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That in salvage work practically everything is grist.
Of the beginnings of trolleybus manufacture in Canada.
That few edible oils appear to be so in their crude condition.
From the Russian front, that the Nazi Army does care if it snows.
Of further reports of the coming of standardization in the design and construction of buses.
That Eire has now prohibited the use of kerosene (including paraffin and vaporizing oils) in motor vehicles other than agricultural tractors, unless the owner' is registered as a user of such fuel. That it is beer that puts the pub into publicity.
Of more private cars with gas bags being seen on the road.
That not only our hearts must go out to the Russians.
That the driving of a molasses tank wagon must be a sweet job.
That it isn't.only motor vehicles that cry out for a regular overhaul.
Of discussions as to the best types of plough—two or three furrow—for use with farm tractors.
Of schoolboys taking a course of training in Tank repairing at a South-Eastern Army technical school.
From Lord Perry, chairman of the Ford organization here, that the railways in 1939 were as obsolete as were. the canals 100 years ago.
That the potato merchants of three of the Home Counties prefer to send their supplies to the London. market by road rather than by rail.
Of small'operators expressing their thanks to Mr. J. S. Nicholl, C.B.E., new president of the Institute of Transport, for his encouraging remarks.
That those who drive or work in the blackout require an adequate amount of vitamin A in order to restore the" visual purple " in the eyes.
The suggestion that, owing to petrol shortage, many a bus-company director must have laid up his car and become a member of his own "riding public."
That, in °consequence, his opinion of the qualities of certain manufacturers' products might influence post-war repeat orders.
That our American readers will undoubtedly appreciate the fine tribute to their nation contained in last week's publicity by the Reynold's Tube Co., Ltd.