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Of the agent.—That he may not respond.
Of Mr. F. C. A. Coventry.—That he may be given a bigger job.
Of the taxi-driver.—That he may continue to be as scarce as ever.
Of the London Coke Committee.—That the public may not be put on gas rations.
Of the M.T.A.—That the time may soon come when it will be hard work again to maintain prices.
Of the Hon. Arthur Stanley.—That he may have lees to do with splints and .bandages in years to come.
Of the S.M.M.T.—That those other associations may be less uncomfortably and conspicuously " Of Lord Devonport.—From the international point of view, that people may not agiTate for more sugar.
Of the point policeman.—That after dusk he may be clothed in virgin white, at any rate to start with.
Of the MT., A.S.C.—That military transport in France and Salonica may not become a habit with the Government.
Of the man in the street.—That he may safely be told where the petrol shortage is, as it evidently isn't in the streets.
Of Col. Sir Capel Holden.—That although his last move was a Grand one, his next may not entail shifting his offices.
Of Mr. W. Ashbee.Tritton.—That he may be allowed to pursue his present peaceful cross-country avocation Hundisturbed.
Of the British Petroleum Co.—That it may not. have officially to describe itself as a gesellsehaft or anything nasty of that. sort.
Of Mr. Thos. Clarkson.—That the Petrol Control committee when short of a job may not imagine there' S a shortage of coke.
Of the tradesman.—That he may at least. have something in the way of a motor vehicle released to him before 1918 comes round.
Of Mr. Julian Orde.—That there may be no further ,official brain waves about taking the R.A.C. over unless the Admiralty can really do with the bath.
Of Sir Ernest Shackleton.—That next time he comes bark from the Antarctic be may find the world a rather more decent place than Elephant Island.
Of the Trustees to the Motor Museum,—That they may not be offered too many motor war trophies to add to the collection, as they have enough C3 machines in their charge already. Of the Kaiser.—(Too obvious for publication).
Of the lamplighter.—That things may brighten up a bit soon.
Of Mr, Walter J. Iden.—That the L.G.O.C. may continue to GO.
Of Mr. Neville Chamberlain.—That quite a lot of women, too, may be combed out with advantage, in more ways than one.
Of the Editor of the "Daily Mail."—That no page such as this may be thought to be complete without some reference to him--or his.
Of Dr. Addison.—That no more Allies may be added to the already lengthy list for which his Ministry has to minister—and especially not China.
Of the directors of all big stores.—That substitution may proceed apace, as it promotes the sale of fur coats and other feminine extravagances.
Of a policeman on " trap " duty.—That his experience in road-side ditches may be considered to have fitted him for deeper ditches in France.
Of Mr. H. E. Blain.—That the public may think twice before adopting his "safety first" slogan as applicable to the present national emerrency.
Of Henry Ford.—That most people have forgotten his Peace Ark, but that more may become aware of how useful he has been in war--how indispensable, in fact.
Of the women drivers.--That more steps may be taken for their comfort at the wheel, and that they may not have to keep their spare hairpins (if any) in the tool kit.
Of a charity organizer.—That a giant 'wooden statue of Hindenburg, or any other suitable Hun, may be erected in Trafalgar Square, and the public allowed to hammer nails into him at a shilling a time.