One Hears
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That some Americans fear a fall in the dollar.
Of steel plates rolled with an abrasive surface for non-slip floors. _— Of the quotation: "Work is love made visible." But what if one hates work? _ That some drivers seem to regard white lines as mere decorations on the road.
That a motor manufacturer is using ball-pointed pzns for marking leather and upholstery. Of many who think that tramways are dam ways Groans at the prospects of a further rise in coal prices. _ That every rise in the cost of solid fuel also lessens the chances of the return of the steam wagon to our roads.
That contributory pensions will raise the price of American steel.
That petrol vehicles give about one-third more-tonmiles per gallon than they attained 20 years ago.
Of many who feel that first offenders at a newly created " Halt" sign might be let off with a caution.
That habitual offenders deserve to "get it in the neck."
Of those who fear that the R.H.E. means to acquire right and left and then claim the right to what's left.
That the latest coal vehicles may be considered hot stuff, but they still leave the housewife stone-coaled.
That the liability for a recent accident to a doubledecker—a burst tyre—was unusual in these days of tyre reliability.
That the American Oldsmobile plant employs 50 large induction heaters, totalling 5400 Kw., fOr heating forging stock.
That some R.H.E. assessors might be accused of floccinaucinihilipilification (the practice or habit of estimating as worthless).
That this would scarcely redound to, their honorificabilitudinatitatibus (honour).