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A Radius Extension to 1111111 OAD transport deals with Carry Loads of such a vast variety of loads Swarming Bees . . . that something of interest is
always cropping up in the licensing proceedings. Recently, a Skewsby carrier asked for an extension of his radius of operation under a B licence, which was to include the carrying of bees. The railway representative said he did not think that any railway man wanted anything to do with bees and that the applicant had clearly made out his case for transport to almost any distance for this purpose. An extension to 40 miles was granted by the Deputy Licensing Authority, but with the proviso that it was only for bees, the extension for other classes of goods being refused—vot a beesiness it all is I
School Children Still A LTHOUGH the schools enFrequently Risk Their i–Ideavour to inculcate the
Lives . , , principles of safety first, it is sadly apparent that children often forget them as soon as they are out of the classroom. We were waiting for a bus at a busy road junction, -when two barrel-organs came along. One began to play beside the bus stop, and the other, with the additional attraction of a monkey, in a street opposite. In a minute children in the neighbouring recreation ground became organ-conscious and a crowd swept across to that on our side, found it was not " the monkey one," and rushed back. Not one of them looked right or left, and it was only by performing miracles of steering that drivers avoided disaster.
Power Absorption by uniEN considering wind Te
Pressure of Head and ll' sistance to vehicles many Side Winds . . . . people attribute loss of power
only to head winds, whereas, actually, much may result from a dead side wind-although more so in the case of a train than in that cff aroad vehicle. For example, on the " Silver Jubilee" side pressure has a considerably greater effect on the friction between the wheels and the rails than the air resistance. at the front.
Emulgation as a DesEiXPERIMENTS in Poland troyer of Bituminous have shown that certain Road Surfaces . . stony materials, when used in the construction of roads, have a -destructive effect on tars and asphalts, this influence showing itself in the form of an emulgation of the bitumen in a surface when water is present, caused by the dust arising from wear of the stones. The bitumen loses its agglutinative value and becomes diluted by the water, the penetration of the paste then weakens the inert elements and finally destroys the surface. This was noticed chiefly when hot or cold bitumen was used for the superficial treatment of roads with an infrastructure composed of certain kinds of metaphyr, porphyry or green
stone, or rubble from these rocks. The surface became quickly decomposed, whilst the bitumen detached itself from the gravel and was absorbed by the dust of the crushed stone, caused by traffic. In one case the surface was completely destroyed after a few weeks.
Advertisement as an A CORRESPONDENT to
The Times suggests that
Improvement ! . . . the Ministry of Transport should spend £100,000 a year in advertising, by posters and in the Press, to reduce road accidents. He thinks that by this means the death roll could be halved. Most people will agree that, if the Minister has done nothing else, he has already gained plenty of publicity, whilst the money mulcted from motor users might be spent to greater advantage in removing more of the causes a accidents which lie in the roads themselves. There is no shortage of material to work upon here.