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4th January 1935, Page 28
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AT a recent sitting of the Eastern Traffic Commissioners, certain breaches of the conditions of his licence were alleged against an operator. On behalf of a railway company, it was emphasized that the company was anxious to prevent irregular operation of any kind on the road. We suggest that the railway companies should devote more attention to the maintenance of regular services on the rail. rOLLOIDAL graphite has been proved to exercise

most beneficial effect upon the bearing surfaces of engines, particularly when these are new. In this connection a most interesting booklet, entitled "The Running-in of Internal-combustion Engines," has been written by Dr. A. H. Stuart. It runs to 15 pages and is well worthy of perusal, for it indicates the great importance of care in this matter.

THAT it is possible for the accomplished craftsman 1 to make a livelihood, although he may. not have had the opportunity of acquiring a modern education, was proved by a case at CIeethorpes recently. In this instance, there was a young man of 20 who had received little schooling, owing to the fact that he was .keen to get to work on his own. He can neither read nor write, but at the age of 15 he started in business and With the assiStance of members of his family appears to manage very satisfactorily. In view of the multiplicity of forms and formalities attached to the industry it is perhaps surprising to learn that the young man is a haulier. Pbssibly it shows that, whatever his other handicaps, you cannot keep a good man down. TRAVELLING northward it is possible' to meet 1 canny folk long before the Border is reached. Ilut however economically minded the townspeople of Blackburn may be—we have no evidence on the matter—they can hardly fail to be appreciative of the fire brigade, which in its spare time recently has carried out some excellent body-building efforts. Earlier in the year a used car, bought for 215, was dismantled and converted into a modern ambulance. Now a combined fire tender and police van has been produced at a total cost of 260. The purchase of the second-hand car for this purpose accounted for 230 and the remainder has been expended on wood and other materials. To acquire such a vehicle new, it is estimated, would cost 2400.

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