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Many comnients on Howes and whys.
That road transport is bored with the Szlumper scheme, That the small haulier must refuse to retreat " according to plan."
That his front should be broadened, not shortened; . and his outlook straightened, not straitened.
That, despite the pessimism of some, road transport in some form has 'a wonderful future.
Of many useful ideas secured during the past year through the L.P.T.B. workers' suggestion box.
That except for the greater attention now being devoted to maintenance, many of the old machines still on the road would have been on the scrap heap. That monopolies are often uneconomic.
That Amazon natural rubber is costing the U.S.A.
about 5s. a pound.
That Murray's Club, Beak Street, of which Mr. " Bill " Little is secretary, now has a membership, of over 2,000 and a waiting list of 900.
That of particular interest in this connection is that 65 per cent. of the membership is comprised of people connected with the mato] industry. • Of suggestions that travelling workshops may be brought into use to deal with breakdowns on the spot instead of towing them to the nearest repair depot _ That on the other hand, there are many who consider that such workshops could never , prove so effective as an efficient repairing establishment.
That the suggested Institute appeals to .the astute. 0 That road -transport must not get . into the hands of potential ganleiters.
. That the railways do not want " fancy " co-ordinating schemes thrust upon them.
. Of most satisfactory .Morris tests with white-metalled crankpins and " plain " big-ends.
.Much talk of day and night service for commercial-vehicle repairs and servicing after the war.
The bitter remark that there seems -to be as good chalk in the coal seams as ever came out of them: