One Hears
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How green are our political bosses.
That Britain must change from reverse to top.
That after all it was only small change—virtually penny wise....
That railway sleeping berths appear to be almost State-owned already. ____o_ Of a lady who thought that the electric pram was a new help for mothers.
That passengers who suffer from chilblains hate under-seat heating in bus or train.
That Britons need good roofs over their heads and good roads under their feet and wheels.
Never before have so many British-built buses and trucks been seen in the big cities of Europe.
That according to the trade unions, 30 m.p.h. for " heavies " might almost seem to be approaching supersonic speed.
That the average driver would be bored to tears at 20 m.p.h. "That Mr. Strachey is cocking a sacra at us."
That " free " steel is showing up State coal.
Of coach proprietors still making hay while the sun shines.
That many an accident is the result of impatience and had temper.
That a driver without self-control cannot have full vehicle control. .
That Britain has never really been expert in the game of beggar-my-neighbour.
Of some interesting new timber-haulage equipment emanating from Leylands and a Somerset engineering firm.
The Government crowing that 20 by-elections can't be wrong, yet many feel that one general election has been.
Someone expressing the hope that the naming of spares will not be left to those inventive agencies, Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.