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That the approaching coaching season should not become a poaching one.
From many people that the safest way to drive in a fog is to follow a bus or coach.
A Yorkshire query: "No doolale fare on Christma.s Day? Eeh! Can't thee giv'us two 'elpings? "
Of a road hog suggesting that it would be much quicker if roads were cut through roundabouts.
That the old joke regarding an after-dinner speaker being able to stand up, speak up and shut up is really a solemn truth.
That some people believe that our choice lies between toll-roads and having to toll for the roads dying under our wheels.
That imports of scrap iron by Britain decreased by 21 per cent. in the second quarter of 1954, but those ' of iron ore rose by 4 per cent. to 3,151,000 tons.
That an oil engine costing less than al per pound weight would be warmly welcomed on this side of • the Atlantic—if, like good boots, it was built to last. That the fast coach of olden times would be the slowcoach of today.
That some hauliers seem bewildered by the shapelessness of things to come.
That in "sharing traffic" with the railways they are suspicious of the B.R. lion's share.
That there now seems more hope of large quantities of oil pouring from under troubled waters.
That not withstanding the Highway Code drivers still receive some curious hand signals from their road co-eds.
That a specially built welded-steel " trailer" with a projecting "jib" carrying a heavy charge of dynamite was recently pushed by a shielded tractor closeto a burning oil well in 'Canada.
That the resulting blast from this hazardous operation blew out the fire, which had been roaring for several days.
That the explosive was protected by two barrels one within the other, with several inches of asbestos packing between them.