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AGOOD air-raid story is going the rounds. One night, when things became somewhat hectic and many pieces of shell were flying about, a driver decided to avail himself of one of the small roadside shelters. It was very dark, but he curled up and, with a feeling of semrity, fell asleep. Next morning he was awakened by the sun streaming through his roofless " safe " abode, he having picked on one that had not been finished! A Feeling of Security Which was Quite Unjustified .
Are Vehicle Spares Available from the Army
HEN purchasing motor vehicles the military authorities, acting an the experiences of the war of 1914-a8, ordered a fairly large percentage of spares for each vehicle, including many engines. Large numbers of the vphicles were lost abroad, whilst others have proved so reliable that few replacements at2
are necessary. Now, it appears, from information which has reached us, that spares to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds are practically 'redundant. It may be that the Army would be prepared to return these to the makers, which would certainly alleviate the present situation.
Five Days for CLASSES-for the training of Training of Roof '—'roof spotters have been
Spotters established in over 100 centres in different parts of the country. In order to cover the whole of_ industry as quickly as possible, vacancies will be allocated to one representative of each concern desiring to train men in this duty. Each will then be in a position to teach a roof-spotting team. Courses will last five
days, and concerns should apply to their local A.R.P. Controllers, whose addresses can be obtained from the town or county hall or from the local council offices. Our idea for BombWE are glad to observe that crater Bridges our suggestion that bomb Adopted craters should be bridged in cases where traffic delay might occur owing to work having to be carried out within them, has been adopted. As the work at present in hand is being undertaken by the Royal Engineers, an additional advantage is that it will be good practice for them, whilst the material employed can be ren;ioved and utilized elsewhere after permanent repairs have been .effected, so that, even considered from the point of view of expense, the capital suns required should not be excessive, whilst the saving in other directions will certainly be immense. Why are Thousands IT is difficult to understand of Transport Workers I how anyone in the *road
Disengaged ? . . transport industry can now be permanently unemployed, unless it be for the reason of the shortage of vehicles. Yet we find, according to the latest figures, that in passenger transport there are some 3,000 disengaged, and in goods transport by road some 4,600, whilst those temporarily stopped number 151 and 154,
respectively. Probably some proportion of these consists of men who are• not-fully efficient; otherwise, there would not be the need for going to great lengths in order to obtain drivers and other personnel, although, considered in relation to the totals employed, the figures given are not high.