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That subsidy interest is not subsiding.
That fines for loitering are standing charges.
That you needn't go to Spain to find pot-holes.
That patents and fortunes ar._ not synonymous.
That there is no finality even in sparking plugs.
Of covetous eyes on the Road Fund's apparent surpluses. 0 Of the latest Dunlop tennis ball as next year's sensation-to-be.
Of municipal virus still affecting numerous plans for motorbus extensions.
That there are too few hotels in the making and too many only on the make.
That straight-sided pneumatics !told motorbuses up without slowing them down.
That route-flooding has not been confined to London's area of motorbus operation.
That Dublin people want local motorbus services on a large scale and mean to have them.
Of too many drivers who appear to believe that "getting there first" is a rule of the road.
That the pending new bus-construction Order will soon be off the Minister of Transport's chest.
That Glasgow, having its tramway capital account extinguished, may prove to be Britain's first all-motorbus city.
That it's the general sense of the community that is making the progress of the motorbus and the motor coach irresistible.
That there are plans for using the lower half of the Mersey Roadway Tunnel, but that they're not being talked about in the open.
That, whilst there may be safety in numbers for motor owners of all categories, there's still more safety for them in united action.
That this summer's dry weather has caught many steam wagons short of wa.t.r at previously good roadside replenishing points.
That most industries and public utilities hold at least enough .coal in stick. for two months' running at usual rates of consumption.
That America needs rubber so badly from English holders that its purchases are approaching In amount that of the annual debt interest.
That there'll be no further . progress over negotiations between the Standing Joint Committee of Mechanical Road Transport Associations and the Motor Legislation Committee until the delegates of both sides are entrusted with plenary powers. That some tools save toil.
Of a "Make better brakes" plea.
Of fatality figures which refute fools.
Of traffic blocks while laying wooden ones.
That little taxis are causing big discussions.
That some oil grooves take the wrong turning.
Of the " all-weather " or " kill-grouse " coach.
That the fly in the ointment is dirt in the filter.
That a police trap was recently broken up by a fire.
That cool heads and cool brakes are the safety twins.
That -any old thing on wheels does for a Bank Holiday.
That white lines are right lines, but you keep to the left.
That some objections to two-seater taxis aro rather thin.
That the London traffic-chain's weakness is its slowest link.
That a broken oil pipe is the beginning of the end for a big-end.
That the coach drivers of Bournemouth seen to be born courteous.
Of fares both fair and unfair, according to the views of the individual.
That the H.F.S.C. will be equally useful for a breakdown or a breakup.
From a local paper, that "The trolley-bus has come to stay." Surely they mean "to go."
That in some parts of the country the road manners of certain drivers are beyond the bourne.
Of char-à-bancs owners cutting fares to such an extent that one can only presume they are believers in altruism.
That the _East Kent Road Car Co. has added to its undertaking the Allen fleet of Thornycroft motorbuses and chars-k-bancs at Ramsgate.
That Mr. Allen, Junr., IA joining the East Kent board.