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One Hears

17th January 1941
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Bugbear

That the British Lion is getting ready for the spring —but which. •

From a transport man: " I see roads, but not enough of them.'' From the M.o.T, that there are less than 200 miles of cycle tracks.

It suggested that there are les.3 than 200 cyclists who use them.

Of someone-suggesting that a remote control system, should be applied to Hitler.

That th:) R.A.F. is not nearly so remote as he might appreciate.

That the Evening News recently carried a sales adliertisement concerning a " four-birth " caravan.

A query a5 to whether this could be considered as an advantage in sales promotion.

That aeration tor frothing) is the bugbear of many past attempts at hydraulic transmission.

Motor drivers asking why so many cyclists sport dazzle head lights and are allowed to get away with them.

That " use -of tonnage" is a phrase which is bandied about rather loosely in ertain branches of the Services.

That the " rhomboidal hitch" of the new David Brown tractor sounds rather like a bodily complaint, instead of being a sign of efficiency in construction.

That, although it is admittedly difficult to smother all personal considerations, " pro bona public° " should be the slogan of every Member of Parliament. That Hitler has not yet succeeded in " setting the Thames on fire."

That many an old vehicle, finding hills difficult, does its level best.

Much of " Germany calling "—but more doors are likely to be kept closed.

Admiration expressed for the Beds C.C. 180-ton (on rails) Commer.

That the only pools not going swimmingly now are some of the swimming pools.

That the black-out allows drivers to appreciate how much light the stars can give on .a clear night.

Of and certainly does not see too many anything but conspicuously absent side lamps.

That a well-set and properly masked bead lamp can be almost invisible from head-on and is little if any protection if the side lamps be out.

That the average speed of railway-borne goods in peace-time is only 'about half a mile per hour and is probably half that now.

That the Government must learn to appreciate, not depreciate, the value of road transport's work in the prosecution of the war.

Of the successful running of single-deck buses in the Burnley district of Lancashire on a combination of oil fuel and town gas, the latter being stored in a special bag carried on the roof of the vehicles.

That oil fuel is used for staiting up the engines and when the latter are running idle, and with a fleet of eight buses an annual saving of over 26,000 gallons of oil fuel is anticipated.

Of S.T.R. as the man who can do no wrong.

That repeat orders are the best form of compliment.

0 new steel and light-metal alloys in considerable variety.

That, if production must grow, transport must keep pace with it.

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People: Hitler, David Brown
Locations: Burnley

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