One Hears
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Of the dood:e bugbear.
That the many now, more than ever, owe much to the few.
That the Editor does not want his " baby" to run before it can walk.
Of a reader saying, re the flying bombs,' that he has always disliked one-way traffic.
That a Loudon magistrate recently told a defendant that driving a farm tractor was easy.
Of counter remarks that the magistrate was talking through his hat.
The query : Will tdlevision eventually encourage touring or tend to keep people at home? Of some bus shelters referred to as cattle-pens.
In some districts, of a noteworthy decrease in niilitary traffic.
Of waterproofing vehicles to an extent deemed impossible a few years ago.
The comment that in practice it ought to be " where there's a way there's a wheel."
Of a new word " jeepable " to describe roads and tracks impassable by other than jeeps.
Of seaweed proving valuable in the-production of plastics, transparent paper and textiles.
Of those who cry " More roads," and of others who say " Better roads " is a better.slogan.
That drivers' wives like :their husbands to be feippy (but not too happy) when away from home.
That the railways, unaided by motor vehicles, could never compete with road transport in specialized haulage.
That the various makers of gas meters in this country have recently adopted a transport pooling system.
That. maintenance engineers should be ready to try any expedient that, in their view, will save Lue1 and tyres.
That admittedly the daily Press is pressed for space, but road transport interests should still press for more space in it.
Of strong opinions that in this country producer gas has not proved itself to be anything more than a war-time expedient.
That the M.O.W.T. concession concerning the road haulage of furniture from bombed areas was more a case of " needs must " than an awakening of conscience.