One Hears
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That fare increases must proceed in stages.
That if rubber becomes much more expensive, tyres may tread lightly.
Inquiries as to where the south-west gates or Hyde Park went recently Suggestions that they may have been "lifted."
Of German designers on their toes and our heels —perhaps on our toes too.
That Britain must cut her output according to her steel—and some other materials.
That some relief buses on one country .route are so much more comfortable than the " regulars " that passengers wait for them.
That it sometimes happens that nothing comes to him who waits.
Of somebody wondering if, with all this supersonic business in the air, any enthusiast has yet had a daughter christened Supersonia.
That an ancient horsed bus, with its complement from Fleet Street, completed a journey from there to Euston Road in little less time than would have been taken by the latest London Transport model. That the fare position is most unfair to many operators.
That the problem of garaging is becoming crucial in both town and country.
That crawling buses continue to annoy many passengers who are pressed for time.
Of some price rises with seemingly no excuse other than the certainty that John Bull is now cowed and dare not refuse to pay them That the standard of driving seemed to have improved over the recent holiday—at least on the few main roads over which we ventured.
That there is, however, still too much nose-to-tail running, whilst some L drivers are barging out too far. _ Of a farmer with a fertile imagination who said that riding in a bus along a certain country road "played cup-and-ball" with his eyes and their sockets because the pot-holes were so bad.