One Hears
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That hauliers working for the Army will soon require a war loan all to themselves.
That relatives may wear black for those who wear black in the black-out and don't keep to the sidewalks.
Someone asking if, when the papers mention the "expensive pursuit of motoring," they refer to the upkeep of the " gongsters."
That, through lack of transport, many small growers are forced to sell cut flowers at a cut price in their own neighbourhoods.
Of great possibilities in liquefied-gas fuel.
That Tyresoling saves 85 per cent. of imported materials.
That a lively gas producer can hardly be considered as dead weight. , The urgent injunction; "Don't blind drivers by flashing torches at them."
Of debates on whether members of the Services should be allowed to travel free on municipal buses.
That the cost of the paper on which this journal is printed has risen by 50 per cent. since the war. Of a new American laminated safety glass which can be rolled up like a rug when broken.
That some operators would like a type which would do this before breaking.
That " bus conductresses" may be a clumsy term, but it is preferable to " bus-Janes " which we heard last week.
That the W.O. would have saved itself and operators much trouble if its responsible officers had studied our Tables of Operating Costs.
Of new carburetters of remarkable .simplicity.
Of drivers not being encouraged to wash in the basic ration.
That large tyres with special treads constitute a big problem.
That something like 1,000,000 tyres are needlessly scrapped each year.
That, although the " C.M." receives queer queries, it is seldom, if ever, querulous.
That parking on the wrong side, i.e., facing towards on-coming traffic on the off side is to be made illegal.