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Of queue queries.
That priority lists for post-war deliveries are getting longer.
That the heavy batteries of electric-vehicle interests should keep firing.
That shock-absorbers will eventually be wanted in big numbers in Germany.
That reinforced concrete may-be the answer to the scarcity of timber for lorry platforms.
That in South Africa alone 953 people were killed and over 12,000 injured on the roads in 1941. • That citrus growers in Southern California used to burn thousands of old tyres to ward oft frost.
That the best accident-free record in the Western Command of Great Britain is held by the women drivers of an A.T.S. unit.
That driving as many as 126 vehicles ranging from staff cars to ambulances, they have, since the war started, been involved in only one fatal accident. • Of priority travelling that is not.
That the Green Line is going into black for the war period.
That the proof of the fish distribution scheme will be iethe eating.
That much white paint will need attention before the winter arrives. 1.
Of some simple points on transport law that are still not understood by many operators.
That the Brush scholarship scheme is a sound and practical way of training young engineers.
That facilitating the removal of tyres without damage also ensures their removal without "damns."
That in Egypt the enemy is said to be making extensive use of 10-ton lorries with 10-ton trailers.
That the helping-hand policy of certain municipalities is benefiting some areas which are experiencing troubles through bus and trolleybus shortages. —0— Of no train that can turn in its own length.
That the load on the rbad is often the ngse in the night.
That a film trailer may be 1' the goods," but cannot carry any.
Of roads, like shot*, being repaired with patches only, in order to economize material.
That many a good invention has gone west in the battle of vested interests V. patriotism.
That the estimate of U.S.A. goods vehicle requirements for 1942, if times were normal,, is 700,000.