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Keep Roads Clear in winter road transport Winter should be less hampered by heavy falls of snow than was the case last year, if the plans officially sponsored reach the stage of fulfilment that is envisaged. The decision to fit snow-ploughs to buses and lorries so that they can, in effect, make their own tracks, is commendable, and it is to be hoped that sufficient material supplies will be made available, which will result in something more than a piecemeal attempt to tackle the problem. Last winter's experiences must not be repeated if the war effort is to proceed unimpeded by. transport hold-ups.
WijAT strikes us as being a ery unfair decision has been arrived at by the Brighton magistrates in connection with a case in which a London motor-vehicle-hiring concern was summoned for allowing petrol to be used for journeys outside the inner radius. At the hearing of a case on August 17, it was stated that a man hired a car and signed a declaration that he required it to go to Macclesfield in connection with his business as .13.n accountant in certain bankruptcy proceedings. The following day he was stopped while driving the
Hiring Firm Made Responsible for Misuse of Fuel
vehicle in Brighton. The magistrates came to the conclusion -that if the proprietor of a vehicle in which motor fuel is used neglects to takedithe precaution of verifying the declaration which the hirer has signed, then, if the latter uses it unlawfully, the proprietor . is guilty of allowing it to be so used. This would seem to -imply that every hiring firm must employ a detective agency.
Home Guard Officer's 111Q1 EPLYING to an article, Advice as to Lorry "" The Position of Drivers Drivers in the Home Guard," by Mr.
Francis Jones, published in our issUe dated September 11, the Commanding Officer of the 24th County of London Battalion Home Guard states that a lorry driver in the Home Guard .who is unable to return to his own unit after invasion takes place and the0Home Guard is mustered, must report to the nearest Home Guard unit. A driver should., if a vacancy occurs, be posted to the Transport Section, which is an integral part of a Home Guard battalion establishment. He must, however, have sufficient training in arms and drill to enable him, if an emergency arises, to be able to shoot or throw a bomb accurately, and to move as directed by his superior officer. Relax Onerous Regupp IGID economy is the order
lations to Avoid of the day and wasteful Wastefulness ness in any direction is to be condemned, amounting, as it certainly' does, to sabotage of the war effort. One feels, however, that savings could be effected in many directions if onerous requirements—all very well in normal times—were, in some measure, relaxed. Some statutory regulations have been put into cold storage for the duration, not necessarily to achieve savings but rather to speed up the tempo of the war, whilst others could well be temporarily eased to give a freer hand to those public-spirited transport operators who can clearly discern ways of saving valuable fuel and rubber. Some of the restrictions on the use of limited trade plates are a case in point.
Formation of lmpleTHE formation of pools of ment Pools Solves I agricultural machinery is Farmers Problems . . doing much to overcome the
difficulties of those farmers who do not possess certain items of mechanized equipment. The bigger men are co-operating well in this move, and thus are assisting the Nation to increase the home • supply of agricultural produce. For,example, in the East Riding each parish has formed a small committee to organize this pooling. Naturally, reasonable charges have to be fixed, but these can be arranged in conjunction with the Country War Agricultural Committees. People other than farmers are taking an active interest—in one instance the local schoolmistress is acting as secretary g.nd treasurer of a pooling committee, and nearly every farmer is able to contribute at least one, and sometimes more, implements.