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That if your vehicle needs a "doctor," you may.
Of Gecalloy permanent magnets produced by powder metallurgy.
That Halls' "Ye Olde Diesel Arms" in North Finchley was the only non-profit pub in the village during their Seddon-Perkins week.
That tests in Britain have shown the considerable value of exhaust brakes in permitting safety and economy, by reducing drum heat and wear on friction facings.
Queries as to whether and how the L.T.E. obtained permission to switch off all interior lights on both decks of certain buses touring the Coronation illuminations.
That coach proprietors doing this would probably have been fined.
That a man who stepped on a " zebra " in front of a car, when reproved by the driver, who saved art accident only by violent braking which turned his car sideways, replied stubbornly, " Them's our'n." That the Karrier " Gamecock " has won its spurs.
That M. Louis Coatalen has succeeded M. Henri Perrot as president of the French society of automobile engineers.
That the New South Wales Transport Co-ordination Act is creating a monopoly for the railways, and is a serious blow to road transport.
Of a new ceramic and metal-bonded material for brake facings, produced by the American Bendix concern and known as Cerametallic.
That it is intended for heavy-duty aeroplane brakes, but may have potentialities for road vehicles.
For many, that the latest disappointment over the 20 m.p.h. limit is greatly straining confidence in the Minister of Transport and the Government.
That the refusal to raise the limit shows a regrettable and probably largely unfounded fear of possible action by transport workers concerned, and a lack of consideration for the undoubted advantages to trade and industry.