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Worries o Drivers A SMALL book prepared in Great Exhibition for visitors to the Great

Year Exhibition of 1851 reveals some of the worries of commercial drivers, cabmen and carters in the London of that time. They could be arrested and fined for parking outside a shop or house where they were not wanted, also for slow driving or using abusive language. In the case of a "cabby," he was liable to a fine if his fare complained that the vehicle was dirty. An additional difficulty, particularly during the heavy fogs that used to occur in those days, was the finding of destinations. The Metropolis had 18 places named after Nelson, several after Trafalgar, 14 Wellington Streets and 10 called Waterloo. Fortunately, that cause of muddle has been practically swept away.

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Public Request THERE have been many Better Bus Bell I complaints about the System position of bell pushes on

some buses, and a universal system is being demanded. Generally handier positions and more pushes are said to be necessary. In some cases the bell pushes are half-way up the bus. high up, and sometimes overhead, all difficult to reach by old people, children and women with babies. The campaign is now being taken up by the Women's Institutes. An official of the Bristol Tramways Company states that the aim of that company is to provide a standardized system, but during the war so many utility and other buses had to be employed that the bell system had to be taken as it was. The layout on the older buses at Bristol is better than that on the newer vehicles Of „What State IS the British Transport of Mind is the I Commission mainly in B.T.C. 1 . . . . favour of railways? Sir

Wavell Wakefield, M.P., who is a director of the A.C.V. group, appears to think so and recently asked the Minister of Transport why the majority of its members was comprised of men with railway backgrounds. The Minister, characteristically, replied that full consideration had been given to the make-up of the Commission so that it would be able to fulfil its functions to the best degree. However, doubt will remain in the minds of many who have not received the quality of service that was promised as one of the fruits of nationalization, perhaps not so much as to whether the B.T.C. has a railway complex, but whether it is really transport conscious.

.Overcoming the nUR old friend, Baron Rolf

.Effects of Sulphur in `.•-• Beck, whom we met a few Oil Engines . months ago in Birmingham, is again making steady progress With certain Slip products, particularly an oil-fuel additive called Dieslip, marketed by Slip Products and Engineering Co., Ltd., Slip Works, 95, Victoria Street, St. Albans, Herts. Many operators of oil engines who are sufficiently technical will know that some of the fuel now used has an appreciable sulphur content, and it is said that in certain of the oils from both the Middle East and America, this averages as high as 1 per cent. At this rate, a barrel of oit could produce as 'much as 5 lb. of sulphuric acid. It is claimed that this results in the formation of deposit • in engines, whilst accentuating corrosive and abrasive wear, apart from forming additional sludge, giving rise to carbon deposits on injector .nozzles. Dieslip is, stated to obviate the harmful effects of the sulphur, for it disperses the carbon and neutralizes the acid. It also has a solvent effect on lacquer. The company and users have carried 'ont tests which indicate a reduction in the consumption of both fuel and lubricating oil when this inhibitor is employed. The proportion for the fuel is one gallon of Dieslip to every 100 gallons, and where no detergent oil is employed, a pint 'to every gallon of lubricant; for detergent o,ls, half this quantity is recommended.

Memorable Occasion TO Mark the 21st anni for Drivers at A versary of • a two-way

Barnsley . . . . charity effort between busmen

of Barnsley and Edinburgh, kilted Scots carried a replica of the "Stone of Destiny" through the streets of the Yorkshire town. The origin of the charity was that Mr. Steadman, a bus driver of Edinburgh, who is now a taxicab proprietor and Edinburgh councillor, had an accident at Barnsley in 1930 and received treatment at the local hospital. Following his recovery, he led a party of Edinburgh busmen through Barnsley to raise money for the hospital. Later, Barnsley busmen sent a party to Edinburgh on a similar mission, and throughout the 21 years there have been altr.rnate visits between the two places by drivers and clippies. To mark the anniversary, Mr. F. Bentham, president of the employees' sports club of the Yorkshire Traction Co., LW., presented the Scots with a set of new drums, whilst the Mayor, Ald. W. Leach, a former bus driver, gave the party a civic welcome.


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