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That some lift, but Anthony hoists.
Of a Dutch operator employing plastic spring-pin bushes with some success.
Hopes that the new government will travel the good road by giving us good roads to travel.
That it's safe to bet when you see it stop There'll soon be a crowd round the mobile shop.
That some day we may be atom-fuelled, but meanwhile we must take care not to be atom-fooled.
Still too often of drivers who fail to look in their near-view mirrors before swinging open their off-side doors.
A country reader asking how Janus could "cycle pleasantly" to and from his work in our winter weather. 0 That owing to reduced sales, the Italian Fiat concern has lowered its working week from 48 to 40 hours.
That any hotelier normally, displaying a "No Coaches" sign might add "No Buses" after seeing last week's Leyland advertisement. That shortage of lead is causing a crisis in the American battery industry.
That, possibly, the older buildings in the U.S.A. have not had many lead roofs!
Surprise expressed that there should be any hauliers who wish to hug their chains.
Of some who think that they should be allowed to have their own cake and eat other people's.
Of thrifty people weighing higher bus fares against the increasing cost of shoe leather and repairs.
That the loading of front wheel tyres is near the limit with many underfloor-engined buses and coaches.
Of somebody asking whether the M.O.T. name "covered queue barrier" for a bus shelter was intended as a bon " mot."
That it is amazing how buses, which have to share the roads with so many other vehicles, can run truer to schedule than trains, which have their roads to themselves.