NEW YEAR WIRES
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That Might be Sent to Certain
To Mr. A. J. Wilson.—" Hope you'll pick up that second-hand Unterseeboot before yachting season begins!'
To Mr. F. G. liristow.—" Suppose ,your latest association won't be Long now ?
To Sir Percival Perry.—" It has now been decided that the use of Fords will not be made compulsory."
To Mr. H. C. B. Underclown.—" You may be glad to hear that the Food Production Department is not likely to last for ever."
To Mr. E. S. Shrapnell-Smith.---" Trust they won't appoint you Alcohol Economy Officer.
To Mr. Karrier Clayton.—" Hear you've got some new five-tonners for sale. Nobody else seems to have."
To Mr. Vauxhall Walton.—" May you be as glad next year as this."
To Mr. L. G. Jaekel.—" Hope the new job has some bearing on the old one."
To Mr. Associated Wallace.—" May your output never grow less."
To Mr. G. J. Shave.—" Hope, for your sake, the designers won't shave that new bus too fine."
To Mr. Gordon Richards.—" May you be able to persuade everyone that there's only one carburetter and that the new one."
To Lieut.-Col. Frank Searle.—" May you never have to sell Tanks, though you've had to repair To Mr. Julian Orde.—" Hope the ' A ' in R.A.C.' will soon again be justified."
To "W. and 0."—" Hope your new London-made lorries will soon make a name for themselves, and not just initials."
To Scotland Yard.—" Wish you had as much power below ground as you have above."
To the Provincial Police.—" Hope you won't take the new weight and smoke regulations too seriously—you'll get used to them."
To Sir Albert Stanley.—" Any chance of your being Lord UndergrounD of Bakerloo some day?'
To Lieut.-Commander Sladen.—" Sorry you're going —at any rate, you weren't ' fired. "
To Motorvan Owners.—" Not likely you'll have to identify your vehicles further."
To Col. Holbrook.—" Hope to hear you'll 'carry on' as effectively as you have in the past."
To the Wrens, Wrafs and othess.—" I wonder whether you'll go back to quieter civvies now you know how nice uniform can look."
People Known to the Industry.
To the Priority Committee.—" Farewell, we believe you did your best."
To Dora.—" No flowers, by request."
To the MOM. Contracts Liquidators.—" Try to get through more quickly than they did with those South African ones will you ? - To the Gas Traction Committee.—" Your efforts were of opportune if inflated. utility."
To General Lang.--" So you're going to buy a new fleet for Levers, are you " To Major Cannon.—" Say, Maje. Hope you land here soon without some accent."
To the Tube Boy.—" Rope you don't burst before they sack you."
To the Tube Girl.—" Mind, when you get another job, they give you something to lean against."
To the Munitionette.—" Hoe you don't have to sell your fur coat to cash your coupons."
To All Controllers.—" If you really must be going; of course—" To the Hundreds of Thousands of New Drivers.— " Hope you all get civvy jobs, but—" To Mr. Winston Churchill.—" Let me see, when the Ministry goes phut, you'll want another job. Which one is it you haven't had ? "
To Mr. Andrew Weir.—" There's no doubt you'll Supply all requirements."
To Mr. Aubrey Llewellyn Coventry Fell.—" Some of those tramrails of yours would make a topical exhibit in that museum you suggested on a famous occasion."
To Sir William Tritton.—" You must be getting quite tired of hearing who it was did your work for the Tanks. Never mind, we know."
To Mr. Barimar Brett.—" It seems a pity for you to hide your light under a bushel any longer."
To Mr. S. F. Edge.—" Wish you hadn't made that suggestion as to throwing all Army-returned vehicles on the market at once. Some people spend hours trying to convince its that it wasn't your brightest brain wave."
Mr. Ford.—".What is it next—harps ? "
Mr. Rapson.—" There are several-things stftl waiting to be invented, remember ! "
the American Authorities here.—" We've been mighty glad to have you here, but don't forget to take your kit back with you when you go! '
Constant Reader.—" Go easy on some of your questions. We are editing TEm COMMERCIAL MOTOR, not an encycloptedia or compendium of information."