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Farming.Films A RRANGEMENTS have change Between r-k been made by the Ministry Britain and America of Information to exchange films on agricultural topics with the United States Department of Agriculture. In this connection we were recently present at a display of five of these, some British and some American. We certainly found -several to be most entertaining, but they are obviously intended more to 'giye town dwellers an impression of farming in both countries rather than to be of direct value to the farmers themselves. For example, the mechanization of farming was not very conspicuous. These films may be borrowed from the Central Film Library of the Ministry.
Commissioner Gives nNE of the Traffic Commis Advice on Home sioners, in a letter to an Guard Matters . . . association secretary, .has given some useful advice on the question of enrolment in the Home Guard. If the Ministry. of Labour proceeds to direct a man into this, the 'employer -receives form ED.444, stating that if it be considered that in the national interest the man concerned could not be released from his normal duties in an emergency, the employer can make representations against the enrolment. If the Ministry does not accept such representations, the decision is indicated on form. ED.446, informing the employer that an appeal can still be made to the Government Depart
ment principally concerned with the man's work. This Department *Must make representations within 14 days. Therefore, expedition is necessary, and employers who wish to appeal should, in the case of goods transport, immediately contact their local subdistrict manager, and the office of the Commissioner' where passenger transport is concerned. It must be remembered that certain jobs now regarded as essential might not be so under invasion conditions, the reverse holding good. Where an operator has a large fleet and a large staff, the Commissioner could not well object to the enrolment of a 'few members if he were satisfied that the user could then continue, even under invasion conditions, to fulfil any essential function.
Young Appreciation A N amusing little story, told
of an Old-established by Mr. 'P. Noel-Baker to Custom . . . , . . . the National Conference of Express Carriers, concerned a mother who was teaching her progeny the letters of the alphabet, and, to her surprise, the child put the question, What are the letters on that funny card you put in the window ?" This obviously referred to the well-known " call " sign of Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd. We have always regarded the display of this card as one of the best examples of combined service and, perhaps unintentional, publicity which have ever been put into force. A Saurer V-8 Power 'ROM an illustrated report of
Unit for Producer 1 the Basle Fair in the Swiss
Gas journal " Touring," it would appear that the parent Saurer company has an eight-cylinder model in production with a V-type engine'. A photograph of the unit is published to show the space economy achieved by this design. The engine in question is arranged to operate on producer gas from wood fuel, with which it is said to develop over 100 b.h.p. It has a bore of 110 mm. and a stroke of 140 mm. At the same exhibition, a tractor was showewith spring wheels, somewhat reminiscent of those used by the Germans when they were entirely without rubber towards the end of the previous world war. This is of interest, as we ,may quite possibly have to adopt something of the kind for heavy vehicles now that there is little prospect of obtaining adequate rubber supplies for an indefinite period. Post-war Delivertes , DECENTLY, in conversation
by London's Large with the transport manager
Stores of a big stores in the Metro polis, we learned that there is a considerable volume of opinion in favour of perpetuating the present principle of co-ordinated deliveries. In peace-time competition was such that, in certain areas, there were as many as six deliveries a day by individual concerns. Some vehicles were away from headquarters for only about 90 minutes at a time. This 'meant a great deal of dead mileage; such a case is not, of course, typical of all. .There is no doubt that it would suffice to provide two deliveries per day in any district for all the stores ; to do more is waste ful. Occasionally, in certain districts, one of the deliveries might have to be duplicated, particularly in the busy. shopping period before Christmas, but with the large transport pool aVailable such a matter would present no difficulties.