One Hears
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Of more hay-wire than hay in the Opposition benches.
That elusive costs in the transport business are those of human maintenance and repair.
That, for the moment, the name " Bill " is an unpopular cognomen with many people.
That when laying-up engines for long periods, suitable oil of the " clinging " type should be injected into the combustion chambers and spread by turning the crankshaft with sparking plugs or injectors removed. That the world consumption of tin fell to 8,000 tons in June, against 9,700 tons in May.
That the steel strike in the U.S.A. was mainly responsible for this fall, consumption there falling from 3,600 tons in May to only 1,700 tons in June.
Of a woman bus passenger complaining that fluorescent lighting completely alters the colour scheme of her make-up.
The suggestion that drivers who have the habit of popping backwards out of the off-side doors of their cabs should carry a rear light.
That some vehicle cabs are quite handsome.
That this also occasionally applies to the occupants.
That even in wooden-horse racing, "The Commercial Motor" is out in front.
That one method of discharging static electricity from a bus is to employ a conductor.
That steam wagons, which often became quite heavily charged, used to trail light chains on the ground.