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That the R.A.F. has solved the return-load problem.
That the pedestrian is often a " dam " between two traffic lines.
Thai the Axis is also suffering from a severe shortage of rubber. 0 . That civilian users have smaller allocations than in Britain.
Of good progress being made with the campaign for 30-ft by 8-ft. buses.
The suggestion that we should provide another Gettogether Luncheon and provide a second helping of solid food for thought. Of few who pass "Passing Comments."
Someone saying that we seem to suggest association recruiting offices.
Of the 'constituent bodies" singing "Way down in the Shadows —" —" Road transport is a sturdy oak—that's why the railways try to be the ivy on it."
Of the police keeping a keener eye on cases of exces sive speeds of commercial vehicles. • That one of the industry's leading publicity managers finds that it pays to be a member of an egg club.
Of well-grounded fears that excessive inroads are being made by the " call-up " in respect of p.s.v. maintenance stairs.
That our series of articles on simple first-aid are being reproduced in " Truck and Ras Transportation 'S of Sydney, N.S.W.
That everybody wants to know 'when the balloon will go up," bit nobody thirsts for this knowledge more than the Axis.
That in their passage across the North African desert the motor, vehicles of the Eighth Army wore out 2,500 tyres per day.
Of complaints by London taxi drivers that in their temporary absence their taxicabs are being borrowed by unscrupulous persons.
That in the U.S.A. the number of bus passenger journeys has nearly doubled since 1939—from 3,853 million to 7,253 million per year.
That the cost of wage increases by the railways since the war began total about £30,000,000 a year, excluding the 4s. 6d. per week agreed to on June 18.
That as a result of the practical cessation of imports, ' owing to the war, only 1,795 new commercial motors were sold in Australia during last year as compared with 21,079 units in 1938.