One Hears
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"What a bore! "—from the six to the four.
Suggestions for a television version of the Highway Code.
That the slow "middle of the road sticker" is one of the worst pests in driving.
From some critical recipients, of "red tape" even on the R.H.E. Christmas card.
Of efforts to devise more compact engines, following the example set by the M.A.P. oil unit.
Of drivers on country roads menaced by ancient walls and rotten fences caught bending by the gales.
That overtaking on the near side is a London habit, condemned in some other places, particularly abroad.
That it seems to be sensible when approaching a junction where one lane of traffic is turning into a near-side road.
That certain prospectors who discovered gold in graphite have found the latter more valuable and now practically ignore the 'precious" metal!
Of more striking tyre innovations in the offing.
That rubber. bushes are, in a way, a development from rubber trees.
Of a lot too much interference—and not only on the wireless or television.
That children are often wiser than old 'uns in respecting road-safety rules.
That British electors will soon have the chance to be freedom's protectors and the ejectors of inspectors.
That this has been the biggest post-war Christmas for greetings cards and calendars—business and private.
That where there is competition the race is to the efficient, but where there is monopoly the battle is to the strong.
From Sir Graham Cunningham, that pro vision by the Government of adequate raw materials to permit maximum production would reduce prices and give higher exports.