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Of women bus drivers as Amazons of the road. _ That what they can do is sometimes amazing.
That a dearth of transport can change a mass holiday into a mess.
That tuition by correspondence requires a high degree of concentration if it is to be really successful.
That this is probably helped by the natural wish to receive the most benefit for what is paid.
Of fair-weather friends rushing for the open-top double-deck " relief " in preference to the singledeck " regular " alongside.
That Government transport in New South Wales lost some £6m. on the railways and £2m. on the roads during the year to June 30.
That prominent ashtrays in coaches and buses lessen the risk of fires being caused in country areas by cigarette ends being thrown out. Of efforts to prohibit other vehicles parking or waiting too close to bus stops.
That the Foden concern has been fitting cam-type two-leading-shoe brakes for several years.
That Grimsby Corporation has now paid off loan charges on the tramway system bought 25 years ago.
That this will mean a saving of £5,000 a year in the transport department's expenses.
Re bodywork fashions, somebody asking if it is because vans and coaches have gone SO gay that many private cars ar... black_ That, despite all its failures and losses of the taxpayer's money, the Government does not seem put out—but it should be, and soon.
That it may thrive on its losses, but Britain does not That vehicle designers faced with material shortages, realize that the shape of things to come must alter the shape of things to go.