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That the "Q" is.becoming more than a query.
That the shadow of the Budget chills the charming month of April.
That it is a " shadow " that sometimes decreases our substance.
Of paint brushes with bristles formed from rayon cord coated with cellulose acetate.
That the railways seem quite prepared to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
Of complaints that the high price of a.nthracite retarding the development of the use of producer-gas.
That in the high-frequency welding of glass the electrodes are small coal-gas pilot flames, ',which ironize and render conducting the surrounding area.
Of a big future for high-frequency electronic heating.
That " fleet" engineers should be able to get together swiftly.
That one noise for the suppression of which nobody is anxious is that of London's A.A. barrage. • That many regar4 it as one of the few homecomforts alloWed in war-time.
From a reader that our proper propaganda is a prop to our industry and we could not prop a grander cause: That some of our troops abroad think that too much is said of post-war activities and too little concerni:g the post From Hardy Spicer, Ltd., that in a needle-roller bearing only the loaded needles roll—the others slide in the oil.
That magnesium may become cheaper than aluminium, whilst the latter will probably halve its prewar price.
That goods imports to the U.S.A. during 1943 were airborne to the extent af 18,000 tons, valued at .229,000,000.
That the transport of oil across the Atlantic may eventually be reversed, the U.S.A. becoming buyer instead of seller.
That the efforts of the "back-room boys' must not be allowed to suffer defeat through the machinations of the back-stair boys.
That 5 tons of material entering a bomber-manufacturing plant require 100 tons of handling before 3 tons of bomber roll off the assembly lines.
That Black and Decker, Ltd., might well sell copies Of Fryer's charming study of the squirrel and give the proceeds to the Prisoners of War Fund.