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• That "C.M." was the first journal to press Saturday for the Lord Mayor's Show. •
That it appears this may soon be the case, but the law must be changed to achieve it.
That mothers with young families in tow often show who is to blame for their children's lack of road sense.
That the safety competition for P.O. van drivers should include a test of their ingenuity in defeating mail robbers.
That hauliers disgusted with Labour Party plans for re-nationalizing road transport should show this in practical form.
Of someone asking if any former Minister of Transport has had so much road-inspection mileage to his Credit.
That it has been suggested that in his many journeys up and down the country, Mr. . Watkinson must have occupied more beds than the first Queen Elizabeth.
That the first Minister, who became Lord Geddes, toured a great part of Britain when he instituted road numbering.
That the weight of shielding that would be necessary for a 250 bp. atomic power plant ,for a road vehicle would be about 40 tons.
That the minimum estimated fuel cost would be between 0,000 and £10,000 per vehicle. Of a puzzled driver whose windscreen-wiper arm flew off just as his vehicle was skidding.
That he wonders whether there was any connection between the two events.
That the Labour plan for nationalization would mean that free enterprise is to be sunk without trace.
Of Gardner oil engines, which left the makers' factory 24 years ago, being reconditioned and installed in new chassis.
That this is a reversal of the adage that it is wrong to put new wine into ofd bottles.