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T"grave risks occurring as a result of articles being thrown from motor vehicles while they are in motion are emphasized by a case in which a coach passenger was recently fined a total of 24 16s. for throwing a beer bottle from the vehicle. This crashed through the windscreen of a car, causing injury to both eyes of the driver. In this instance the penalty was by no means excessive, as there can be no excuse for such conduct.
Injuries Caused by Articles Thrown from Coaches
Novel Type of ElecA GIANT amongst heat tric Furnace for Heat heating furnaces has been Treatment . . . . installed at the Ford works at
Dagenham, where it is used for dealing with brake-drum castings in copper-silicon alloy. Two more of the type are .to be installed to act together as a unit to deal with special alloy castings which will replace forged parts. When articles made in this alloy are cast they are brittle, but suitable treatment in an electric furnace changes their 13120
structural characteristics and they acquire high tensile strength and excellent wearing surfaces. The first furnace is 68 ft, long and 5 ft. 3 ins. wide. The heating is by cast-grid elements, and the temperature attained is 1,750 degrees F. Half-way through there is a water-cooled section which permits the quickand slow-cooling periods of the heat cycle to be maintained. The capacity is 3,000 lb. per hour, and the time taken is 6 hours 17 minutes. Trays of high nickel-chromium alloy carry the castings at a speed regulated according to the treatment required.
I N the annual report of H.M. Inspector of Explosives, attention is drawn to the danger of utilizing petrol for cleaning purposes. In connection with the landing, storing, conveying and use of motor vehicles, involving 1,400,000,000 gallons of light fuel in the year, only 25 accidents were reported, but cleaning by petrol caused an additional 13 accidents, which is an extremely high proportion.
Cleaning with Petrol Accounts for M any Accidents
A Sound Reason for THE latest story with a a Street Lighting CornI Scottish flair refers to a
plaint man who complained that the street lamp outside his house had failed. It was found that his major cause for annoyance was that, in the ordinary course, the light illuminated his bedroom so well that he was able to retire and even read without other illumination.
Old Rubber Tyres A POLISH scientist claims Used as a Basis of that he is able to produce Fuel a synthetic oil of high quality
from old rubber tyres. He was experimenting in the regeneration of old rubber, and from just over 2 lb. he is said to have produced the same amount of synthetic oil, in addition to 2 lb. of a by-product known as petroleum black. There is no indication of how the additional weight was obtained. The process is said, however, to be cheap, and requires only simple apparatus.
Bus Service Demanded pp A REIN T S of schoolchildren by Parents of SchoolI are in some districts
children clamouring for better road transport facilities. The Staffordshire Education Committee's motto is "By Rail to School," but in some instances this means for transport involves long walks to and from stations, and the parents are asking for more bus facilities, which can give almost door-to-door service.
The Reason it Does (-)FFENDERS against the Not Always Pay to 1--/ traffic laws are sometimes Plead Guilty . . advised that if they plead
guilty and do not put in a defence they will be let off fairly lightly. This is not necessarily always true, however, for one of our friends in the industry, with a clean licence, followed his solicitor's advice in this respect concerning a first speeding offence within •a built-up area, and was fined a sum of 210.