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WE gave in our _issue dated " April 2 an analysis of tyre damage, in which it was pointed out that damaged beads accounted for 17.36' per cent. of the loss, and we suggested that most of this probably occurred while tyres were being fitted or while they were being forced off rusty rims, which demonstrated the need for the use of a material for protecting the rims tom rust, and said that such a prOduct was available. T. R. Parry and Co., Ltd., which produces Tyreprim, says that this view will be readily endorsed by many thousands of important fleet owners throughout the country. Hidden fabric damage by sledgehammer blows inflicted during the removal of stuck tyres amount to the same thing as concussion injury, and it is also reasonable to deduce that a considerable proportion of the 13.55 per cent. of damage listed under " Obstruction " is also attributable to the result of fitting tyres without anti-adhesive rim treatment. The company also states that many of the readers of this journal who use. Tyreprim have told it that
Fitting and Removing Tyres May Cause Much Damage . . .
they consider it very strange that,such a key matter in tyre fitting is omitted from official "Care of Tyres' announcements. Most tyre users will have received from their A.T.D.s an, official leaflet warning them that oil (particularly paraffin), grease and paint destroy rubber. In this connection the maker emphasizes that Tyreprim contains zio damaging agents.
A Note on Names, TANKS are not infrequently whether Apposite or A named after the sweethearts the Opposite . . . or wives_ of their drivers, although it seems somewhat incongruous that such monsters should bear the names of the fair sex. Last week we encountered, somewhere in Britain, a number of them on an exercise and were amused to see " Ferocious " travelling meekly along sandwiched between " Fifi " and " Flossie." Was it christened, we speculated, by some henpecked husband, or was the driver enjoying a much-longed-for chance to hustle his mother-inlaw? Beware of CarbonA GAIN a warning has been monoxide Poisoning J—Iissued against the danger of with Producer Gas . Poisoning by carbon monoxide, this time by the M.O.W.T., in connection with producer gas. Incidentally, we also gave a warning regarding this. same months ago. The gas from a producer contains between 25 to 30 per cent, of the poisonous constituent, and it must be remembered that a concentration of 1 pprt per 1,000 of air is sufficient to produce headache, mental confusion [we sometimes get this without gas.—Ed.], and ultimate collapse if inhaled for more than 30 minutes. The dangerous conditions are: (a) when the hopper lid is removed to recharge; (b) from the exhaust gases, particularly when the engine is idling. It isvitally important, therefore, that there should be good ventilation wherever vehicles are kept or being serviced, and all staff should be warned accord ingly. We had slight carbon-monoxide poisoning through inhaling fumes from test engines over a period of some month. In our case the symptoms were pallor, pimples and palpitation, these effects resulting from a reduction in the efficiency of those oxygen carriers of the blood, the red corpuscles.
Comment on DirectnNE of the most 'striking ing Prisoners' TransN•-•comments on the German
port In Tunisia. . debacle in Tunisia was that
recorded by a "Daily Express " correspondent. He stated that he heard a military policeman remark: " Blim,yI If all London's buses were suddenly let loose in Burlington Arcade there wouldn't be such a tangle-as this." The reference concerned the packing 'of the roads with Italian and German vehicles full Of Axis troops coming in to surrender.