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Of an Uxbridge-route bus war. That squeaks demand hush money.
Of giant pneumatics used with fillings.
That one good plug deserves three mates.
A makeshift repair often before one sees it. That the front-wheel-burst bogey is all air. That there's more in a plug than pot and wire. That a bright Easter is a good kick-off for the season.
That many favour chain drive as giving longer tyre life.
That the rate cutter's final effort is when he cuts and runs.
That somebody has generally tried a " new " design before.
. That the bigger the tyre the more the passenger likes it.
That Britain needs rain—it's the Briton that doesn't want it.
That action 'postponed is responsibility dodged— perhaps.
That the higher the pressure the fewer who will pump to it.
That there's good money in tractor sales for those with imagination.
That London parks and parking are both sore points in some quarters.
That futurist artists are now drawing buses—but not in the drawing office.
That the dole is a standing charge; its recipients only cover dead mileage. .
That brake-lining manufacturers consider the safest white line is the right lining.
That nobody wants fiats on tyres, bat houses on wheels are popular for holidays.
That coach passengers evince a decided preference for a vehicle with front-wheel brakes.
That a Scotsman generally drains an oil drum through a small hole drilled close to the rim.
That the number of repeat orders is rapidly increasing the goodwill value of many manufacturers. Rumours of tar.
That by-laws are often described as vile laws.
That tramway-propping = progress-stopping.
That Blackpool at holiday time is no pool of silence.
That white lines rubbered in aren't easily rubbed out.
• That the right to work road motors is a very real one. - Of English by-laws as an intricate and patternless mosaic.
That, in a garage, those petrol-lighters are thirsty blighters.
Of Harris and Hasell qualifying to be called Hurries and Hustle.
That the motor caravan is developing into a threepiece suit (e). '
That L'aster was summer's self—three fine days and a thunderstorm.
That the matt whom nothing satisfies is not necessarily satisfied with nothing.
Someone expressing the hope that the Avon giant won't trip with the trippers.
That half the heavi4sone passes on country roads are carrying building material.
Someone asking why the-upper part of King Coal is ermine whilst the lower is—er—his.
That Rochdale people don't mind being told to go to Jericho, because they can bus there.
That motor coach companies have now to prepare to "feed the brute" as well as to carry him.
That one of the first concerns to establish a special .catering department is the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd.
That some of the passengers would like something stronger than coffee, however.