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That jokes help morale, also that everyone is in favour of a ban M.O.T.
That it would pay better to invest in Britain rather than to attempt to invest it.
Of a reader's wile who thought a long spread-over was some sort of pull-over or overall.
That expanded rubber is proving its value as a heat-insulating material for motor vans.
That already producers of anti-freeze preparations are warning motor-vehicle owners of the need to get ready, while supplies are still available, for another severe winter. That the saboteur's motto is "Hitch for all, and all for hitch." 0 That this war has produced the usual crop of prophets, but few profiteers.
That the one " oil" we can (and should) use without stint in war-time is elbow-grease.
Vat children evacuated from our big cities are apt to have an unwise contempt for rural traffic.
That sugar may make petrol almost unusable—but what a waste it would be, if one could obtain it That " honesty " boxes on buses are not a satisfactory way of meeting a ticklish no-ticket problem.
That it is difficult to find a haulage contractor in Scotland who is not a member of the S.C. and H.C.A.
That production in " luxury " trades, where it still exists, is being cut to a third of the pre-war figure.
That road transport recently moved some 60,000 sheep in 1,000 loads with fewer than half a dozen casualties.
That nowadays quality in tools is even more important than quality in labour—but it is better to have both.
That, according to Mr. Herbert Morrison, the recovery of scrap increased by 5,000 tons between June and July.
That during last year no fewer than 13,410 motor tractors were sold in the Dominion, as compared with only 4,982 units in 1936.
That if all vehicle lights were to be extinguished in an air-raid, traffic would find itself involved in a dangerous game of blind man's buff.