to make two journeys in the same direction. This was very convenient, because a passenger might go from A' to B in the morning by one service and from B to A in the afternoon by the other (taking another ticket), and then use the return halves for the next journeys made from A to B and B to A respectively. Now the larger of the two operators—a railway-owned concern—has ceased this practice, with the result that such good advantage of the available transport facilities cannot be taken. The reason, presumably, is to attract passengers from the " independent " competitor, but it results in a further restriction of transport facilities, already curtailed for fuel economy. Under present conditions co-operation would appear preferable.
How Farm ers Can L'ARMERS who possess Provide Defence I large, flat fields offering Against Invaders .
landing facilities to enemy air craft have been asked to build their haystacks in the middle of them or leave agricultural implements lying in the " fairways." These would be obvious from a good height, but poles planted at intervals in the ground, with or without cross-wires at goalpost height, would constitute a trap less visible and might wreck many a 'plane. Notification of such traps should be sent to the authorities • at our ownaerodromes.
What Proportion of A N interesting article in the Fuei Can Germany 1-1French journal, Le Poids Produce ? . . . Lourd, deals with the liquid
fuel situation in Germany and the manufacture of syntheti6 qualities. For 1939 the German petrol consumption has been estimated at 9,000,000 tons (French metric ton equals 1,000 kilos.). For 1940, and this was written before the tremendous push by the Germans, it was considered that the consumption would be 12,000,000 tons. Synthetic fuels produced in 1939 are believed to amount to about 2,000,000 tons; Germany states that this can be raised to 4,000,000 in 1941, but this may prove impossible. The production of benzole. is approximately 500.000 tons. An Inexpensive and WHERE chemical degreasing Time-saving DegreasVI' apparatus is installed, the ing Preparation . . cleaning of dirty parts and components presents no problems, but there are countless small establishments still relying on the tedious and uneconomic business of washing with paraffin. We are prompted to make this remark by having been introduced tq a preparation called " Gunk," handled by Brown Brothers, Ltd., and, from personal experience, can corroborate the claims made for it. One paints it, lavishly, all over the greasy object to be cleaned and then washes the job under the water tap or with a hose. The muck comes off like soap, leaving bare metal from which the water is easily dried.