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That there is 'now no selling -value in used bus tickets..
Of those who want road safety not just for a week but ad infinitum.
That workers, if really on their toes, could put Britain on her feet.
From a grumbler that it's all right for them to be on their toes but in tubes and buses they always seem to be on his.
That M. Bienaime of Paris has produced a petrolinjectiOn pump which might become well liked. Of all-rubber dustbins being produced in the U.S.A.
That horses have probably always thought zebras a flashy lot.
Of too many unofficial strikes over comparatively trifling matters.
That it takes 17 man-hours to soap-wash a London bus inside and out.
That an Essex washing maChine, with pressure, sprayed detergent foam,can finish the exterior in• 30 minutes with fewer operators.
That it is amazing when one comes to think of it, what a lot of horse power goes racing to see horses race.
That Derby's mobile police are trying out a braking lamp which lights up when the foot is lifted from the accelerator.
Of those who are not surprised that the B.T.C. has managed to turn the corner, as it has for so long been able to corner the returns.
From Mr. G. E. Beharrell that, based on 10,000 miles running, taxation, including purchase tax, on an average car amounts to £78 15s. a year That this compares with £19 19s. here in 1939, and £15 8s. now in New York.
That medical men are against the use of some grease-removing detergents, when steam cleaning, chassis and units, as being bad for the operator's eyes.