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BIRD'S EYE VIEW
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By The Hawk
Contre Les Pigeons A fire-engine is to be used to
wage war on French pigeons. A fire-engine, too, with a distinguished war record—it battled its way through the London blitz. This particular appliance, owned by Rentokil Laboratories, is a 1938 Leyland-Metz fitted with a 100-ft. turntable ladder. Now it's to be used in Paris to keep troublesome birds on the move. Hoses will not be used—instead, operators will shin up the ladder and lay "scarecrow strip" (specially treated plastics jelly) on suitable perching points. At the end of last month the vehicle was given a special farewell ceremony in Trafalgar Square and christened—rather late in life—" L'oiseau de Feu" (Firebird to you).
Will Paris become known as the City of tired pigeons "?
Sop for Unions? 1 learn that Mr. C. N.
Christensen, managing director of B.R.S. Ltd., would like to tell the trade unions—maybe as a sop to encourage them to fall in with his long-delayed S.E. re-organization plans— of new.acquisitions planned by B.R.S. Clearly, some sizeable acquisitions would ease any white-collar redundancy problems that might arise.
Fair or Fatal? Torn Fraser's costly "Rule of Three" drink campaign has collided head on with a British Medical Association report on the effects of drink. Such headlines as "Not more than nine whiskies" may show the doctors' wish to be fair to the man who can hold his drink. But transport workers, above all, must deprecate confused images on this life-and-death subject.
Rather Obnoxious Mr. J. Backhouse described
to the Transport Tribunal last week the lengths to which an applicant had gone to persuade the North Western Licensing Authority to grant a B-to-A licence switch: A battle containing a sample of the traffic involved (pelts) was available in court so that the L.A. and others could prove that it was, indeed, obnoxious. "We don't want to smell it any more ", said the L.A. "Put the top on.",.
At lightning speed, Mr. R. M. Yorke, also present at the Tribunal capped this. "I'm told ", he said, that at the Old Bailey trial of Dr. Crippen, some small bits of Mrs. Crippen were exhibited. They had to open all the windows to let the smell put."
Sticky Wicket Speculation regarding the
appointment of the new South Eastern district manager of B.R.S. continues. Whoever gets the job will bat on the sticky wicket of a reorganized and expanded S.E. district. The appointmenI of an outsider, with no previous transport associations, should not be ruled out. My view is that there is something to be said for the Beeching technique in road haulage.
dap Industry Mr. Wilson's Fair day's
work for a fair day's pay" speech last week reminded me of a story that Mr. Marples told at the National Tyre Distributors Association annual dinner. Apparently, not so long ago, the Japs deeided that they wanted a factory built that would produce as much Terylene as the total British output. They approached I.C.I. for an estimate of how long this would take. The answer?—three years. Our Oriental friends weren't prepared to wait that long. In due course they built their own factory. How long did they take?-11 months! A second such factory was later built in seven months.
Ernest Endeavour Now that Mr. Marples has
moved from transport to technology he is very much interested in achievements of this kind—so he plans to visit America and Japan in the near future to discover as much as he can to help him in his new role. Of his time in transport he said: It was the roughest, toughest—and happiest—five years I've ever had ". One thing can be said for the ex-R.S.M.—he doesn't need any prodding to get on with the job in hand.
Eggs and Eggs . Transport employers, who
have wrestled on occasion with the redoubtable negotiators of the Transport and General Workers' Union, will await the outcome of current internal staff pay negotiations at Transport House with interest. Hoping for an Easter egg are the T.G.W.U. white collar staff. Their representatives face some tough eggs!