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Is the Vehicle OperaRI US operators often have to tor Always to Blame .1-.? suffer in public opinion for Failures?. . . . because a vehicle is withdrawn from service or does not Arrive at the scheduled time. Many breakdowns are caused by the , carelessness , or indifference of mechanics responsible for the Maintenance of the vehicles, and we sometimes hear the ihside story of failures on tbe road because the engine seized for lack of oil, or parts became loose or out of adjustment because nuts were not tightened or pinned. A -classical example of carelessness was brought to our notice recently, when the reservoir of an oil-operated preselective gearbox was filled with engine oil. All the rubber parts of the system were affected and the bus was withdrawn from service for a number of days while the systern.was stripped, cleaned and overhauled. French Ministry in T question time in the Trouble with insuri-k French Chamber, the
ante Concerns . 'other day, a Certain Depute,
M. Lambert, put a poser to the Minister of Transport. According to the Code de la Route, any driver of a motor, vehicle, whatever the type, who carries More than nine people in it at one time, must have a public transport driver's licence. What M. Lambert wanted to know was, whether a father of nine children could take them all out in his car, with his wife also, making a total of 11 persons. The Minister replied that the case of car owners with large families had been studied, and in such instances the regulation could be waived, instructions to this effect had been given to the Prefects of Departments. The insurance companies do not agree to this, however, and the Ministerial statement has led to a firstclass rum iJUS in the French insurance.world. FUEL is often wasted by overflowing while tanks are being filled, particularly when there is not much light available. An American device to avoid this consists of a filler with a fairly long nozzle which automatically shuts off the supply iinmediately the fuel' reaches the end of this. It is advertised as being designed for the safer replenishment of tanks on taxicabs', but could no doubt fill those on other vehicles.
Fuel filling Nozzle with an Automatic Cut-off Empire Workers Help MPLOYEES of the Good
Their Brothers in .1-4 year concern at Wolver
Britain hampton are benefiting by a generous gesture of the workers at the Goodyear plant in Australia. Recently there arrived 300 parcels weighing 22 lb. each, which were repacked in smaller quantities to ensure wider distribution. These went to employees over 60 with more than five years' service, to others with two or more children under 14. retired workers and all drawing sickness benefit. The rest were balloted fcc by the remainder Last Christmas all employees received a Christmas dollar bonus from their coworkers in Canada.
Driving Loading DeN interesting device for vice from one Rear loading loading and unloading Wheel vehicles without elaborate and costly equipment has been developed in Sweden. One rear wheel of the vehicle is driven on to a pair of rollers mounted close to the ground. These operate,a winch attached to a simple structure carrying an overhead block and tackle. Thus, the engine is used through the transmission and, presumably, the differential gear, in which ease the wheel in question will turn in the reverse direction to normal unless reverse be engaged. Probably the unit is run at a reasonable, steady speed and the winch operated by some simple clutch