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That hauliers must fight shoulder-to-shoulder or be shouldered out.
That America produced over '7m. commercialvehicle tyres in July.
That school holidays add considerably to the strain of driving in populous districts.
That country taxi drivers find road transport maps give insufficient detail for their job.
That the taxpayer is not thrilled by becoming partowner of industries which immediately begin to lose his money.
That the Premier of Quebec has threatened to cancel the permits of hauliers who " knowingly or unknowingly" use their vehicles for carrying Communist literature.
That Australia has banned the issue of passports to "red" countries.
Of those who are less keen on getting together than on just getting • That they really like to get and to gather where other men have sown.
That more-pay-for-less-work is a dangerous road that calls for a "Halt" sign.
That solne bumpy by-roads make passengers wish their.own bodies had felt pads.
Of a reader much intrigued by the mystic words "Steam Bananas" on a railway truck.
That Dr. Summerskill, 'speaking of the fruit and vegetable industry, said: " Nationalization won't work at all, in this instance."
That many would like to know in what instance it does work, as none has so far been apparent.
That the quality of some of the driving of certain classes of vehicle to-day is enough to make any careful driver's tummy turn sour.
That already orders have been received which more than cover the whole of the first sanction for the manufacture of the Seddon 3-ton oiler.
That 48 per cent, of these came from overseas, customers being spread from Scandinavia to Ceylon.
That American tyres made from synthetic rubber and improved carbon black are giving 12-25 per cent. greater mileage than those produced in 1940.
That Massachusetts demands the use of chocks behind the rear wheels of lorries and trailers weighing more than 1 ton 16 cwt., when they are on hills.