Box on Tractor Raises Tax
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THE distributors of this vehicleshould take care to make it widely known that tractors are taxable at a higher rate when the box is attached." The Tenbury magistrate made this comment last Week when Thomas William Davies, Quarry House,. Titter-stone,. Clee Hill, Ludlow, was conditionally discharged on payment of 4s.-' costs for using a tractor for a purpose for which it-was not licensed: Evidence was given that a box had been fixed to the defendant's tractor and it had been found carrying 40 lb: of apples. The attachment of the box• qualified for a tax of £12 10s., instead
of a £2 . licence. Davies pleaded ignorance.
F. I.R.T.E. FIXTURES UTURE arrangements of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers include the following:— March 4, Eastern group. lecture on rear axles by R.. H. Wilson. Co-operative Hall, Midland Road. Bedford. 7 p.m.
March 10. Scottish centre. lecture on servicing oil engines by S. Parrish, North British Hotel. Edinburgh, 7.30 p.m.
March 11, Western group, lecture on oil-engine repair and workshop practice by R. M. May, Grand Hall, Bristol, 7.30 p.m.
March 14. South Wales group. Mr. Wilson's lecture, South Wales Institute of Engineers, Park Place. Cardiff. 7 p.m.
March .18, Midlands centre. lecture on aspects of motor racing and engine design:by-R. Parnell and R. Gerard. White Horse Hotel, Birmingham, 7.30 p.m.
March 19. North-western centre, lecture on chassis construction and repair by . C. 1,, Cunningham. Victoria Hotel, Wigan, 7.30 p.m.
March 20, North-eastern centre. lecture on allmetal bodies by H. A. Cooke. Hotel Mettopole. Leeds. 7.30 p.m.; London centre, lecture on pistons, rings and cylinder liners by G. W.' Yarwood, 'Royal SOC1CIY of Arts, John Adam Street, London. W.C.2, 6.30 p.m.
March 21, North-eastern centre. annual dinner of North Yorks—Co, Durham group, Cock o' the Nonh Hotel, Durham City. 7.31) P.m.
March 25. North-eastern centre, Mr. Coolse's lecture, Dundm Hotel, Old Elvel, Durham City, 7 p.m.
The Institute's annual general meeting will be held on October 1 at the Royal Society of Arts at 6.30 p.m. The annual tour, embracing visits to operators and manufacturers in the Midlands, the north-west and the Eastern Counties, will' be made from October 12-17.
GARAGE MACHINING PRACTICE
ANY motor mechanic who is engaged on maintenance will find "Garage Machining Practice," by A. W. Judge, a practical guide and a useful book of reference. It covers the use of the normal range of engineers' hand tools and the more simple types of machine generally to be found in a motor repair shop. It is priced at 15s., post free from the publisher, Penton Publishing Co., Ltd., 2, Caxton Street, London, S.W.1.
SHELL BOOKLETS ON TOURING
A USEFUL set of 21 booklets has 11theen published and is obtainable free from Shell Touring Service, St. Helen's Court, Great St. Helen's, London, E.C.3.
The individual booklets cover many countries such as Yugoslavia, Sweden, Spain, Finland, Western Germany, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, etc. One of special interest is devoted to " XV Olympiad," Helsinki, this year.