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That despite the "No dogs allowed " notices, the Thornycroft Mastiff will still appear at Earls Court.
That, presumably, it will be kept on a lead, as it could take a bite out of some markets.
That it came as a pleasant surprise to hear an industrialist speaking of the "rapid progress of road construction" in Britain.
That, to some people, it might appear to be hastening slowly.
That although numerous local authorities have given long notice of the dates by which houses must bear numbers, many of these orders have been ignored.
That threats of proceedings for disregarding this might make householders more willing to comply.'
Of someone suggesting that London Transport should invite Max Bygraves to present their awards for employees' brainwaves, with his classic comment, "A good idea, Son."
That a proposed regulation in the States is that every motor vehicle shall signal a turn, or movement from one traffic lane to another, not less than 100 ft. before the driver takes such action.
That, in Britain, warnings of this type are often given in less than the length of the vehicles concerned.
Of the Show exhibit-to-be that is one of a type now working "in the Indian Ocean."
The pertinent question: "Any (road) vehicles, atomicpowered, of course, from the North Pole area?" • That the man who sawed himself off a tree while sitting on a branch has many a counterpart in modern industrial disagreements.
Of a " crib " on "One Hears "—in the August Road Way—including one, courteously acknowledged, paragraph from The Commercial Motor.
From the Sunday Times:
Resemble not the slimy snail, Who, by its filth, records its trail, Let it be said, where you have been, You leave the face of nature clean.