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Of the public cleansing officer as Cinderella.
That the modern lorry driver, strange as the statement may seem, is in a handsome cab.
That the finest steel tubing, smaller than a human hair, would cost about Di m. per ton.
That the B.T.C. wants more elbow room to elbow 'free " hauliers out of a livelihood.
That a twin ram usually gives sheeplike obedience.
That the police may view with suspicion anyone referring to " par carking."
That some people's job is to create• a vacuum, whereas Vacuum's task is to create oils..
That apparently every 'form of transport is to be brought up to, and run on, railway lines.
That bromine is one of the leading constituents of a well-known anti-knock dope for fuels.
That it is hoped to be able to extract quantities of this in Britain from sea water.
That cleansing officers appreciate the growing applications of corrosion-resisting alloys.
That the latest American Fisk tyre has 3,000 tread cross-cuts and 64 sharp circumferential ridges.
That those who, while waiting at level crossings, have time for observation, say it isn't only lorries that travel empty so often when State-nip.
That an " angel" driver (although possibly preferable to an infernal one) might make nervous passengers anxious about their journey's end. —;> — Of a new metallic ceramic of alumina and chromiurn for gas-turbine nozzles, turbo-compressor blades and other parts subjected to great heat and stress.
Of a question (in reference to a letter in. the " C.M.") whether it be a compliment to say that a man's name has been for years, aby-word in our industry. A27