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Horsed Coach May HE suggestion, recently Come Into Its Own made in Scotland, that Again horsed coaches, once a familiar feature in the Highlands, should return to the roads as a Means for saving petrol and tyres, has led to a search being made throughout the country for some of the old coaches that were scrapped when the motorbus became popular. Although many coaches were broken up, there are likely to be a few still hidden away somewhere At the moment there is believed to be oily one horsedrawn coach in service and that, named " Belle •of Ardrishaig," is drawn by three horses -over the ' Ardrishaig to Crinan and Tayvallich. It is complite with a scarlet-coated; white-hatted driver. This coach, which has been run in the same district for many years, is' pwri.3cl by Mr. Andrew. Grinlavr, Ardrishaig, In England a few such vehicles turn out on special occasions and it is said•that two were to be seen at the Derby.
Speeding Up ,Arc L'OLLOWING a tour of shipWelding With Larger .1" yards, Tank factories and
Electrodes . . . other war plants throughout
the U.S.A., Mr. J. F. Lincoln, chairman of . the Lincoln. Electric 'Co., Ltd., an important manufacturer of arc-welding equipment, said that the figure of 8 500. welding operatives recently reported as available was ultra-conservative, and he considered that 25,000 were immediately -obtainable, men who were already trained andwho could do the work to-day. It was, however necessary to break away from old habits and traditions in welding. The welding electrode was, he said, the key to those additional operatives. If industry would employ one size larger, there wciuld be a tremendous increase in speed. Thus, if a *elder would start Using
electrodes instead of 4-in , he could. -in sixhours do the same amount of work he now does-in eight which would give the equivalent of the man power to which he refers.
Give Copies of this A FEW weeks ago we referred Journal to the Ser1-1, to the fact that some of our v ices readers were prepared regularly to pass copies of this journal to members of the Forces at home or abroad. Since that time we have received a number of applications for such copies—more, in fact, than we have had offers of them. We should be glad, therefore, if readers who would be prepared to undertake this service would write to us, stating also whether they are willing to pay postage as well as to sacrifice their copies.
Quicker Turnround A T a meeting where sugarby Road-transport 4-1 beet haulage was being Vehicles and Trains . discussed, and while con sideration was being given to methods of ensuring a quicker turnround of lorries, a railway representative plaintively interrupted and hoped that this concentration of turnround of road vehicles would not have the effect of delaying railway wagons at th2 factories as they also, he pointed out, needed, a quick turnround. Following a suggestion that 3d. per ton should be paid to lorry drivers to encourage them to unload by hand, the railway official asked if it were possible to pay 3d. per ton to the engine driver of the train.
Who Are the Best QTRIKING evidence of the Drivers — Private or I■Jdifference in driving skill Commercial? . . and care between lorry drivers and car drivers is afforded to us daily on our way to the office. In the course of this journey we pass a halt sign erected just prior to the war because of the prevalence, in peace-time conditions, of accidents at that particular corner. As we go by this sign we automatically observe the behaviour of drivers of vehicles approaching the corner: nine out of ten lorry drivers stop; nine out of ten car drivers ignore.the sign.