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Tread and retread with care.
M.O.W.T. officials tangled over tangible assets.
That few remaining tramway operators are truly tram enthusiasts.
That, despite the difficulty some people experience in getting a copy, the "CM." is (as its address suggests) still rolling and bowling along.
A complaint from a reader that, although so many of the old are busy doing their bit, his grandfather has not done a hand's turn since the war began.
That his excuse is the shortage of spares for all sorts of clocks.
That the overhaul period of the Gypsy Major One aero engine has been increased to 1,260 hours, cornpared with' 300 hours for the early models of this make. Of carking against parking and larking.
That part of a woolly rhinoceros has been found in Suffolk.
That this has no connection with any Government Department.
Of therailways' fear that post-war air-road transport may erode their profits.
Re B.D. Summer Time, that— Some fill out each initial With a word that's unofficial.
That design and maintenance have so improved that heavy vehicles, even when climbing a stiff gradient, often run as quietly as if.they were coasting.
Of complaints of the use of unnecessarily large cars . by billeting officers, who turn down the offer of smaller cars with more economical consumption but less conifort.
That a few are in " fuel " agreement with their ration.
That small "ads." in the right medium add greatly to receipts.
Of a (gay) dog clutch pictured by Black and Decker, Ltd.
That' the phrase "as useless as a log "now conveys little meaning. .
From the U.S.A. that "Truck widows become highway queens as hubbies quit roads to slap Japs."
That, in other words, women are becoming hauliers.
That in normal times it may take nine, months or so to jig and tool a factory for an entirely new model.