One Hears
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Apprehensive whispers from Paris. That S.T.R. and L.S.D. are Al and O.K.
Of more marriages between bodies and chassis.
Fewer anvil choruses from compression-ignition engines.
Praise for the p.s.v. driver at the Road Safety Congress.
That petrol injection may yet cure many a respiratory disease.
That State control may resurrect dead mileage— a grave matter for undertakers.
The view expressed that if local authorities indulge • their penchant for road-straightening, the maps of the future will resemble chess-boards That when unions fall out, the public suffers. That Lord Brabazon likes Barnes commonsense.
That we are seeing the V-sign in vehicle design. • Melodious sounds from coaches with in-built radio..
That holes in the R.T.E. and the roads must he. filled.
That the Toggle Link is not missing in the Midlands.
That the R.H.A. annual banquet will be quite an .Eden party.
That I.ondon parcel traffic rates are too high for niany firms.
That tailboard lifts have been known to small boys for many years.
Unkind rumours that even Old Bill will be back on the road soon.
That next,spring, those in the know will be putting their shirts on Carrno.
That an interested visitor to our Show was a Siamese cat perched on a man's shoulder.
That it must have been disappointed to find so many nice (but not mice) exhibits.
Of a Yogi who took the precaution of drinking a quart of Punctureprufe before walking on nails.
That the 25 per cent. cut in road maintenance has forced the dismissal or 20,000 men by local highway authorities.
Of someone wondering if any members of the Government listened in to the B.C.C. Progress Report on the wonderful achievement Of the unnationalized steel industry
That even if they did there is none so deaf....