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3rd July 1953, Page 46
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The Lights that Failed

pRIGHT in its Coronation finish, a 30-seater coach

stood parked on a bombed site near the centre of London. "Five shillings to see the lights," said a man, invitingly holding open the door, and the vehicle was soon filled. Away with E7 10s. went the man " to call the driver." Patiently the passengers waited until a driver arrived and asked what they were doing in his coach, because they were not the party for which he was waiting! Exasperated, resentful and feeling rather foolish, the innocents continued their tour on foot.

The Latest in Welding

MANY interesting and instructive welding processes "I were seen at the Sales Technical Service Department of the British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Cricklewood, London, N.W.2, by members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, during a recent visit.

Demonstrators showed how to build up worn valve seats on cylinders heated in a gas muffle, and there were admiring comments at the results obtained with the Argonarc welding of thin aluminium, whilst the new Argonaut process, in which the normal tungsten electrode of the Argonarc torch is replaced by a consumable wire. with automatic feed, attracted much attention. With this, thiek aluminium plates', etc., can be welded With great speed in any position. One fine profiling unit was shown rapidly cuttin3 a large section out of a 3-in, block of steel, and with a finish almost as good as if it had been machined.

New to many was the powder-cutting process used for stainless steel and other metals and alloys, such as bronze, copper and brass. Iron powder of• 200 mesh is blown into the cutting flame from above: This greatly intensifies the heat and, in the case of stainless steel, burns off the chromium oxide, which would otherwise almost debar cutting.

A development of this is the new powder-washing process; here the iron powder is injected into the tip of the flame and it quickly burns off the risers and fins, and removes the sand, from iron castings, leaving a smooth surface.

Purchase Tax Refund

FROM time to time questions have arisen as to the exemption from chassis tax of tractors (except those designed for use as components of a composite vehicle), and as to whether remission or repayment of this tax can be made in cases where a chassis, which has, previously incurred liability to the tax, built up into a tractor or locomotive.

This matter has been elucidated by H.M. Customs and Excise, who point out that para. 4(b) of Part of the 'Fifth Schedule to the Finance Act, 1950, specifically debars such repayment. The worth' "other than a tractor or locomotive " in lines 1 and 2

of para. 9(c) of Notice 78 Q are intended to show the limits placed on the title to remission or repayment. To qualify for exemption from the tax, tractors must be of this excepted type at the time when they are delivered by the registered manufacturer to his unregistered customer.

Dunlop Souvenir Book

AN attractive Coronation souvenir issued by Dunlop can be obtained, free, on application to any of the company's factories or depots. It is entitled " The Story of Dunlop Through the Reigns." Largely pictorial, the first illustration is of Queen Victoria driving her pony carriage on rubber-tyred wheels. This is followed by the major achievements of Dunlop products under each sovereign. One interesting reference is to the light, realistic dummy Tanks which 'A ere developed by Dunlop as decoys.

Venues For Coach Parties

CLUB secretaries, coach operators and others who ‘-'organize coach parties should welcome a most useful and interesting booklet entitled: "Our Outing! Where Shall We Go?". This is the first post-war edition issued by Fremlins, Ltd., •the well-known brewers of Maidstone, Kent. It represents a form of invitation for visits to be paid to their numerous inns and hotels in the south-east corner of the country, covering all Kent, much of Sussex and parts of Essex, Suffolk and Cambs. Main towns are briefly described and the details of each " house " include parking accommodation, numbers for whom catering can be arranged and remarks of particular and general interest, occupying in all 56 pages and a map. In fact, taken as a whole, a most valuable aid to an enjoyable "pub crawl."


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