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Of rate-liNing surprises in the offing.
That transport operators do not like the " waits."
Of Messrs. Bristow and Sewill each having filled the other's stocking at Christmas.
That a better attitude for the industry to adopt would be "We are wanted, so we must have."
That A.D. 1937 brought us little hope of heaven, but such may lurk within the gate of A.D. 1938.
That thousands of readers, including drivers and Traffic Commissioners, are finding time to enjoy our booklet, "You Have Time to Laugh."
That those who have missed this delightfully humorous illustrated production can have one or more free by sending the postage.
"What would Xmas trading have been like without road motors?"
That it would have been a great feat to have put a vehicle into a stocking.
Of a Daimler bus owned by ' the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., having covered a distance of 93,000 miles at a cost for replacements of 0.021d. per mile, or about £..8.
That burying the hatchet may cause it to rust. Of many a "turkey trot" by toad to market.
A gardening enthusiast asking us why the new name for the Perkins engine shouldn't be "Dorothy."
That the fire brigades of all towns in Poland with more than 40,000 inhabitants, are to be equipped with motor vehicles.
A visitor remarking that, judging by our Xmas " fan " mail, The Commercial ,Motor must be more popular than ever.
That the fortieth anniversary of the construction of the first Diesel engine—built by the M.A.N. Co.—was recently celebrated in Augsburg.
That as the Christmastide extension of working hours was one of the biggest proofs of road-transport utility to traders and the .public, operators merit generous licensing consideration.