One Hears
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That bus ticket-issuing machines are wearing Out.
That no new ones are in production and there will soon be a great dearth.
Of excellent post-war plans for the better training of mdtor repairing mechanics.
That some cooling fans absorb overmuch power and should be subjected to aerodynamic research.
That road reconstruction, as distinct from normal maintenance, will cost Birmingham more than £2,000,000, spread over five years. That "-jellied-petrol" bombs are being dropped on Japan.
Of more commercial body builders being permitted to restart work on their normal products.
That the American Firestone concern has produced 400,000,000 lb. of reclaimed rubber from the nation's scrap pile.
That rocket-driven road vehicles would probably cause a " flutter " amongst following vehicles and pedestrians.
That tube bedding can be reduced to seconds by using special coil-spring " fillers," with handles for easy removal.
Of a reader expressing the hope that p.s. vehicles will never -revert to the glaring ugliness of old-time internal lighting.
That the Government housing policy is busy receiving. " bricks," but seems incapable of ensuring their transport by road.
That the British Renault concern has long been occupied in assembling and testing oil engines for Tank landing craft.
The assertion that, although they have definitely deteriorated, our roads are not in such a bad state as they were in 1918.
That since our " leader " and costing articles on hire,car work, associations and other journals have been following up the subject.
That " lunch paper" from the Fort Dunlop canteen accounted for over 13 tons of the total of 290 collected in the works in a year.
That S.T.R.'s " Drawing Up a Contract articles have caused many a haulier to ejaculate thankfully: "I should never have thought of that! "