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Of a new white silica "carbon black."
That a full fuel tank is safer than one partly empty.
That the reason is the avoidance of space for possibly explosive gas.
At the Circus end of Piccadilly: "if Eros makes the world go round, it's a pity he doesn't have a shot at this traffic."
" Can't expect him to if they put him in a cage."
With surprise the question, "Why doesn't someone invent, a chassis that could swivel its axles ay run sideways in an emergeney?"
That Mr, W. F. French, of United Service Transport, built such a vehicle many years ago.
From Maryland, America, of a new law restricting lorries of 7,500 lb. or more grOss weight to a speed of 10 m.p.h. less than that for Other vehicles, except where the maximum lawful speed is 35 m.p.h.
1-roin many recently that "it's quicker to walk."
That this may be true, but it does not help a driver with a load to deliver.
From some operators, that preventive maintenance often means doing work before it is really necessary, thus wasting money.
From other maintenance men, that it removes many breakdown and accident risks.
That " fabricated " wood, prepared from sawdust and other waste products of timber, is saving many thousands of pounds and much hard currency.
That clarity is the keynote of the new Michelin touring map of Great Britain, with enlargements of dense areas, a scale of 14 miles to the inch and priced at 3s. 6d.
That porous castings can now be seated by a Bakelite solution after being heated to 135 degrees C. and subjected to a vacuum of about 28 in. of mercury; air pressure finishing the process.