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24th May 1935, Page 34
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AT a recent R.H.A. area meeting, a good suggestion was made for combating, by the use of the kineana, propaganda hostile to road transport, the kernel of the idea being a film typifying a day in the life of a commercial-vehicle driver, during which incidents associated with his everyday duties would be portrayed. It would certainly bring home to the man in the street the dependence of the nation and of the individual upon the effortsof a hard-working and much-maligned set of men.

IF there was one fault to be found with the 'Conference at Liverpool it was that the organizers had attempted to cover too much in the time wailable. It is always difficult to work to a schedule in which the time allocated to the discussions on pa oars is already brief. The result was that remarks upon the latter had to be unduly curtailed, whereas, in our opinion, such comments often elicit more valuable information than is contained in the papers, although, in this instance, they were full of interest.

A N interesting and enjoyable feature of the Pro

fessional Fire Brigades Conference should be the afternoon drive to Ravensear on Wednesday next, at which place a demonstration will be given of fighting an 800-sq.-ft. oil fire by means of the Pyrene foammaking branch-pipe.

I N an address recently delivered to the Industrial Transport Association, Major H. A. Crawfurd, A.F.C., said that, in making arrangements to ascertain the traffic needs of the Metropolis, the Minister of Transport has shown more vision than any of his predecessors, and that this one move is worth more than all the legislation that has emanated from the Ministry since the war, but it is only a• beginning. and unless other steps be taken the work may be in vain. There should be one authority with overriding powers to put into operation a scheme of reconstruction to meet the probable needs of the population for road-traffic facilities for the next 50 years. This authority should regulate building and building lines, and select, in their order of urgency, the major improvements which must be made.

THE lhought of an aluminium piston working in an un-lined cylinder of the same metal would probablY horrify an3r engineer, but the designer of the interesting Cross rotary-valve engine has evolved a methcid of making such a scheme possible. He insures that the two 'units shall never make contact simply by using rings at the top and bottom of the piston, which •are deeper than their groove; and thus form the actual bearing surface.

I N the current issue of The Motor is a striking article by the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, OM., M.P., entitled " Britain Needs New Roads." We advise all our readers to peruse this important contribution. One Comment by Mr. Lloyd George is that the roads remain he ultimate essential. To and from the railway terOini passengers and goods must pass by road. If all, the railways ceased running to-morrow the nation's necessary transport could be maintained by the roads, but if all roads were obliterated, the railways themselves would be hamstrung, and the nation would be faced with immediate and absolute disaster.


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