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That an automatic gearbox would be a great asset in a London taxicab.
That the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., make taxis and use automatic gearboxes in-cars, but so far there is no news of an amalgamation of these.
That some people who ought to know better are still being injured, often seriously, while inflating large tyres, particularly after these have just been fitted.
That wise operators use special guards or stand well clear during this operation.
That regular visits by a travelling mass X-ray unit have saved many Goodyear employees from prolonged illnesses.
That the work of these units is excellent and should be encouraged everywhere.
That to get a weld done—and well done—in 50 degrees of frost is a feat of endurance that Antarctic explorers seem to take in their stride.
The suggestion that the growing popularity of the motor caravan is due to its " snugness " compared with some of the " cheap " bungalows run up on many a building estate. That "value for money" must obviously depend on whose money it is and the reasons for such valuation.
That, against much advice to the contrary, the City will hold its Lord Mayor's Show on a weekday other than Saturday.
That parents and kiddies could see it much better and in greater comfort last year, when it fell on a Saturday.
That this rigid and unnecessary adherence to an outworn custom shows a lamentable blindness to the interests of the travelling public and the industries affected.
Hopes that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer will answer the numerous appeals against the fuel tax by reducing it.
Other hopes that he will remove it from oil fuel used on commercial vehicles, including taxicabs.
That changes in the pattern of war must, of necessity, alter the plans of defence, with repercussions • affecting the lives of many workers.
From a reader wilt, followed the 1898 and 1901 Liverpool Trials in a light car, asking if any of the commercial vehicles that took part in them still exist. '