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That it is the long run that pays in the long run.
That some " bores " are hardened without being treated.
That the man of " spirit " is the most popular to-day.
That he may be described as being "gallant in gallons." 0 That there is still considerable military motor traffic on the roads in some parts of the country.
That the Bata shoe concern is to produce 4,000 tyres a week, using consignments of Soviet rubber. Of standing stores apparently getting a move on.
That Lend-Lease was seed which may yield good crops for America.
That Germany was concentrating on air-cooled engines when the war ended.
That Blackpool is to take the lead in adopting fluorescent lighting for buses.
Of 60 buses being sent to Holland for the transport of miners to and from coal pits.
Little from Mr. Haggerty of the I.A.E. because he, unfortunately. has had laryngitis.
That many accidents would be prevented in country areas if no building were allowed within 50 ft. of road junctions.
That, at present, most cross-road accidents are the result of the blind meeting the blind. • Of four motoring editors arriving at the Dorchester in a 1914 Vauxhall with an open torpedo body—of aluminium.
That the numerous G.I.s passed were particularly impressed and some " offered " to swap their jeeps for the veteran.
That the Soviet Gorki works is to be expanded by 1950 into the largest motor factory in Europe, with a production of 1,000 lorries and cars daily.
'That it will eventually employ 180,000 workers.
That the fine, varnished-wood utility cars of prewar days had bodies mainly built in Canada, and are therefore not likely to become available for some time.
That Hindustan Motors, Ltd., now has the exclusive rights to manufacture, assemble and distribute Studebaker vehicles in India, Nepal, Burma 'and Ceylon. •