Women are "Bus-accident Prone
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WOMEN are more likely than men to have accidents while travelling on buses, particularly if they wear stiletto heels. This was discovered by officials of the Midland General Omnibus Co. during a survey of their 200 doubleand single-deck buses throughout Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Of all the accidents observed, more than 90 per cent, involved wonlen and included; Women in stiletto heels, who lost their balance whenever the vehicle slowed down; young girls in tight skirts who fell while getting on and off; elderly women with heavy shopping bags—and young men who smashed windows by tapping too hard to attract the attention of young girls inside. Mr. Kenneth Leing, the company's traffic manager, commented recently: "We carried out the survey purely for our own use. We didn't snoop on passengers, but merely took a census of accident reports that reached us. It was obvious that stiletto heels were responsible for accidents in some cases, but we wouldn't have the temerity to tell them not to wear them. Our own conductresses? They are advised to wear 'sensible shoes.'"
Dynamometers for Bathgate
BM.C. (SCOTLAND), LTD., have • placed an order with Heenan and Fraude, Ltd., of Worcester, for 20 dynamometers for installation at the Corporation's new Bathgate factory. The dynamometers, all Fronde DPX IV hydraulic machinee, will be used for testing the B.M.C. range of fourcylindered and six-cylindered diesel truck engines developing up to 150 b.h.p. The order, which includes. two Heenan water coolers for dealing with both the engines and the dynamometers, is the first phase of a B.M.C. scheme for a total of 40 similar engine test beds. lEach dynamometer is rated for up to 250 b.h.p.
FURTHER EXPANSION FOR EDBRO
WORK began last week on a new V, extension to the main bodybuilding factory of Edbro-B. and E. Tippers, Ltd., at Foundry Street, Bolton. The extension, which will increase factory capacity 40 per cent., will be completed in about a year's time. This news follows closely on the announcement, in December, that Ern-n-0 had purchased for long-term expansion a mill at Great Lever, Bolton, with a total floor area of 200,000 sq. ft.