One Hears
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'That one might think the levy was all at C.
That a balanced wheel can save the bank balance.
That many old tyres become soles before they are really worn out.
That London Transport's Coronation arrangements do not include the transport of passengers from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey.
From America, that the national total of 500 billion motor-vehicle miles travelled in 1952, compares with 483 billion in 1951 and 458 billion in 1950.
That the " billion" in the U.S.A. is, however, I,000m.
That the output of certain major industrial products in the Soviet Union is now comparable with that of the six Schumann-plan countries plus the U.K. That oil-engined buses are popular in Japan.
And that forward-engined coaches are giving place to rear-engined vehicles in 'that country.
Of stern action against-offences in connection with C hiring.
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That a good crack is not necessarily something to laugh about.
That the single-plunger fuel-injection pump is attracting interest in several countries.
That a circus girl of 18 achieved the almost phenomenal time of 0.25 sec. and a boy 0.35 sec., on a driver-reaction testing machine at the recent Schoolboys' Exhibition.
That an excellent average time is 0.5 sec., and many people take 0.7 or more.
Someone suggesting that it was because they were determined to impose the levy that the Government decided to turn down the cat and birch as punishments for robbery with violence. .