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That in many shows the farm tractor seems to be the greatest attractor.
Complaints that the absence of any white line or cats' eyes on some sections of main roads adds to the difficulty and danger of driving in. fog. That many manoeuvrers operate "with a cairn deliberation that untangles every knot," except the knots they tie in other traffic.
That amongst the worst offenders arc those who suddenly reverse out of blind turnings or gateways into the middle of the road, then pause to reflect on their next move.
Delivery-vanmen complaining that it is difficult to find the houses they want in new roads with side branches into which "the numbers keep sideslipping.'
That windscreen labels are not the only additions to which some people object—those nodding and other " toys " at back and front may be a distraction and danger.
That drivers who have to join in a crocodile crawl along our overcrowded thoroughfares make "a. song" about it quite often—but not the type the dance bands sing.
Somebody, in fact many bodies, Wondering when our workers will realize that they are heading for unemployment when our prices for export goods cannot, owing to high wage claims, afford to be competitive.
Of those who say that, if workers had to pay the higher prices arising from higher wages without getting still more to enable them to do so without inconvenience, wages • and prices could soon be stabilized.