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By The Hawk
Early Warning
READERS who object to being roused from bed early on Friday by the postman are advised to leave their front doors open for the next three weeks. No ordinary letterbox is likely to accommodate the three special Commercial Motor Show Numbers of The Commercial Motor, the first of which will be published next week. I recommend a wheelbarrow for handling the second Show Number, to be published on September 23. It is going to be a weight-lifter's job.
Compassion
A LTHOUGH they would probably be the last rito seek credit for a generous action, it would be churlish not to record the gift of a single-deck bus by the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., to Staunton Harold, the Cheshire home for the incurably sick in North Leicestershire. The company are to convert the vehicle to accommodate wheelchairs and stretchers, and hope even to arrange a rota of volunteer drivers to take out patients for an airing. A warm-hearted tyre manufacturer has also offered to maintain the tyres free of charge.
All-knowing
THERE is always something fascinating afoot 1 at the Thornton Research Centre of Shell Research, Ltd. One of the latest achievements of the technicians there is the production of a recorder which can be attached to a vehicle to keep a continuous diary of the engine's behaviour, The record is made on punched tape, which is fed into an electronic computer in the laboratories. " Ernie " then supplies the answers to a multitude of questions, such as the number of times the gine was started, the period spent in each gear, and the nditions under which fuel consumption was most favourable. Information of this kind• would take endless man-hours to mpile by other means, and is invaluable in the development fuels and lubricants.
:eneration to Generation
N these days when the family tradition in business is liable :o eclipse, the presence in •Herbert Lomas, Ltd., Wilmslow, teshire, of five Lomases, representing three generations, merits are than a passing thought. The present head of the business, r. Aubrey Lomas, is the youngest son of the original Herbert )mas, who in 1890 joined the then 28-year-old firm of bodyiilders and wheelwrights. With Mr. Aubrey today are his phews, Herbert II, Aubrey II and Percy, and there is Gerald, n of Herbert II.
The company began to specialize in ambulances in the venties. During the past 15 years Mr. Aubrey Lomas has ken a deep interest in the expansion of public health services remote quarters of the world and has tailored ambulances to eet their needs. Vehicles have been sent to more than 60 ,untries. Next Wednesday Mr. Lomas will welcome Lord .evor of Chirk, who is to open an extension to the works.
atisfied
OR bland self-assurance I commend the statement of a railway representative, who said that out of 763 cars carried rail, " only " about 93 were observed to have been damaged. in this be one of the reasons why the railways are scratching r traffic?
wkward Squad
NNOUNCEMENTS of new models for the Show are being &held back until the last moment, so that none of them can properly noted. Will the commercial vehicle industry ever am n the value of publicity?