One Hears
Page 29
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Less o-il-engine "knock" these days.
That "under the bat" is now mostly " under the floor."
Of certain hauliers looking forward to " disintegration."
That the demand for light vans is still great—and likely to remain so.
From people in different parts of the country that their particular districts will be the next for an area scheme.
Of some expressing fears that oilers, deprived of skilled maintenance, might spoil Ceylon's spiced breezes.
That "acquired" and "taken over" are terms which begiri to stink in the nostrils of all freedomloving and fair-minded people.
From 0.P.P.A. that the Northern Traffic Area is still the guinea-pig one, but more, many more, fighting guinea-pigs are in it as compared with 1949. That many Hands make light work.
Little from the Transport Users' Consultative Committees.
Of developments in pneumatic tyres for heavyhaulage trailers.
That, to the R.H.E., "free" is apparently the equivalent of outcast.
That to those who value efficient haulage, R.H.E. is synonymous with outclassed.
That the smaller municipalities are still seeking an ideal multi-purpose vehicle for their varied needs.
That an infringement of "working discipline" in Russia may result in 10 years' imprisonment or forced labour.
That some of our people should take that to heart.
As a puzzle for a new roundsman, of a row of houses numbered from both ends, so that nos. 1, 2, 3 are followed by 6, 5, 4.