One Hears
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Of many dustbins as " hasbins."
Of an airscrew-driven dynamo on a battery-electric in Australia.
From Australia. of a gas-bag vehicle being blown over by a gust and killing the driver
That ornithologists were intrigued by the driver's " mate" in a recent picture on this page.
Apropos haulage licences, someone suggesting that railway shares should be confiscated on the death of • the holder, That "keeping it dark" may be a bad policy..
Of a new make of oil-engined " heavy " in the offing.
Of women readers of this iournal who are " frightfully keen "to know more about the moth-proofing of woollen fabrics.
Of someone asking if the fabrics that are stainproof will also be rainproof.
Of sun-charging (for income tax) described as a form of super-charging—but without the latter's beneficial results.
That "Reo " vehicles took their name from the initials of Ramson E. Olds, uilio founded the Oldsmobile concern. 0 • High praise of London Transport's staff, on the way all members have stood up to the flying bombs, from Lord Ashfield.
Of a driver, held up ata Sussex level-crossing, noting that a train going to Eastbourne contained not a single passenger, That he asks: "What price empty running and waste of fuel? "
That the way military transport vehicles themselves are transported across the sea is one of th marvels of the present war.
That Rumanian natural-gas production, which equalled 100,000,000 gallons of petrol in 1939 may double that figure this year.
That, judging by the list of supplies we published recently, Britain, America and the Dominions have done a lot towards putting Russia on her metal.
From a south-coast reader that when one of the double-weight flying bombs passes over his house in the night he just says, "Hello, twins!" and goes to sleep again.