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Some tall stories about coach speeds.
No valid excuse. for heavy clutch 'operation to-day.
That the tinted-glass visor is a boon in summer evenings.
Of some mechanical direction indicators which project too far. _ That reticence has replaced rhetoric in the railways-roadways worlds.
That unit construction of the chassis and body may in time become popular.
That comfort on many cars can hardly compare with that of modern coaches.
That rebuilding narrow thoroughfares should Involve a provision for future widening.
That our own road surfaces are so good that we cannot easily visualize overseas conditions.
From the new Government the old story about the regulation of horsed traffic not being practicable.
That spit-and-polish is more than a figure of speech in districts where car washing is forbidden on account of the water shortage. The query "Are our roads going back?" That the crux of the road problem is the crush.
That British quarry development and extension are going on very satisfactorily.
That motorbus owners now, expect and usually get about 40,000 miles from giant pneumatics.
That one vehicle stand at the Royal Show was called "The Garden of Eden" by rival showmen.
That Jack Hylton's Band did not perform there in spite of notices to that effect.
That a fine and hot week-end is worth anything between 03 and £25 in the revenue per. bus or coach.
Of those who think that the figures in Sir Oswald's estimate of road-scheme expenditure are mosly imagination.
That official delegates to the International Road .Congress at Washington in October, 1931, are to be guests of the U.S.A. Senate from the -day they get through (or miss) Ellis Island.
That the Midland General Omnibus Co., Ltd., offers a Morris Six saloon car for the nearest estimate of the number of passengers travelling by its buses on Afigust Bank Holiday.