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Smart Premises DeTHE publicity value of the note Efficiency in I good appearance of a works Workmanship . . . or depot is often underesti mated. Sometimes a concern will appear content to struggle along in a decrepit building which suggests that its products resemble it. A case where no such illusion is to be permitted is afforded by the new headquarters of the Multiwheeler company, which is now established in the old Harrow trailer works at South Harrow. We called there, last 'week, to "pass the time of day," and found chaos rapidly being converted to order. Externally and internally the premises are being " spruced up," and we were surprised to find there so much efficient .machinery and equipment as are already in fairly intensive use.
Commercial-vehicle IN many respects both owners Lighting Still Needs I and drivers of commercial
Improvement vehicles can give points to.the private motorist ; the latter, indeed, has paid full tribute to the care and consideration with which both goods and passenger
vehicles are now generally driven. There is one respect, however, in which lorry-users at any rate still fail to set such a uniformly good example,. The lighting equipment of many of the older vehicles is simply not up to the standard made necessary by present-day conditions on the road. Headlamps are often inadequate, tail-lights unreliable and badly placed. During the neit few months, when the citils on lighting equipment are at their minimum, there should be an opportunity to remove the reproach.
A More Comprehen1pROM the beginning of this sive Analysis of Road A month the Chiefs of Police Accidents . . will report to the Ministry of Transport not only the time and place of a road accident, but full particulars, including the movements of the' individuals involved, the weather conditions, the age and sex of victims, and the causes. This will give the widest and fullest information that has ever been available in any country, and will constitute a basis upon which the various aspects of the problem can be attacked. *
Nearly 8,000 Buses QUR unique annual analysis
Operated by Munici of municipal bus fleets, published in our recent Special pal Authorities. Municipal Number, brought to light some illuminating facts and serves to show the tight hold that the motorbus, in its several forms, has in the sphere of municipal passenger transport. The 94 authorities engaged in this field operate 7,873 vehicles, and it is informative to note from the official returns that the oiler and the trolleybus are making pronounced headway.
A Chief Constable • QPEARING at the annual Sympathizes with Lidinner of the Doncaster
Drivers . . . section of the Motor Agents Association, the Chief Constable of Doncaster said that he did not know how anyone managed to learn the multiplicity of roadtraffic regulations. He thought the Minister of Transport was deserving of credit for trying to tackle a difficult problem, but quite candidly he did not know how a motor-driver managed to escape trouble.
One Way of Keeping HE secretary of the
Up the Old Tradi1 Northern Area of A.R,O., tions Mr F. Milton, is proud of the
fact that his new offices at 34, Grey Street, Newcastle, are built on the site of the posting yard of the old "Queen's Head," which was a point at which horses were changed on the coaches from London to Edinburgh nearly 200 years ago. In making it a headquarters of transport activity rin the North, Mr. Milton is of opinion that they. are " keeping up the old traditions."