One Hears
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That some think Britain's front door looks too much like a back door.
That the mobile shop is the answer to at least one of the housewife's prayers.
Of the mechanic's wife who thought our Mayday pictures were pretty enough to frame."
That British manufacture represents reliability and we must make the world mark it.
Of a cautious man who keeps not only his " clouts," but his anti-freeze, too, till May be out.
That the little spent on an exchange carburetter in place of an old or worn type is usually rapidly saved by fuel economy and better running.
From America, that approximately 40 per cent. of the total mileage of local roads, or 1,000,000 miles, are used by less than 10 vehicles daily.
That the aluminium suppliers give most helpful service to bodybuilders and make coachbuilding in this material a comparatively simple task.
That recent heavy rains, by producing puddles and gutter-to-gutter lakes, did much to show up the disgraceful state of some of our high-road surfaces. That the greatest sorrow of old age is the remembrance of old prices.
That the walls of Jericho cannot have been nearly as strong as those of a good tyre.
That they might be blown out, but not by a
trumpet. _ That Leylands have always moved with the times and now they are ensuring that The Times can move with them. _ _ That Fiat claim to have produced one of the first machines of the jeep type powered by an oil engine— in this case of 9-litre capacity.
Queries as to why L. J. Cotton "wanted to be alone" and what other technical man on the Press would have tackled the job for which he volunteered.