One Hears
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That summer oils and some are not.
That the Eagle A.R.P. laundry could clean any old rags, bottles or bones.
That the best and most comfortable way to see London and its environs is by coach.
That over 64,000 new motor trucks have been registered in Australia during the past three years.
That despite this it is estimated that there are over 83,(X)0 commercial vehicles over 10 years old still in use in the Commonwealth.
That "The Middle Watch" by the S.M.M.T. Players realized a profit of R.55 for the London Centre of the Motor Trades Benevolent Fund.
Of luxury hose at the Public Cleansing Conference.
Of women A.R.P. workers being trained on tipping wagons.
That they are not feeling in the dumps on this account.
That light metals on the vehicle mean heavy metals in the pocket.
Of someone saying that " lacing " gas with alcohol might be better than vice versa.
That a taxi-driver has written a book showing that, even to the possessor of a keen sense of humour, driving a cab is not all beer and skittles.
Something stirring in the Bressey pigeon-hole.
That the road in the Foden ad. was undoubtedly in the "rum 'un " category.
That the artist was obviously a jig-saw fan.
Of a gossip writer in one of our dailies making a song about railway " facilities " for Ascot.
That he even went so far as to suggest that next year Lord Ashfield should run "a whole string of
• Green Line coaches to Ascot.
That an Australian contemporary considers that the Commonwealth Government should investigate the question of the mass production of producer-gas equipment for motor vehicles.
Of much dodging about on the highway.
That steaming radiators often give away overloading.
Of goats appreciating the fact that the Edbro never bends a ram.
That it is odd to see lorries rushing all over once-quiet Lincoln's Inn.
That the horse is not the key to local transport, unless it be considered as merely locking congestion.
That just now brakes seem to be more in the lime-light than many other good features of commercial chassis.