One Hears—
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That town dwellers who feel an urge to live in the country are furious when thousands of others follow their example and their slice of country becomes ,a town.
That they ignore the fact that they themselves started the rot."
Of a reader's wife wondering if the Mayoress of Camberwell will have to incorporate the gift section of tram-rail in her indoor decoration scheme, or whether it will be accommodated in the Mayor's Parlour at the Town Hall. Of those who feel that, if it costs £100,000 to build and 110,000 a year to maintain a train, the money would be better spent on roads so much needed for industrial transport.
That in describing an ancient battery-electric brougham a motoring correspondent wrote: "The motors—or more exactly batteries—are morinted on each of the front wheels . . . ."
That it is as well to be exactly right in a description in order to avoid any possibility of confusion!
That evidence on traffic offences can now be seen, not heard, "in camera."
The query, 'Can anyone give a firm interpretation' of all the law relating to road transport? "
Of someone asking if longer-life seats also confer the boon of longer life on drivers and their trousers.
Re the "Fruits of Rationing," a reader saying the one that interests him most is the date on which it will end.
That, with so many practical jokers at large, it is wise for a haulier who receives a long-distance order by telephone to check its validity.