Passing Comments Another Regulation HE Minister of Transport
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Dealing with Loading has been urged by the Suggested Eastern Licensing Authority to introduce a regulation prescribing that vehicles carrying bricks and similar loose Commodities must have adequate side-boards or other protection to prevent loads from falling off. Complaints have been made concerning the dangers arising to road users due to parts of loads falling into the roadway.
Progress in Splitting vfm. hear much about the and Building Up " splitting of hairs, but not Matter so much of the splitting of atoms, although considerable progress has been made in the latter direction. The subject is of much interest, as the atom physicist is now concerned not only with the constituents of the atom, but splits up atoms and builds heavier component parts from the lighter. The splitting is performed by high-speed bombardment, utilizing other atoms or the component parts of them. The projectile is positively charged and, by electrostatic at traction in rarefied gas, given an enormous energy and piercing power. In the ordinary way. pressurts of several million volts may be required, but a new atom gun, called the Cyclotron, accelerates the charged particles around a spiral trajectory. The succession of impulses necessitates a pressure of as low as 10,000 volts for results which would, by the old process, have taken 10,000,000 volts or more.
Road Transport a 1Q) OAD transport has conBlessing to St ock "ferred a great boon on Breeders agriculture in Scotland and
elsewhere. According to the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority's annual report, motor vehicles are being increa§ingly nsed to ensure quick concentration of sheep on the larger sales, instead of walking the flocks to the marts—a process which often might occupy a week or more. As many as 30,000 sheep have been brought by motor in a night to a sale in Aberdeen. At a pedigree cattle sale 20 head of stock arrived by rail and 408 by road, and, after the sale, 48 left by rail and 380 by road.
The Possible Home IT is estimated that an initial Production of Liquid 1 outlay of R60,000,000 would
Fuel prOVide plant to carbonize the
whole of the domestic fuel used in this country. From this quantity of coal, some 5,000,000' tons of oil and petrol could be secured, much new work created, and less money would have to be sent abroad. The matter is of considerable importance in view of "certain somewhat dismal prognostications concerning the available world supplies of natural liquid fuel.
AN interesting example of the direct usefulness of S.T.R.'s lectures occurred at a meeting held recently. Earlier in the day the secretary of the local branch of A.R.O. who had arranged the meeting met a haulier—a nonmember. He gave him a copy of The Commercial Motor pamphlet announcing the meeting and invited
• him to be present. The haulier looked the pamphlet
S.T.R. Lectures Promote the Membership of Associations . .
Over and opined that there was no point in attending the meeting as he knew exactly what his costs were. The secretary professed interest and asked him what he thought his all-in costs were for operating . a 3tonner. The answer was "24d. per mile." " You come to the meeting," said the secretary, "you are the very man we want." The haulier did so, and, before he left, had become a member of the Association—and paid his subscription.
Use of Tractors RePEAKING at the Agricul leases Land for Extra 0.-Itairal Conference of the
Produce Incorporated Society of Auctioneers and Landed Property Agents, Mr. J. Wyllie mentioned that the average farm horse consumes each year the produce of about four and a quarter acres of land, whilst additional land is required for rearing purposes. By a careful comparison of costs, Mr. Wyllie showed the advantage of the tractor where there is sufficient work to keep it employed.