One Hears
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Of a reader who says that beer is always best.
That relatively few of the old London tram drivers have been transferred to driving trolleybuses.
That those who have, miss the o:d rails in foggy weather.
• Of much Speculation as to whether Austin competition will be on a price basis.
That " hush-hush " examples of the new Austin commercial vehicles were to be seen by special permit in London during the Earls Court Show.
That municipalities should be able to give sonic tips on rate fixing—although there might then be complaints that they are too high.
That magistrates are, of course, like Caesar's wife.
Of a spitting engine referred to as having "catarrhburetter " trouble.
Of more drilling —for oil in Scotland and for men and women in Britain as a whole.
T h e question " Are Post Office steel-tyred horsed carts the noisiest of all road vehicles ?"
Of a reader who thought that every gas-driven vehicle' was of the "sausage on the lid" type. That the circumlocution office " is still with us.
That whilst women seldom select commercial vehicles appearance still counts heavily.
That a qualified research conunittee to collate data on the use of producer and compressed coalgas for road vehicles is really necessary.
That operators all over the country are becoming keenly interested in this matter and numerous experiments will soon be made.
Praise for the white diamonds, fixed to every lamppost, used to indicate Birmingham's Ring Road, and that the idea might well he adapted to London's North Circular Road. --• That gh-sided vans are used for
low-minded animals.
That more Viiicalls 'ere long will honk honkin hong.. Kong.
The remark that it isn't only pumps that work on an eccentric principle.
Of " spoilt darlings " spoiling for a row with whoever gave them that name.
That the " sideby-side " system of costing is not just " swingin' along, singin' a song, sideby-side-."