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The warning "Insurance cannot necessarily buy new vehicles."
From the Services that commanding officers are even asked for a return of returns.
That at this rate we shall soon see a return' of returns of returns.
That effective engine governing is bfno means as simple as the uninitiated might presume, in factlit is quite a problem on its own.
That rubber suspensions, however promising, may have to take a back seat until adequate supplies of the " crude " become available.'
That in these days of tyre and rubber shortage extra care must be taken for the protection against theft of spare wheels and tyres.
That commercial-vehicle drivers shed no tear over the departure from our roads of the bright young things who used to cut-in in sports cars.
That Mr. H. L. Ickes. U.S.A. Petroleum Co-ordinator for War, who three years ago wanted to drive lorries off the roads, now confesses his mistake and praises their value. That Green Line women conductors are definitely in the first line.
That oil is not gold that glitters, but it is becoming worth almost as much.
Of estimates that over 14,000 worn-out commercial vehicles have been scrapped in Australia during the past two years.
That owing to shortage of petrol supplies over 7,000 commercial motor vehicles are temporarily out of service in the Commonwealth.
That by the end of June London Transport coach and bus workers had raised £4,617 for the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund.
That stvords and ploughshares now have a 50/50 value, but the Government is determined to beat out hoards into war-shares.
That difficulties with the Government Road Haulage Scheme do not incline many to view post-war nationalization possibilities with equanimity.
Complaints of the thoughtlessness of certain Regional C.D. officers who arranged an all-night exercise for all services on August 8, thus depriving many tired workers of that extra hour of sleep.
The query : "Did Pinchin Johnson make Clark-Gay?"
Of experiments with glass containers for vehicle batteries.
That sales of new lorries in the U.S.A. are cut to 500 a month.
Of concerns' specializing in the conversion of old cars to vans and lorries.
That joint committees are not usually concerned with the rationing of meat.
That the " C.M." small "ad." is one of the biggest things in the field Of road transport.