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Of a move to improve rates for fruit transport.
Of herrings—red and otherwise—being dragged across the road trail from Aberdeen.
That " The Sky's the Limit in Heavy Haulage" only when there are. no low railway bridges and no overhead tramway wires.
That the registration number of Mr. E. R. Foden's seventy-seventh car is E.R.F.7. It was bought in 1937 and is garaged at a No. 37.
That the London coaching business will be about the only branch of trade in the Metropolis and elsewhere not to benefit by the Coronation.
That half an hour less per day for London central area busmen would cost more in a year than the entire annual revenue of a big provincial bus company.
That the essential requirement of road transport is" secur. ity of tenure,"
That according to Major the Hon. Eric Long this ispartly on the way.
That the recent death in America ol Dr_ Elihu Thomson, the Manchester-born inventor of electric welding, passed almost unnoticed.
From Mr. Orr-Ewing, M.P., that the commercialvehicle driver is the real "gentleman of the road."
That judging from his 'previous remarks he did noi: mean that this class of driver is a "highwayman."
That a high percentage of drivers wins safety awards in those Companies which encourage these competitions.
That all the larger operating companies might well consider the institution of such a scheme.
That a new company which took over a haulage concern found that the old organization had left a legacy of 199 summonses.
That the Minister of Defence recently stated that the question of giving encouragement to producer and other gas-driven motor vehicles is being considered.
Of Sir John Maxwell showing that his is 'not. "the Cinderella of traffic courts."
That Southall will shortly have two claims to distinction — A.E.C. and S. T . R. ( N. B.)
Of many who agree whole hearted3y with the final words of a headline in last week's issue' " Damn Licensing." 821