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Fears of Gumming by ik UCH has been written "Pool" Seem UnLVIregarding the danger of founded gurn deposits in petrol tanks
and carburation systems which, it was presumed, would occur if Pool petrol were left in the tanks of vehicles kept in storage for any considerable. period. Apparently, however, these prognostications were not really justified, because we have yet to hear of a case in which real trouble has developed, and the R.A.C. reported, after Easter, that it also did not know of a single case of the petrol supply being fouled in this manner. In future, it is less likely to occur than ever, as precautions are stated to have been taken to avoid any possible trouble with Pool petrol.
An Example of
T HE chauffeur of a wenTipping Not Fully I known man in the industry Appreciated . is now a corporal in the•
R.A.S.C. Not long ago, he was awaiting some vehicles which were bringing a detachment of men. The last of these was a tipping wagon, and be was surprised to note that the body of this was in the tipped state. On inquiring for the men who were supposed to be occupying this vehicle, the driver said : "Oh! I thought they were on board." It appears that he had accidentally touched the tipping lever during the journey, and had deposited the unfortunate occupants on route. They eventually arrived, unhurt, but vowing dire vengeance.
AMERICAN tests conducted with a large number of light commercial vehicles used by rural mail carriers, to indicate the effect of road condition on operating costs, show some interesting results. They indicated costs of 4.83, 4.23 and 3.24 cents per mile for an average vehicle on roads of the earth, gravel and pavement type. The last covers rigid and semi-rigid surfaces, mainly concrete.
How Road Condition Affects Operating Costs
EEW people in this country
have had the, perhaps doubtful, privilege of meeting, or even seeing, Hitler. While collecting information for this journal, the Editor has seen him some eight times, heard him speak on six occasions and been " alone" with him once surrounded by an extended circle of his bodyguard. He was also present at the Stadium in Berlin when Hitler, Mussolini and Goebbels all spoke, and there was an accompaniment of massed bands numbering 7,000 performers. Hitler never struck him as having the personality with which he is sometimes credited; it Have Met . . . was only when he spoke that he appeared to be at all dynamic. Hindenburg, on the other hand, was a striking figure. On various occasions, also, the Editor met Dr. Todt, Dr. Funk, Goering and Himmler—the dreaded chief of the Gestapo, but who himself looks comparatively insignificant. Incidentally, while stopping at the Nazi headquarters, the Kaiserhof Hotel, Berlin, in February, 1939, the Editor and another member of the motor Press had an attack of ptomaine poisoning, although they did not look upon this as the beginning of the blitzkrieg.
Haulage DriversWho A N interesting story of the Help Opera in fl` enthusiasm of drivers for
New York . . . their work comes from Transport Topics, published by the American Trucking Associations. It appears that the Erie Transfer Company hauls all the scenery and "props for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and six of the drivers contributed to the effort to raise £250 to the Opera Fund, partly because transport in connection with it means their bread and butter, and partly because they like this form of entertainment.