One Hears
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That welders do not look upon frost as a frost. Not so much of the taxi v. private-car controversy.
That the old order changeth and the manufacturers like it to change into a repeat Order.
That more sympathy for the problems of the bOdybuilder is displayed in the latest chassis.
That it took nearly a year for London's central bus business to return to normal after the strike of 1937.
That the complete Reynolds-Jensen light-alloy vehicle, to run at 30 m.p,h., cost less than a standard vehicle of equal capacity limited to 20 m.p.h.
Of an eleciric-welding principle employed for soldering and brazing.
That beet hauliers do not say "Sugar, we have brought another load."
That 14,000 gallons of lubricating oil are used weekly at the Ford works, Dagenham.
That grit and ashes, freely spread upon the snowy roads, were left to form a dingy film when the snow departed.
But can scarcely believe of ,a milkman carefully collecting the fragments of a broken bottle and depositing them in the gutter. That being expansive is expensive.
Of the T.A.C. playing with the transport mice.
That screw-thread taps may soon be out of fashion.
That the railways want to carry and drop more bricks.
That, although good roads are scarce, goods road transport makes the best of what it's got.
That, nevertheless, it is not contented with its lot.
That the G.E.C. must have set a high lighting standard, for one of the type at Wimbledon, although nearly uprooted by a coach, was entirely undamaged.
That C.A.V.-Bosch look with scorn upon cigarettepaper measurements.
That in the Matlock area the bus fare on one route is /d. up and lid. down.
That railway restaurantcar attendants are tired of being asked for a " square meal." 0 That the G.W.R. owns 2,393 motor vehicles and 1,865 trailers, but still has a stud of 1,500 horses.
That in the interests of national economy the number of types of motor lorry manufactured in Germany is to be reduced to three standard sizes1i, 3 and 5 tons.