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Timken Chairman rAUSTIC remarks concernTakes Poor View of •-'ing the many controls
Controls . under which industry has to
suffer were made recently by Mr. Michael Dewar, chairman of British Timken, Ltd. He pointed out that, as with many other industries, there is a Government Department which professes to control the production of bearings, but he claimed that the co-ordination of all controls is carried out by companies like his. The bureaucrats have not yet found it possible to do this through one ehannel. Many people regard planning and control as the only hope for the future. Those in industry who have had experience of these can pray only for the rapid return of a state of affairs in which it is possible to reach quick decisions. Leyland Beaver Does WRITING in October to 250,000 Miles WithVv Leyland Motors, Ltd., Mr.
out Breakdown. . C. C. Booth, a director of Booth and Brookes, Ltd., an iron-working concern of Burnham-on-Crouch, refers to a Beaver lorry which has completed about 250,000 miles. This vehicle has operated over the whole distance without any motor trouble involving breakdown on the road, delay, or failure in starting on its journeys. The driver-mechanic, who was formerly on an R.A.F.-type Leyland from the time it was purchased in 1920, must be given full credit for his attention to the Beaver, but it is felt that the record would not have been achieved had not the vehicle been a really sound engineering proposition based on long experience.
AUTHORITIES in the United States attach great importance to adequate tyre maintenance in -the conservation of rubber, and in a notice -issued through the Office of Defence Transportation it is pointed out that damage cauied by running on fiat or partially flat tyres can be prevented by-comparing differences in the tyre pressures. Tyres can sometimes be run over thousands of miles with nails in them or while losing air through other small leaks. It is iniportant, first of all, to make certain that the valves are in good order 'and that the caps, with their rubber washers, have been screwed on finger-tight, Following this precaution, if it be found that one or two tyres lose air more rapidly than do the others, a search should be made for the reason and the tyres removed immediately for inspection and repair. The process can be facilitated if a proper record be kept of the pressure in each tyre during the periodical tests. It is suggested by O.D.T. that garages and filling stations should supply suitable forins.
Leaks Will Show if Pressure Record be Kept
THE irianageress of Whitehall A Court Garages, Ltd., Hampton Court, has told Stream-Line Filters, Ltd., of a, new use for the sludge which results from cleaning the packs of filters of this make. As,is well-known, this cleaning is accomplished by simple reversal with compressed air, when the oily slurIge is ejected. In this particular case, each pack is cleaned over a few odd sheets of dirty paper, which axe then wrapped into a neat parcel, put into a tin and, later, used most effectively as a fire lighter without the employment of any kindling wood. The general manager of the StreamLine concern, Mr. Albert Beale, remarks that the housewifely mind of this lady has suggested a procedure which he does not think would have occurred to many mere male managers of similar establishments. We might also add that we hope not too much paper will be used in this way, in view of its need for salvage, although, unless a gas poker be employed, it is difficult to know in what other manner a fire can be started.
Stream-Line Filter Sludge Used for Fire Lighting