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ONE HEARS That some operators dare not lift a timber

11th August 1931, Page 33
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

bus body for Chassis overhauls after three or four years' use.

Of prodigious quantities of blue prints required by the authorities in order to certify a bus type as suitable for public service.

That one concern alone claims to have supplied no fewer than 180,000 blue prints in connection with three types of vehicle.

That despite the holiday season regulations continue to pour out of Whitehall.

That soon it will be a case of the man with the greatest parrot knowledge of the thousands of regulationS who Will get the biggest jobs with transport companies.

That the recently issued railway returns for 1930 provide much food for thought, although there was a big falling off in the tonnage of merchandise dealt with on the railways.

That the Stockton incident still rankles.

That a 19-year-old taxicab is still in service in London.

That a summer-night mist can make driving as hazahlous as any winter fog.

That the latest municipal reports clearly show that the tram is being trammelled by the motorbus.

The query "Did Mr. Morrison really expect the Economy Committee to recommend the abolition of the Ministry of Transport?" The query "What is the most efficient lorry in the world?"

That whatever be the answer the vehicle must be a hardy one.

Of a claim that a really non-skid tread for pneumatics has been found.

That suction-grip treads are remarkably effective but somewhat noisy.

That large-scale -vegetable and fruit growers on this side of the Atlantic want demonstrations of the row-crop agrirnotor.

Of an important provincial bus company completely forgetting some of its routes on Bank Holiday Tuesday.

That theerror was not discovered until a " stranded " one had spent 1s. in telephoning to the head office, three hours after the first bus should have left.

Of old air in the tyres, but new tyres in the air.

That the Show is expected to prove a business barometer.

That the motor-coaching industry can be depressed, but never suppressed That there are many old taxis still in use carrying a spare tyre on the old Stepney auxiliary rim. p That concrete roads, with their White kerbs and black middle line, are blessed by drivers who use them on foggy nights.

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