One Hears—
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That the voice of an organization is useless when it is a piano one.
Of those who hope to see the world welded when Hitler is well dead.
That in future the consumption of tobaccc mean dollars going up in smoke.
That closing time" proves to be a specially dangerous period on the road.
That one in 10 male pedestrian rOad victims of last winter's black-out were affected by alcohol.
That in the U.S.A. high-octane petrol now has a higher priority than synthetic rubber.
That "a bolt from the blue" might now well imply a component dropped from an aeroplane.
That caterpillars do. good work in the forests, but not if they happen to be of the oak-moth variety.
Of earth-bound pessimists who say that. air transport after the war will give a new and sinister meaning to "the sky's the limit."
From "The King's Highway" that " tram " is an old Swedish word meaning a wood beam, and here, in 1555, it was applied to a log road. That Italians in Tunisia had been instructed tc throw stones.
That they must be careful of their glass houses.
That the war has taught us that holidays without petrol are possible.
That "the darker the cosier" is a bad motto for either home or factory.
That an effective combination of ventilation and black-out seems more easily achieved in factories than in private houses.
The query: "How long will German civilians stick fast under such a pasting? "
That even if some of its buses do crawl, London Transport carries 10,000,000 passengers a day.
Too often of children being given lifts on bicycles.
That the police, in country districts at any rate, seem to turn a blind eye to this dangerous and illegal practice.
That the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is advocating local publication of the ratio of road deaths per mile of classified roads in each authority's area.
That Guy Arabs pick up more than tents.
Of four R.A.S.C. men who stole a double-deck bus, but bust it in six miles.
That for those who do not know what " bussing " means, it is the old English word for kissing.
That in-future they should confine their attention to the decidedly more entertaining and exhilarating pastime of stealing buses: