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That Mr. Walter Wolsey, of _Tilling's, has recently been Lancastrianized.
l'rhat one needs no sixth sense to steer a six-wheeler, unless it be common. sense.
That nobody is so great a law unto himself as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
" S.T.R." on catering for the " commercial " and how to make it a commercial proposition.
That the L.C.C. is not to undermine private enterprise by organizing coach tours of its own.
That there's more than a shine about railway That most coach-owners have now done all their accounts now coming in at the new rates. . T.U.V. (touch up and varnish) work.
That steam needs all its push.
That bus shares are now busy shares.
It's new mortality that worries Safety First.
That the Road Fund, once bitten is now twice shy.
That "Keep your wits in a tight place" is a good motto.
Of further large Russian orders placed in Francefor trucks.
That the heavier taxation on the largest commercial motors is tending to breed a lot more little ones.
That more of our political leaders now recognize transport as providing the key to Empire development.
That more people appreciate each year that our present industrial and social systems are based upon transport.
That if 1927 proves as good a trade year as it should, it will show there is enough demand for all forms of transport. 0 That a recently announced novel, entitled "Jix," has nothing whatever to do with the Home Secretary or his taxi namesake.
The better the road the less expensive the operation of the vehicle; the better the vehicle the less expensive the upkeep de the road.
Though some think petrol is supreme, S.-S. puts in a word for steam. That with a steam-wagon regulator touch always means go.
Of much attention being paid to the problem of Piccadilly Circus.
That pedestrians will be recommended to pass under vehicles—in a subway.
Of not a few roads that want the rule of the road applied to their surfaces.
London traffic proving that the location of Chinese puzzles need not be limited to China.
Of satisfactory progress under the Mersey.
That motorbus access means local success.
—0-Road chanties emanating from road shanties.
That only cash receipts save many bus owners.
Comparatively little of "'flu" among busmen. 0 Corn m u ii i t y singing applauded —but not in coaches.
That road-transport interests properly marshalled are worth 1,000 votes in most Parliamentary divisions.
That each ton of ingot steel made at home requires seven tons of coal and other British raw materials for its production.
That to be up and at him is the only way to make a Member of Parliament treat a constituent between elections as other than non-existent.
Plat, since tractors have hauled bricks up it every day for a fortnight, a certain hill in the neighbourhood of intensive building operations has developed a surface like a tiled roof.