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That some people waste time in trying to save face.
The query: "Is the Government encouraging the production of battery-electric vehicles? "
The answer: "Some makers having purchased he material necessary; have had their production quota reduced by two-thirds."
That Lt.-Col. Mervyn O'Gorman's article " T.N.T. —Tax No Transport" has had almost explosive effect 'in some quarters.
That a post-war exhibition of every type of captured war vehicle' and Tank might prove interesting, useful and bring money for some chajity. That our present slogan should bc "slave and save."
That rubber floors are not as necessary as rubber sealings.
That Guy's use of the word " syzygies " must have puzzled a few people.
That syzygy ' is sometimes used in spelling bees, and means the conjunction or opposition of a planet with the sun, or of _any two of the heavenly -bodies.
That a blazing petrol tanker req.uired 20 fire engines and large quantities of foam to extinguish in three
hours.
That the introduction of a carriers' licensing system • in the Isle of Man would overcome many local haulage problems. '
That the improved lighting in.buses is being much appreciated,' and passengers can now read with reasonable ease. • Of Webley and Scott, Ltd., maker of the famous .455 revolver,, now producing a precision free wheel for motor vehicles.
That the 'foodstuffs of Great Britain, to the value of £650,000,000; cost an additional £850,000,000 to distribute to consumers.
. That the Soviet budget for science 'is, normally, 1 per cent. of the national income, Britain's is onetenth of that, and the U.S.A.'s three-tenths.
That the -kind of absolution required by the Nazis can well be given by "The Priest' —an American' self-propelling anti-tank gun on a• General Grant chassis.
That of the 'huge annual creation of wealth in Great Britain, totalling 23,500,000;000, it is estimated by Mr. Frederick Smith, of Unilever, Ltd., that £750,000,000 is spent on transport.