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That the price of dery may soon be increased.
That the reasons are higher prices elsewhere in the world and raised freight rates for tanker shipping.
That silicone rubber costs about five times as much as the organic product.
The query: "Who has read The Commercial Motor consistently since it was first published in March, 1905?
That the British Transport Commission will be able to borrow up to £600m. instead of being limited to £250m.
Of heavy fines being inflicted for selling or buying scrap metal in contravention of the Iron and Steel Scrap Order, 1952. That a litter of Tiger Cubs has been born in Edinburgh Zoo_ That most transport people thought they were exclusive to the " Leyland Menagerie."
Of many ears cocked, as usual without profit, for hints of Budget concessions.
That Chancellors of the Exchequer are proverbially as communicative as the sphinx until the chosen hour of the day, and Mr. Butler is no exception to the rule.
That, having lived through stirring times we hope to avoid more striking times.
That large parties visiting London's shows on ice are putting provincial coach proprietors on velvet.
That all level crossings in cities or towns (large and .small) are, in more senses than one, a loss to progress. _ That they should never have been allowed to inconvenience road transport, which served the country long before railways were invented.
That some designers believe that plastic-bound glass fibre will eventually revolutionize much commercial coachbuilding.
That "how much" will depend upon comparative cost.
That the material is so strong as to engender ideas of chassisless possibilities without the use of metal except for power and transmission units.
Someone expressing anxiety lest the U.S.A. findings in their experiments concerning tyre wear on different surfaces may bring back into favour the dusty roads our fathers knew.