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That many other countries are streets ahead of us in road improvements.
That Mr. Harold Watkinson seems to be fighting hard to have this position rectified.
Queries as to whether efforts to stop smoking in buses will prove successful.
That smokers who do not want to stop the habit should certainly be considered, particularly on doubledeckers.
That although the Perkins oil engine was not born at Paddington Green, some might call it "Pretty Polly . .
That the smallest rust-proof steel tube to be made in this country has an outside diameter of .0017 in.— that is finer than a human hair. Of no haunting of Thorpe Lea House, except by drivers in good spirits.
That some hauliers feel that they will drop customers if they raise rates.
That satisfied consignors may still prefer the advantages of safe and quick delivery.
That both bipeds and quadrupeds often travel more comfortably by road—but not in the crush hours.
That millions of women wanted their freedom and now that they have achieved it, many are being dictated to—as shorthand-typists.
From a reader that there appears to be almost as much mud-slinging in cases brought before the Traffic Commissioners as in a House of Commons debate.
That many Archer fans will be furious if Walter Gabriel does not get his licence.
Questions as to what can be done to prevent the oozing of road tar in hot weather.
0 That clever chemists should be able to devise a cure.
That recently the tar has kept many road men busy sanding.