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Hears
That John Bull Rubber are celebrating their jubilee this year.
Bitter complaints 'about the, often unnecessary, felling of fine trees when new roads are cut through former park and farm land.
That 'town and country planning " is fast becoming a misnomer in England, when there will soon be nothing but towns to plan.
That hauliers do not want to buy old crocks; they want vehicles that will repay their own keep by keeping their owners.
That in these days, wherever possible, the driver's cab of a goods vehicle s'hould have a heater—as do many of those on buses.
That higher production could justify higher pay, but higher pay claims, when granted, seem seldom to lead to increased production.
That it would surprise many people to find how much work they could get done in the time they spend -wondering how they can get time to do it.
Of the story by Les Adams, the north country raconteur, about the enterprising haulier who was told by his ,bartIc that they would like to revert to their original arrangement . that HE should bank With THEM. That "it's safer by road" seems to be an especially apt slogan just now for passenger and goods transport.
Re their drop in goods traffic receipts, that the railways may be pained, but can scarcely be surprised, when " the better man wins."
That parking meters would merely extract more money without achieving anything worth while in easing the traffic problem.
That any serious strike in an essential industry or transport service might throw our export market into the doldrums for a long period.
The voice of science proclaiming to our (small) comfort, that the hydrogen bomb could not possibly cause a global explosion.
That certain coachbuilders have found stereoscopic viewers of assistance to transport committee members in appreciating the finer points of unusual bodywork.
That despite all adjurations, explanations and warnings of the consequences, many people still " create " about the high cost of living for Which they are largely responsible.