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That our roads have progressed from the Middle Ages by muddle stages.
That any law to prevent " bunching " would not go down well with flower sellers.
The higher the wage the dearer the age, so this is the dearest age Britain has ever known.
From Sir John Elliot: .` No politicians can solve the problems of transport—they can only make things more difficult."
That the best plan for co-operation between B.R.S. and free hauliers would be for each side to " tender " the olive branch, That the first printing order for the new Highway Code may be for 10m. copies, of which 6m, will be issued free with new and renewed driving licences.
That it is hoped 2m. will be available for sale at 2d. each in February, whilst lm. will go free to older children in schools.
Of a suggestion from George Strauss, M.P., that it should be reprinted in French for holiday visitors— but what about the Japanese and others?
To encourage national saving, Ulster's Minister of Finance has introduced a Bill to provide important concessions in death duties on estates of £20,000£85,000.
From a reader suggestions that road haulage affairs should be given B.B.C. publicitk in "Any Questions," with some M.P. well-up in haulage matters to supply informative answers. • Too much of exhaustive research to determine the cause of smog.
Of a henpecked haulier trying to calculate the decibel product of his wife's tirades.
That he wishes she could purr as sweetly as his engine.
Of a transport crisis in South Africa which is being partly met by a fleet of 10-ton lorries.
That Pilkington hollow glass blocks are helping to provide good daylight in many a new building.