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Would You Believe It?
WHILE awaiting the arrival of a -Scammell-Crane combination carrying a 111-ton transformer, a representative of this journal got into conversation with a police officer. Very soon the two were talking about speed limits, as a result of which our representative " learned " that unless a vehicle had its speed limit painted on it, it could travel at any speed.
Of course, discretion was necessary, but nothing would convince the constable that he was wrong.
No Full Driving Priority
1T seems that the international view on the question of any priority of drivers at road and street intersections being considered as an absolute right is that of a definite negation of such a principle, and that in no country should full priority of passage be legal. This was established by representatives of seven European Governments meeting recently under the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe (E.C.E.).
It means that each driver should be held personA26 ally responsible to do everything in his power to avoid accidents, whether approaching an intersection from the right or the left. Any obligation on a driver to give way in certain cases does not absolve any road user from taking such precautions. In other words, the rule of safety must always take precedence over priority of passage.
In Seven Languages
A LEAFLET now being circulated in connection with the forthcoming Smithfield Show to be held at Earls Court, has all the material printed in seven languages, showing its international character.
At the 1950 Show there were exhibits by manufacturers of no fewer than 10 different nations, and international representation at the forthcoming exhibition is expected to be even greater.
The promoters are to be commended for appreciating the need for producing literature embodying so wide an appeal, for it enhances considerably the undoubted prestige of such exhibitions.
Henley Encourages Education
THE Henley organization inaugurated some years ago an excellent scheme for providing educational facilities for its younger employees. In this connection, it held, on November 3, at the Woolwich Polytechnic, the 9th annual conversazione, at which Mr. W C. Gibbs, a director and general manager of Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., presided, whilst Sir Montague Hughman, chairman of the organization, presented the prizes to successful students.
Following an address by a well-known author and playwright, and speeches, there was a stage presentation entitled "A Saga of Scientific Discovery," comprising nine episodes depicting scientific progress, devised by Mr. F. Davis, of the Henley Research Laboratories.
Later, Dr. P. Dunsheath, C.B.E., M.A., M.I.E.E., director and consulting engineer to the company, and chairman of the Henley Education Committee, presented a challenge trophy and awards in connection with Students' handicrafts. The guests included the principals of most of the technical colleges in the neighbourhood of London, and other leaders in the educational field
Sauce for the Goose
nNE of the speakers at the recent Municipal Passenger Transport Association Conference at Eastbourne was a little caustic at the expense of those general managers who cannot be considered as students of psychology and may sometimes cause feelings of resentment amongst other employees. He quoted as an example one transport chief who had to remonstrate with a driver because the latter had been found smoking on duty. This manager, however, unfortunately chose to interview the man in his own office, in which he was smoking so heavily
that the atmosphere was thick with smoke. It is to be presumed that his disciplinary action was not very favourably received.