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powers, through a Northern Ireland Bill, to transfer manage ment of Belfast's Bellevue, Hazlewood and Belfast Castle tc the city's Parks and Cemeteries Committee.
Impressiom
T RATHER care for the story of the chap who hired a part time decorator to do the kitchen. Impressed by the man' zeal and speed, he went so far as to offer him a drink. It the course of conversation, it emerged that the painter had sue} a restful job on the night shift that he was quite capable o making a good job of the paintwork during the day. It further transpired that the job referred to was the maintenance of buses at an outlying depot. Which would hay( been fine, were not the customer the chief engineer. Pity
Which Came First
HOW to compress a lot of meaning into few words.. , . " I don't know whether Dr. Fogg was made for M.I.R.A. or M.I.R.A. for him, but they are a most admirable combin ation "—Sir Bertram Waring, president of the Motor Industry Research Association, speaking of Dr. A. Fogg, M.I.R.A director, last week.
Winged Visitors
BY tradition Yorkshiremen are great ones for sticking to their brass, but the fact is that they only keep it in order to get something good for their money at a later date. Take the I.R.T.E. Yorkshire Centre, for instance. Many people would be satisfied with Institute outings in the immediate area, but Yorkshire has decided that for the centre's spring trip next year 'embers will see the Ford works at Dagenham—and will do Style.
'. Charles Chapman, centre secretary, says that they propose arter an aeroplane which will accommodate 36 members. will fly from Yeadon (the airport for Leeds and Bradford) ■ uthend and back, at a cost of 15 a head The idea has received with enthusiasm and all seats arc already booked.
Chapman tells me that this will be the first excursion r from Yorkshire to the Ford works.
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a move to combat the " hypnotic effect of colour nonotony " on America's turnpikes, one haulage company minted its lorry trailers " Surprise pink "!
P,e Digging
E "Hole in the road" is such a 'hoary music ball joke hat it is hard to believe that basically it remains a modern y. At a brains trust last week, Mr, Robert Mellish, or M.P. for Bermondsey, filled in some of the background us anachronism. Some unspecified official had decreed no overtime must be worked because of limited local funds, : was not uncommon for a gang employed by a local :trity to down tools on Friday evening, regardless of the uction which might remain over the week-end, to the yance of thousands of road-users.
c whole concept of carrying out road maintenance in Iny numbers" is prehistoric.