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28th May 1937, Page 34
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New Conduct ConIT will be satisfactory to many t r o I for Coroners of the public, including road Welcomed users, to learn that the powers of coroners are to be subject to a measure of control. In many cases the proceedings before a coroner's jury have prejudiced cases before the courts. For example, drivers concerned in fatal accidents are often bullied into giving evidence before they can be properly represented, and without being cautioned that what they say may, later, be used in evidence against them. Many coroners also have a habit of making gratuitous comments, sometimes of a most injudicious nature. Vehicle Petrol Tanks A FEW days ago, as the Should be Carefully result of a collision, the Positioned petrol tank of a vehicle. eaught

fire, and the driver and his mate were imprisoned in the cab by the resulting flames. This draws attention to the need for fitting the fuel' tank in such a position that in the event of a fire, collision, or both, the crew of the vehicle will be as little endangered as possible. In passenger vehicles the requirements in this respect are. strict, • but, admittedly, the problem is far more difficult with goods vehicles, which are of so many types and different forms of construction. A New Version of the Camel and Needle Story

014E. time ago the represene t•-)tative of a foreign tube

making concern was boasting to an English rival of the minute steel tube which his firm could produce. Not to be out-done, the Englishman borrowed a sample of the tube in question and returned it in the course of a few days with another tube inside it, the inner example being little bigger than a hair.

171 E study of time and movement is not always welcomed in works, for the reason that the employees are inclined to form the opinion that, in some way or other, more work is to be expected from them. Actually, when properly carried out, the study may be beneficial to both employers and workers. It is often found that a particular task has involvedan unnecessary expenditure of energy and an excessive number of

Time and Motion Study Promotes Efficiency movements, thus tiring the operative and wasting time. A mistress would be justified in remonstrating with a maid if she carried only, one plate at a time, and this is really all that is implied in motion study. Greater efficiency means increased production, cheaper manufacture, more sales and better wages.

AWARNING as to the importance of using. correct grades of lubricants for certain purposes has been issued by Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd. This concern finds that whilst most operators make certain of obtaining a satisfactory engine oil, many fail to be so critical where transmission lubricants are concerned. With the introduction of synchromesh gears and special types of gearing for back axles the matter is of even greater importance, the latter, for example, requiring a lubricant which will withstand extreme pressure.

New Gears and Axles Require Special Lubrication . . . .

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