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Of suggestions for the peace-time use of Jeeps. •
That the future for road.transport must not be a
one-way street. 0 That it is up to us to make it a won-way one.
That the 3,000 tons of the temporary Waterloo Bridge will become munitions.
From a financial paper, "Trust pays less." In our view it seldom does pay at all.
That road transport must keep some kick in it, ready for those who will kick at it after the war.
That a driver's death at the wheel of a bus indicates the importance of checks on physical fitness, That salvage by local authorities up to July, 1943, has saved the equivalent of 530 ships each of 8,000 tons capacity. 0 That the way clocks, watches and fountain pens are behaving in war-time almost inclines one to suspect them of Nazi sympathies. That peace will feel quite strange when it comes.
That "browned off" will soon apply to buildings, etc.
Of Lord Perry looking forward to substance forming from the shadows.
Urgent pleas for valves and more valves to replace those burnt through the use of over-doped fuel.
Of one big man in the industry describing these engine troubles as worse than the best-thought-out sabotage.
i Of someone remarking that t is a brave man who states: " The control is only for the war period."
That it isn't only a baby's fingers the grip of which it is difficult to loosen
That the call-up has produced some hardship cases, but has been a.boon to those who had had vain yearn
ings for earnings. "
Hopes that post-war conditions will (almost in the words of the song) include "a plan whereby a onevan man can be happy with a one-man van."
Few reports from the association big guns.
Of special trailers for the transport of Army motor
cycles.
That the industry must not hide its lights—nor its heavies. 0_ That in one area of Central Russia 54 mobile cinemas serve 1,500 villages.
That the old plea, "The brakes failed," is Low reckoned a crime in itself.
That the ,cost of living has fallen slightly. If this goes on it will soon not pay better to die.