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Of a further overseas inquiry for steam wagons.
That the Olding engine " Turnover " should improve it.
Of yet another scheme for using solid fuel in " petrol " engines.
That the petrol suppliers are unlikely to be seri ously perturbed. _ That, after all, Dr. Rudolph Diesel's first idea was to use powdered coal—but he changed to oil.
That Argentina has promised to give priority to the import of spare parts for servicing British vehicles.
That coats, oilskins, sou'westers, etc., blown off lorries are not often claimed at police stations, because the owners seldom know where the losses occurred.
That, considering the difficulty and expense of replacing lost clothing, it is a pity that some central lost-property office is not set up in each county or district. That red, white and blue is a patriotic combination.
That white " red " has, hotvever, made some unpatriotic men look blue.
Of a great oil-from-coal Government programme for the U.S.A.
That new models will soon be outnumbering the more suitable names.
That " Loadstar " was one of the happiest recent cognomens and must have made the directors starry-. eyed.
That the Standard output of Ferguson tractors is again approaching 1,000 weekly.
That it takes more, than a polite "Please keep off —" notice to dishearten an acquisitive government.
That road transport operators, as a result of changes in export-licensing controls, may now send Aunt Aggie, in Australia, gift parcels of run-flat and bullet-proof tyres.
That eddy currents have nothing to do with Eddie.
That not all general elections give genial reflections.
Of possible developments in connection with colloidal graphite.
That for road users in the stormy North the -whiter the outlook the blacker.
That some of the filter and oiladditive people may have a small private war.