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Travelling by Rail 140W passengers by rail for Next to NothI obtain still cheaper facili ing ties than those ordinarily avail
able was described by a witness before the North-Western Commissioners. It was a practice, he alleged, of a passenger going for a holiday, to take a special cheap evening ticket to the destination, buy a 10s. holiday contract for travel while there, and travel back on another evening excursion!
Notable Omission in a Railway Propaganda Film
AFILM of railway working entitled "Our Job" has recently been exhibited in the North by the. L.M. and S. Railway. It demonstrates many railway activities, but certain road operators who dropped in at one of the shows were surprised to find that what they believed to be the most industrious of railway departments had been entirely omitted. There was not a single "shot" devoted to that section of the railway responsible for traffic-court work and the lodging of objections against road operators!
Notable Omission in a Railway Propaganda Film
A Pedestrian Walks A N amusing incident into a Stationary r-loccurred recently in a proVehicle . . . . . vincial town. A light van had
just pulled up and a pedestrian walked straight into it, barking his shins on a front spring. He began loudly to rate the driver for run ning into him. Although the latter and several bystanders laughingly told him the truth the man went off in high dudgeon, firmly convinced that he had been hit.
Efficiency of Cyclists' Rear Reflectors Should BECAUSE drivers do not run into telegraph poles equipped with red reflectors, the question has been raised, why are cyclists so often the victims of road accidents. An explanation submitted is that the cyclists are on the road and the telegraph poles off it; but, in our opinion, the much more likely reason is that the poles carry reflectors of high efficiency, whilst those perched, usually at the wrong angle, on the cycles' mudguards are often badly designed, and in numerous cases partially obscured by mud. Efficiency of Cyclists' Rear Reflectors Should
Be Enforced . .
A-licensees to be ROME operators in the SouthTransferred to the i•-)Eastern Area holding A
B Class licences for claimed tonnage are likely, at the end of the currency period, to be given B licences. It is stated that many hauliers have secured A licences when they should properly be granted B licences, because they have ancillary businesses.
AN interesting development of procedure at the office of the Commissioners for the East Midland Traffic Area is a series of public sittings, inquiries and prosecutions conducted by members of the staff, with the primary object of giving them a thorough training in the work, just, as in the early days of this office, lectures on various aspects of procedure were given by those in charge of the different sections. The idea is not to make the staff advocates or operators, but to encourage them to appreciate their " public" point of view by preparing or opposing a case, or by acting as witnesses for or against a mythical applicant or offender.
Training the Staff of the Traffic Commissioners
A Traveller's Van SC'MEpeople will travel :to
Converted into a almost any length to circum
Private Car . . vent the law. A commercial
traveller in the East Midland Area has, in order to avoid the licensing provisions, had his van converted into a private car.
ACALL for a reserve of 2,750,000 tons of refinedoil products for storage at strategic points throughout the. British Empire, is suggested in a recent article in the Petroleum, Times. This stock would give protection against the risk of a temporary shortage at any time of national emergency. It is estimated that the cost of tankage would be £2,250,000, and the price of the oil 211,750,000, making a total of £14,000,000. The maintenance would not, however, exceed £200,000 per annum. Ordinary steel tanks, which could easily be camouflaged, are advocated as being effective for the purpose, and a series of "farms," scattered over the British Isles and each covering a few acres and containing from 100,000 to 200,000 tons of oil, is visualized.
A Huge Reserve of Liquid Fuels Strongly Advocated . . .