One Hears—
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That doodling does not encourage. dawdling.
That if paper were rationed to all, much more would be salvaged.
That many people have formed the habit of walking on the roads during the darkest spells.
That drivers who have to sleep out under insanitary conditions may bring home unpleasant gifts.
The remark, " If every .fire helps Hitler he should be grateful to the R.A.F."—but, from all accounts, be is riot.
That essential goods-carrying vehicles have in use over 2,000,000 tyres, whilst the ServiCes employ 7,000,000. That some, so-called, "road maps" are a delusion and a snare.
That to some people any map is the " perfect and absolute'blank " commended in a Lewis Carroll verse.
Of the increasing use of tractors and mechanized farming equipment in Egypt.
Of hopes that, even starting from scratch, the prewar haulier may be able to scratch a post-war living.
Of fears that he may find railways installed in his scratching ground.
That the prospect for the small man seems to be that he. will not be able to add one inch to his "sta.turt.
Of someone prophesying that, while road and ra:1 interests quarrel over their " bone," air transport will carry it off.
That only about one-third of the traffic carried by . the M.O.W.T. Road Haulage Organization is related to probable post-war traffic.
That a fair proportion of the remaining two-thirds should, in post-war days, concern exports.
Of country dwellers who have a horrid suspicion that the Army does night operations with " flailTanks " on freshly mended roads.
That others favour the bull-dozer theory.
That about a dozen single-deck bdses are used at one Italian-prisoner camp for the transport of the men to and from their farm work.
That the vehicles are garaged in the open in all weathers.
That N.F.S., C.D. and local-authoritY .vehicles may, in emergencies, be used to help farmers to gather in grain crops where transport is scarce.