One Hears
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That too many onions can spoil the broth, and so can too many unions.
That the traffic problems of Mansfield, Notts, are knottier than ever at the moment.
That the "recession" in America may spread to us in a bigger way if we have more strikes.
Of some who regard the sinking of large sums of public money in the railways as a grave national risk.
That certain of them suggest that if go-ahead America cannot "make a go" of her railways in the face of road transport's economy, how can Britain hope to invest hers with profit-making capabilities?
That Rolls-Royce C8SFL eight.:ylindered oil engines are now being used in the Thornycroft Mighty Antar.
The question: " Is it reasonable to defy one's union by striking against its ruling, and yet refuse to work with those who do not belong to it?"
That the rear mounting of pump and pipe fittings on road tankers may avert fires and explosions resulting from possible head-on collisions— although, fortunately, few of these occur in Britain. That Perkins oil engines are being produced at the rate of 2,000 per week.
That carrying on with outmoded and badly worn equipment is truly false economy.
Of suggestions that the canals might be more usefully employed if electrified by overhead wires.
That they could then employ trolleybarges on the same lines as trol.leybuses.
That piggy-back trailer loading on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railway has increased nearly 15 per cent. for the first quarter of 1958, as compared with that for the similar period of 1957.