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That publicity still pays.
Of the great licence cut-off.
Much of suspension—of licences.
That it's a poor tyre that takes no knocks.
Of tippers and tipsters not always on the square That the best petrols still come to Great Britai Of Olympic preparations for Olympia's private-car Show. 0 Threats of a petrol shortage reminiscent of cries of " Wolf " Of most bus-owners with pockets sufficiently full to carry on.
Of " recharging oil" as a by-product from cracking processes.
That noticeability is more apparent in some vehicles than others. 0 That daylight saving will go on, as well as other fueleconomy plans.
From users of giant pneumatics that "their care" is a good thing. 0 Of an outcry for greater passenger developments in rural districts.
And of complaints that fare concessions are granted by some companies on more paying routes at the expense of those awaiting buses.
That it's nothing more than a figure of speech to talk about burning either hot or cold air.
The startling announcement of a Sunday newspaper : Checking Increase of Motor Vehicles."
That this has already been done—at the roadside.
That the " checks " will appear in a report next year.
• That things are surely working towards a climax in the municipal v. private motorbus situation.
That whilst comfort is not always on the surface in road travel, it's usually affected by the surfaces.
Of several delegates to the Milan and Rome meetings still on holiday or otherwise getting over them.
That it's time somebody exploded the fable that French roads are nowadays better than English ones.
That the old song, "I'm very unhappy, I'll tell you why: Look at the price of coal!" deserves to be re printed. '
That the East Kent Road Car Co.'s road servie have greatly helped to support various day and we end excursions across the English Channel.
That when the normal output of tar is resuiied on coal being again available there will be a larger d Anand for it for road-improvement purposes than ever efore.
That sales of stone-ginger, lager and other bee s this year beat all September records, and that, withou road motors, distribution and replenishment must have ailed. That it's gone a bit grey in the north. Of the sun's 1926 peak load of spots.
That motor ambulances are in great demand.
Less sensationalism about motor prices nowadays.
That few repair bills require a magnifying glass.
That there is far too free a use of the word "super."
That permanent one-way traffic signs are well under way. 0 That buses should be kept out of congested market places. p From Londoners the cry, "Where are the promised two-seater taxicabs?"
That other fuels are assuming added importance in view of the petrol position.
That it isn't enough to_ have an up-to-date vehicle; it must also be an up-to-time vehicle.
That a pageant of transport will be a feature of a procession during Manchester civic week.
That Aberdeen is the only city in the United Kingdom where halfpenny fares are in regular force.
The view expressed that such fares may shortly be reintroduced in London.
Of the child who remarked : "Wouldn't it be awful if they got the oil tankers mixed with the milk ones? "
How a tractor, hauling macadam for repairs to a Sussex road, made those repairs an urgent necessity.
That obstruction by stationary vehicles is always a potential source of danger on roads having safety lines.
Somebody inquiring whether the Mablethorpe whale would have reached London alive if it had been properly fed on Jonahs. 0 That statistics prove, so far as traffic accidents are concerned, there are regularly recurring critical days and periods of the year.
That on receipts amounting to £709 in its motor coach department, the Huddersfield Co-operative Society made a loss in the past half-year of £84.
How a van driver, in the dead of night, opened a Sussex householder's entrance gates to facilitate turning in a narrow road, and, having badly cut up the drive, went off leaving the gates fastened back and the grounds at the mercy of straying cattle.