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That some caterpillars are beneficial to farmers.
That commercial-vehicle manufacturers welcome unprejudiced criticism, even if it be publicly expressed.
That a petrol-vehicle driver often has to change his ideas about gear changing when put in charge of an oiler.
That the Minister wants Glasgow to erect 900 monuments to his memory on 321 sites, at an estimated cost of 420,000.
That a correspondent to Punch asks why the percentage of ugly people who travel by tram is far higher than is seen in any other form of modern or semi-modern transport?
That Gandy's fric tion coefficient of .88 up to 600 degrees F. takes a lot of beating.
That, in order to "fight back," w c must organize o u r fighting front and give it a backing.
That in time of war it is useless for a nation' to be strong and of good courage unless it be also strong of goods carriage. Of someone expressing the hope that all roads—at any rate all major roads—will soon be floodlit.
That, in the event of a war, many politicians will have cause to regret the discouragement of road transport.
That lorry drivers will soon be spending four hours at work on their lorries, and the rest at one of the " Inns" swotting law.
That " Jimmy " Walker, of Clayton Dewandre, was held up at Antwerp for two' days—the Verometer ticket machine was suspected of being a bomb I That pride of possession induces a sense of rer sporisibility in the driver of a well-kept machine, whilst the man in charge of a neglected vehicle is influenced in the other direction.
That the efficient driver courier is a valuable adjunct to long coach tours.
Of a proposal to hold night courts so that drivers can answer summonses out of working hours.
That brake-material makers might seem to be excessively pugnacious, for they are always causing friction.