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Of complete, sealed ball-races less than 0.2 in. in diameter.
That Princess Wilhplmina has broadcast an appeal to the Dutch to make driving safer.
Of a reader asking if any employee who was in at the birth " of this journal, is still working in its offices.
The answer—No, the longest period is just over 41 years. _ That to help aged visitors to the Geneva Show, two escalators leading to the gallery have been installed in the Grand Palais.
That each of these "rolling stairs" has a length of over 58 ft.—the longest in Switzerland. That tubeless tyres are coming to help keep heavies going.
That there may be more oil under the sea bed than under the land.
That north, south, east and west there is scope for artic." exploration. • • ...That if bus fares rise much more, there may: be a leather constituent in our smog.
That rate-cutting is often done through ignorance of costs and sketchy book-keeping.
That inconsiderate drivers, like some politicians, are guilty of unnecessary mudslinging in bad weather.
Of a driver who thinks cyclists should wear white gloves after dark to make their signals more easily seen.
That Yugoslavia has already received 4.0,000 tons of crude petroleum under a barter deal with a Soviet concern.
That a recent survey in the U.S.A. showed 45 per cent. of all administrative posts in industry as being held by engineers.
That 10m. sq. ft. of roads were built or reconstructed in Moscow in 1954.
That this area would represent a little over 63 miles of 30-ft. track.
That last year Moscow also added 32 miles of trolleybus routes and 13 rnotorbus routes, totalling over 200 miles.