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rilHE question of paving roads with rubber nas again come to the fore. In a paper read by Lieut.
Colonel T. H. Chapman
at a conference on the
subject, held recently in London, it was prophesied that there would soon be established a standard rubber street paving that would be a decided advance and prove not only an amenity, but an economic investment to the cities and towns which adopted it. Naturally, until it can be placed on the market at a cost which brings it within economic bounds, its employment will be restricted, but developments tending to a reduction in pets, may be expected.
-WEI learn that a gentleman who recently made a gearbox (which was admittedly crude) from old gramophone parts has now constructed one made from steel and brass, the same principle being employed. The device is apparently of the autoc18 matic type, as the vehicle equipped With the new gearbox is said to have been accelerated from
I m.p.h. to 60 m.p.h. with out a gear change. We trust that if a test be made with one on a commercial vehicle the steel and brass will be of good quality!
THE growing tendency for the garage trade to take a direct interest in the sale of commercial vehicles lends importance to a paper which, some little time ago, won the gold medal offered by Sir Charles C. Wakefield for the best paper dealing with a subject of interest to the motor trade.
The subject chosen was "Service" and the differentiation between service which should be free and service for which payment must be made. The author outlined a system for limiting free servioa to an absolute minimum and suggested that that minimum should be defined and set out in the manufacturers' catalogues and instruction books so that,no question should arise as to the liability of any vehicle owner to pay for anything beyond that. The subject is one of interest to all motor users, who naturally expect that, having paid a considerable sum for a vehicle, the purchase should carry with it an assurance that the vendor takes the responsibility of assuring its satisfactory running for a time at least.
SOltIE of the many readers of this journal who also study the pages devoted to advertisements— and much valuable information can usually be obtained therefrom—may have thought it curious that Sheepbridge Stokes Engine Liners, Ltd., should have thought it necessary to state that they would fit "cylinder liners or worn or scored cylinders," there being quite enough of the latter already. We hasten to point out that the first " or " should have read "for." What a difference one small letter will sometimes make? • THE recent Territorial R.F.A. mechanization course at Strensall Camp, York, with which we dealt a week or two ago, has been a complete success, and the men who participated much appre dated the courtesy of Karrier Motors, Ltd., in entertaining them at the company's works.
Mr. Hattersley, it will be remembered, is a Karrier director as well as a director of the Artillery Transport Co., Ltd., which carried out the training.
MANY people are wondering as to whether the tax on petrol and its additional cost are likely to turn more attention to the battery-electric vehicle. So far we have not noticed much activity in this direction, but perhaps the makers of this class of machine have something up their sleeves.
THERE was a pleasant little social function last • week, when the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Verulam, the new chairman of Sternol, Ltd., was introduced to prominent members of the Press by Mr. F. Stacey Hooker, the vice-chairman.
The toast of "The Press" was given by Mr. H. Bell Thompson, the managing •director, in a witty speech, during which he referred to his own youthful journalistic experience of a fortnight's duration.
It will interest many drivers of commercial vehicles to know that the Sternol £5 Flag Scheme has now been extended to them.