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That the haulier who conveyed a load in an uncalibrated vehicle must have had some sand.
That Mr. Jack Olding cannot like seeing advertisements of materials for destroying caterpillars.
That, with a had .driver, running a vehicle, particularly a new one, ciften means ruining it.
Of a driver suggesting that, as an extension of the illuminated-kerb idea, pedestrians might have illuminated feet.
The comment that it is often those who are too light on their feet who cause trbuble at night. That we could all do with more sunbeams.
That " belay there," according to the dictionary, means "make fast."
"When there is no petrol to put in your tank, put coke in your Bellay."
That the fleet of trolleybuses running in Lausanne has recently been increased to 36.
That the vehicles are all of the single-deck type and operated by Brown-Boveri electric motors and equipment.
That some municipal-transport undertakings are turning their faces against the employment of women conductors.
That the wages tables to be included in our next issue will be the last word in simplicity, clarity and conciseness.
That drivers have complained of the eye-strain, as well as nerve-strain, of driving on snowy roads for weeks on end.
That the Government is unwise, to put it mildly, in trying to force the railways to bite off more than they can chew.
That fare-paying passengers are not always fairplaying—too. maiiy " dud " coins are being palmed on to conductOrs in the black-out.
That nominally this means loss to the collector, but it is human nature for him to pass on the " duds " with the next change given.
That S. F. Edge's work on his Sussex farm did much to dispel the farmers' erroneous belief that tractors " do more harm than good" on heavy soil. A13