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2nd February 1926
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That the Soviet is going a-Bussing. • That May is to be a coal-ed month.

Of large grants for American research.

That the worm has turned transmission noise into a memory.

That north London is still calling for more transport Of_ railway Managers shuffling, and reshuffling their poor cards.

That public opinion, like road transport, is faster than the railways. .

That the better the body of the bus the more body is there in the receipts.

That members of the welding trade smile contentedly as the thermometer falls.

That some London statues will soon feel giddy when traffic gyrafes round them.

That gyratory traffic takes the cuss out of circus.

Of demands for steam wagons and tractors to be provided with effective condensing plant.

That the Burton-on-Trent Co operative Society, finding its three travelling butcher's shops so successful, has ordered more.

That February is the down-and-out month for many a harassed new-comer or extra-comer on lean or numerically flooded bus-routes.

That Mr. Churchill had already privately intimated his intention to be studiously indifferent to any Road Fund pledges whatsoever.

That Sir Eric Geddes is to be officially invited to champion the just cause of commercial-motor owners in relation to the Road Fund.

That commercial motor users are in for a big fight against a higher scale of taxation and against what is now evident—an intended raid on the Road Fund. That it's no use crying over splashed mud. That the yellow peril is now tinged with red. That railways make a rite of talking about rates. Of road surfaces that have come out in the wash. That the Road Fund is a useful tool for railway plans. That a long-Wheelbase chassis cannot take short cuts.

That some users find a "toast-rack " ideal for a coast track.

. That Chinese and weather forecasts are both unsettled.

That there are no half-measures about the half-track machine.

That the permanent closing of all level-crossing gates would be quite fair—from a railway point of view., That a really hot summer this year can alone save many bus-owners from a hot time in another sense.

That, when a one-mile stretch of Sussex road was remade recently at a cost of ±5,000, repairs were needed at one end before the other was completed.

That, during the recent snowstorms, a Sussex doctor carried a spade and hoe with him on his rounds, and found them invaluable for digging out his car after a halt.

That during the four years of operating in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, the National Omnibus and -Transport Co., Ltd., have carried 60,000,000 without one fatal accident.

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Organisations: Road Fund
Locations: London

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