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A Generous Lecturer

nUR compliments to Dr. J. H. Nelson, Ph.D., B.Sc.,

A.M.I.Mech.E., senior lighting engineer of Joseph Lucas, Ltd., on the way he conducted his lecture on vehicle lighting and road safety, read last week before the Institute of Road Transport Engineers. He dealt in a most interesting and forthright manner with more questions than those to which any previous speaker before the Institute had been subjected.

Typical of his answers was that to him, in fog, a road surface looked better under a yellow light, but he disliked waste of any kind and the colouring obviously reduced the amount of light. as compared with the white light from a clear lens. He was also against the type of lens for rear lights, a portion of which is designed to act as a reflector, because the light cannot pass so well through this part.

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Monte-Carlo A.E.C. Filmed

M ANY shots of the A.E.C. coach "Gay Consort," "I which carried competitors' luggage, Press and newsreel representatives to the Monte-Carlo Rally held last month, are seen in" Objective Monte Carlo," a film of the rally, shown in London this week.

Nicknamed by its passengers the "Pyjamas Express," the coach, based on the pattern of the standard Green Line model, and run by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., carried a load weighing 14 tons. After crossing the Channel in the "Lord Warden," the vehicle proceeded direct to Monte-Carlo, a journey of 728 miles, averaging 32 m.p.h., with three drivers co-operating.

On arrival at its destination, "Gay Consort" is shown as a popular rendezvous where refreshments were provided for both officials and competitors.

Springs for Special Purposes

SPRINGS form essential parts of many machines, including commercial vehicles, and in the latter they are employed for a large variety of purposes. The largest of the springs are naturally those used in the suspension; we are discounting for the moment the possibilities of rubber for this purpose.

Probably those required to operate successfully for the longest periods in the most varying conditions of heat are the coil springs for the valves, but there are many others, such as those in clutches, change-speed mechanism, oil seals of various types, down to the tiny ones in the tyre valves, distributors, instruments and other parts.

Where special attributes, such as high resistance to corrosion or to high or low temperatures, are essential, high-nickel alloys prove advantageous. Much useful information regarding such alloys is contained in a recent publication, "Nickel Alloy Spring Materials," issued by Henry Wiggin and Co. Ltd., Thames House, Millbank, London, S.W.1.

How Wages have Risen

AN increasing number of manufacturing concerns

is showing graphically in their annual reports the main factors which affect their financial position, mainly as regards the distribution of the money received from the sale of their products.

For example, Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd., adopt a column system, the height of each column representing the amount of money involved for a particular year. One of these graphs shows the average weekly remuneration for all grades of worker and covers the period 1934-53. Up to 1939 the amount varied from just under to just above £5 per week. Then there was a steady rise up to 1943 and almost as steady a fall to 1946. Starting in 1947, however, there was an abrupt rise to about .£7, continuing at a slower rate for the next year but levelling off for 1950. The next three years showed almost equal increments. The figure during 1953 was about £10 10s., or well over double the average wages per person paid in 1934.

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