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That it's what's in the Shell that matters.
Of cotton cord for tyre casings being in very short supply That " sleeving" is a habit with some large and small " bores" That American tiers are becoming more favourably disposed to the oil engine.
That a 25-mile radius in one area may be worth many times the same radius in another.
That this merely adds point to the futility of a rigid overall limit. .
That the scheme to modernize its 'buses suggests even more pleasing prospects in Ceylon's isle.
That the obstacles which should be removed to facilitate road transport in Europe include, of course, the iron curtain, ' Of an urgent need for a cheap but effective antitheft device' for lorries, many of which are being driven away with their loads. That the Americans are Boeing places with gas turbines. -"— Of Mr. Erskine-Hill being referred to as the Leader of the Oppasition _ _ _ That Sir Stafford cannot really afford to bite the hand that feeds his exchequer That what London does to-day Bristol must do to-morrow—or, at any rate, next year. '
The Chancellor dreams only of road transport taxes; the Railway Executive smiles and relaxes_ Of someone who wanted to know if Kismet equipment was so popular that users received it with a kiss.
Of another who thought ,a battery charger was an electric horse.
That the U.S. Highway Research Board is to carry out a long test with vehicles of various axle weights
on a nine-year-old concrete toad •