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Of Australia endeavouring to boost parts production.
That the railways need coaching" to achieve passenger comfort.
That if everyone is so down on the poor zebra the R.S.P.C.A. may have to intervene.
" Yes, an oil drop can tell a 10t—especially when it keeps on until there is a pool on the road." ' That during 1951 some 2m. tyres were retreaded in Britain.
That this has permitted the export of a similar number which would otherwise have been needed for the home market.
That one motor-vehicle model is to bear the title " Supersonic."
That, presumably, any noise it may make will be above the range of the human ear, but dog passengers might still suffer.
That a minimum fare of 2d. for London buses makes old-stagers sigh for the Tuppenny Tube."
That redundancy in certain industries has temporarily alleviated the labour-shortage problem in passenger transport undertakings.
That this is the first time some companies have been fully staffed for 12 or more years.
Of interest being expressed by bodybuilders in the British West Indies in the easily assembled metal body framings made in this country.
From Mr. C. T. Brunner, director and general manager of Shell-Mex and 'B.P., that hauliers will not suffer a shortage of commercial grades of fuel when motorists receive premium grades.
That as a token of its appreciation of the fine work of the Bristol Fire Brigade during the great conflagration at Avonmouth, the Regent Oil Co. has donated £500 to the appropriate charity for the benefit of the Brigade.