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Of many new prodicts out on " hush-hush " tests.
That the business whichcannot make ends meet soon meets its end.
Of a good welcome for the improved bus servioes in the outer London area. '
That the U.S. production• of synthetic rubber in 1946 may total 1,200,000 tons.
That this figure is more than the world consumption of "natural " before 1941.
That somt heavy breakdown and towing-in vehicles are themselves badly in need of overhaul. Suggestions that all books should be dated.
That most of America's latest cars have 'fluid'
drive. 0
Thequery "Will this be extended to its commercial vehicles? "
That a' short-bodied drivelin a long-bonneted car
may be a menace. _ That, generally speaking, the " heavy " driver has a better view of the road than the driver of a private car.
That the Paddington Council has at last decided to replace its old horsed dust carts by motor vehicles.
Of a reader who read last week's leader in a thunderstorm and found the setting singularly appropriate.
That one of our greatest car makers considers that five years is not too long a trial period for a new engine.
That producers 'of commercial-vehicle power units cannot allow so long, but even they must allow years rather than months. 0
Of someone saying that Hull, in saying farewell to its trams, did everything but sing "my beautiful, my beautiful, etc."
That a farewell to trams is conducive to any city's welfare.
That the general tendency in Spain to replace tramways by trolleybuses will make this an important market foe such vehicles.
Of those who seem perpetually in need of a reminder that the toads were doing their job long before the railways were born or thought of.
That, despite its enormous tensile strength; there is no prospect of our employing spiders' "thread " instead of rayon for tyres or glider tow ropes.