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Another Method THE ,police are always de Adopted for Trapping vising new ways of trapping Fast Drivers . . . . drivers who are thought to be exceeding speed limits either on particular vehicles or in built-up 'areas. The latest of which we have heard is employed by certain mobile police. The " chaser " loiters at the commencement of a marked-off distance. If a vehicle passes at what is thought to be over the speed limit, the police car at first dawdles behind, and then speeds up abreast of the driver under observation just' as he passes the second point of measurenient.. If the checked time be less than that permitted he is gonged.
A Proposed Official A T the instigation of a Census of Distribu1Th group of business men a
• tion trial census of distribution has been conducted and presented to the British National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. The importance of the subject may be gauged by the fact that wholesale and retail distribution accounts for 30 to 35 per cent. of the retail selling price of a wide range of products, whilst the distributive trades coriiprise the biggest occupational group in the country, including nearly BIB one-sixth of all insured persons. There is evidence that the distributive machine is not gaining in efficiency at the same rate as the industrial, and this special census is an effort to show the need in official census, only six towns being concerned in this
first effort. It is estimated that the cost of a complete census would be about £55,000. Striking differences have been found in the outlets for various commodities, and it is not uncommon to find some with none in one town, and 10 or more in another. The matter is, of course, of considerable importance from the transj)ort-point of view. • Is This the Right Time pILLAR BOXES, houses of Year for Tar and so forth are commonly Spraying' . . . and spring-cleaning is done in
repainted in the early summer,
the spring. Perhaps that is why roads are tarred and gritted at this time of the year. It is consistent that they should be, and, possibly, the weather conditions, too, have a bearing on the matter. We are staunch respecters of fradition, but, nevertheless, we have observed that, during the hot months following tar spraying, the surface dressing remains in a semiliquid condition, whilst, by the time the winter comes, most of the grit has been worn off.
Sugar Beet Road Tonnage to be Hauled this Year . . .
IT is now known that the
this Year . . .
acreage under sugar beet this year will be slightly less than last year. the total is 334,000, and, if an average of 10 tons per acre be assumed, that means that there will be a total of 3,340,000 tons of beet to be conveyed to the factories, so that, if three-quarters of that total goes by road, there will be need for the road haulage of sugar beet somewhat in excess of 2,500,000 tons.
An Important Bid rr'HERE are hopes that a to Find Oil in I considerable amount of oil
England . . . .. will eventually be found in this , country, and one of the most ambitious moves in this direction is the setting up of an oil-drilling plant near Hellingly, Sussex, by the Anglo-American Oil Co., which is operating under Government licence. The derrick towers 122 ft. above the ground, and the plant is capable of penetrating to a depth of nearly a mile and a half. The site is the highest point in a narrow wrinkle of the earth's. surface with a length of about eight miles. Geologists consider it to be an ideal trap for any oil that may have been formed in this locality millions of years ago.
A Book of Advice A USEFUL and informative on Beautifying Our 4-.1 booklet entitled " The
Roads Highway Beautiful" has been issued at Is. by the Automobile Association and the Roads Beautifying Association. It relates to main roads and not to motor roads excluding other traffic. The object is to be constructive, not critical. It includes many illustrations of representative roads in different parts of the world, as indicating what can be done in improving their appearance as well as their utility.