MORE MONEY FOR C-LICENCE DRIVERS IN BRADFORD AREAS
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INCREASES in the wages rates of 1C-licence drivers in Bradford and a number of neighbouring places have been agreed upon by the Bradford and District Commercial Vehicle Owners'
Federation and the United Read Transport Workers' Association. In addition, the agreement provides for increases in the wages of workers employed in other capacities connected with transport.
The new rates, which involve increases ranging from Is. 9d. to 6s. per week, came into operation with the pay week preceding November 28. They take the place of rates which have been operative for about 12 months. The agreement, to which members of various traders' associations in the Federation are parties, Icovers an area including Bradford, Shipley, Pudsey, Denholme, Queensbary, Shelf, Baildon and I3ingley.
The largest increases go to adult full-time drivers of tradesmen's delivery vans not exceeding 25 cwt. capacity, to drivers of horse-drawn vehicles, and to adult auxiliary workers —yardmen, and so forth.
In the following details the tonnage quoted refers to carrying capacity in -every case (except that of 12 tons gross laden weight), and the scales represent minimum rates of pay per standard working week, the increases over the old rates being in brackets:— Rates lox full-time drivers of mechanical:3, prc■pel:ed vehicles: DriTers of tradesmen's de:ivery vans not, exceeding 25 cwt, carrying rapacity-21 years and over, £3 7s. 6d. Let.);under Si years. first year. employment fat the trade. £2 5s. (lc 9d.). second year, 42 10s. Ill. 9d.). thereofter £2 18s. (1s. 90.). Drivers of vehicles up to and including 2 tons -t3 Us, 6d. (35. &I); over 2 tons up to and including 5 tons, £3 18s. 6d. (Ss. 6d.); over 5 tons carrying rapacity up to and including 12 tons gross laden weight, /4 is. (3s. 6d.).
HARDNESS OF TIN-BASE ALLOYS
METHODS of obtaining new and stronger tin-base alloys, Which are suitable for use 'as bearing metals, is part of the programme of research conducted by the Tin Research Institute. The effect on hardness, produced by quenching from the highest practicable temperature, followed by prolonged tempering at 100 degrees C. and 140 degrees C., has been examined for 80 tin-base alloys containing .1 to 14 per cent. antimony and 0 to 1fVper
cent. cadmium. The -results of the tests are recorded in a paper by Mr. W. T. Pell-1,ValRole, B.Sc., Ph.D., in the journal of the Institute of Metals, Volume 68, October, 1942.
It is shown that these alloys can be hardened by heat treatment and maintain a useful degree of improvement for at least 1,000 hours at 100 degrees C. to 140 degrees C. The best alloys in this respect are those in the range comprising antimony 9 to 10 per cent., cadmium 1 to 1/ per cent., balance tin.
Reprints of this paper may be obtained free of charge from the Tin Research Institute, Fraser Road, Green ford, Middlesex.