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USA. Judge Says A CCORDING to our Haulage Based on American contemporary, "Transport National Principles . Topics," a Buffalo City judge ,recently der.la'red that although the business of operating and driving commercial vehicles in the U.S.A. is only in its infancy, the haulage 'business had become second only to aviation in the American industrial world. He envisaged a tremendous future of service by this industry, which, he dedlares, is founded on true American principles. It is about time that some of Our authorities, legal and otherwise, formed a similar view regarding the haulage. industry in Britain. Passengers Who ReAPPRECIATION of good ward Good Service 1-1.service and politeness on
by Conductors . the part of the conductors of public-service vehicles is often expressed in words, but we did not realize until recently that it sometimes takes the more practical form of presents and Christmas boxes. A day or two ago a trolleybus conductor told us that he had just received 24 fine cigars from one of his regular passengers, whilst he added that, previous to the war, he and his mates received quite a nice assortment of presents at Christmas. One of the minor tragedies of the timesgwas a considerable reduction in these.
Make Certain That r_REAT care must be exer Your. Loads are cised when loading and
Properly Secured . partially unloading vehicles.
The police are taking action in a number of cases where the loads are palpably insecure and particularly where crates, etc., have fallen on to the road. Dangerous loading is a definite breach of the regulations and, apart from the possibility of damage to goods carried, there is the risk of injury to other road users °Ito people on the footpath.
THE chairman of the Veteran Car Club, Mr. G. J. Allday, has announted the formulation of a scheme for an excursion to Berlin at the earliest convenient date, and by arrangement with Mr. L. P. Lord, -director of Austins, all the expenses of any owner of a motor vehicle manufactured prior to December, 1910, who joins the party and reaches Berlin will be paid, the time limit from the coast, however, being seven days. Perhaps the
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scheme could be extended, although not by the same Club, to the first touring coach of British make which reaches the same objective—that is, if there be anything worth while seeing in Berlin after the R.A.F. has finished with it.
Debris from Bombed L'URTHER to our leader of Sites Which Proves 1 September 19 dealing with Valuable. . . • • the possibility of reducing the
wastage of road transport in clearing bombed sites; it must, of course, be realized that certain materials available from these are urgently required, particularly bricks in good condition. The brickyards are being asked to supply many millions for urgent work. Consequently, those retrieved ease the position. We also learn that ships are, to a certain extent, being ballasted with debris, which is employed for the construction of a great highway in New York. It would, however, obviously be uneconomic to carry such material on our roads for any considerable distance.