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Hears Of bon(us)es of -contention.
That p.s.v. seats are becoming more and more like easy chairs.
That the horse is still the friend of man, but mechanical horse-power is his half-brother.
That America is experimenting with rubbersurfaced roads, stretches being tested in 13 States, as well as in Canada.
That the materials mostly employed are natural rubber powder mixed with asphalt.
That the basic design for a "people's car" seems so adaptable that it might finish up as an Army " duck " or a pantomime horse.
That some who read our heading "Petrol From Cows " expected to learn of a cow shaped like a petrol pump or a pump shaped like a cow.
That the travel comfort provided by the railways reminds a reader of an Irish judge's description of an hotel in his native land: "It provides Lenten fare at carnival prices." That Nife batteries may well be suitable for fork trucks.
In 1951, Fort Dunlop collected 405 tons of waste paper valued at £6,066.
That this was only 11 tons more than the amount for 1950, but the value had risen by £4,170.
That cars parked a foot or more from the pavement can cramp the traffic lanes even in a comparatively wide road.
That zebra crossings have shown up the fact that pedestrians, like zebras, are black and white, and not all white or all black.
That the man who threw burning petrol over a bishop in Yugoslavia has been sent to prison for 10 days—presumably for wasting fuel.
That good castings in stainless steel, carbon steel and heavy and light alloys are being produced in thin ceramic . moulds made by coating frozen mercury patterns, which melt away at normal temperatures.