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That those who drive at high speeds along flooded gutters re deservedly unpopular.
"Who cares whether they call it pay, wages, fee, salary r emolument? It's all lolly! "
That Lacre. Lorries, Ltd., have acquired sole rights for le manufacture .of the Schorling Waggonbau refuse ollector. • That the U.S.A. Post Office is trying a Flexi-Van roadail-sea service in which Fruehauf Containers can travel ■ y rail or ship and, by adding a wheel assembly, be hauled s road trailers.
That this is claimed to be an improvement on the ' That this is claimed to be an improvement on the ' piggy-back" system, as no special facilities are needed t terminals—and the changeover can be made in four ainutes.
That vans in which doors are opened -equentIy would leern safer if these Jere of the sliding type.
That "tyre static" can flow to a ody via the stub axles and, as the esult of intermittent metallic contact, ause interference with any radio set in 3e vehicle.
That it can be cured by using a ietal-spring contact between the aside of each hub cap and its stub axle.
From Sir David Eccles, that we are n the threshold of a second industrial evolution, with the certainty that the rowth of cheap atomic power is vithin our grasp. That none but diehard sentimentalists really regrets the passing of Glasgow's noisy trams.
That man, still busy kicking up a dust all over the world, now wants to extend his 'operations to the moon.
That restrictive practices, as a protest against redundancy caused by previous strikes, offer no solution to unemployment problems.
That Anglo-Spanish trade increased to f85in. last year, and this year has marked the Golden Jubilee of the British Chamber of Commerce for Spain, which now has nearly 2,000 members.
That metal thickness, to indicate corrosion in large Mobil oil tanks, is being measured by a pick-up crystal which sends sciund waves into the metal, the " bounce " speed being recorded in lines on a " television " screen.