One Hears—
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That Ernie and Roger are now Brothers in Arms. That unity in the Industry now has a new Signifi cance.
That Grill floors greatly improve vehicle-working conditions That "for export only" may be Britain's only hope, but Makes many hopeless Britons That the long, and often disappointed, queues for country buses are often a product of the petrol shortage for private cars. Of E.B.H. hobnobbing with "One of the Eight."
That Alfred Barnes is going to find that Harpenden Herts That nationalization of transport would make mil,
lions unhappy,
That by faith one can. move even Governments, let alone mountains.
That faith should, however, be backed pp by energetic action.
That if the Labour Government brakes the transport industry it may break itself.
That the effects would be cumulative.
That "this year of grace" must not be allowed to become one of disgrace and discontent That fluorescent lighting in buses would obviate the loss by theft of thousands of lamp. bulbs That such bulbs are actually of no use on ordinary lighting circuits.
That the C-licensee had better not wait and see or he may find hirnself at sea with a vengeance That the Glasgow police are using police cyclists to lay traps for motor vehicles with improperly lit rear number-plates.
Hopes that Christmas and New Year greetings to the industry may not be converted by the Government into " greeting " in the Scot's sense.
That in Malta, a different colour scheme is allocated to each bus route, and each vehicle is painted according to the route on Which it operates That if London Transport adopted the. idea, it wouid. have to think of nearly 300 different colour schemes!
That the only way in which the Government could make a nationalized transport system pay would be to buy it for little and sell its services for much That 8,150 persons died in motor accidents in the U.S. during the first six months of 1945, representing a 6 per cent. increase on. the equivalent. period Of 1944.