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That our road-test expert is now practising stoking.
That being "on tow" is a long way from being " on velvet."
That if we cannot get round shortages we may try to square them.
That high in our list of exports are imports—of visitors from abroad.
That the B.T.C. may do some juggling to keep the balance between road and rail. That cuts in road maintenance usually lead to more cuts in tyres.
Of those who regard acquisitions as little less than legalized piracy.
That the "Show that Teased the Hungry Dog" was not Cruft's.
That Covent Garden porters could give tips on balancing peak loads.
That there are many who regard nationalization as the worst form of sabotage. • That some U.S.A. makers are using a sprayed zincbase liquid, which dries as a film of hard, smooth zinc.
Of someone saying, re vehicle dimensions, that the long and the short of it is that the M.O.T. is short sighted.
That recent advances in metallurgy will permit electric motors and dynamos to be 10 per cent. lighter and more compact.
That Mr. Barnes hopes that county authorities will build special roads "over the coast line" for pedestrians and cyclists.
That those who use them will have to qualify as high divers.
That about 85 per cent. of A and B licensees and some 80 per cent. of the corresponding vehicles are unlikely to be nationalized.
That Mr. Sydney S. Guy and Mr. R. S. Stuart Pitcher are both fond of sketching, but the art of the former is only for home consumption.
That " equipment " per British soldier in the 1914-18 war weighed 21. tons, and in the recent conclict 12 tons. In the latter, the American had 18 tons.
That the Thompson •Rotocap, which replaces the ordinary spring retainer and automatically turns engine valves, is said to give them much longer life. A25