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That the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to have no peace until he reduces the fuel tax.
That passenger-transport interests are to reopen the battle in the autumn.
That a statistician is a man who provides a straight line between art incorrect assumption and a foregone conclusion.
That Glasgow's traffic rule is that motorcars pass the lights on the green, buses on the amber and trams on the red. —6 Of a record output of Dunlop commercial-vehicle wheels last year, extensive new contracts for those for military vehicles and improved methods of production. That burned or dirty sparking plugs can waste 10 per cent. of fuel.
That New Jersey has killed a Bill to put a ton-mileage tax on goods vehicles weighing over 8 tons.
That nationalized buses and trams in New South Wales lost nearly Dm. in the year to June 30.
That Salford City Transport ought to have a foot ledge at the base of the off-side rear wheelarch seat in its M.C.W. doubledeckers.
That many drivers would feel far happier if all dogs and children were taken out on the lead.
That, with some owners and parents, however, this might add to the hazards of the road, Of a good idea at "The Ferodo Trophy" lunch— each seat indicator also bore the name of the guest at each side. — The query "What was the Quick-Smith scheme for the retention of more vehicles by the B.T.C., and could it be put into effect?"
That only a real Brummagem " bear " could imagine that outsiders don't count, when so many pass through the city on their lawful occasions.