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SYNTHETIC RUBBER DOES NOT. SOLVE TYRE PROBLEM rONFIDENT hope that

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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

large sup'...plies of synthetic rubber will be available to the United Nations in 1944 does not indicate a prospect that good stocks of tyres will be available, remarked Mr. P. S. King, Deputy Direcfor of Tyres, Ministry of Supply, in a speech at the opening of the Sheffield Tyre Economy Exhibition.

So far as could be judged at present, • said Mr. King, synthetic rubber world be incapable of replacing natural rubber entirely. The . larger the tyre, the more crude rubber was required, and it should be borne in mind that by far the largest consumption was in the large tyres as used on buses and lorries.

Commenting that there was room for a lot Of improvement in the degree of tyre care by operators, Mr. King said that, at present, more than 50,000 tons of rubber were running on the roads of this country as tyres fitted to civilian machines—mostly commercial vehicles. This represented one of our most valuable assets, and the Ministry of Supply's aim was to get these tyres back in a fit state for retreading, so as to save rubber and labour, as well as materials such as cotton. Since the end dl last year the percentage of retreadable tyres to the total returned had increased from about 25 to nearly 40, but it was still possible to raise the percentage to4a much higher level. 's

SHOULD CONDUCTRESSES HAVE MORE CLOTHING COUPONS?

LAST week, the Mayor of Accrington eeported to Accrington Information Committee that bus conductresses felt that strong representations should be made regarding their clothing coupons. They had to give 14 coupons for uniforms, which quickly suffered from wear and tear. It was thoughtthat their trade union might be able to give -them advice.

UNLIMITED-TRAVEL BUS TICKETS WITHDRAWN AT LEEDS INLIIMITED TRAVEL contract tickets for 'adult passengers were withdrawn on all Leeds Corporation bus services as from October 30, except in the case of the Guiseley route, where they will be continued for a few weeks pending the substitution of a limitedjotirney ticket. No change is being made in schoolchildren's tickets, Th. withdrawal 'Bf unlimited contract tickets on bus services is being extended generally in the Region.

HENLCY'S NOVEL TRAINING SCHEME

AMOST attractive publication by the Henley organization is the Henley Student Manual, which deals with the group's education scheme.

The scheme was inaugurated in 1942 in order to help every Henley boy to secure the most suitable opening appropriate to his ability and personality. Each boy on entering the company's employ is given the option of undertaking a course of training extending over a period of years. On a selected day each week, those youths who have shown that they can benefit from such privileges and have been accepted for the -course, are released from their normal duties so that they may attend approved classes at selected . educational institutions near to their place of employment. In addition, they must undertake to carry out the required home work. The Manual gives details of the whole scheme, including the institutions.available and the programme of studies.

The Henley organization has thousands of employees and there is a wide scope in its many departments.

We regret to learn of the death, which occurred on Saturday last, of Me.. G. L. ROBERTS, sales representative for Coaches and Components, Ltd., 469, Holloway Road, London, N.7. He had been with the company for several years, and, prior to joining it, was associated, on the sales side, with a number of prominent concerns.

FORD EMERGENCY FOOD VAN SERVICE DOES GOOD WORK

NO fewer than 26,500,000 meals were carried to the people of Britain by the vans ef, the Ford Emergency Food Vans Trust during'the year ended September 30 last. During the previous 12 months, the first year,of their working, the vans carried 7,500,000 meals. During the year the vans made more than 100,000 separate journeys.

Many branches of the public now rely on the well-known " FEVs," as the Ford Emergency Food Vans are popularly called, for at least one substantial hot . meal a day. Among them are schoolchildren, 'farm workers, dockers and men and women in small factorieS that do not 'possess canteens.

It will be remembered that the Trust has 450 vans, and the plartwas put into operation by Lord Terry on behalf of Mr. Henry Ford and his son, the late Edsel B. Ford:


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