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Of steel tyres and stolen-tyres.
That many things hinge on who trips in Tripoli and who calls the tune in Tunis.
That in place of the no-treating order of the past war we need a no-illtreatirig ord-r to conserve all irreplaceable essentials.
The hope expressed that the projected " precincts " won't be sufficiently obstructive in design tb 'complicate tradesmen's motor deliveries.
That posts across one end of a road may preserve certain amenities, kbut can add considerably to the baker's mileage.
Of the survival of the most adaptable.
That a slate for notes on the office desk would save a lot Of paper.
That petty pilfering of metal in factories amounts in the aggregate to a considerable loss.
Of the war teaching us that rubber lurks in many unsuspected places and there is more than meets the eye.
That road transport must keep a finger in the pie, even at the risk of getting burnt by what's under the crust.
That the Widespread stoppage of bus transport facilities after 9 p.m. is causing many difficulties to late workers.
Of railway goods yards so out of date that the good's they handle are liable to suffer from the same disability.
That now is the time for farmers to have any neceisary repairs to their harvesting machinery carried out.
That motor-road, as well as motor-vehicle, construction must play an important part in post-war reconstruction.
That the U.S.A. has " frozen " used tyres and inner tubes, i.e., they must not be bought or sold without permission.
That synthetic rubber, whether we can see through it or not, will probably see us through, provided the Government will see it through.
That Lord Perry has become independent chairman of the Road Transport Organization Joint Conference with Major R. A. B. Smith as 'deputy chairman.
That the theory that the railways would not have affocated to them goods they cannot adequately handle is not, unfortunately, borne out by facts.