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That road transport is like a ball tossed between political conjurors. _ That other transport interests hope to catch the ball if it be missed: That no one nation must. be allowed to bounce rubber supplies.
That the may not exactly be launched yet, but its keel has been laid.
That there is no fair or honest justification for the heavy taxation of road transport.
That it is merely a means for obtaining money without consideration of the ill-effects on trade and industry. That railway level crossings are a relic of the Stephenson age.
Of the great success of the war-time zoned supplies and pooled-delivery systems.
That a tyre can get an overload and a blow-out in war-time, although the driver cannot.
• That traffic delays in London alone cost some £70,000,000 per annum just before the war, That this was about double the amount spent on the roads of the whole country.
Of a remarkable and continuing flow of appreciative, comments on the proposed Institute of Road Transport Engineers, and of applications for membership..
That soon there may be four distilleries, caliable of producing over 12,000,000 gallons of power alcohol per year from surplus wheat, in operation inAustralia.
How a woman in a civil defence unit drove an official car for miles with a flat tyre.
That "I didn't notice" was considered an uncivil defence. —0—
That theWs no tool like an old tool, as tradesmen who lose them know to their cost.
That when the war is over there will be a busy time for bus and goods vehicle builders generally.
That there is great need for the more economical use of military motor lorries and their load-carrying capacity.