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That stirred operators make something of a stew.
That rumours of a return of the basic fuel ration were unfounded.
That there must be unity between all those who have the " wheelfare " of the industry at heart.
That if you use the right sparking plug for the type of engine and fuel, carbon does,not tend to lodge. 0 That peace may be a soporific, but we shall not mind ...trying a spot of it when the stimulus of war is ended.
That the post-war control of railways should not end until the additional restrictions are removed from road transport.
That the contents of 50,000,000 tins of sardines would be Swimming off North Africa but for the conversion of oil-burning trawlers to producer gas. That a crane trailer is seldom a crane trailer.
That you cannot expect. to obtain a " clock "
• recorder on tick.
Of jeeps used for pulling two-furrow ploughs on Bedfordshire farms.
The query; " When roads absorb vehicle shbcks, will vehicles have to swallow road shock's? "
The answer: "Shocks? Shucks! "
That the police are apt to confuse a tyre "breaker strip," which. is fabric, with the' true casing.
That people giving or receiving bribes in connece don with armament production should be treated as traitors.
Of transport co-ordination and interchanging of customers to be extended to sausages and pies—at present on a voluntary From the Prime Minister, advice to politicians to get on with the present job and not to harp on matters such as the advocacy Of nationalization.
' That the Portuguese Treaty having been steered to a triumphant conclusion, liquid rnethafie and synthetic Tubber may also be as speedily dealt with.
That Basic English holds no expletive value corn-pared with what may be heard at Dagenham, Luton, Oxford or Birmingham when gas producers are being lit up.
That American Army. tractors in the Middle East at first had a life, of only 4,000 miles, bu't with better roads and more-skilled driving the 'figure has risen to about 12,000.
From Mr: G. M. _Clement that a contributor to these '.paragraphs was wrong in quoting." all men are liars" as coming from lDeuteronomy. He should haVe said Psalm 116.