, One Hears
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That " distribution " is another key-word of the war.
Of justifiable hope that Hitler's only permanent gain will be a place in history.
That it is obvious our mechanized troops have plenty of sand and will get their deserts.
That we are now making tracks rather than footprints in the sands of time.
Of someone asking what is the use of a flood of cheap lighters when there is a petrol drought?
Of Messrs. R. Taylor (Glasgow) and H. R. Nicholas (Bristol) as " coming" trade-union leaders in the road-transport industry. More stories of canteen waste than of canteen economy. • 0 That " inner-zone " activity is as important in road transpork as it is in mankind, That Edwin Foden, founder of Fodens, Ltd., made his first steam engine in 1856.
Not without a little sigh of envy, of someone who has just "given up the telephone as a war economy."
That the cancellation of deferment of many men who registered at under 25 does not apply to motor . mechanics.
That the need for retaining the identity of tyres to be remoulded on a tax-free basis causes much trouble and waste of time, and restricts the number salved.
A night driver saying that one cow in a field is worth two on the road.
Of U.S.A. cavalry being made mo-re mobile by the use of motor horseaoxes.
That Hitler's oil-storage tanks are second in importance only to his fighting ones.
That co-operation is the key to victory and to successful post-war recon struction.
, That whilst we are in a big scrap, don't forget the little scraps—particularly of paper, That many small hauliers feel they might as well ask for the moon as for a place in the sun.
That the maintenance of carburetters and oil-feel-injection equipment is now more important than ever.