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That giant tires give rise to midget bills.
Of more steam-wagon bids for overseas markets. That JOY is to be found at the Garner works.
That the bigger the giant grows the softer it is likely to become.
That Harrier heavy-duty chassis can now be supplied with six-cylindered oil engines.
That with a commercial vehicle the more tyred it is the better it works.
That even the Biblical idea of garnering was that it represented the strictest economy.
Of a transport man who owns a fleet of Harrier vehicles objecting to being called a "common carrier."
That, in any case, if he picks and chooses his loads, he does not fall into this category.
That many an owner of a private car would be intensely surprised if he had to spend only £5 on replacenients in 100,000 miles of travel—but this is claimed for a 211-ton Gifford.
That the sounder the chassis the fewer sounds it makes.
That front axles are now showing a tendency to be backward.
Of many good jobs • advertised in The Commercial Motor, That the Regent rules Birmingham more firmly than ever.
The law frequently deseribed as an ass—but the Road Traffic Act is less politely referred to ' by many: To-day, all about the big Bedford Easter egg.
That it has all the appearances of being a 'good one.
That the Chevrolet will go on just the same.
That standardized fares give coach operators a better feeling this year.
That this will be reflected in better service to the public.
That all roads led to the coast on Good Friday —and back again on Easter Monday.
That it is more than the railways could do, to put out rejuvenated rolling stock each Easter.
That if the railways can encompass it the independent long-distance coach will die the death of a thousand cuts.
Of much glee over the coach-ban withdrawal by Mr. Morrison, but that scheduled routes to fixed coach stations in London will, in fact, create a closed central zone so far as concerns all -but genuine sight-seeing and combined "hotel 'and tour " coaches. 0 Of excellent Easter bookings by most opera tors. • That the public simply mill travel by motor coach.
' Very few bad gear changes on "comimArcials" nowadays.
Of the concreting of main roads described as "hardening of t h e arteries."
That some who might fight the London Passenger Transport Bill stand aside—for personal rea• sons,