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Who is Responsible WE hope that due notice was for Designing Army " taken of a recent remark Fuel Cans by a correspondent on the
Tunisian Front, referring to wastage of petrol. He stated that the tins used for it were idiotic. Although they have been strengthened they have no spouts, and hundreds of gallons of precious fuel are unintentionally spilled every day when the drivers fill the tanks of their vehicles. A way out of the difficulty would seem to be the provision of funnels.
Armoured cars Which L'ARLY in the battle ot Acted as Guerrillas for El Alameifl two armouredFour Days . . . . car squadrons of the Royal
Dragoons broke through' the enemy lines and started a four-day rampage, during Which they wrought havoc on enemy transport and equipment, destroying many vehicles, taking 1,500 prisoners, capturing or putting out of action many guns and aeroplanes, and some Tanks. They were of :Daimler and 'Humber make, the latter being a product of the Cornmer-Karrier organization.
Minimum of Rubber L'ROM Tyresoles, Ltd., we Milted Off by the I have received -a letter sayTyresoling Process . ing that our article, "The
Army is Helping the Tyre Position," which was published in our issue dated March 5, was most valuable, but there was one point to which attention ought to.be drawn. In the fourth caption we stated that " Before resoling the old tread is milled off to a uniform size to suit the standard 'moulds . ." Now, it is pointed out, it has always been an sdvantage of the " Tyresoles " process that the minimum amount of rubber is bulled off, and that the individual ring, of which there is a wide range of sizes, is fitted to the tyre, and the tyre is not buffed to fit into a standard mould. There are, of course, • some tyres of unusual sizes, mostly American and Canadian, for which a " Tyresoles " ring not' of the particular size to meet ihe fulj, requirements of suth tyres may have to be used, but these occasions are rare.
APLEA for the reduction of taxation on cars, • etc., which, although used for essential purposes, 'are much restricted in respect of their mileage, has been made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Motor Legislation Committee. The view is taken that the incidence of motor taxation has become extremely heavy when considered on a mileage basis. The net tax on the h.p. scale represents an inmase of NI per cent., and as it came into force on January 1, 1940, it was almost coincident with a 75 per cent. reduction in usage. Many operators of commercial vehicles find themselves in a similar position and, in the unlikely event of any relief being granted, such users of commercial vehicles should not be omitted from consideration. It must always be-remet bored that road transport can well be described as Jilt oi the vital tools of trade and industry. Motor Taxation in Relation to the Mileage Covered . . .