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Guy A .F.V. for War Museum
QIX weeks of intensive work on armoured vehicles
by Guy Motors, Ltd., in 1937 effectively proved the practicability of welding the specially hard and unrnachinable armour plate which it was essential to employ. This process obviated the need for rivets, which are apt to fly like shrapnel with direct hits.
It is estimated that during the last war the successful welding. of Tanks and other fighting vehicles saved Britain at least £100m. and a further £l lm. since then.
A token award of £5,000, tax free, was made to the company in -recognition of this achievement. It was further emphasized by the recent presentation to the Imperial War Museum, London, of the first Guy fighting vehicle with welded armour. This, and a scroll for display with it, were " handed " to Mr. L. R. Bradley, the director general of the museum, by Lord Bennett Edgbaston, who, as the first Director General of Production of Tanks and Mechanical Transport, was in office when the first batch of production vehicles of this type was made.
Chairman at the party celebrating the occasion was Mr. Sydney S. Guy. Other guests included Lt. Gen. Sir Giffard Martel, Maj. Gen. A. H. Gatehouse, Lt. Gen. Sir John Eldridge, Maj. Gen. F. W. Gordon Hall, Sir Reginald Rootes and Mr. B. B. Winter.
Mr. Sydney Guy watches op (right) hands to Mr. L. R. the presentation of the Guy
The Dove-cote Expands
THERE is no greater Austin enthusiast than _Mr. L. F. Dove, F.I.M.I., and last week the new premises, Austin House, 96-8 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon, of the fifth company of the group controlled by him, L. F. Dove (C.V.), Ltd., were formally opened by the Mayor of Croydon and Mr. / J. W. R. Penrose, Austin sales manager.
The covered floor space is some 17500 sq. ft. and there is ample room for expansion. The depot is designed to give the best possible service to road transport operators in the south-eastern area.
Mr. Dove was an Austin apprentice under t h e engineering college scheme founded by the late Lord Austin, encouraged by the Austin sales manager, Mr. Chris Buckley, and his staff is largely comprised of former Austin apprentices. He is, in fact, chairman of the London section of the Austin Ex-Appren tices' Association, which he helped to form in 1947.
Apart from three. depots at Croydon, there are
branches at Wimbledon and Woking, also a tractor
branch at Redbourn, Herts.
Films Help Lubrication Problems
THREE new industrial films shown recently in London by the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., form the nucleus of the European Film Library which has been established by the company and its European associates in France, Germany an-d Italy.
The first of this series, " Lubricating Greases," demonstrates the necessity of using the correct type of grease, explains how this should be selected and illustrates the importance of correct manufacture.
The second film, "Cutting Fluids," shows how the life of an expensive tool can be lengthened and how cutting speed and output can be increased by the use of the correct selection of these fluids.
"Thin Film Lubrication " is mainly concerned with defining the differences between this and fluid film lubrication.
Each 16-mm. film runs for 30 minutes and can he borrowed direct from the company's Industrial Sales Department, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London, S.W.1, or direct from Vacuum's Industrial Divisional offices.
The Man Who Likes Work
ANYONE who wants to know how to cram 24 hours' work into the normal day and still have time to sleep, should eonsult Mr. Frank Milton. He has bornethe brunt of organization of the Road Haulage Association's conference ai Harrogate, this week, and has made a first-class job of
He is well known as Northern Area secretary of the R.H.A., Passenger Vehicle Operators Association and Traders' Road Transport Association, but, apart, from this triple activity, he finds time to be honorary regional organizer in Northumberland. Durham, Cumberland and Westmorland for the British Agricultural Contractors' Association. He is one of those people, rarely encountered nowadays, who thrive on work.
Top of the Form
IN this " paper age," managers of transport fleets. in common with others in comparable positions, require a considerable knowledge of forms and their completion.
The latest publication of the Office Management • Association, 58 Victoria Street, London, S.W..1, entitled "Form Design" (price 6s., including postage), is intended to help those responsible for the layout of forms. The principle emphasized in the book is that there should always. be " the proper number of forms., properly designed."
Consisting of three parts, the book gives. many examples of forms, and contains appendices quoting .type faces and sizes, and a specimen form-printing specification.