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Of more new light chassis to come.
That the " live " agent's motto is "where there's life there's scope."
That, in Maceio, Brazil, alcohol fuel, a home product, is being pushed.
That users of this fuel may have fines for traffic offences reduced by half.
It is significant that American tecrinical expressions seem to be in common use in New Zealand.
That some German railways are instituting high-speed goods trains to fight road competition.
That heavies now romp up hills that would have caused many a light car to pause for second thoughts not many years ago.
That a farmer's feelings on seeing a farm tractor at work may be summed upin the phrase, "It came. saw. It conquered." ' Of thoughtless pedestrians who run down motorists—verbally.
That as long ago as 1910 Merryweathers built an electrically propelled fire tender.
That England's constantly changing weather and temperature put her road surfaces to a severe test.
That the bicycle can (and often does) hold the road as efficaciously as the much-maligned "heavy."
Of the suggestion that the Dennis concern might call an advertisement for some of its 20-seaters " G.L.ad. tidings." That good circulation is the secret of traffic health.
That the same applies to the loading and unloading of passenger vehicles.
That when a trailer wags its tail it is not usually a sign of pleasure.
That, at any rate, it is not one for other road users.
Of a 12-year-old boy being given sole charge of an agricultural tractor on a Berkshire farm.
That this speaks well for the simplicity of operation of the modern machine.
Of many stumbles over the name of the new National Advisory Council of Independent Public Service Vehicle Owners Associations.
Of suggestions to follow the Russian style and call it the " Nacipsvoa," abbreviating this into a colloquial " Nacip " That it is more likely to become generally known In the industry as simply the National Council.
That Sheffield is to have heated buses.
That it is time the Staines-Egham road was widened.
Of that buoyant feeling when spring's come, but quite the contrary with springs gone.
Wonder expressed in the New Zealand motor Press with regard to the capabilities of the Daimler Fluid Flywheel and preselective gearbox.
That the new London Passenger Transport Bill offers a poor look-out for independent coach operators, despite the pioneering work they have done.