One Hears
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Of pools that are puddles.
That women are more salvage-minded than men.
That our male readers should not read "savage " for "salvage."
The remark that with roads, as with textiles, you. cannot expect material improvement in war-time.
It suggested that shooting sticks would solve the inconvenience suffered by standing bus passengers.
That some fuel-economy hints seem to be written by those who live in a hinterland beyond the reach of reality.
Of an estimate that throughout the world 30,000,000 tons of steel become unusable annually as the result of corrosion.
That during the winter supplies of anti-freeze °mixture are again to be restricted to essential transport vehicles. Of growlers amongst taxi-drivers.
That " to confer " is not always to confer a benefit. That Brush bodies should bristle with good points.
That some alternative-fuel experiments are not standing still.
Of the permitted use of petrol to save paraffin on some Government haulage work.
That the pedestals of some of our transport idols are apt to be Oaken when everything does not go well.
That passenger-vehicle operators would do well to regard the bus shelter as something for a rainy day.
That apropos of a case of tyre burning, some operators "burn their tyres" without actually setting light to them.
That the four big British railway undertakings have a sum of nearly £13,000,000 invested in road-transport concerns.
" Is the Pool to be drained? "
Oi bus links that are being broken.
That we need every scrap of scrap we can scrape.
References to those who try to serve God and Mammon.
The question " Is your rubber door-stop really necessary? '
That it is a pity that our industry cannot think as one man in vital matters.
That what rubber has dleant to the smooth running of vehicles is only n o w beginning to be fully appreciated.