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That where a vehicle has its own road-sander the driver is not so dependent on the vagaries of road men dealing with icing conditions.
That many drivers are probably out and about when the employees of local councils are still abed.
What will happen to the Socialist idea of limiting dividends if a Socialist government buys a large shareholding in trade and industry?
That in any case, the cost would have to be met either by inflating our huge national debt or by inCreasing taxation.
That an Australian visitor to the U.S.A. admired the road transport vehicles and the roads, and said that the weather, not the vehicles, should be blamed for road wear and tear.
A suggestion that "It pays to advertise" might be reduced to "Boast or bust."
That the German Henschel bus with air springs will be in production early next year.
That M.A.N. also will have their air-sprung 130-passenger model in full production about Thern same time.
That, with demolitions and building operations going on here, there and everywhere, many concrete roads are no longer dustless. That the only satisfactory news concerning the haulier v. clearing houses situation would be "a marriage has been arranged."
That it seems at present that there are too many who would want to forbid the banns, That the balls from old bearings may have more than a scrap value if the American idea of using them for shielding radiation be copied here.
That the U.S.A. Bureau of Public Roads has approved the inclusion of all or major sections of most of the " private " toll roads in the national system of interstate and defence highways.
That as the toll payers, especially hauliers, are already contributing heavily to the interstate system, there is a strong call for the tolls on any included roads to be lifted.
That few people nowadays are content with milk and honey— they want silk and money.
Of someone wondering what percentage would gain full marks if every driver in Britain had to pass an examination on the Highway Code.
That where such examinations have been held amongst drivers, the percentage is often rather low.
A pessimist doubting whether, in these" striking" times, any particular design could ensure for its makers a steady level of output.