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Of long-distance hauliers wishing themselves many happy returns.
That a party of members of The Institute of Metals is to visit by boat the Ford Works at Dagenham on May 18.
That the industrial output of the U.S.S.R. is now about two and a half times the level at which it stood in 1940.
That plastic tanks are proving valuable for the conveyance of certain corrosive liquids and they save much weight.
That the continuously unemployed in 1953 numbered 33,000, of these, 14,000 were at least 55 years of age and 5,000 regarded as disabled.
That on the Syrian coast a tank holding 27,000 tons of crude oil was fired by lightning, but the oil was run out and the flames controlled in a few hours.
That the Reo concern has developed a P.O.L.A.R.. plan which provides "parts, oil, lubrication, adjustment and repair" at a pre-determined fixed cost per mile. — '— The query: If the marketing of agricultural produce may not be reckoned' an agricultural purpose, does the law assume that a farmer produces food out of sheer altruism?" That many who have had tenders refused complain of dirty work at the cross-over.
That road transport carries over 75 per cent, of all goods conveyed throughout Australia.
That luminophers transform into harmless light ultra-violet rays which can harm dyes, lacquers, plastics, etc.
That these luminescent compounds may extend several times the lives of such materials.
That gas fuel for petrol" engines prevents oil dilution, reduces its contamination, does not wash it from cylinder walls and greatly lowers engine maintenance.
That some American engines operated on gas are said to have run over 300,000 miles without overhaul.
That the difficulty in Britain would be to obtain bottled butane and propane in sufficient quantities at a price which would be competitive with petrol. — Of somebody wondering if Fords bagged the steelplate trailer idea from a sort of wooden " raft " small farmers used, towed by a horse, to carry the rakings at the end of the hay harvest.
That when the horse stopped suddenly the load invariably slid off and had to be retrieved.
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