One Hears
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That the most valuable opinion is not always the most voluble one.
That this year's Motor Show at Geneva will be specially celebrated as the 25th.
That the number would have been higher but for the interruption caused by the last war.
That whether it be cheaper to pay the extra fare or walk and pay for extra boot repairs is a moot point. That Mr, G. Symes and his B.M.T.A. " tracker" are having quite a run around the country.
That the U.S.S.R. is promising its population to produce over 560,000 television receivers in 1955.
The query: " Who will be in the picture?"
Of someone wondering if, after recent troubles on frozen roads, any hauliers will want to see a show on ice. — That in all probability they would enjoy seeing others ice-dancing according to plan as a change from their own involuntary waltzing.
That a literary misquotation may simply be amusing, but a haulier's misquotation for a job may involve him in heavy loss.
That those who read, mark, learn and inwardly digest S.T.R.'s advice can avoid such a risk.
That oil-pressure-driven centrifugal "filters remove a remarkable amount of deleterious matter from the lubricant of oil engines. • That in a matter of about 2,000 miles the container of such a filter may be almost full of sludge.
Someone saying that, judging by the pictures we see in the Press, many of our most go-ahead public men go for it (literally) bald-headed.
That the average cost of building a two-lane dualcarriageway road on a trunk route is £140,000 per mile, excluding the cost of the land.
From a reader who has been working on a survey, the satisfactory news that a man between 20 and 50 (able-bodied or otherwise) who is not in employment is hard to find.