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Deaf Find Scope for THE deaf of this country Useful Production I who are otherwise fit are Work now fully employed on war
work. In this connection, interesting information comes from Fort DunIbp. Here, the first team of deaf girls proved such excellent workers that their number was recently doubled, and the production manager has said that :the cornpany would gladly treble its original quota, but no more are to be found: Since it was first announced that deaf girls had been brought to the factory, other works in Coventry, Cardiff and elsewhere have been asking for them. They have been found particularly quick at their tasks, because they are not distracted lay the noise around them,. whilst their sight has been sharpened by lip reading, for communication by hand signs is not encouraged.
Do We Require a 4 WRITER to the " Daily New Atrdition to Ch.n 17-Telegraph " has suggested Coinage : . . . .: • that, as the basic fare for buses and other means for transport is now lid., the Mint should issue a new coin for this amount. He 'also points out that the octagonal threepenny-bit cut in half would be a most suitable one. We entirely disagree. It might be a simple way of achieving the end in question, but even round coins; these days, slip through our pockets too easily (in more senses than one), and any coin with sharp corners, which might tend to develop further wear of pockets at a time when repair and replacement are so difficult, should be looked at askance. Consideration might, :later, be given to coins in plastics Or light metals, but at the moment these particular materials are required for even more essential purposes.
.Simple Idea for MainHE maintenance of correct taming Correct Tyre I tyre pressures is a vital
Press. res . factor influencing rubber economy, and no measure which helps to this end should be overlooked. The driver is, perhaps, usually the man who can most readily be made tyre-conscious, and the American military authorities have been quick to sense this fact by having stencilled on the windscreens of some of their vehicles the correct pressure at which tyres should be kept. "Tire Pressure 30 lb." Under the nose of the driver all the -time he is at the wheel is an,' implied direction which thould have a useful psychological value. It is a simple idea worthy of general adoption,
Tractor Men Rewarded for Limiting Train Fire . .
THEpluck of a driver of a timber tractor, Mr. G. C. Head, employed by Mr.Anthony Todd, of Wo'singham, Co. Durham, an A.R.O. vice-president and former chairman, was recently largely instrumental, with that of two other men with the machine, in preventing the extension of a railway fireto much more serious proportions. Some 20 trucks containing resin were standing in an L.N.E.R. station, when fire broke out at one end, and soon three of the trucks Were ablaze. Driver Head and the other men took in the position at a glance and connected a rope from the tractor to the burning trucks, which,.in the meantime, had been uncoupled, pulling them away from the rest of the train. Fortunately, the tractor was equipped with a powerful winch. The men concerned have been rewarded by the railway company, which has paid tribute to their courage in a letter from the district superintendent. "•. . from Whom nUR costs expert, S.T.R., All Blessings Flow" '1/4-"has been visiting haulier —S.T.R.'s Experience friends in Cornwall and tells • this story, viyidly illustrative of Cornish humour. He and a half-a-doien haulier friends, together with a couple of others not_ in our industry, were partaking of an aperitif just before lunch, in the " local " in a small Cornish village. An additional visitor entered, whereupon the Whole party, led by one with a fine bass voice, sang, in perfect harmony, the six verses of the hymn " Praise God from Whom all 13Iessings Flow." Meantime, the late arrival stood mute, hat removed, in an attitude of respect, one might almost have said of deep humility. Mystified, but confidvit that something was afoot, S.T.R.,waited until the performance concluded—incidentally thoroughly enjoying it. The leader of the party then turned and said, ", Now, S.T.R., let me introduce you to our local Ministry of War Transport representative] "