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That it is waste to waste waste.
That it is motorized milk transport that keeps the home byres churning.
That the black-out has one compensation—masked traffic lights become visible.
That "new lamps for old" may be changed to "tin kettles for aluminium."
That were it not for road transport many more would go short of fuel and food.
That Germany in the war of 1914-18 extracted 50,000 tons of edible oil from the seeds of fruit,
That deliberate waste ot paper, metals and other materials of which there is likely to be a decreasing supply, should be made a punishable offence.
That British tradesmen and manufacturers, who have enjoyed the speed and efficiency of road transport, cannot allow it to be relegated to the position of railway "feed." That we must reduce the waste line.
There's rarely a slip when a load's on the tip.
That if you have a skeleton in your cupboard the scrap merchants will want it.
That the American Cummins oil engines are now guaranteed for 12 months or 100,000 miles.
Of Manchester's Ill policemen on war duty; the one most envied is driving a Brigadier-General's kitchen motor lorry A recent reference to fat sows and boars by the N.F.U. was at first taken by one not cognizant with farming to relate to a mixed club.
Some doubt about how many (or how few) optional fuel schemes for commercial vehicles will be paying propositions after the war.
Of one transport organizer in South Lanes saying he'd "nothing special " on hand, his chief load last week-end being " only a 68-ton job to shift " Of many operators getting ready to turn on the gas.
That England is not a land flowing with alternative fuels.
Of a servo motor giving 39-i tons pull with a stroke of 2h ins.
That, as yet, the flying tank has not
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The prophecy that " it will come," but not, we hope, to us.
• —0_ That the roads must go on, for traffic must not come off them.
That tram-rail removal from abandoned systems may prove too costly to be • practicable.