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Preventing Rail A CONCERN in the MidDamage May Be .4Th lands performs special Wasteful wits en any casting which
must perforce be sent to a customer by rail. So many castings have been fractured that dimensions are now increased to resist high shock stresses, and this inevitably results in the use of extra material which is of no value once the part has reached its destination. Whenever possible, road transport is employed, but dispatch by rail cannot always be avoided. Although these precautions have become an accepted policy, breakages still occur.
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Load Capacity in A N interesting reference to Terms of Weight and " the attitude of operators Volume towards the load capacity of vehicles was made recently by Mr. C. Hedges, M.I.R.T.E. The efforts of chassis designers and bodybuilders to construct vehicles within the 3-ton limit had resulted, he said, in buyers considering the load capacity in terms of cubic capacity. Often, instead of asking for a vehicle to carry a particular weight, they demanded a certain Volume. This was apt to lead to overloading these light structures. More attention should be given to the actual weights of loads. An Emergency WHILST there is much Destination Indicator " difference of opinion about for Snowstorm Use the ideal form of destination
and route indicator for publicservice vehicles, unforeseen circumstances may sometimes nullify the merits of the most advanced design. A recent blizzard in Dublin covered, the indicators at a No. 20 bus with snow. What the conductor did to counter the effects of nature was to paste blank tickets in the form of a " 20" on the inside of the upper-deck front window. The warmth in the upper saloon kept the window clear. This was certainly an ingenious extemporary method to adopt, and possibly may be followed by other companies, who will equip conductors with pots of mucilage for appropriate use as the occasion arises!
" Housemaster " PreA 'FEW days ago the sented by the S.M.M.T. S.M.M.T. Players pre Players sented " Housemaster " at the
Fortune Theatre, Drury Lane, London, W.C.2. It is the first full-length play staged by them since 1939, and was in aid of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. The casting was a heavy strain upon the dramatic capacities of the staff, of whom 20 per cent. took part. Our illustration shows Mr. R. Gresham Cooke as the Rev. Edmund Ovington, expostulating with the Housemaster, Mr. Charles Donkin, which part was taken by Mr. F. R. Fyers. Judging by the attendance and the enthusiastic reception which the play was accorded, it was highly successful.