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A Discussion Tip— A T meetings of an instituG lye Your Name " lion well known to our Clearly . readers, we have found great difficulty in ascertaining the names of those who join in the discussions. The chairman Usually asks them to give their names, but the only result is that they shyly whisper these to the official reporter. Consequently, if they be not well known, there is much questioning amongst others present as to who they are. Yet many of them speak up well when they get going; in fact, some speak far too often and for too long.
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Staggering the A average motor vehicle is Blades of symmetrical construction, but the type employed on some Albion vehicles is, we have observed, not so. It has five blades, and two of these are closer together than the other three. Rather puzzled, we inquired the reason, and were informed that the arrangment breaks up the sound waves, thereby greatly reducing fan hum. This design detail was developed in 1939. Care is, of course, taken to see that the whole fan is in perfect balance. American Operators qEVERAL ruses to evade Fiiid Loopholes in " the need for acquiring Licensing Laws. . . carriers' licences have been practised by inter-State operators in America, according to Mr. Gilbert Walker, D.Litt., MA., who recently read a paper to the Institute of Transport. One of the schemes was to " buy" the goods from the consigner and sell them to the consignee, thus qualifying in law as an ancillary user and becoming exempt from public carriers licensing Plans Developed for HERE should be no Rolling Aluminium shortage of • aluminium in Sheet the future, as its fabrication is being planned in Britain on an unprecedented scale.. One of the most important aluminium plants employed in the wartime battle for aircraft production is being expanded and modernized. On a 100-acre site at Rogerstone, near Newport, a continuous-type rolling mill is under construction for the mass output of alirninium sheet. It will however, not be convicted until 1948. The Northern Aluminium Co: is expending over £2,500,000 on the plant and equipment, which will provide wiork for several thousand people in the Welsh valleys. The early output planned is 50,000 tons per annum, which can be raised to 150,000 if necessary.
A Tale of a Road A N amusing little story Transport Conference " concerns. the N.R.T.F.
Tea Conference_ at Margate.
Wandering .around the -town, a fairly large party, including Mr. Isaac ,Barrie, called into a cafe' for tea. They were asked if they were Transport," and, of co.iirse, said yes, thinking how nice it was for the .authorities to have gone to such detail in the arrangements, and how fortunate it was that they had struck the right place so quickly. They were, however, a little surprised :vhen asked for payment, and. more so when they found that they had eaten the-tea reserved for a delegation from the Transport and. General Workers' Union They. were .unable to learn what, was said by the members .of the latter when they arrived and found a grave .deficiency in the catering.,