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Of traffic-light-strip tease.
That a vested interest does not indicate shares in a clothing company.
Someone asking if Durham's roadlowering will mean rate-raising.
From a reader that business is business and politics politics, and never the twain should meet.
That the mobile shop has come to stop though some country stores would like to stop it.
Of hopes that the London waiting ban may be postponed to the Greek Calends.
Of an uninformed man who thought that a timing chain could be used as a wrist watch.
That what traders need is some 1,14.o.T. highwayman to enable them to stand and deliver.
That cyclists may expect accidents when they signal to proceed in one direction and turn in another.
That several instances of this procedure have been observed during the past few days.
That hardwoods may be hard on the pocket, but where there is hard wear it is hard to find materials which are hardier.
That a small boy, crazy on toy motor vehicles, saw the Austin ad. and said, "Do buy me one of those, Daddy, they're only 2/3!" That the French for "wet liners" is "chemises humides."
Of many wives finding that their husbands' short working hours are a nuisance.
Of a Metal Box Cornpany's van being seen recently at the L.T.E. Chiswick works.
That it is not believed to have been delivering metal bus bodies.
Of someone wishing to know the make of the stolen van which reached 70 m.p.h. in London during a police chase.
That, presumably, the inquirer had rapid deliveries in view.
That school holidays give teachers a breather, but more children loose on the roads add to a driver's breathtaking anxieties.