One Hears
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That there is no cuckoo in the Eagle nest.
That Burton's buses, which were at one time a drain on the rates, are now hopping along nicely.
That all the ratepayers in the town are hoping that no more trouble is brewing.
Of someone suggesting that Hitler should be taken as the 100 per cent. nuisance value.
That traders who back road transport want road transport back.
That those who move with road transport move with the times.
Not yet 'of quick transit for coaches via aeroplanes and parachutes.
Of an increasing number of ancillary operators " going electric.–
That modern methods of braking are often limited only by tyre adhesion.
That the Germans must have had a lot of oil and petrol up their sleeves.
Harassed drivers rejoicing that no -.under-17 "men " are to be let loose on our roads.
That light-alloy piston rings may come into wider use.
Of filling up with gas as the latest of "overhead charges."
That in encouraging sugar production in this country we are helping to " beet " the enemy.
That we'll we'll bless the genuine road-users in Parliament if they can guarantee us .genuine roads for genuine needs.
Of "any old iron" as an old cry with a new national importance.
That it is the enemy in Holland which is low, lying and well damned.
That this journal has always been in favour of "getting up steam.."
That, now, it is not a mere " getting up " that is required, but a resurrection.
That some mobile concrete mixers look most lethal, resembling large howitzers.
0 That the President of A.R.O., Major Crawfurd, who is in charge of the scrap iron and steel campaign, has always been a man of steel, although clothed in velvet.