OVERLOADING CASE AGAINST EMPLOYER.
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At Thornbury Police Court, last week, G. G. Plank and Co. was unsuccessfully prosecuted for permitting a heavy motor vehicle to be used on the road when the weight on the rear axle exceeded 8 tons and the total weight exceeded 12 tons.
Mr. C. F. Ingle, for the defendant, entered a plea of "not guilty" on behalf of the concern and " guilty" on behalf of the driver. Mr. Plank, in evidence, stated that his drivers had been told what weight they were -to place on their vehicles and, in this particular case, the driver had been instructed to carry not more than 71 tons,
After informing the bench of the precaution which he took to see that the drivers obeyed the law, the cases against the concern were dismissed and the driver was fined 10s._ Shipping Guide for Hateiers.
The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and jetties named, from July 31, August 7 inclusive :—DocKs : King George V, 16; Royal Albert, 6; Royal Victoria, 2; Surrey Commercial, 6; West India, 1; East India, 1; SouthWest India, 5; Tilbury, 7; Tilbury Stage, 5; Millwall, 2; London, 1; Royal, 3. WHARVES : Hays, 5; Middle, ton's, 1; Mark Brown's, 1; Tilbury Jetty, 3. Regent's Canal, 1.
FRANCE PRODUCING OIL FROM COAL.
Further progress towards the widespread production of synthetic petrol from French coal has been made by tho opening at Levin of a second oil-fromcoal works. The two factories now in operation are capable of treating 50 tons of coal a day and producing 10,000 tons of petrol a year.
The method used is the hydrogenation of coal by a new process. A mixture of equal parts of coal and heavy oil is, first of all, hydrogenated at a temperature of 840 degrees F. This yields medium oil, heavy oil and a small quantity of petrol. The medium oil is then again treated and is transformed into petrol.