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The query: "Is work that is tea-intervalled bedevilled? "
Of much interest in the Kentish fence defence against drifting snow.
Of "no rail bias" from the B.T.C. but certainly of no favouritism for free road transport.
That "no favouritism" might, under a Labour Government, quite easily become "no chance."
That two feature films shortly to be made in Britain will have a long-distance road haulage background. That Atkinsons obviously don't take fright at any freight.
Rumours, mostly unfounded, of more" take-overs" in the industry.
Queries as to where and how these arise, and the suggestion that they may come from " share-pushers."
That Rochester's main street was recently described by a broadcaster as "a classic bottle-neck."
That road-transport men, and in fact all motorists, have a different adjective for it.
That stabilized wages would improve our ability to compete in world markets and higher production might then well merit increased remuneration.
That large losses resulting from strikes could have just the opposite effect.
That "a place for everything and everything in its place" is an ideal state of affairs, but a place where political fingers are in every affair is not an ideal State.
That a new alloy for Champion sparking-plug electrodes will withstand a temperature 200° F. higher that the material used previously in the standard products.
That the American operator of a fleet of nine heavy vehicles claims that the time saving achieved by the use of radio telephone equipment almost equals two additional transport units.