Call for Road Lighting Subsidy
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WITH expenditure of about £160,000 a mile for road construction, was it too much to ask that adequate lighting should be provided at a cost of some £4,000 a mile, said Mr. H. Carpenter, of Blackpool Corporation, in his presidential address to the Association of Public Lighting Engineers at Torquay on Tuesday.
Little progress had been made in rationalizing the administration of public lighting. No move had been made nationally to subsidize the provision and Maintenance of street lighting on all classified roads.
The smaller lighting authorities must he relieved of their financial responsibility, so that a proper -and safe standard of lighting could bz established on all principal traffic routes.
SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERS GROWING
THERE were signs of a growing L shortage of professional engineers, Mr. P. St. L. Lloyd, of the Engineers' Guild Council, told the annual meeting of the Yorkshire branch of the Guild at Leeds last night.
" The scientist plays his part in the development of scientific theory, but the professional engineer has to translate that into practice," he said. "What is going to happen if this man decides that the conditions under which he works and his reward are such that it is not worth his while to continue? What is going to happen if the young .man with the necessary ability decides there are easier and more lucrative ways of earning a living, which do not involve years of intensive study and experience?
Mr. Lloyd referred to a drive being made by the Engineers' Guild to promote better conditions and status for professional engineers. " Unity in the profession is essential if the status and recognition we consider our doe is to be won," he declared.
MORE LEYLANDS FOR BORNEO
A FURTHER order for a fleet of
oilers has been placed with Leyland Motors, Ltd., by the Crown Agents for operation in the humid; tropical State of Brunei, Borneo. ,The orders have been placed through Henry Waugh and Co., Ltd., Kuching, Sarawak, sole concessionnaires for Leyland and Albion vehicles in the area. .
Twenty-eight Cornet dumpers and three Beaver forward-control dump trucks are sp'eCified. Numbers of Scammell Constructors and Leyland Super Hippos are in use on the island.
NEWCASTLE CHAIN DEPOT
NEXT Monday, Renold Chains; Ltd., are opening a new sales branch office and stock depot at 50 ScotsWood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, under the control of Mr. T. N. Johnston.