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That the corrosion of metals must cost millions of pounds per year.
Of many expressions of appreciation of London Transport's series of " Billy Brown's Advice " announcements. 0 Of many tributes to the heroism and devotion to duty of drivers of buses and commercial vehicles during the alert periods.
Talk of invisible and silent aeroplanes but none of invisible vehicles, perhaps because many of them aresffiat now in the black-out.
A reader saying that, with the present restricted meat ration in force, our mention of " joint undertakings " made his mouth water.
Many expressing the opinion that Army vehicles will never be freed from their tangle of red tape to co-operate as suggested in a recent editorial. That the rabbit foun I in Piccadilly Circus recently was at first mistaken for a conscientious objector.
That some farmers wish their tractors .could be adapted for mole catching as well as mole-draining.
That in Germany the fuels of to-day are constantly being displaced, as are their fuels of , to-morrow, by the R.A.F.
Of complaints that the lower gears of the gearboxes of many commercial vehicles are unduly noisy and call for the attention of designers.
That on the other hand, this may be due to 'the increasing age and use of the vehicles' still on the road.
That the driver who, with his vehicle, was recently carried for half a mile on the buffers of a locomotive has not been accused of travelling by train without paying his fare.
That " Fram " is framed over many operators' desks.
Of road transport in chains— speeding over frozen snow.
Of many operators longing for a return to those better fuels.
Of those who are convinced that free transport would end in a free fight.
That to have a Brush with us is worth even more than a brush with the enemy.