DRIVERS' CAFES AS WORKS CANTEENS
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SO many questions as to the provision of adequate food for drivers have been raised in Parliament and in the Press that more definite action than the mere instructing of &IN proprietors as to how they should apply for food is contemplated, and it is quite on the cards that some of the more important cafes at key points will be reclacsified as works canteens, when they will be given the privileges of such establishments, at least in respect of drivers.
MAUDSLAY'S PRODUCTION PLANS •• FOR 1942 IN the near future a full statement I will be made regarding the 1042 production programme of the Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd., and this should prove of interest to a number Of operators. The company has embarked on an extended production of chassis for civilian needs, in addition, to its wartime interests which, although widening its activities, reduced, of necessity, the output of chassis during the early part of the war to a level far below that which was planned.
BETTER PROVISION OF LIGHTER VEHICLES RE is reason to believe that 1M re deliveries of vehicles weighing,
unladen, up to 3 tons will become easier during the course of the next few months. Provision is also being made for a considerable delivery next year of articulated vehicles based on these mass-produced chassis. They will, it appears, have to take the place of the heavier types of vehicle which cannot be produced except in very limited quantities for civilian work, and, in any case,. would go only to those operators who are employed in essential transport, for which the articulated type of vehicle may be unsuited. The lighter articulated units will be able to carry loads up to about S tons.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR ROAD-TRANSPORT WORKERS
rOUPONS are not now required for
certain classes of protective clothing for employees in commercial road transport, including those on trolleybuses, but certificates signed by the Regional Transport Commissioners or their chief assistants must be presented. Such certificates will be issued by employers only, and the clothing must be bought by them for their employees. Forms can be obtained on application to the Cornmissioners concerned.
The certifying authority must be satisfied that the clothing is necessary for health or safety. There is no exact definition, but, in general, it will be interpreted as meaning such articles as mechanics' overalls, sou'westers, gumboots and protective aprons. Overalls solely for the protection of ordinary clothing will not be certified.
The following articles are already coupon-free: Gloves for industrial purposes, unlined trouser overalls (including boiler suits and bib and brace overalls) of plainor twill-weave cotton material in a single colour and of a type used by artisans.