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That the London traffic blanket calls forth many a "-it!"
That "Truck and Bus Transportation," of Australia, is appealing for an exclusively commercial motor show in that country.
That the Twin Coach Company has received from the Chicago Transit Authority an order for 500 51-seater buses to use propane as fuel.
That this by-product of petroleum costs there half as much as petrol and considerably less than Diesel oil, whilst improving performance. That the R.H.A. has it in the bag Of new tail-end hydraulic loading plattorms in America.
That the P.O. has "interference-suppressed all its 25,000 motor vehicles.
That the suggestions for a lid. coin are intended to avoid a mint of trouble.
That American railways are waging a bitter campaign against road transport.
That black tinplate can now be electro-plated with aluminium to a thickness of 0.05 in.
That the new Buda oil engine develops 152 b.h.p. and gives a maximum torque of 370 lb.-ft. at 1,600 r.p.m.
Of somebody wondering if the A.E.U. will, in the future, protest about children who "go gathering nuts in May."
That a rumour that the next B.R.M. will be designed in the works of a coach chassis maker is unconfirmed Of decoking in four minutes by blasting combustion chambers with rice—but where can that material be found?