One Hears—
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That in these thrustful times little, if anything, :omes to him who waits.
That this is especially true concerning those who ompete in the export market.
That many people are in the blues about our Reds ad forget there is still life in the red, white and blue.
That in the quiet backwaters of residential districts osey parkers, although disliked, are less unpopular tan noisy parkers.
That the new extension of the Patent Office ibrary gives open access to 3,500 technical !riodicals, additional to the 360,000 volumes ncked.
That the Reo concern, founded by Ransom E. Ids, is searching America for a miniature Reo with 2 h.p. engine and weighing 238 lb. which won a ward at the New York Show of 1906. Someone describing purchase tax as the millstone round the neck of industry.
That cushions made of foamed rubber may contain over half a million air pockets per cubic inch.
That much has been said about the official inspection of vehicles, but public service vehicles are already subject to this.
That the police keep a strict eye on goods models, frequently stopping them for brake and other tests.
Of someone (not "Disgusted," of Tunbridge Wells) asking why a locomotive with a long tail of empty coal trucks dawdles at a level-crossing, but one pulling full trucks dashes through.
That, probably, the railways do not care about " rattling " road users, but do not want to rattle trucks which have no load.
A sarcastic—" What! Busheaters for sunny Manchester! "
That meat containers of light alloy are likely to make great progress.
That a road loan could pay good dividends—and not only in the stock market.
That there is to be a hunt in Britain for natural gas— but not from after-dinner speakers.