One Hears
Page 17
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Rather too much of bilking by bus passengers.
That there is a psychology about the positioning of bus stops. 0 High praise of Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman's plan for a national road policy.
That inferior hill-climbing is no minor ill in a country full of superior hills.
That in a few months the Nazis will be saying, "Melting snow, water nuisance."
That. auxiliary conductors are relieving regular conductresses of some of their onerous burdens.
That" soft soap " helps in shaving transport facilities—particularly in connection with retail deliveries.
Of too many civil-defence vehicles that are suffering mechanically through being left in the open.
Of an inebriate giving the excuse to a P.C. that he was merely folloiling official advice as to staggering.
That" staggered hours" of this type do not help the war effort or promote safety in factory or on the road.
That police patrols are causing more trouble than• they are worth by holding up lorries at night on narrow highways just to check masked head lamps.
In connection with the difficulty of securing supplies of tractors and agricultural implements, of farmers saying, ' Give us the tools and we will give sou the food."
That the railways are not running off with the lorries.
That Vichy has had many frosts, the latest being of 47 degrees F.
That everyone knows the Rising Sun must come to the end of its day, and set.
That East and West meet in their desire for it to " go west" with all speed.
That the pilferer of goods . in short supply is as much a traitor as is a fifth-columnist.
That snow chains for tyres prove their value in enabling road transport to carry on in wintry weather.
That Germany may not suffer from general strikes, but her Army seems to be liable to general strokes. That there is to be liquid-fuel rationing in Canada.
That good roads both affect and effect transport economy. 0 That the Nazis wanted oil and corn, but gained merely soil and corns.
The query, "Will ladies adopt Specialloids' new idea for slotted skirts?"
That the time saved in a quicker tuinround is often lost by excessive police activities.
"—You tak the high load and I'll tak the low load and I'll get the job done before Of the engineer who said that the adhesion Of a road surface should be worked out by slide rule.
That the president for 1942 of the National Farmers' Union is Mr. C. /ievile, of Whisby Hall, near Lincoln.
That road transport has enabled factory-builders to choose many healthier sites and that workers have benefited in consequence, Of a Yorkshire expert's opinion that the first job in dismantling and overhauling an engine should be a thorough cleaning of its exterior.
That in this way it is possible to ascertain whether any fractures or faults have appeared in the main castings.
Of research work at the Imperial College of Science, South Kensington, in connection with improvements in storage batteries, especially those intended for use in connection with electric goods-delivery vehicles.
That without Rootes many a sturdy growth would • wither.
That under-lubrication is less harmful to men than to machines.
That the development of oil and fuel additives has become quite a science.
That " Tantalus is stretching his tentacles in many fields of investigation.
That priority travel for workers is creating vexed problems f o r transport managers.
That anti-gas paints should be applicable to some politicians as well as to motor vehicles.
That the best men and the best vehicles all have their little weaknesses and occasional failures.