One Hears—
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The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker all complaining bitterly of road-transport restrictions.
The advice, " Make certain that your tail lamp is alight—it may save a crash—and don't park on the wrong side."
Of a Scotsman who subsequently found that he had misread the heading of a recent news paragraph as : " Taximen Waive the Flag."
That one way of not improving visibility is to plaster your windscreen with all the A.R.P., W.D., A.F.S. and other " priority " labels you can find.
That hauliers must carry That there is no reason for any fall in commercialmotor shares.
That Hitler's front door bears the legend, " No Hawkers or circulars."
That emergency repairs will do much to keep the wheels of industry turning.
That any factory with machine-tool equipment should soon have more work than labour.
Of some who think that if the war had not been postponed so long it would be " off " sooner. That the person who lights a match while driving at night is asking for trouble.
That the correspondent who made this discovery nearly got it I That operators withgood stocks of spares will find their vision well rewarded.
That the distinctive red ring on India tyres is to be replaced by a broad white one, purely as a war measure to help in black-outs, That many will hope that numerous replacements of this emergency tyre will not be required.
Of coalitions and coal rations.
Of more gas about this war than in any previous.
—"Look after the drips and the gallons will look after themselves."
The hope that Association bulletins will not be replaced by Government bully-tins.
Of many things " post po ne d," "cancelled," "closed," and "off" now that the war is "on."
That this war will be won largely by the workshops and financial institutions of Britain.