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That Ireland risks being over-bussed. • That the railway tale will seldom fail.
That it is now seen to be a tale of two ditties.
That the best travel value is by saloon coach.
That the quiet bus catches the extra customer.
Of almost solid Preston-Blackpool traffic jams.
That rapidity of motion is not rapacity of time.
That it's a wise petrol that knows it's own crude.
That there may soon be railway inter-penetration. Of bodies hustled through as late as Friday last.
That seats can be too bouncy and backs too springy.
That they have nearly enough motorbuses near Havant.
"I'm coming: I'm coming," from several of the railway general managers.
That the call of the sea is most frequently answered by motor-coach horn.
Somebody wondering what percentage (if any) of Devon's 7,794 miles of road is level.
A visitor to London complaining of "battered vertebrre " after riding on top of a motorbus.
Of a touching—or almost touching—array of motor coaches on London-South Coast roads.
That Jim Thomas is not the only doubter about the true value of road powers to the railways.
That the Southern Railway is seeking to arrange to connect by road Woking Junction and Goinshall via Old Woking, Send, Clandon Station, Newlands Cdrner and Shere. Not always without feeling.
That a bus may be cussed for not picking up, and less so for not setting down.
That had they existed in B.C.-days, most char-abanes owners would have been sun-worshippers.
"Beet growing has not rolved, and cannot solve, the problem of depressed British agriculture."
That a return ticket on many a bus service is almost the equivalent of a money-back system.
That the C.M.U.A. President was met on the road a few days ago driving between Antwerp and Liege.
Of a demand coming along for portable garages large enough on erection to house a single bus or .coach.
That the sun may do lunch towards making good the petrol tax blow for many bus and coach proprietors.
That it's up to British manufacturers of steam wagons and tractors to see to it that the organization of road-side watering supplies is extended.
That the Southern Railway is unlikely to agree to any plans re Charing Cross bridge and station which show it a less profit than 12,000,000.
Of inns and hotels at which stables and other outbuildings have been pulled down in order to provide attractive space for a good pull-up and pull-in for road motors and their loads.
That it is not sufficiently widely realized that motor-vehicle licence duties (annual and quarterly) now produce 126,500,000 and petrol consumed on the road a further £14,250,000 in a full financial year.
That it is high time the highway authorities concerned—the Cofincils for the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire—reached progressive decisions in respect of the essential improved roads each side of the new Booth Ferry bridge across the Ouse.