One Hears
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Of many pools that don't hold water.
That Nazis are offensive wheever they are.
Of light where it is most needed—on managements.
Of good work in London on lifting disused tramway rails.
That the A.E.C. boiler plant employs creosote-pitch for firing: That supplies of petrol even for motor lawn mowers have been cut That the Ministry of Supply urges a quicker turnround of oxygen cylinders.
That British shoppers seem to Americato be the great unwashed carrying the great unwrapped.
Of R. T. Smith going on the boards, but not in his role as comedian and sleight-of-hand expert.
That the technique of reconditioning motor parts has progressed enormously under the stress of wartime circumstances. Of Lorkin going larkin', complete with flies.
Much of austerity—but we hope not for posterity.
That Don-Flex is as smooth in clutching as was Don Juan. That some people regard fuel rationing as a fool ration.
That cruising 'by Jew York's taxis has been
stopped.
That spare tyres and spare time are in great • demand.
That the shortage of graphite means a grate loss to the British housewife.
That nylon may be used in place of cotton or rayon in the production of tyre casings.
. That traffic light signals purposely put out of action are to be marked with a white cross.
That gramophone records are a most valuab:e form of salvage and millions are required.
That the U.S.A. railways have been allowed a 6 per cent. increase in 'their haulage rates.
Of someone asking if our "One Hears" re drivers needing masks means that too many of them are " well lit."
That they comment as follows :— She's a right little island we all agree, Our cause is just and we shall not lose; But a tight little island she cannot be, Not at the present price of booze.
That to reduce wear and tear of engines and tyres the number of request bus stops 'in some areas has been reduced.
That the Government is now frenziedly turning off fuel taps, but cannot retrieve what it has allowed to run to waste.