One Hears
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That power, like a bomb, is a dangerous plaything.
That electricity is to be nationalized—Government "sees" the light!
Of many people asking for the new London Transport bus map 0 The question whether road haulage will now be on tap instead of on Tapp.
Of those who say they won't be satisfied until they get an amphibious vehicle that can also fly Of a Ministry of Food official who demanded to know why Mick the Miller had not submitted a flour return. 0 That figures can be manipulated to prove anything —even that bread rationing has brought an economy of 33 per cent. in the use of flour. Of someone referring to the Girling brake as "the goody-two-shoes."
Of an executive who wrote saying that he read this journal with a tooth-comb.
That he did not get out of it what might be implied.
That even when there is no gas strike there are dark spots in many an English town.
From a demobbed soldier that even •small hill villages in Yugoslavia have street lighting.
That some road users would do well to remember
the old rhyme-
Here lies the body of Patrick O'Day, Who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right, dead right, as he rode along, But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.
"How longwill this freedom last?"
Of camels for Arabs and Scammells for Britons.
That Mr. Shinwell has no desire to appear arrogant.
That wish and achievement are two different things.
That those who confer should be able to confer peace.
That The Institute of Fuel was recently granted a Royal Charter 0 • That the one-vehicle man is often haunted by the fear of a breakdown.