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To Capetown in a THE overland route to 20-year-old Converted South Africa is rapidly Ambulance . . becoming a recognized long distance run. Among those who have this year made the journey by road to Capetown are two young men who met while serving in Palestine and, on their release, decided to settle in South Africa. They bought for £85 an old L.C.C. ambulance built more than 20 years ago, and left Englahd on March 31, proceeding via Marseilles to Tunis, Cairo, Khartoum, and across the Western Desert to Rhodesia. They arrived in Capetown cjn August 10. The ambulance was originally designed by the L.C.C. in conjunction with Automotive Products Co., Ltd., and was fitted with a Borg and A22 Beck clutch and Lockheed brakes. During the journey, these two adventurers overtook many more modern vehicles and, despite a few mishaps, completed the journey in just over four months.
The British Working pEOPLE in buses often pro Man as a Lover of I vide a source of humour Animals either through their actions or conversations. We were told the other day of a conversation between two old ladies which had been overheard. One remarked, "What a kind man that is, and so fond of animals." Said the other, "What makes you think that?" The first replied, "He told his companion that he had put his shirt on a bleeding horse that had been scratched." Presses Help in the A S an example of the Construction of Lorry "methods by which the conBodies struction of certain parts of bodies can be expedited and improved, we may mention the tailboards built for lorry bodies by Morris-Commercial Cars, Ltd. They are constructed of tongued-and-grooved boards, held together and strengthened by long extensions of the hinges. To force them into position for bolting up, they are put into a frame, secured to which are two small rams operated by air pressure. For building up the lorry sides, a lever press is similarly utilized No Cold Feet for the TO increase the comfort of London Trolleybus 1 trolleybus drivers, London Drivers Transport has been experi menting with two devices to prevent draught from entering the cab through the hand-brake housing on the floor. One of the draught excluders is a metal flap to fit over the floor opening without interfering with the operation of the hand brake. The other, which has been unanimously favoured by drivers, is a metal slide attached to the brake, which moves with it and closes the gap in the floor. This device will be fitted to all London Transport trolleybuses before the winter.
Dunlop Tyres for Test THE employment of X-rays Can Now be Fully A in the examination of X-rayed articles and materials is steadily advancing, and we have referred, from time to time, to some of. the methods used. After long research, the Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., has adopted a new type of X-ray tube which can give a complete picture of a tyre, even down to the single strands of cord utilized in its construction. Formerly, to make a thorough investigation it was necessary to take a tve to pieces, and even that would probably not give such satisfactory results as does the new process. '