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The query: " Are double-deck buses mechanical monstrosities?"
That the Clarendon, Hammersmith, must have become heated at the idea of no motor show.
, That if there were more give-and-take on the road there would be less taking and giving of life.
That, owing to a scarcity of raw hides, there is a shortage of leather for coach and bus upholstery.
That Russia appears to have bought most of this valuable material.
Of readers who feel that on the strength of letters on the licensing sub-committees, "the cons have it."
That a wise Government should not fear to own up when it finds it has bitten off more than it can chew.
The remark that any fireworks we can obtain for November may seem dull after the Peace Conference. Of a new game to be played on annual outings" Find the one that's open."
That technical editors know it well under the title of "Acceleration and braking tests."
That the disabled man cannot claim a higher pension to offset each rise in the cost of living.
That hydraulic brakes and shock absorbers are not the only " objectors " to the wrong types of fluid.
That, just as one should always try sleeping in one's spare bedroom, so every coach proprietoshould take a test trip in his own coaches.
That lack of comfort is not always apparent to a mere onlooker.
The suggestion that Sweden's anti-alcohol driving precautions are enforced lest the new road-train .should turn in an even " tighter " circle.
That it pays to provide commercial motors with oversize tyres.
Of those who think that the best queue shelters would be extra buses.
That without farm mechanization the harvest would have been even smaller.
That the new Morris -Commercial Post Office workshop vans have fine, well-built bodies.