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Of soft-glass solders for glass: Nobody suggesting that radio in the cab is causing "flick Barton" to demoralize drivers.
That the rumour of a double petrol ration was just an old acquaintance "wishful thinking."
That the driver who cannot resist, but cannot carry," liquor should not carry passengers.
That road vehicles in America achieved 86,000,000,000 freight ton-miles last year.
That half fares paid for children in Middlesbrough do not entitle them to a seat if adults be standing_
That the human body is a complex electrolytic construction consisting of tissues bathed in sodium chloride (salt).
That, to the Labour Government, nationalization is a means to an end, but to many it is an end to their means.
That, if carried too far, the Government may find that in 1950 for earlier) Socialist control will end.
From Hoyt's Engineers' Pocket Companion that the temperature at the centre of the earth is 396,000 degrees F., and the average increase from the surface is 100 degrees F. per mile.
That competition with these temperatures may occur at some R.T.E. conferences with public passenger transport interests.
That state ownership = a sorry state.
"Will the helicopter oust the country delivery van?"
That coming storms in passenger transport may cause more than a rustle.
That the conductor who called his best girl "fair lady" was a victim of habit.
The query: "Why should railways, which are comparative newcomers, come before roads?"
That in many cases where they compete with road transport they come into the " also-ran " category, That even in the U.S. repairers are shot peening, knurling and expanding under. heat worn pistons to economize in renewals.
That the use of luminous paint at suitable places on lorries and buses would give better indication of• their dimensions to other road users at night.
That in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico ore lorries crOss six ranges at elevations up to 11,000 ft. in temperatures from ,freezing to 110 deems F.