One Hears
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Of lorry drivers saying to the police: "Never say dye!"
That they are apt to look upon the new road-dyeing trapping procedure as a stain upon the Force.
Of someone wondering if Britain will perforce become as bicycle-conscious as is Holland.
That if so we may envy our Dutch friends their lack of steep gradients. A report of the birth of a child with two brains.
A suggestion that an appropriate career for such a child would be as a road transport manager and engineer.
That from the political aspect, it might later be awkward if one brain decided to be Tory and the other Socialist, not to speak of other possibilities.
Of those who hold that all haulage by road travels there "on its own economic merits."
That " control " for our wheels of industry must not become synonymous with " can'troll."
That Dr. Bowden speaks with authority and Britain should pay attention to his facts and figures.
Owners of veteran vehicles rejoicing that they held their annual jamboree before the petrol axe falls.
That 55 Perkins oil engines were shown on 27 stands at the recent Public Works exhibition.
That it was consistent for Peterborough, the " home " of these engines, to lose 600 gal. of petrol in the drains.
The remark from a reader that anyone who reads the C.M. from cover to cover must have little time at the week-end to cover anything else.
That many people, especially the elderly, prefer the easily accessible bus to the numerous stairs or passages leading to the platforms of some country stations.