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Of signs of a post-war sign-post war.
That hauliers should not be made to suffer " capital punishment."
That a goods-vehicle manufacturer will shortly be producing a passenger chassis. _ That a desire for anonymity should be respected in the reporting of "a day's good deed."
Of motor traders receiving claims for interest on deposits paid for new vehicles, if delivery be long delayed.
Of such claims being turned down.
Of chassis units being supplied from Britain to overseas bodybuilders for the construction of chassis-less vehicles
Of Tyresoles and Vityresoles--what next?
That some towns have passed from taxi-shortage to taxi-superabundance.
Of a flat-engined double-decker bus which is being demonstrated in the southern counties.
That the population of the U.S.A. is growing at the rate of 200,000 monthly, and is now about 150,000,000.
That some important chassis makers order as many as 20,000 reprints of this journal's road tests of their individual products.
That these find their way all over the world.
Someone saying that the new burglarproof glass consists of two sheets with a layer of pollywollydoodle in between Of a technical expert experiencing difficulty in finding all the available gears with a particular steering-column gear lever.
Of the term "guessing stick" (used in reference to the slide rule) being applied to some such levers.
Of the hope that more precise controls will be fitted to commercial vehicles.
That Mercedes-Benz exhibited a car with a fourcylindered 38 h.p. oil engine at the recent West German Export Fair at Hanover.
That such cars may have their uses in this country until the authorities start a system of red and white derv.
Of the unpopularity of a driver who, reversing into a garage stand-pipe, wasted hundreds of gallons. of water where the shortage is acute.
That, although there is a big difference between a coal strike and a gold strike, both cause industrial disruption and often much discomfort.