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That the steel, light metals and glass-fibre three-cornered fight in bodybuilding is of absorbing interest.
That it may finish as a place for each and each in its place.
From, it is to be hoped, a strictly law-abiding reader, that those who " shoot " a halt sign deserve to be shot.
That the same reader believes that the best remedy for road hogs would be imprisonment in a sty.
That the Hendrickson tandem suspension, popular in the U.S.A., permits the use of steel, rubber or air springs in one basic design.
That the new 210 b.h.p. " Jimmy " oil engine of General Motors is claimed to be 690 lb. lighter than any comparable unit as a result of the greater use of aluminium alloys.
That American Trucking .Associations, Inc.— roughly the equivalent of our Road Haulage Association—were formed 25 years ago to give the haulage industry a national identity and solidarity.
That in comparing the two motor shows, commercial and private, at Earls Court, many people considered that the commercial one was the more interesting from the purely engineering angle and by no means behind in elegance. That Motorways are a means to two chief ends and to others of less importance.
That it is at these ends where the solution of the problem of increasing traffic congestion must eventually be found.
That Stevenage New Town has a complete shopping• centre from which all road traffic is barred.
That goods are delivered and dispatched at the rear of the shop premises. roller conveyors being used in some instances.
That the thief, or thieves, who stole a van laden with babies' nappies must have been disappointed—unless these happened to be in urgent demand.