One Hears—
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Of someone saying: If the Bill isn't dropped, this Government should be."
That a fleet of up-to-date taxicabs has lately been put into operation in Brussels.
From some people that the Tory egg has a lot of white, a little pink and not much yolk.
That it was not a remarkable lay "after considerable cackle.
That the week-end demand for seats in touring coaches is much greater than the supply.
That scrap metal from bearings can sometimes be sold at more than the cost of new ingots.
That on some many-stop delivery vehicles starterring gears require replacement in 3,000 miles. Queries as to why the once-popular dynamotor failed to hold its market.
That even in Moscow electric tramways are beginning to be replaced by trolleybuses.
From Mr, Alfred Edwards (Soc. M.P.): "Any party that is afraid of criticism is not a living but a dead party."
Hearty appreciation of the Murdoch-Horne joke concerning passengers in traffic jams having to pay rent instead of fares.
That the Editor appreciated a telegram of greetings from the National Tyre Distributors' Association Convention at Peebles Of many who query Mr. Attlee's claim to be making changes ' with due consideration for the rights of the individual."
Of more who think that such consideration is overdue.
That Henley's tyre-slashing "ad." made three bright boys so green with envy that their father kept his garage door padlocked.
That a majority in the House should not be used as a bludgeon, even if the Government should euphemistically call it "a life-preserver."
That the selling and servicing of farm tractors and agricultural machinery are steadily developing into an extensive and, if well conducted, profitable business.
That, in the light of recent events, a reader prophesies that the words " British Constitution" will soon be meaningless except as a speech test for alleged drunks.