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Facili ta te Traffic being conducted in a form of Control traffic control which is some
what novel. It consists a dividing traffic into lanes by fins or kerbs which can be raised or lowered as required, so affording a 'number of combinations. Thus, where there are several . traffic lanes and there is a big flow of traffic in one direction, two or more lanes can be thrown into one, the reverse procedure holding good when the rush is in the other direction. The kerbs can be made to lie flush with the roadway when necessary.
N.F.U. Gives Hints IN its News Sheet of Septemon Using Tractors Aber 5, the National Farmers' Economically . Union gives some useful hints
on saving tractor fuel. The following is a summary:—Use only proper containers and always pour through a strainer funnel; avoid dirty or leaking tins, or storing fuel in the open in drums with a raised rim, as this is apt to collect water which may be passed into the tank with the fuel; see that all fuel lines, drain taps, filters, etc., are in leakproof condition; maintain the engine in good mechanical order, and use the choke only for cold starting; never keep a tractor still while warming up; the most economical way is to put it to work with the radiator blind in action; prevent overheating and loss
of power by keeping the cooling system and radiator clean; for the same reason, avoid the use of hard water or the entry of foreign matter; in very cold weather drain the radiator at night and refill in the morning, preferably with hot water; wherever possible, work with implements large enough to employ the full power of the engine, as it is wasteful to run a tractor under-loaded.
Adding Difficulties IN connection with applicain Purchasing New 'lions to purchase new vehicles
Vehicles under the Acquisition and Dis.
posal of Motor Vehicles Order, 1940, the Regional Transport Commissioners issue a form, VC1 (G), upon which must be entered details of the vehicle required (and it is expected that three choices of make will be included), the purposes for which it is to be used, other particulars, and the declaration required by the new Order, i.e., that it is not possible to make use of any other form of transport, to hire a suitable vehicle for the work, or to obtain a satisfactory used machine. In addition to this, however, we are informed that cases have occurred in which the Transport Commissioners have telephoned personally to would-be purchasers in a further effort to dissuade them from pressing the applications. Apparently, they are very loath to submit recommendations to the Ministry of Transport. Yet Another Use THE inhabitants of a certain Discovered for Our L rural district in England Tanks have done a lot of grousing
lately because the chippings, fairly lavishly spread on the freshly tarred roads, have not been rolled in. Now all is peace again. About 50 light tanks have passed through, and, as the natives say : " They rolled them roads a treat."
Rubber a Product A MERICA is concerned as to of Vital Strategic 1-1. its supplies of rubber, and Importance . . . . points to its importance as a strategic commodity. The U.S.A. uses more than half the world's total production, and many American industries requiring it depend principally upon Britishand Dutch-controlled producing areas, which, together, account for some 85 per cent. of the world's total shipments. Progress has been made recently in the use of syn
thetic rubbers, but so many new uses are being found in industry, as a result of mechanization, that the demand is growing. In this connection, The Index, published by the New York Trust Company, says that, while England controls the seas and the British Empire has need of dollar exchange, cessation of supplies of crude rubber is unlikely.
Are There Too Many WRITING to a newspaper in Trips? trips by motor coach says that there is one great drawback to these; that is the toofrequent and long stops, particularly on the return journeys. He claims that there are usually only two or three people in a coachload who insist on making stops for refreshment, an t who frequently stay out
for unnecessarily long periods. The majority of travellers prefer to reach home in reasonable time.