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Packing of Canadian A N idea of Canada's war Vehicles Ind i ca.0 s r-leffort to assist the Empire's Great Output . armies can be obtained from figures just released regarding the consumption of incidental packing materials used for crating military vehicles produced in the Dominion. At the Windsor works of the Ford Motor Company of Canada five tons of nails are used every day in the construction of crates, and during 1941 the company used for this purpose over 60,000,000 ft. of board timber. A production line enables a vehicle to be packed every 10 minutes, whereas a skilled carpenter would take 24 hours to complete a case. On arrival the timber is recovered for -building purposes, and the nails for re7use or as metal salvage. The layers of waterproof paper used for lining cases,. and which are not suitable for repulping, are employed for wrapping important engine parts. Some Useful Advice THE National Farmers' on Transport from •I• Union points out that far the N.F U mers can save public transport
by ordering fertilizers immediately and carrying them in their own vehicles. The 1.fnion also gives the following advice:—(1) Goods vehicles under C licences or defence permits may carry produce or requisites for another farmer
in their locality and charge for this service. (2) Those under F licences may carry the owners' produce or requisites and may, at the same time, convey similar articles for other farmers, but not for . hire or. reward. (3) Tractors licensed at £12 may now be used for hauling the farmer's own produce and necessities between any points, and the fuel duty on these has been reduced to H. per gallon. (4) Those licensed at 5s. may haul to or from a railway station, as well as between different parts of the farm.
How This Journal . Helps to Promote Efficiency
PROBABLY as a direct result of criticism that appeared in this journal, an important brick company has developed a scheme for the more economic utilization of its vehicles. Drivers having delivered their loads now have to telephone the traffic-control room to obtain instructions regarding return loads, whereas, formerly, many of the wagons returned empty.
No More Scrambling 'DIY a new Order under the to Get on to Buses LODefence Regulations, people and Trams . . . . waiting at 'a stopping place, stand or terminus for a bus, tram or trolleybus must, from April 12, form a queue of not more thao two abreast, so soon as six or more are waiting. This Order applies throughbut the country, and any person breaking a queue, or entering or endeavouring to enter a vehicle before those who were first in the queue, will be liable to prosecution. This will meet a long-felt want and will prevent the elbowing away of the aged and infirm. It should also greatly assist the work of the conductors.
How Liquid Fuel ry'HERE are still some doubts May be Taken to I amongst operators as to the Stranded Vehicles . legal procedure when supplying
liquid fuel to a vehicle otherwise than from a pump, as in the case where its tank becomes empty at a distance from the supply station. The Petroleum Department has stated that it is quite in order for the fuel retailer to convey it in a can to the vehicle and run it into the tank, provided that coupons for the quantity thus obtained are handed to him at the time of supply.