One Hears

18th March 1955, Page 79

18th March 1955

Page 79

Page 79, 18th March 1955 — One Hears

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Of hopes that we'll hear a toll for the toll road.

That the Gore-Trellin "motorcoach " seems to have been something like a myth.

Of those who say that any Government supplying a really first-class road system should he sure of support in a General Election.

That it would need to show concrete evidence of its intentions and not just show willing." That friction may be caused by a non-sliding solid—a curtain of iron to wit.

" Well, let's get it moving! "

That the title of the Society of Motor Omnibus Engineers, formed in 1905, was soon changed to "Society of Road Transport Engineers."

That this title, of a body which ceased to function in May, 1911. indicates that the term " road transport engineer" is of quite ancient lineage.

Of a claim by a regular contributor, Mr. Haydon D. Smith, that when he was four years old, in 1905, he was "looking at the pretty pictures of the 'C.M.'"

That good manners, road or otherwise, are summed up in the churches' "duty to my neighbour" —" to do unto all men as 1 would they should do unto me."

That many drivers should remember the old theme —" The world of fools has such a store that he who would not see an ass must bide at home and bolt his door. And break his looking-glass."

That in 1919, the late Aubrey Llewellyn Coventry Fell, whose full names were at one time painted on every London tramcar said, "20 years hence, motorbuses will be exhibited as curios in museums."

That instead it is the tramcar which is more likely to be on show there.