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Smoking as an Aid to SMOKING in factories is not Greater Efficiency in unique, but it is a conces Prod uction . . . sion which is by no means general. Nevertheless, whereever it be adopted records show improved efficiency. It takes time to appreciate that a works hand who is enjoying a comfortable pipe is doing so with authority, but, even so, it is surprising to note the large percentage of workspeople who do not take advantage of the privilege. Everyone in the Leyland works at Ham, with the exception of hands employed in the saw mill and paint shop, is allowed to smoke, but the danger of fire in the departments mentioned is too great.
Motor Chief Puts the A STRONG plea for a Case for the Roads. A 2-1 broader outlook on the Wider Outlook Needed. road problem was put for
ward by Lieut. Colonel J. A. Cole, 0.B.E., chairman of the Hillman Motor Car Co., Ltd., when he announced the new Hillman " 14" car. It is his considered view that this matter is not being dealt with as it should be. He feels that it is imperative that road development should be organized and controlled with a wider outlook than that apparent to-day. Too long have our road schemes been visualized for the needs of the moment and not of the futureA new drastic policy is 1120 inevitable, for every year that passes will increase the difficulties and expenditure which will have to be faced, and delay will cause unnecessary casualties, besides throttling transport and industry, Real road facilities, including carefully thought out, new trunk roads, will go far to counteract the unfortunate concentration of industry in already congested localities.
Road v. Rail Fight THE railway centenary in
Started in France 100 I France has just been Years Ago . . celebrated with consider
able pomp and circumstance. On August 25, 1837, the first train ran from Paris to Saint Germain, and this fact was suitably commemorated. A fact not mentioned during the ceremonies is, however, that mechanical road passenger transport preceded the railway on this particular line. A regular service of 32-seater trailer coaches drawn by steam tractors had been in operation on that particular line from Paris to St. Germain since 1834, and the coaches continued to run for some time until knocked out by railway competition. Thus it would seem that the road-rail wrangle started early in France. To-day, all is harmony on the Paris-St. Germain route. The fine new T.C.R.P. buses and the excellent electric trains are equally well patronized and both are needed.
Is Nitrogen for Tyre Inflation Worth While t Is Nitrogen for Tyre Inflation Worth While t operators employ cylinders of nitrogen for inflating tyres. This gas is inert and does not escape to the same degree as the oxygen in air. Actually, if a tyre be "topped up" constantly with air, the nitrogen content should grachrally increase, as the oxygen will slowly filter out.
New Form ol Flux QKILLED welding for the for use in Copper `-)purpose of manufacture and
Welding repair is a factor exercising considerable influence in reducing costs. Various processes are applied successfully to ferrous metals, but the welding of the non-ferrous presents greater difficulty. This is especially true of copper, with its high coefficient of expansion, heat conductivity, and rapid oxidization. Electric welding tends to make it hard and brittle, but a solution has been found by Barimar, Ltd., 14-18, Lamb's Conduit Street, London, W.C.1, which employs what is termed a " gas " flux. Ordinary fluxes become liquid during welding, but with the new method the flux becomes gaseous and sufficiently dense to afford adequate protection without risk of becoming incorporated in the weld.
Edinburgh Corporation A CONDUCTOR employed Trans port Conductor 2-1 by Edinburgh CorporaShows His Versatility. tion's transport department,
and already possessing some little fame as an author, has produced a neat volume, entitled "Edinburgh's Open Spaces," comprising over 100 pages, with good illustrations. Copies, at Is. each, are obtainable from the author, Mr. A. Bruce, Alnwickhill House, Alnwickhill Road, Edinburgh, 9. This versatile conductor is also the patentee of the Bruce Creeper, a device to facilitate the work of men under vehicles.