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Lord Nuffield ConQ, PEAKING at the Morris demns Import of 6.-/ London Dealers meeting last Subsidized Vehicles . Friday, Lord Nuffield said that whilst the past 12 months had been very difficult for most of us, his concern was more worried by_the political situation than by restriction on trader because production over the period had not fallen by so much as 10 per cent., which was more than most manufacturers could say. He did not personally want to be made any richer. It was only his business and the employment it afforded about which he was concerned. He strongly condemned the importation of foreign vehicles to be sold at prices at which British manufacturers could not even buy the material. •
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Plea to Adjust WorkA DIFFICULTY has arisen ing Hours of Van 1.--Vin connection with the
Boys employment of van boys
because the permitted hours of employment, intervals for meals and rest periods have been put considerably out of step with those of commercial-motor drivers owing to the provisions of the Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1938. The Home Secretary has .been given power to prescribe further conditions for safeguarding the welfare of young persons to whom the Act applies, and representations have been made to him by the C.M.U.A., urging him to invoke these powers, in order to make regulations so that their times of employment, etc., shall coincide with those of the drivers.
Beware of Vapour in Empty Tins and Tanks! . .
PVECAUTIONS against the risk of explosions caused by volatile liquids were recently given by the National
Safety Council of Australia. These particularly concerned empty, or almost empty, tins of petrol, turpentine, eta., for empty tins often contain an explosive mixture of fumes and oil, and may act almost in the nature of bombs if ignited, whilst heat from a soldering iron applied to an empty petrol tank has been known to cause a serious explosion with resultant injury to the operator.
An Elementary Driving rOMMERCIAL VEHICLE Tactic Too Often Dis•-'drivers, as a class, are more regarded . punctilious than other motor ists about giving the " drawing-out" sign. Unfortunately, too few car drivers respect it and, impatient of trifling delay, continue their overtaking regardless, occupying the extreme right-hand side of the road to do so. In our opinion, one of the worst dangers of the road is attributable to foolhardy overtaking. Drivers should look out for possible causes of the vehicle in front drawing-out before attempting to get ahead of it. The drawing-out sign actually should not be necessary. Cultivation of the powers of imagination would go some way towards remedying this deplorable neglect of what is, after all, an elementary point.
Emphasis Given to the A REFERENCE to the value Great Importance of I-1 of really good and striking
Service catalogues was made recently by Mr. Gordon Stewart. So far as the vehicle side is concerned, selling had become almost a mail-order business, and people bought largely from what they read. He also mentioned that the service side might become the backbone of a business in the event of any national emergency limiting sales, and advised greater attention to this branch.