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Of "by car to the train" changing to " by bus to the coach."
Approval expressed of the new Lodge heater-plug resistances for 24-volt systems.
That the nationalization bug has been squashed— at least temporarily.
That confidence can• prevent a reflection here of America's industrial chaos.
That some makers are adopting daring design features advocated in this journal.
Of queries as to whether vehicles which do not conform to British legal requirements should be allowed at the Exhibition.
That the wave of public opinion against excessive penalties being imposed upon commercial-vehicle drivers for comparatively minor offences is rising and spreading.
The query : "Will the ordinary clash gearbox survive?"
Congratulations to Capt. Eyston for keeping Britain in the van.
That Accles and Pollock, Ltd.. has now made a tube of 0.004-in, bore and 0.01-in. outside dia• meter. Of a Leyland truck driver who carries a monkey as a vehicle guard.
That the animal has already travelled over 140,000 miles.
That steel wool is the type that grows on the back of an hydraulic ram.
That in road passenger transport the most critical factor in any design of vehicle—particularly buses— is the number of seats.
That Guy orders at Earls Court constituted a record over those at any previous Show at which the maker has exhibited.
That Lancashire and Yiirkshire papers missed a chance of linking the great Show with a bit of their own history—the first "Self-propelled Traffic Demonstration "—sometimes referred to as the " Liverpool Trials."
Of Mr. Gresham Cooke being photographed as Dr. Tod,' That he would do well as our generalinspector of roads.
That the comingof-age period brings accident proneness, 21 being the age at which this quality peaks.