One Hears
Page 31
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Of a reduction in the number of notices "Coach parties not catered for."
That the steel people are using A.R.P. to emphasize the qualities of this material.
That everyone goes "first class" by road because it provides nothing but first-class comfort.
That " fixed " and "by request" bus stops, which were at first not welcomed, are being steadily more appreciated.
Of the recent completion of the first 50,0b0 Blitz motorvans and trucks at the Opel Co.'s works at Brandenburg, Germany, which were opened just over two years ago.
Of two new agricultural tractors in the offing.
Of Peeping Tom being out-peeped by the L.M.S.
T h e question " Have the railways won another Water loo?"
"Tipping b u s seat", as a new expense item for some journalists !
Many approving comments on the Lords Accident Committee's Report. That "wasteful competition" i5 easy to say. but not so easy to describe.
That in many cases it is too healthy for the railways.
That the only kind of horse that really is a blessing in town traffic is the mechanical one.
From Shanghai that a Japanese syndicate has recently started a service of 30 Japanese-built taxicabs in the Chinese town of Tsingtao.
That during last year only 191 second-hand motorvans, trucks and buses, valued at £13,065, were exported from the United States as compared with 454 units (£40,546) in 1937.
"Go by motorcoach, it takes you all the way."
•z;
That " dewirement" means'coming
off the wire.
That a holiday by motorcoach is a vividly real holiday.
That the Rocket will be used only for local work this summer.
That "we sell tickets, not seats," is not the slogan of the coach proprietors.