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Many regrets at the non-production of efficient steam wagons.
The query "Is a shopping expedition joy-riding?" and the answer "Not to a man."
That the late Colonel Crompton once built a steam car and had it running on English roads in 1803.
That the success of a gas producer depends largely upon the intelligence and capabilities of the driver.
Of -many who are terribly anxious to win the war, but do not want to be inconvenienced in doing it.
That according to a recent survey 5,000,000 adults have suffered injuries of some kind during the first four months of the black-out.
That, following the first really dark periods, many of our friends displayed black eyes, swollen noses or abrased limbs.
The assertion that one man's " joy-ridin ' may be another man's livelihood.
That most Gardner oil engines will stand a slice off the piston top to reduce compression for gas work.
That the Motor Legislation Committee is again asking for a reduction in the horse-power tax for private cars.
That whilst some 400,000 civil servants are demanding higher pay, many business people are having to put up with less.
Of someone saying that the increased butter ration, by soothing the worried worker, should help to grease the wheels of industry.
That users who have fitted more powerful oil engines in place of petrol units should beware of cracks in transmission parts such as universal-joint stars and axle shafts.
Of Tecalemit "laying pits" for operators.
That in this case it is for the good of the tatter.
That now is the time to instal waste-oilrecovery plants.
A query as to whether such oil is now being used for fuel.
That the battery-electric is meeting with less resistance.
That it is flowing with the alternative-fuel current.
That lorry sales in the U.S.A. rose by 33 per cent. in 1939.
Of someone arguing that goods sent by rail arrive intact "in nine cases out of ten."