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Dr. Tacit and his Staff THE German General In Have a Narrow spector of Roads, Dr. Todt.
Escape and members of his staff had a narrow escape from being involved in the aeroplane crash in which the Duke of Hesse and his family were killed. The party had decided to travel by that plane, but, due to an engagement at the House of Commons, transferred to another machine at the last moment.
Will the Five-Year THE British Road FederaR >ad Plan be Corn1 tion calls attention to the pieced ? Government's delay in connection with its Five-Year Plan for expending £100,000,000 on road improvement. This policy was announced nearly three years ago, and it appears from the grants already made from the Road Fund that only £15,000,000 has been expended 131.8
in this period. This means that if the plan is to be carried out in the allotted time, some £85,000,000 will have to be spent in just over two years, or £35,000,000 a year more than the average so far.
Mem hers of the rERTAIN members of the
S.M.M.T. Staff Stage a staff of the S.M.M. and T.
Good Play . are becoming quite famous as actors. The company is known as The S.M.M.T. Players, and is presenting "The Case of the Frightened Lady," by Edgar Wallace, at the Park Theatre, Hanwell, London, W.7, on December 9 and 10, at 8.15 p.m., the proceeds, in this case, going to the Southall Hospital.. Tickets, which range in price. from 5s. to 1s. 6d. (all seats bookable), can be obtained from the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., Southall, or from the secretary of the Southall Hospital, The Green, Southall.
A N unemployed man was
• 1-3, recently complaining bitterly as to the difficulty he experienced in finding a position. Those who heard his tale of woe rather doubted the genuineness of his plea, for he added that he was too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work—in other words, he wanted to be neither underladen nor overladen. ,
The Problem of Obtaining that Happy Medium
Which Show Concern THE "One Hears" section Received no Genuine of this journal is certainly Inquiries ? . . . . one of the most popular of its
features, and the " mystery" items which sometimes appear create much interest. Even those with a touch of humour do not escape attention, and Mr. C. T. Blacklock, managing director of the Clayton Dewandre concern, in mentioning
the paragraph regarding the visitor who inquired of• a managing director for the location of the cloakroom, says he does not remember an incident like that occurring to him; he, therefore, assumes that it does not refer to the Clayton Dewandre Co. There appeared to be few exhibitors at Earls Court who did not receive many genuine inquiries.
Earls Court CatererE catering concern for As ks for Service The Earls Court Exhibition, Comments . . Letheby and • Christopher (Exhibitions), Ltd., is asking for criticisms or comments upon the service given to visitors at the Commercial Motor Show, as it is anxious to improve, so far as possible, the arrangements for exhibitors and others. We have no doubt that some of our readers would like to oblige the company.